Rt Hon David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, and his wife Marilyn attended the High Mass at St Paulinus Church in Crayford on Sunday morning (27 August) to bid farewell and good luck to the Curate Rev James Crockford. After the service there was a BBQ and buffet lunch in the church hall.

Rev Crockford, who has served as Curate at St Paulinus Church for the past three years, is leaving to join the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford in September.

Pictured with Rev Crockford after the service are Rt Hon David Evennett MP, Mavis Fielder-White and Jean Bourn.