tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post8919538412307250596..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: Defending the parish system - part 1 in an occasional (maybe even sporadic) seriesKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-51007286225912410022012-01-06T12:56:48.795+00:002012-01-06T12:56:48.795+00:00A lovely incident, but I think I'm with those ...A lovely incident, but I think I'm with those commenters who see this as about a sacred place and a pastoral response, rather than explicitly about the parish system. Still Breathing is so right about the confusing parish boundaries in urban and suburban situations. It's so much easier in villages.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-14833347944461337872012-01-05T23:26:46.196+00:002012-01-05T23:26:46.196+00:00I agree with others that it isn't as much a qu...I agree with others that it isn't as much a question of the Parish system as of pastoral care and compassion. But it the parish system did make it easier for the people to seek out that care, even if they had only as much knowledge of the system as would be gained from watching Postman Pat and learning that the Reverend Timms appears to live in the church, they knew that the person to contact was the vicar and that s/he would live in the vicarage. As someone who has a bit of a thing about telephones being answered (sigh) I think that the has a great asset it has in its parish system and centuries of history behind it. Although the resources just can't be there to have a full time vicar installed in every vicarage it's a very good way of ensuring direct communication between the institution and the people it is there to serve thanFiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-6725653087117501192012-01-04T12:27:14.334+00:002012-01-04T12:27:14.334+00:00As a Baptist I always envied the parish system as ...As a Baptist I always envied the parish system as at least you know who you are meant to be serving/reaching. However, here in suburbia it gets rather complicated as the parishes have been carved up as new churches are built. There is an Anglican church half a mile away but we aren't in that parish; we are in the parish of one that is almost a mile away!<br /><br />Now we are attending an Anglican church but it isn't either of those but one a mere 1.4 miles away. In that short distance we cross parish boundaries, the borough boundary, the county boundary and even the diocesan boundary! In these circumstances the idea of parish does get rather difficult.Still Breathinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978442035953135900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-6412219469012388912012-01-04T09:14:40.694+00:002012-01-04T09:14:40.694+00:00A lovely piece about the value of a church and res...A lovely piece about the value of a church and responding to needs. It isn't really linked to the Parish concept though, it's linked to Pastoral care and compassion.... there is a point of focus ie a building, but it doesn't have to in a Parish set up.Aveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722794914712995436noreply@blogger.com