Budleigh Past and Present

I enjoy noting similarities – and the occasional striking difference – between the way things are done here in Budleigh Salterton, and across the Atlantic in our sister-town of Brewster, Massachusetts. So, knowing that the vicar of St Peter's parish church will be retiring in April this year, I was interested in an item that I came across in the November 2009 newsletter published by Brewster's First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, part of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). In Brewster, it seems, they've been looking for a new minister for some time now, and it's a quest which has involved much heart-searching. Above: Brewster's First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church Picture credit: http://www.firstparish-brewster.org/ "Our survey and small group meetings showed that we are fairly open to our next parish minister being from any category of gender, race, age, class, sexual orientation, religion, or other classifications (with the exception o...