The Alfreton Area - Shillong Link
Lambeth 1998 Rt. Revd. Purely Lyngdoh and his wife Nancy visit
Crich prior to conference.
October 1999 Revd. Philip Brooks and Jane Bennett visit Shillong as part of
partnership trip.
April 2000 Revd. Gaius Shullai of Jowai visits Crich
August 2001 Revd. David Higgon and family visit Shillong at time of Diocesan
anniversary celberations.
April 2002 Revd. Prestley Lyngdoh of Shillong Cathedral visits Crich
July 2003 Rt. Revd. Purely Lyngdoh and his wife Nancy visit Crich.
May 2004 4 Sunday School teachers from Shillong visit Crich and Morton
December 2004 Deena Barla from Board of Social Responsibility visits Shirland
and Crich.
Over time the link has been increasingly with the wider Alfreton Deanery.
Now All Saints South Wingfield supports a lay evangelist, Ajit Sahu, in the
Diocese of N.E. India.
Through the crosslinks BEST programme St. Mary's Crich has supported Malin
Dahanga through his training for ordination. Malin is now working with the
poor in Shillong. They are currently supporting Stephen Nag through ordination training.