The Priory Church, St. Bees

St. Bees Parochial Church Council

Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 1^st March 2010 at 7.30pm in New College Hall.

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First of all Claire and I would like to say thank you to the very many of you who have made us feel welcome in St. Bees over the last three and a half years. St. Bees is a unique place and we will take with us many fond memories of our time here. I know that many of you reading this are not familiar with the reasons why we have felt the need to move on. I won’t get into them here. I’ll simply say that I hope the Priory and the School both get the kind of attention and ministry they need in a way which does not hold each other back, but rather supports and strengthens each other. Read the rest of this entry »

Today we wished Tim all the best as he prepares for his ordination and curacy in the neighbouring parish of Egremont.  Tim has been at the heart of ministry in St. Bees for many years and so he will be missed. Helen, thankfully, is going to continue to support the Priory as often as she is able in the years to come. We pray God’s blessing upon them as they prepare for this new chapter in their lives.

How about this article I recently read. “A teacher with a phobia over rabbits is suing a 14-year-old pupil for compensation after she drew a bunny on the blackboard. The teacher, from Vechta, Germany, says she was traumatised by the drawing, and claims the girl knew it would terrify her. She had transferred to the school where a pupil from her former school had just become a pupil and told her new friends about the teacher’s fear of rabbits. “We did it for fun and out of curiosity”, one of the girls told a court, adding, “We wanted to see if she would really freak out.” School officials removed her from the class and now the teacher is seeking compensation for her terror and her loss of earnings, her lawyer Manfred Bormann told the court. The case continues.” Read the rest of this entry »

St. Bees Parochial Church Council

Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 1^st February 2010 at 7.30pm in New College Hall.

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St Bees Parochial Church Council

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council Meeting held on Monday 7 December 2009 at 7.30 pm in the New College Hall.

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St. Bees Parochial Church Council

Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 2^nd November at 7.30pm in New College Hall.

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St Bees Parochial Church Council

Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 5 October 2009 at 7.30 pm in the New College Hall.

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In line with my Easter/horror theme last month I thought I would talk about another class of creature commonly associated with disgust and revulsion at the moment. Politicians. While I was scraping together some idea of what to write this month, the election conveniently was announced. Every party has made manifest their manifestos. Most people, if they are able to parse the substance at all, are somewhat dubious about whether the things in these various manifestos will come to fruition at all. There are basic sorts of questions regarding to what extent politicians can change society in relation to our behaviour when they themselves have shown themselves to be human, all too human, in their own affairs. Whatever political colour we paint our skin with, we all, rightly, judge success or failure based on the ability of political parties to do what they promise. It is a rare thing to find a country which is governed by political parties that are actually able to do all that they promise to do while on the election trail. Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Easter everyone!

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