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Good News!

We are now finally in a position to announce that a new vicar has been appointed. 

Interviews took place in March 2026 and we are delighted to say that an offer was made and accepted. Our new incumbent will be Rev Mark Charmley, who is currently Rector of the parishes of St Saviours and Torteval on Guernsey. We needed to wait for King Charles to ratify the appointment before we could announce the new Incumbent! Mark will be responsible for both Wisborough Green and Kirdford with Plaistow parishes (as was Clive).

We look forward to welcoming Mark, his wife Tracy (who is also ordained) and their two grown up children. 

Rev Mark writes;

“I have been ordained for 25 years and have spent the last 16 years as Rector of 2 parishes in the beautiful island of Guernsey. I am married to Tracy, who is a teacher specialising in Communication and Autism, and is also ordained.
We have 2 grown up children; Jonathan is an Archaeologist currently working in Guernsey Museum but he will be moving with us. Sophie is a Food Technology Teacher in Bracknell.
To relax I enjoy walking the lanes, gardening – preferably edible crops, reading and spending time with my family.
I am really excited about coming and joining you, getting to know you all as we seek to serve and follow Jesus together.”

 Mark will obviously need to work out his notice period in his existing parishes before making the major move to West Sussex.  We will post again once we have a definite date.

 

 

 

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Our recently retired vicar, Rev Clive Jenkins, was in charge of two parishes, Kirdford with Plaistow & Ifold and Wisborough Green. In consultation with Diocesan advisers and with a lot of prayerful consideration, the PCCs (Parochial Church Councils) of both parishes have agreed that we should become a United Benefice. This means that the two parishes will be more formally linked than at present, while still maintaining separate PCCs, each being responsible for the day to day running and finances of their part of the Benefice.

The process of forming a United Benefice has passed through various stages of consultation and has been approved by the Bishop of Chichester. The proposal is now being considered by the Church Commissioners who have issued a formal Notice of Public Consultation on the proposals.  This Notice can be read by clicking on the image right and, within the document, you can click on a link which will take you to the Church of England consultation page.  As you have to scroll through several consultations to find the relevant one, for convenience, the direct link is here. 

SUMMARY OF MAIN PROVISIONS OF DRAFT SCHEME This draft Scheme provides for: the union of the benefice of Kirdford and the benefice of Wisborough Green (their constituent parishes to remain distinct); the new benefice shall be named "The Benefice of Kirdford with Plaistow and Wisborough Green" and the area of the new benefice shall comprise the parish of Kirdford (the name of which shall be altered to “The Parish of Kirdford with Plaistow”) and the parish of Wisborough Green, which parishes shall continue distinct. the appointment of the first incumbent of the new benefice; The parsonage house of the benefice of Kirdford (known as: The Vicarage, Kirdford, Billingshurst, RH14 0LU) shall be the place of residence of the incumbent of the new benefice. the transfer of the parsonage house of the benefice of Wisborough Green to the Chichester Diocesan Board of Finance for disposal; and the future patronage arrangements for the new benefice; all in the diocese of Chichester