FROM THE METHODIST MINISTER

Dear Friends,

As I write this, we have not yet made the move to Gillinham, and my only visit to your delightful village, was a brief tour with Mr. White, in order to get "the lie of the land".

However, my wife and I have been most interested in all that we have heard of the life of Hartlip, and especially in the cordial relationship of co-operation and fellowship between Methodists and Church of England. We are looking forward to joining with you in worship, work and witness. I hope it will not be long before I shall get to know many of you, and I hope to be of service to you and to God. I trust you will bear with me at first, because it's bound to take me a little time to find my way around, and to get to know people. So, if I call you "Mrs. Jones" when your name is "Mrs. Smith", perhaps you will forgive me .... at least the first time!

May God bless you,

DENIS E. GARDINER.

PARISH NOTES

Safe Journey

And our very best wishes to Miss Ambrose and Miss Carey, of the Vicarage flat, as they leave London Airport on 1st September for Kenya. They have courageously answered the call for members of all professions (especially teaching) to help Africa in this critical stage of its development. They are two of several hundred graduate secondary school teachers from this country who are going out initially for two years under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Overseas Development. Miss Ambrose will be teaching at Kenya High School, Nairobi, a boarding-school of African, Asian and white girls of various nationalities; whilst Miss Carey will be at the Aga Khan High School, Nairobi, which is a co-educational day school, with mainly Indian pupils. We shall miss their presence with us in the holidays and their quiet support of our church life.

Sincere Sympathy

From all at Hartlip is extended to Mr. and Mrs. George Spreadborough, of Stockbury, in the tragic, sudden loss of their son, Terry.

Warm Welcome

Is extended to the Rev. Denis Gardiner, his wife and young, family, as he takes over from Mr. White as Methodist minister in charge of the Hartlip society.