The life of a new churchwarden

When the vacancy for churchwarden first occurred, I thought that maybe I might like to do something like that but to be honest I hadn’t really got a clue what exactly a churchwarden actually did. I went home and had a Google and immediately decided that it looked like far too much work. Then I got involved with the search for a new incumbent and I really enjoyed that and so I thought again about being a churchwarden and decided to stand. 

I’m happy to say that I was elected but then I was the only one standing! Thank you to all of those who did vote for me, I really appreciate it… I think!

I seem to have hit the ground running. In the first week I had a meeting with Kay on Monday, there was a Zoom meeting on Tuesday and a meeting at the Vicarage on Wednesday. I got the day off on Thursday and on Friday I took over from Jane helping to get the new website up and running. I’m into my fourth week now and if anything it’s busier than ever.

Volunteer values

I must say that I literally had no idea of the sort of things that go on in the background to keep our church running and bring us our Sunday morning services. It’s quite outstanding really considering most of the people involved are volunteers. Actually, Barry our treasurer, mentioned at one of our meetings a very interesting fact. He’d sat down and worked out that by having volunteers doing things that we might otherwise have to pay for, they were actually saving the Church £105,300 a year! This is quite incredible and we’re so grateful for all the work the volunteers do and I’d really encourage anyone else who has a little bit of spare time to offer to volunteer too. 

It doesn’t have to be every month, it could be once a year at the summer fair for instance, selling books or toys or maybe helping to make coffee. Please do think about it, we are always in need of more volunteers.

I hope you've all noticed the improved sound system. We are having to improve it in stages as and when we have the money but I think the sound is so much better now. Please let us know how it sounds where you sit because it’s important everyone can hear clearly.

Many thanks must go to Kay who has been so brilliant helping me to ease into ‘the job’. We are hoping to write an article each month for the magazine just to keep everyone up to date on what’s happening in the church and what we're planning.

If you have any worries or concerns Kay and I are always here for you.