It can be a daunting experience to enter an unfamiliar church for the first time. Being new as Team Rector is rather different from that normal experience of not quite knowing which books to use or where to sit. But being new I can say that the welcome offered at St Mary’s is a warm invitation to join in – of course there will be nerves on the first occasion or two – I am still familiar with the feeling that I might drop something or lose my place in …

I am sure we all know by now that Tom and Emma are leaving us at the end of October to spend six months working in South Africa before taking a well-earned retirement (and possibly rest?). So, what are we doing about it? Where do we go from here?
The PCC has been very active in seeking advice and preparing the way for a new Rector to lead us in the future.
Firstly, we issued questionnaires, asking for input from everyone in the our churches and outside, about what we would like …