tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post1111074436630886782..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: The Game of Church KeysWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-38622232292898918602022-06-21T05:55:03.446+01:002022-06-21T05:55:03.446+01:00A couple of points:
Clergy need deep pockets to ha...A couple of points:<br />Clergy need deep pockets to have four or fives sets of keys on the go, particularly if the churches have ancient locks with keys 8 inches in size.<br />Having to get keys cut when you receive a curate is extremely expensive.<br />Ditto when a set of keys are lost by careless church wardens or Clergy.<br />If you have a board in the vicarage to hang keys, ensure that the keys are in the right order, nothing worse arriving at a church and find you have the wrong keys and the Church Wardens are at work or on holiday.<br />Running out of the Vicarage and grabbing the wrong set of keys has consequences, when it is a five mile drive back to get the right ones, five minutes before a service is due to start.<br />Never, never trust a set or sets of keys to your Lay Reader, Associate Vicar or Lay Person, who has a habit of misplacing them, that to has consequences.<br />As you can gather, my experience in a multi-parish benefice is offered freely, having experienced one or more of such consequences.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com