Keeping the Church at the heart of the community.
Rev Adrian Judd,
01977 704744
thevicar@darringtonchurch.com
Contact the Rev Adrian Judd
Enquiries for Baptisms, weddings and funerals to the Vicar in the first instance please
By Phone: 01977 704744 Please speak loudly after the tone to leave a message.
By Email: thevicar at darringtonchurch dot com
By Letter: The Vicarage, Darrington, WF8 3AB
At Church: Please check the Sunday Service rota to make sure the vicar will be at the service you attend before you make a long journey.
In Person: by appointment or in emergency please.
Via A third party: this is notoriously unreliable, please avoid this.
Enquiries for Baptisms, weddings and funerals to the Vicar in the first instance please
By Phone: 01977 704744 Please speak loudly after the tone to leave a message.
By Email: thevicar at darringtonchurch dot com
By Letter: The Vicarage, Darrington, WF8 3AB
At Church: Please check the Sunday Service rota to make sure the vicar will be at the service you attend before you make a long journey.
In Person: by appointment or in emergency please.
Via A third party: this is notoriously unreliable, please avoid this.
Advantages and disadvantaged of each method:
Phone: Phoning the vicar is a good way of communicating with him, if he is in. You will get the answer phone on Fridays.
Email: this is the best method of communication when it works as it allows a considered response and likely a quicker response than any other.
Not all emails are delivered however. Some emails are caught by spam filters.
Emails above a certain size may not be permitted by email servers. Please print and post large documents, or legal documents.
Letter: Snail Mail still works, and is best for complicated or lengthy letters or documents.
The vicar can send several emails in the time it takes to go to the postbox.
At Church: there is often a queue of people, and the vicar is often on his way somewhere else, but face to face communication is best.
In Person: uninterrupted time to discuss things is more appropriate pastorally.
In an emergency please knock on the door at any time day or night. NB Neither the presence of a car or the absence of a car is indicative that the vicar is in.
Phone: Phoning the vicar is a good way of communicating with him, if he is in. You will get the answer phone on Fridays.
Email: this is the best method of communication when it works as it allows a considered response and likely a quicker response than any other.
Not all emails are delivered however. Some emails are caught by spam filters.
Emails above a certain size may not be permitted by email servers. Please print and post large documents, or legal documents.
Letter: Snail Mail still works, and is best for complicated or lengthy letters or documents.
The vicar can send several emails in the time it takes to go to the postbox.
At Church: there is often a queue of people, and the vicar is often on his way somewhere else, but face to face communication is best.
In Person: uninterrupted time to discuss things is more appropriate pastorally.
In an emergency please knock on the door at any time day or night. NB Neither the presence of a car or the absence of a car is indicative that the vicar is in.
Contacting the Parochial Church Council
Darrington with Wentbridge:
1) email PCC at darringtonchurch dot com, please send a copy to the vicar at darringtonchurch dot com.
2) by letter to the vicarage or to the PCC secretary direct
Kirk Smeaton
1) Phone the PCC secretary Rosa Webster
2) by letter to the vicarage or to the PCC secretary direct
To get in Church to do wedding flowers:
For access to Darrington Church for wedding flowers:
Mrs Julie Graham 01977 791099
For access to Wentbridge Church for wedding flowers:
Mrs Maureen Gummerson 01977 785048 or
Mr Geoff Goodworth 01977 620316 (For when Maureen is not available only)
Darrington with Wentbridge:
1) email PCC at darringtonchurch dot com, please send a copy to the vicar at darringtonchurch dot com.
2) by letter to the vicarage or to the PCC secretary direct
Kirk Smeaton
1) Phone the PCC secretary Rosa Webster
2) by letter to the vicarage or to the PCC secretary direct
To get in Church to do wedding flowers:
For access to Darrington Church for wedding flowers:
Mrs Julie Graham 01977 791099
For access to Wentbridge Church for wedding flowers:
Mrs Maureen Gummerson 01977 785048 or
Mr Geoff Goodworth 01977 620316 (For when Maureen is not available only)
Contacting the Church wardens:
eg for access to the church building,
1) In person at Church on a Sunday morning (probably best)
2) by email or 3) by phone
Darrington with Wentbridge: Churchwarden: Richard Hobman richard at darringtonchurch dot com 01977 704734
KirkSmeaton with Little Smeaton: Churchwarden: Ann Bradbury 01977 621 392
eg for access to the church building,
1) In person at Church on a Sunday morning (probably best)
2) by email or 3) by phone
Darrington with Wentbridge: Churchwarden: Richard Hobman richard at darringtonchurch dot com 01977 704734
KirkSmeaton with Little Smeaton: Churchwarden: Ann Bradbury 01977 621 392
Contacting Assistant Clergy:
Rev Hazel Crabtree
01977 793268
Hazel at darringtonchurch dot com
Rev Michael Taylor
01977 702824
Michael at darringtonchurch dot com
Lisa Hobman (Lay Reader)
Lisa at darringtonchurch dot com
Rev Hazel Crabtree
01977 793268
Hazel at darringtonchurch dot com
Rev Michael Taylor
01977 702824
Michael at darringtonchurch dot com
Lisa Hobman (Lay Reader)
Lisa at darringtonchurch dot com
Contacting the Organists:
At Smeaton Church
Eric Smith 01977 621264
At Darrington Church, and at Evensong at Smeaton, and for most weddings and funerals:
Michael Leech 01977 704989
At Wentbridge Church on Sundays and for funerals at Wentbridge church and some weddings:
Mrs Gwen Stephens 01977 600559
At Smeaton Church
Eric Smith 01977 621264
At Darrington Church, and at Evensong at Smeaton, and for most weddings and funerals:
Michael Leech 01977 704989
At Wentbridge Church on Sundays and for funerals at Wentbridge church and some weddings:
Mrs Gwen Stephens 01977 600559