Wednesday 18th February 2009, 11.30am to 3.00pm at Weston Patrick Village Hall, near Basingstoke RG25 2NT by kind invitation of the Revd Peter Dyson, the Rector.
Mega-Parish Benefices – A Review
We discussed, with particular reference to the North Hampshire Downs benefice (in which we were meeting), the theology, progress and policy of bringing together large clusters of parishes to form a benefice.
What does it do for clergy and people? What does it cost? What does it require of them? Can it ‘work’? Is it sustainable – and over what sort of period?
Hampshire Rural Group is an Open Group, affiliated to the Rural Theology Association, which keeps an eye on rural issues and how they affect the churches of Hampshire.
