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@revdmesmith Daniel 3 I think

Exodus 32 anyone?

@thevicarswife @PhilipDBunn Worse are the mangled modernisations. I'd almost rather not sing it at all than wreck it a la Kevin mayhew

@PhilipDBunn I feel the same about the people who omit the (unquestionably best) verse in Crown Him with Many Crowns that contains potentate of time, creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.

I’m not saying that people who remove “thee,” “thou,” “thy,” “thine,” etc in modern hymnbooks, thereby ruining internal rhymes, should be “excommunicated.” But I am saying if YOU said they should be excommunicated, I could see the argument.

@andersjazz @Moustache_bq @ukboomers

@Moustache_bq @ukboomers Aren’t the wine rings on the slate countertop just washable as part of the routine kitchen cleanup? They were renters, it’s not their house, they didn’t trash the place. They just didn’t leave it in pristine condition but they were renters.

I had to charge £200 for extra cleaning on our Cornwall Airbnb this week. £400 a night and look what they did. Wine rings on the slate. Cups everywhere. A candle burnt to nothing. In our day you left a place better than you found it. Now they walk away like it's a hotel.

@TheWomanfredi @churchofengland Milk and biscuit Monitor.

Some good news. I’m delighted and humbled to have been appointed Principal Oversight Lead for Liturgical Hospitality and Eucharistic Refreshment Logistics. Excited about getting back into ministry! Do pray for me as I begin this vital work. #CalledToServe @churchofengland

@TheWomanfredi @AnthonyGri10669 Bien sûr !!

@Revdangi @AnthonyGri10669 I got it!

Church Times vacancies pages looking increasing like Carry On Clergy. Starring Sid James as Reverend Sidney Titfield, Vicar of Nork.

@TheWomanfredi @AnthonyGri10669 Stuffing auto carrot... Norks not works... obvs

@TheWomanfredi @AnthonyGri10669 Upper and Lower Works Norks Magna

@JonathanHFrost Looking very un bonkers! Gorgeous girl 🐕

Bonnie on Remembrance Sunday

@revkatiethomas St Albans Teddington?

This must have been an astonishing church in its time - now an Art’s Centre. I don’t think the ultimate Creator, Author and Artist would mind too much that this is what his house has become…I hope not. Member of my congregation is the Conductor tonight. 🙏🏻

@OSacrumCorIesu @patrick_kidd It's worth an exploration I think.

@Revdangi @patrick_kidd That is a very interesting suggestion and quite a hopeful model!!

An informal survey of annual number of PCC meetings being chaired by new incumbents (sample of 100 in a national group) has revealed 13% - chair 15-18 PCCs 12% - chair 19+ PCCs (some up to 35 annually!) Is this sustainable governance for C of E? Is it saving the parish?

@thevicarswife @DavePiperDJ @alysrtarr Doing my utmost on this... Encouraging people to go to hard places and encouraging vocational growth in those places too...it's slow but real.

@Revdangi @DavePiperDJ @alysrtarr And we need people willing to go to the hard places (our next door deanery has only one incumbent at the moment). We're ordaining a different demographic and that might mean that some places still can't get clergy...

Not the first time I’ve been asked if I’m going for ordination, but this reason was novel.

@trad_priest @krishk You do realise these are simply removable decals/stickers as part of an exhibition don't you?

@krishk I suggest they do it to your home & car next so you can "value what they're trying to do" up close and personal.

There’s been a huge overreaction to a temporary artistic installation in Canterbury Cathedral. I’ll be honest — it’s not to my personal taste. But I value what the Cathedral is trying to do. Through a series of workshops, groups were invited to collaborate around a simple but profound question: “What would you ask God?” The resulting installation, created by poet Alex Vellis and curator Jacquiline Creswell, gives voice to the spiritual curiosity and honesty of those who took part. Among the questions displayed are: “Why did you create hate when love is by far more powerful?” and “Does everything have a soul?” Rather than seeing this as an act of provocation, perhaps we could see it as an act of invitation — a call to listen, to engage, and to recognise that even our hardest questions can be part of our search for truth. I have seen US commentators claim this is the fall of Britain and some claim this is sacrilege. Wait till they read the Psalms where the scriptures give voice to some even more outrageous prayers.

@thevicarswife @DavePiperDJ @alysrtarr *average 6-7 years to incumbency ..

@thevicarswife @DavePiperDJ @alysrtarr Yes anecdotally it's picking up now across the board, but early enquiries take a while to move through... Average years to incumbency. Weve seen steady growth through the post pandemic years and are also now seeing a further uptick..

@clarescastle @phmbaker Because they are removable installations , not graffiti on ancient stones.

@phmbaker Why isn’t this criminal damage? Even if commissioned by the Dean and Chapter.

@thevicarswife @DavePiperDJ @alysrtarr Not universally everywhere. Ours are very healthy.

@DavePiperDJ @alysrtarr Numbers are certainly down, alas.

@OSacrumCorIesu @patrick_kidd A good model for this imo is meetings within a meeting. Each parish church has space for its pcc to meet within the structure of a benefice wide meeting topped and tailed with joint and incumbent led business and worship. 4x a year, leaving space for sub groups in between.

@patrick_kidd You’d have thought! But it’s often fiercely opposed on the ground, and presumably technically requiring pastoral reorganisation, leaving us in a situation where we’re having a significant percentage of our new incumbents spend time in governance rather than teaching.

@Adrian_Hilton @SkyNews I could hazard a few words...

Why would @SkyNews announce the next Archbishop of Canterbury without naming her, but instead naming her husband and the number of children she has?

@revdmesmith @Harlequins That strip was never going to help 🤢

@Harlequins Not a good start to the season. Let’s hope things improve.

FT in Newcastle. #COYQ | #NEWvHAR

@charliebelllive 6

At least the Archbishop of Uganda is being honest. It’s not that Abp Vann preaches anything. It’s not that she even ‘practices’ something. It’s that she *is* something. GAFCON hate *us*, and they want to eliminate *us*. monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…