Another PCC

Wednesday 12th September 2012

Gulls not sheep in the field

I had intended taking the opportunity to make some visits to outlying parts of the parish of Bellingham with tickets for the Harvest Supper; but got caught up with several different pastoral matters in complex phone calls from families with illness, bereavement, relationship difficulties and external pressures.
     The Parochial church council of Falstone with Greystead and Thorneyburn then had complicated issues with faculty applications (the ecclesiastical equivalent of planning permission) relating to matters ranging from moving a war memorial plaque to installing a bio-toilet.