Church Parocial Church Council Report from Parochial Church Council. Parish Meeting May 2009.
| Report from Parochial Church Council. Parish Meeting May 2009. |
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Just over a year ago, at the end of March 2008 we said farewell to Philip Oliver, our Rector for almost thirty years. In early May he and Elizabeth moved out of Ixworth Vicarage for a new home in Barningham. Then began the tortuous procedure decreed by the Church of England for the advertising, interviewing and selecting a new Rector. It involved not only the eight parishes but their Patrons (and I won’t go into that), our Archdeacon and, finally, the Bishop. It was with great relief that we had at least one interested and interesting candidate who was finally appointed in the New Year of 2009 and installed as the team Rector for all our eight parishes at a service in our church in March. His name is Phillip Garbett, but he spells his Phillip with two ‘L’s’ unlike his predecessor. He has, as they say, hit the ground running. He has attended and chaired eight Annual Parochial Church Meetings, eight PCC meetings and a number of committee meetings in several parishes, including ours. He has met with all the non-stipendiary clergy of the Team on many occasions and we now have services planned through to the end of July. He has taken services in all of the churches, more than one in some of them. And if that was not enough he and his wife Ingrid have moved from Felixstowe to a revamped Ixworth Vicarage to start a completely new life style – they have been towns people up to now- and for Ingrid, a new commuting pattern. They are currently away on a short pre booked holiday to draw breath and recharge their batteries, but they will be back before the end of the month and will be seen at events in Bardwell and elsewhere thereafter. He is, no they are, good news for the Blackbourne Team. Peter Mitchell, Churchwarden |