Canon Griffiths
As well as the benefice structure needing many officers and creating diverse centres of decision, another problem was maintaining regular Services in the nine separate parishes, as over the years, several members of the long-established Ministry Team had retired, creating a strain on those left.
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Canon Griffiths, a priest retired from parish ministry with plenty of experience, joined the Ministry Team and assisted with the leading of Services plus, over several months, visiting all nine parishes, speaking with many parishioners, and becoming familiar with the views of each area. He worked with the then recently formed single 'Benefice Council' to explore possible options for the way forward, which had been tried and proved elsewhere, including leaving things as they were (not favoured by most), to more radical changes of closing some churches and leaving others with much reduced activities.
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