The United Benefice Communion service held at St James the Great Silsoe on Sunday 29 December 2019 was the last communion to be conducted by Rev. Ian Smith in the Benefice before his move to Renhold. Nearly 100 people attended this last service to share in thanking Ian for all he has done in the Benefice during the past two and a half years and to wish him well as he takes up his new post as Priest at All Saints, Renhold. Ian had put together a simple but moving service which he conducted in full vestments, supported by Reader Gillian Kern in cassock and embroidered stole and Alan Aldridge in an alb. Ian was curate in the Benefice when Rev. Dave Bell was vicar and he provided great support for him. Following Rev. Bell’s retirement Ian bore the brunt of services across the Benefice as well as working full-time at Vauxhall; an amazing achievement.