At this morning's joint parish Holy Communion service the following statement was read out on behalf of the church wardens of both parishes.

"We are delighted to be able to announce that Rutton is to be licensed as interim minister for Dunsfold and Hascombe for a two year period, during which time he will continue to be licensed to the parish of Cranleigh, and will remain under the leadership of our area dean.

"This will allow for a period of healing to take place and it will give us an opportunity to concentrate on mission and discipleship, and the space to be able to reflect on just what future ministry here might look like. The intention is that at the end of that time, a new resident priest will be appointed. The detail of how this will work practically is all contained in a short news sheet from Archdeacon Paul Davies (see attached).

Sheila Jones (Dunsfold), Jan Richardson (Dunsfold)

Anne Eve (Hascombe), Colin Swait (Hascombe).