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A new Pastor for the Parkes/Forbes Parish
The Parkes/Forbes Parish recently welcomed a new pastor, James Leach, his wife and six children aged from one to sixteen. They are delighted to have a new shepherd after a vacancy of about three years. The Ladies Guild has been in recess for most of that time but, hopefully, this will not always be the case. Natural attrition, families moving away, and illness always create difficulties, but new people join the congregation, others recover from illnesses and now there is Pastor Leach preaching God’s Word and giving encouragement. Numbers are ...