I learned today that my predecessor-but-one in one of my parishes used to write a new Christmas carol every year, to be premiered at the annual parish brass band concert in early December. The annual concert continues, but the tradition of having a new carol had fizzled out - surely time for a revival?
I also discovered (in the same conversation, over lunch today following a funeral) that the same predecessor used to write children's stories featuring a vicar and his faithful canine companion. I commented that we could ask him if he would mind them being published - as a fundraising 'supplement' editition of the parish magazine. I could even add the stories that I tell my own children about the crocodile that lives in the river between the parishes of Buckden and Offord...
And could there also be a competition for the local schoolchildren to illustrate the finished book?Surely this has to be done!