Stop the Parish, I Want to Get Off!

Based on the book by Audrey Carter. Read by Lynn Robertson Hay. Meet the Carter Family: Audrey, her husband Tom, their three nearly grown up sons Derek, Anthony and Martin, Pooky the cat and Samuel Smudge the dog. Tom was a high-flying businessman before the call to church ministry hit; he’s now a newly ordained minister in the Parish of St Jude's in the Church of England. Through a series of frank and often funny letters to God, Audrey gives us an unfiltered picture of life as a vicar’s wife. Stop the Parish, I Want to Get Off! was first broadcast on Premier Christian Radio in 1997-1998.

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It’s the first day of Christmas, and two shocking car stickers need to disappear quickly from the rectory.

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Christmas Day at the rectory.

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It’s Christmas Eve, and at the rectory Audrey is busy with the final Christmas preparations.

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It’s the crib service at St Jude’s this afternoon, and baby Jesus has gone missing…

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It’s Martin’s 17th birthday. Audrey’s imagination runs wild wondering what his party guests are getting up to.

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Audrey receives her first 40-plus makeup fact sheet. The first of many Christmas dinners is consumed.

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Audrey decides that she must be the only Mary in a church full of Marthas.

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It’s Audrey’s birthday. Time for some stocktaking - and presents, of course…

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Anthony (Son #2) has money problems.

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Sally (Samuel’s replacement) is proving a little troublesome.

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Audrey is in awe as the parishioners help sort out the jumble sale donations.

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A parishioner unexpectedly faints during one of Tom’s sermons.

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The stress of training Sally is beginning to take its toll on Audrey.

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The rectory overflows with donations for the church’s jumble sale.

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Easter Sunday - and while the Carter family have dinner after church, the boys critique their dad’s sermon. Audrey is happy to see they’d been paying attention.