Link THE PARISH MAGAZINE FOR ORTON, TEBAY AND RAVENSTONEDALE WITH NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE November 2019 THE LINK IS PUBLISHED BY THE CHURCH LETTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILS OF ALL SAINTS’, CHURCH, ORTON, From the Revd. Philip Rigby with ST JAMES’ CHURCH, TEBAY, AND ST OSWALD’S CHURCH, RAVENSTONEDALE WITH NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE When I sit down to write come to reasoned a short piece about our conclusions. We are VICAR Revd. Alun Hurd 01931 716048 Christian living in these “members one of another” The Vicarage, Shap, Penrith, CA10 3LB Email:
[email protected] days, there is an elephant and need to respond to Curate In the room: Brexit. By the one another’s opinions in a Fran Parkinson 23393 Retired clergy time you read this, the way that reflects that Ian Elliott 24441 Christopher Jenkin 24410 future relationship insight. Reader Emeritus between Britain and the The second is truth. Reg Capstick 24497 European Community may There is such a thing as ORTON with Tebay CHURCHWARDENS be clearer, but, whatever objective truth which is not Chris Bland 24258 Angela Milburn 24382 happens, there are many the same as opinion, and Linda Garrick 24262 Martin Lawson 26028 discussions and decisions it’s important to know PCC SECRETARY Susan Thorpe 24166 to be made now and in the which is which, to know Email:
[email protected] future in a situation where when our own (or other TREASURER Bill Lawler 24465 there are genuine, serious people’s) slant on the facts LOCAL LAY MINISTER Rosemary Campbell 24837 differences of opinion. slides into opinion, and to RAVENSTONEDALE with This is not the place to be honest in what we are NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE CHURCHWARDENS say what I think the saying.