After singing the Mass of the day at St German's this morning I conducted the baptism of a baby girl. In a few weeks time I'm booked for the baptism of five children of one family. In nine months of locum duties at 'the Res' and St German's, I'll have done as many baptisms as in five years at St John's. That shows just how variable demands on a minister's time can be from one parish to another.
Father Roy's friends were finally able to collect furniture from the Vicarage, now that a set of keys are in the possession of church officers. There is an element of craziness about a situation where the Vicarage locks were changed, and copies had to be hand delivered from the diocesan office near Bridged, especially in a situation where one of the church wardens is the local locksmith, and was not advised or consulted.
In times past - BC - before computers, diocesan stewardship practice made such expert information available. Nowadays it seems to revolve only around money. It is so much easier to keep and share records today, but updating them is as onerous a practice of intelligence gathering now as it ever was. But is anybody bothered any longer about smart solutions, as opposed to throwing money at a problem?
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