February 2012

VICAR: The Revd. Martin Fredriksen Tel: 694109

PARISH OFFICE (Mondays to Fridays 9.30am - Noon) Tel: 697641

FROM THE VICAR: The past eighteen years seem to have flown by so quickly. Thank you for inviting me to share with you all in so many intimate family moments through weddings, baptisms and funerals - as well as being able to preside at worship in this wonderful parish which has been so greatly blessed. Thank you to all those who have worked with me in so many different roles to keep the life of this parish so interesting and vibrant - spiritually and socially. Life is going to be very different for Dianne and I, as we had only been married five weeks before going to our first parish in North Devon. Apart from two years as a school chaplain, parish life has organised our diaries for us and we have never lived in our own house together over forty one years.

I stepped into my predecessor's shoes and someone else will step into mine - life goes on and the Church remains steadfast after some two thousand years. The Parish of Broadstone has had only eight Vicars in its 106 years of history - creating a feeling of stability and continuity. The rules and conditions have now changed and it is likely that an incumbent will not be able to stay as long in the future.

The person who takes over the next phase will inherit buildings in excellent order thanks to the generosity of some parishioners - and a substantial congregation of regular worshippers, as well as those enormous numbers who attend the great Festivals.

Please pray for us and with a joyful heart, we shall pray for God's continued blessing upon this parish and its next Vicar.

Martin Fredriksen.

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