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‘Super benefice’ plan for village churches
HOLLINGBOURNEcould become part of a “super benefice”, sharing its vicar with a wider area, as the Church attempts to deploy its min- isters more effectively. The proposed re-organisation fol-
lows vacancies in the North Downs benefice, including the retirement of Rev Nigel Fry in Leeds and Holling- bourne last year. The Canterbury Diocese plans to
merge Hollingbourne, Hucking, Boxley, Thurnham, Detling, Leeds, Broomfield, Kingswood, Langley and Otham. Details of the proposed “Benefice
of North Downs” have been posted on church doors across the area. In Hollingbourne, the Parochial Church Council hopes a “team vicar” appointed early next year will live at Hollingbourne vicarage. The team rector – currently Rev John Corbyn – will be based in Bearsted with another team vicar in Otham. The vicars will take services in all
of the churches supported by a new Missioner, who will be recruited to develop the church’s mission on housing estates in the area, such as
The notice is pinned up at All Saints’, Hollingbourne
those being built on the Sutton Road. This post will be for five years,
with accommodation in Samphire Close, Grove Green. A Diocese spokesman said: “The rationale behind the diocesan pro- posals follow vacancies…which prompted the deanery to consider how best to deploy ministry re- sources in order to support mission. “The
vision...commits the parishes
to maintaining the current…clergy for the next five years but deploying
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and demanded the music was turned down.Hesaid: “She rang the complaints line andwhenshe finally got through to someone, they said nothing could be done. So Victoria gave them an absolute mouthful. “She told them to go to the sound desk and tell them to turn it down which they did seem to do.” Mrs Wallace posted on Twitter: “Great, a number no-one answers, and sound levels way beyond legal limits. Unacceptable.” Maidstone Borough Council
(MBC) allowed MotePark to be used for the two-day festival. Borough councillor for Bearsted,
Picture: Paula Bilborough
them in a differentway.” Maidstone Archdeacon Stephen
Taylor welcomed the deanery’s re- configuration plan and claimed it in- creased the ministry by 0.5 of a person and allowed it to be more flexible in meeting the area’s needs. The public consultation runs until
August 30. Comments should be sent to Rex Andrew, Pastoral Divi- sion, The Church Commissioners, Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1 3AZ.
Mike Revell, received five com- plaints about the noise. He attended the event and said the sound at site level “wasn’t too bad” but those in the eastwere able to hear it for miles. He added: “It doesn’t seem the council has a hands-on policy. I am going to look into it.” Awalker near Chegworth said: “I
could hear the lead guitar and the drums perfectly. It didn’t bother me. Whitesnake aren’t going to be quiet, are they?” An MBC spokesman said that 35 complaints had been received about noise levels which he claimed were within “agreed limits”.
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