Who is who

The people you will meet

One paid pastor, four unpaid officers and a part-time secretary. No staff photographs in soft focus; these are the people who will actually answer the telephone.

A white wooden church with a steeple and trees. — **Plate VII** The meeting house from the common. Timber-framed, put up in 1847 by the congregation itself, and kept standing since by roughly the same method.

PolityHow decisions get made

Acts 6:1-6

The elders lead and teach. The deacons look after money, mercy and the building. But the members decide — on the budget, on calling a pastor, on receiving and releasing members — at a members’ meeting, by a show of hands, four times a year.

Minutes are kept and are available to any member who asks. This is slower than the alternatives and we think it is worth it: a church that cannot be argued with in public tends to stop being argued with at all.

Getting hold of usWrite, or telephone

The office

Margaret answers the telephone Tuesday to Thursday, mornings. Outside those hours leave a message and somebody will call you back the same week.