A Letter
from All Saints’ Church
Datchworth 15th December 2004
Dear
Friends
My name is
Linda Hall and I have
been nominated by All Saints’ Church Datchworth PCC to act as the
contact to
develop the link between our two parishes.
As you may
know Tony was of great
support to us in our very recent inter-regnum and we felt that we got
to know
him and his family quite well. When he
relocated to Wheatley
Park we felt that
we
would like to continue our association with him and his chosen parish. Strengthening a link with fellow Christians
from a different community was an opportunity not to be missed. My
husband Mike
and I visited Tony, Pauline and Barrie in the summer on our way home
from a
holiday in the Lake District and were
made
very welcome.
So let me
tell you a little about
our church and parish. Datchworth
is a small Home Counties village not far from
the outskirts of London.
We have a village shop, a Post Office and two Pubs. Everybody knows
everyone
else and it is a lovely place to live.
We worship in a beautiful 900 year old church sited at one of
the
highest points in Hertfordshire. We have
90ish souls on our Electoral Role from all walks of life and manage a
congregation of 40 on a good Sunday. The Inter-regnum now over, we are
officially about to be part of a team ministry consisting of the
parishes of
Welwyn, Tewin, Ayot St Peter and
Woolmer Green all
semi-rural villages of a
similar nature to ours. The team
ministry is composed of the Team Rector Rev. Alan Winton, the Team
Vicar, our
own Rev. Coralie McCluskey and a number of other clergy.
We
felt that a good way to progress our relationship was through the
following;
- An
exchange of Web links which we have already done. By
accessing our Datchworth site you can follow the life of the village
and church. Our weekly church newsletter
is available on the site.
- To
nominate a person responsible for making regular contact with St Paul’s.
- To
exchange prayer lists.
- A regular
exchange of a newsletter from one of the parishioners; so we can get to
know one another.
- We will
send you a copy of our monthly Parish Magazine.
- It would
also be lovely to arrange some reciprocal visits for Sunday Worship.
We
would love to hear of your ideas and very much look forward to hearing
from you
and developing our joint Christian fellowship.
Wishing
you all a very happy Christmas and peaceful New
Year.
On
behalf of the Datchworth All Saints’ Church PCC,
Linda