View from up my end: New Church crisis looming
March 21, 2012 at 3:12 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2012 at 3:15 pm by Cyberman.)
You'd better all brace yourselves for a shock.
I just learned some terrible news in one of our local newspapers. Churches across the region, under the auspices of the Diocese of Lichfield, are warning of a terrifying new crisis ahead. Forget same-sex marriage, never mind about rampant godlessness in our nation, pay no attention to the kiddy-fiddling priest behind the curtain. This pisses all over that stuff.
Ready?
We're facing a chronic shortage of vicars.
Apparently a lack of funding and sheer public indifference could spell the end for the parish vicar. At one time these happy little creatures with their distinctive white-throated plumage could be seen nesting in old churches all over the area. Now, alas, their place on the endangered list seems inevitable, with some 40% of the species set to retire over the next eight years and little in the way of young to replace them.
Now, you may be thinking "So what?" or "Good riddance", or even possibly "So where's the problem?" - I know I did. But all these harmless little parasites want to do is to be left alone to live their lives and to tell everyone else how to live theirs. So please, spare a thought for the humble little parish vicar. You know they'd think of you.
I just learned some terrible news in one of our local newspapers. Churches across the region, under the auspices of the Diocese of Lichfield, are warning of a terrifying new crisis ahead. Forget same-sex marriage, never mind about rampant godlessness in our nation, pay no attention to the kiddy-fiddling priest behind the curtain. This pisses all over that stuff.
Ready?
We're facing a chronic shortage of vicars.
Apparently a lack of funding and sheer public indifference could spell the end for the parish vicar. At one time these happy little creatures with their distinctive white-throated plumage could be seen nesting in old churches all over the area. Now, alas, their place on the endangered list seems inevitable, with some 40% of the species set to retire over the next eight years and little in the way of young to replace them.
Now, you may be thinking "So what?" or "Good riddance", or even possibly "So where's the problem?" - I know I did. But all these harmless little parasites want to do is to be left alone to live their lives and to tell everyone else how to live theirs. So please, spare a thought for the humble little parish vicar. You know they'd think of you.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
