Appointment of a Vicar
As you are aware the PCC Standing/Finance Committees of Salesbury and Langho have been meeting for many months to look to the future as to how both parishes could work together more closely in mission and ministry, sharing resources and good practice.
In view of the Vicar’s impending retirement the PCC Standing/Finance Committees of both parishes met recently with the Bishop of Burnley to try and ascertain a timetable for his successor coming to Salesbury.
The Bishop outlined the process to be implemented:
1. A Parish Profile and Statement of Needs to be adopted by the PCC
2. A meeting with the Bishop, and other diocesan personnel, based on
these documents.3. The advertising of the post in and outside the diocese
4. Subsequent interviews of candidates
If the above proceeds according to plan it is not unreasonable, given a candidate being acceptable, for Salesbury to have a new Vicar in post around about Easter next year.
In the meantime your prayers are earnestly requested for this process, and particularly for Keith and Sue, our Churchwardens, who will play a major part in the appointment of a new Vicar.
Sponsor a Job
I would like to say a very big thank you to all those parishioners who have responded so generously to the appeal for sponsorship of work to be undertaken by our valiant “Thursday Team”.
The PCC has received donations amounting to £1710 (including Gift Aid) and this has enabled the PCC to provide the materials required for the Thursday Team to undertake a number of tasks both in the church and in the graveyard.
Since the original donations a further £590 (incl Gift Aid yet to be claimed) has been given towards the cost (approx £1,200) of some additional drainage work on the cricket field side of the graveyard.
Warwick Watson, a member of the Thursday Team, has put together a detailed record of the work that has been made possible by your donations and also of other tasks undertaken by the team; this can be seen at the back of the church. The display is well worth a good look so that you can see how the money has been spent and also appreciate the efforts of the “Thursday Team”. I know that almost all donations were given anonymously and so it is impossible to thank you personally, however, I hope you will accept the grateful thanks of the PCC for your generous support.
Keith Sowerbutts on behalf of the PCC
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