Personality from the Pews - Elizabeth Jarrett
I am delighted to be this month’s personality as I celebrate my 70th birthday!
I am a proud Lancastrian, but I love my adopted county of Staffordshire where I have lived since 1993. My older son was born in Yorkshire (no War of the Roses in our family!) but lives with his wife and family in Stoke. My younger son was born in Stoke but lives in London.
I discovered All Saints’ Church about 20 years ago whilst walking the public footpath on a Sunday morning. We were invited in for coffee, were warmly welcomed so we went along to a service one Sunday and as they say, ‘the rest is history’. Richard and I were married here by the late Rev'd Dick Sargent in 2010; I have been a PCC member, then Deputy Churchwarden and now Churchwarden since 2017. I am the Wedding Administrator for the Mid-Trent Team and now the Lifelong Learning Lead for our Heritage Project.
A favourite Bible reading is John Ch1 ‘In the beginning was the Word’. It was the first text Dick Sargent chose for a Bible Study group I attended and a traditional Christmas reading. My favourite hymn is Lord of all Hopefulness which we sang at our wedding and it is on my funeral service plan – I like to be well-organised!
