Our new Vicar, Reverend Hilary Campbell, was formally licensed in a packed Cropredy Church on 1st October at a Service* of Collation, Induction and Installation. The Bishop of Dorchester, Right Reverend Colin Fletcher, officiated assisted by the Area Dean of Deddington Deanery, Revd Jeff West. The congregation was headed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Tim Stevenson, as HM The Queen's representative along with our District Councillor, Ken Atack. The Revd Lynda Alcock supported the Bishop as his Chaplain. Clergy from many churches in the Deanery area were present as well as representatives of the Catholic and Methodist Churches. During the service, which was both ceremonial yet intimate, the Churchwardens of each of the five parishes in the Benefice presented Hilary with symbols of the ministry including water