Any C of E bods answer me a question please?
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jdw100 said:
I might apply!
Do you still have to believe in all that god stuff or is that optional?
A popular local vicar near where I live was chatting to me and my dad in our office one day at Christmas and freely admitted he didn't believe it and the bible/nativity stuff was "just a nice story".Do you still have to believe in all that god stuff or is that optional?
So on that basis, no, I don't think you have to believe anything!
NinjaPower said:
A popular local vicar near where I live was chatting to me and my dad in our office one day at Christmas and freely admitted he didn't believe it and the bible/nativity stuff was "just a nice story".
So on that basis, no, I don't think you have to believe anything!
I guess like a lot of jobs you don't actually have to believe in your company.So on that basis, no, I don't think you have to believe anything!
A bit like selling BMWs but driving an Audi. Do the C of E vicar job during the day, get home take off the dog collar and revert back to being a Jew or Muslim.
jdw100 said:
NinjaPower said:
A popular local vicar near where I live was chatting to me and my dad in our office one day at Christmas and freely admitted he didn't believe it and the bible/nativity stuff was "just a nice story".
So on that basis, no, I don't think you have to believe anything!
I guess like a lot of jobs you don't actually have to believe in your company.So on that basis, no, I don't think you have to believe anything!
A bit like selling BMWs but driving an Audi. Do the C of E vicar job during the day, get home take off the dog collar and revert back to being a Jew or Muslim.
RobinBanks said:
What's the salary?
Here you go:Curates (trainee vicars in their first four years of service to the church) earn around £15,000 per annum.
The starting salary for fully ordained vicars is £17,000 per annum.
Experienced vicars working in larger parishes earn between £20,000 and £28,000 per annum.
There are other benefits to working as a vicar such as free housing, usually in a rectory attached to or nearby the church.
So say £25,000 but no mortgage or rent....interested?
Don't forget the constant phone calls and visitors at all times of the day and night, non existent weekends, diva brides and their family's at weddings, christening screaming babies, burying children that you christened only a few years earlier (hard )burying friends and relatives, Christmas and Easter time off is a thing of the past, not being able to walk to the local shop on your day off as people keep stopping to talk about parish things, very little social life outside of church events (necessary to maintain at least some private life) and a normal working week of 70-80 hours, every week (no overtime either)
Still want to do it for £20k a year?.....
I know all this as my mother was a vicar for 20 odd years she is now retired, not that you would know it, as she still does chaplaincy work and counselling around the parish and holiday cover for the parish where they now live so probably clocks 30-40 hours a week aged 70 odd!
Still want to do it for £20k a year?.....
I know all this as my mother was a vicar for 20 odd years she is now retired, not that you would know it, as she still does chaplaincy work and counselling around the parish and holiday cover for the parish where they now live so probably clocks 30-40 hours a week aged 70 odd!
Our local priest (its a non denominational church really - mix of C of E and catholic I think) seems to rarely have time off. My wife attends church, I don't. She says there's a lot of pressure from the church for him to constantly raise funds etc. And this in a village. He operates between our church and 1 in the next village and has done a lot to involve community groups and get church attendances up apparently. To be honest, he seems to more than earn his salary. As said above, 1 of those jobs where you can't just clock off.
widebloke said:
Don't forget the constant phone calls and visitors at all times of the day and night, non existent weekends, diva brides and their family's at weddings, christening screaming babies, burying children that you christened only a few years earlier (hard )burying friends and relatives, Christmas and Easter time off is a thing of the past, not being able to walk to the local shop on your day off as people keep stopping to talk about parish things, very little social life outside of church events (necessary to maintain at least some private life) and a normal working week of 70-80 hours, every week (no overtime either)
Still want to do it for £20k a year?.....
I know all this as my mother was a vicar for 20 odd years she is now retired, not that you would know it, as she still does chaplaincy work and counselling around the parish and holiday cover for the parish where they now live so probably clocks 30-40 hours a week aged 70 odd!
My grandfather was a vicar and it was very much the same upon tetirement, he did 'locum' work in several parishes and there was a constant stream of requests for weddings, christenings etc by previous parishioners, he'd done the weddings, funerals and christenings for many generations of some families.Still want to do it for £20k a year?.....
I know all this as my mother was a vicar for 20 odd years she is now retired, not that you would know it, as she still does chaplaincy work and counselling around the parish and holiday cover for the parish where they now live so probably clocks 30-40 hours a week aged 70 odd!
He was working pretty heavily up until a couple of weeks before his death.
ApOrbital said:
My old vicar is an alcoholic very funny spent most of his time in the pub next door to the church.
When I was a lad - back in the 80's - the local vicar used to drink all the time in the Royal Oak and then stagger absolutely pished back to his house at least three times a week. I remember seeing him staggering along the road.He got knocked over on the pedestrian crossing three times! Third time polished him off.
Not sure what brand of christianity he was - The Reverend Yeand was his name, if I recall correctly.
boyse7en said:
What do they do about housing when they retire?
Do they have to put aside enough each month out of the salary to buy a house mortgage-free at 65?
Old vicars' homes, isn't it? Don't the church provide shared accommodation for elderly retired vicars? I'd always assusmed as much, bit maybe not. After all, a lot get married.Do they have to put aside enough each month out of the salary to buy a house mortgage-free at 65?
My mate (non-clergy bloke) married a vicar (bird). They live in a nice rural Rectory, jammy sods. I'll have to stick my nose in next time I see him.
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