On 3 May Fr Clive Wylie was instituted and inducted as Rector of the Benefice of North Creake, South Creake with Waterden, Syderstone with Barmer, and Sculthorpe. St Mary’s North Creake was packed with local parishioners and friends of Fr Clive along with representatives of the patrons, members of the local clergy and other worthies. The institution was carried out by the Bishop of Lynn, the Right Reverend Jonathan Meyrick and the induction by the Archdeacon of Lynn, the Venerable John Ashe. Basing his thoughts on the reading of St Luke 24, 13-35 (The Road to Emmaus) chosen by Fr Clive and read by Miss Anne Prentis, Lay Chairman of the Deanery Synod, the Bishop preached on the themes of Accompaniment, Steadfastness, Recognition and Continuity.

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The University of Bristol's Natterer’s Bats and Churches Research Project team has selected St Mary's as one of six Norfolk churches that may possibly participate in a research project aimed at developing workable solutions to resolve the problems associated with bats roosting in churches. The project will do this using research to determine the properties of churches that attract bats and by using experiments to encourage bats to roost in alternative structures that minimise impacts.