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| The area Dean addresses those present |
When the Rev Kim Ford was inducted as Priest-in-Charge of St
Cuthbert’s Great Glen, it was as part of a reorganisation of Parish
arrangements known as the 20/20 vision. The intention was that the Parish of
Great Glen, together with the Parish of St Andrews Burton Overy and Carlton
Curlieu should join in Team Ministry with the Parish of Oadby, St Peter's and St Paul 's. On Saturday 21
November, members of the church councils from those churches met together in Church
Langton Village Hall to discuss what the best arrangements for that team might
be.
The meeting was convened and led by Tim Stratford, the Archdeacon of
Leicester and Richard Brand, the Area Dean. After a time of worship, the
different possible structures for the enlarged team were presented by the
Archdeacon. Those present then met together in small groups, before and after lunch, to discuss the
implications of those ideas, especially as they related to their particular churches.
There was widespread agreement that all the churches should
either feature as Parish Churches, governed by Parochial Church Councils
(probably the favourite) or they should all have District Church Councils with
a single Parochial Church Council.
The Archdeacon and the Area Dean will now go away and see
how the suggestions would look in practice.
It was a useful exercise and it was particularly good to get
to know people in the different churches
