A message from Save The Parish national steering committee member Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent
We recommend keeping a regular eye on News, especially “In the Press". You can search by author (e.g. Emma Thompson or Marcus Walker), by publication name (e.g. Spectator) or by topic (e.g. vacancies, retirement age).
In particular, we recommend Revd Campbell Paget’s article in last week's Church Times.
His parish’s sad story is worth reading because it shows that even
thriving parishes with lots of families are under attack as a result
of the “Vision and Strategy” which is supposedly intended to bring in
young people. (You will be asked to register for free articles with the
Church Times; registering doesn't seem to have any downsides.)
There was a follow up letter from another priest in this week’s Church Times.(Again please register to read.)
If you are a Church Times subscriber, you may also like to read
Angela Tilby’s column this week about how even Richard Dawkins seems to
feel we would be culturally poorer without Christianity.
There have also been excellent letters in the Sunday Telegraph last week and again yesterday by Jonathan Baird.
It is very helpful when our supporters keep an eye on press for us and
send us what they have spotted, especially in your local press. It is
also always helpful to write letters to newspaper editors whether or not
they are published, as they see that readers are interested in the
topic. We feel we have helped to get the value of church and the parish
system back into the mainstream press as a topic. If you wish to write
to the Church Times, the address is letters@churchtimes.co.uk and the deadline for letters is Tuesday at noon. The Telegraph is dtletters@telegraph.co.uk
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STP CONFERENCE IN BRISTOL
NEXT SATURDAY, 20TH APRIL, 12 - 5.30PM
There is still time to book for our conference, as the church we have
booked is very large! The details (including venue with postcode,
timetable, map and parking) and the link to book are here:
https://www.savetheparish.com/upcoming-events/. Lunch is provided.
Revd Johannes Arens from Leicester Diocese will be preaching at Evensong.
We have bought the wine for drinks afterwards! I very much hope to see you there.
Best regards,
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Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE
Steering Committee, Save The Parish
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Join STP As An Organisation
We urge PCCs to join our campaign. The more PCCs we can tell the CofE we
represent nationwide, the better. From your perspective, it is a step
taken in advance to establish that your PCC unanimously wants to
preserve your parish, if and when your diocese comes up with plans to
merge it.
So, if you are on a PCC, help run a 'Friends of X Church' group, or
otherwise know of or run an organisation that cares for or depends on
the parish system, please apply below for your organisation to join Save
the Parish.
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