A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Ian Scott will take place at St Peter-de-Witton Parish Church, St Peter's Church Lane/Tagwell Road, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 7AN on Monday 10th August at 12.15am.  The service will be conducted by the Revd Sheila Banyard, Rector of Droitwich.  The Bishop of Worcester, Dr John  Inge, will be attending  and will give the blessing. 

Mr Scott was killed in a road accident on July 18th. His widow, Sue, was very badly injured and will be released for the service from hospital, where she is still undergoing treatment. The driver of the other car was arrested and is currently on police bail while enquiries continue.

Ian Scott was the much respected Chaplain at Evesham Community Hospital and had previously worked in the same role in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. With his wife, he was also very involved with the local branch of MIND, the mental health Charity.

The service is expected to attract a large number of people and press are welcome to attend outside the church. The Bishop of Worcester, John Inge, will be available for press interviews from 11.15am.   The Revd Clive Parr, The Bishop of Worcester's Adviser for Hospital Ministry, who is now Acting Chaplain at Evesham Hospital, will also be available.  The family will not be available but the Bishop of Worcester will read a statement from them. (The couple have two adult children, Jason Wathers and Zoe Scott.)  Full details of the service order, the statement from the family and other people’s contributions to the service will be available on Monday morning from 11am. 

http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk  You can access the blog of Bishop John from the Diocesan website.

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Anni Holden is Acting Press officer for the Diocese of Worcester and all press enquiries should be directed to her. Contact details below.

It would be helpful to know whether you will be attending.

Anni Holden
Director of Communications
The Palace, Hereford HR4 9BL
01432 373342 or 07889 186316
a.holden@hereford.anglican.org
www.hereford.anglican.org

The Diocese of Worcester is one of 44 dioceses in the Church of England. It covers an area of 671 square miles and includes parishes in the County of Worcestershire, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and a few parishes in northern Gloucestershire, south east Wolverhampton and Sandwell.