Vicar’s wife job description – Part 3 – drains

When vicars (or their wives) are chatting about the joys and challenges of parish life, there’s a sort of shorthand to describe the less spiritual aspects of church leadership that church leaders usually have to get involved in: ‘drains’, and sometimes ‘guttering’.
I remember chatting with Chickenfan, who was speaking at a Clergy Wives conference I [...]

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Vicar’s wife job description – part 2 – admin

The Vicar hates admin. Thinking about paperwork makes him go all clammy and breathless. He’s very good at many things but forms and scheduling give him the jitters. When he’s asked about praying for spiritual gifts, administration is the one he says he covets (it’s there in the bible).
Thankfully the Lord sent him a wife [...]

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Vicar’s wife job description

This was a search term that recently led someone to my blog. So I thought maybe I could start by drawing one up as I go along over the next twelve months. I’ll try and make it a regular feature.
If you’re reading and also doing the same job, I’d love to have your contributions too.
This [...]

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