Along with lists of members and suggestions for priority visits I used to leave
a complete set of maps of all the places covered by the churches in my pastoral
charge, showing hard to find locations like members' farms. I would also leave
ecumenical contact details, like Churches Together and fraternals, and other
hopefully useful bits of information like hospital visiting hours.
It would be handy if Methodism were to publish guidelines on information to be
passed on when a minister leaves; it can make such a difference to the incoming
one. Perhaps it does now, but I can't remember receiving any kind of "official"
instructions or suggestions in the past.
John Barnett
On 01 August 2021 at 10:58 raygarfoot <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can anyone beat dog poo all over the garden and a flea infested living
room carpet? That was in the olden days of 1985, but in 1999 our front
bedroom smelt of dog wee for ages. And yet in a couple of my manses there
were no pastoral records with lists of members to be seen.
Raymond Garfoot.
