Visiting the Chapelries

The middle week involves visiting churches in the South and North Archdeaconries. This was a wonderful way of getting off the beaten track and of spending varying lengths of time meeting Lay Ministers and church members. We managed anything between 3 to 12 church visits per day, being driven around by the Archdeacon or the Priest in charge of the main Church. In one village the chapelry may be little more than a simple corrugated iron structure, often with a new building in different stages of progress beside it. In other villages we found some wonderfully completed churches where members have contributed generously.