Parochial Church Council
Church Wardens
Mr J O Birkbeck, Litcham Hall, Lexham Rd.
Mr R C Vogt, The Cottage, Pound Lane.
Secretary
Mrs. Karen Moore, Point House, Back Street. Telephone 01328 700313
Summary of Activities 2010-2011
The significant event this year was the arrival and, most sadly, the departure within eight months of Rev’d Michael Thompson as Priest in Charge of the extended Upper Nar Group of Parishes.
Michael was the unanimous choice of all the parishes and very quickly endeared himself to us all. He has a highly individual style of preaching and his sermons combined the rare skills of erudition, personal experience and wit. His services were concise and correct in form and he had a fine musical sense and a number of highly professional musical friends who graced our worship on a number of occasions. It was a severe blow to us when he found that personal reasons dictated that he had to take time out from the activity of ministry.
We therefore find ourselves back in iterregnum. However, there is now a more extensive resource of Priests in the Dereham ministry and we have be furnished with the means to continue the regular worship in all the churches which is so vital to the community. We are also assured that we will not be left in limbo for so long as previously and signs are already hopeful in this respect.
The endless task of fundraising has continued this year, the highlight of which was the catering at the Lexham Snowdrop Walk Sunday which enjoyed better weather this year and had an outstanding attendance and made an appreciable income for us. Despite this, there is little left after meeting our overheads for any more than the most vital of maintenance.
The Friends of Litcham Church continue to be highly supportive. The clock project was completed although there are still teething troubles, the resolution of which is promised imminently. This years project in the unglamorous but vital one of attending to the most urgent structural work highlighted by the latest building survey.
The Church remains loved and cared for and congregations have increased of late. The building remains open during daylight hours and this is regularly welcomed by the number of visitors from near and far who sign the visitors’ book.
Next year is the 600th anniversary of the reconstruction and dedication of the church in 1412 and we will not let this pass without the appropriate celebrations to be announced in due course.
Richard Vogt, Churchwarden - April 2011
Litcham Parochial Church Council wishes to thank those persons who contribute towards the funds of the church, either on a regular or on an occasional basis. Gifts and donations are mostly treated confidentially, which means that the members of the PCC are unaware of the identities of contributors, so that “thank yous” are mostly left unsaid. Your gifts are very welcome and help very much towards the day to day running of our church, or, perhaps, towards some particular purpose if this has been specified.
