Here's the article to appear by kind permission of the parish council in the forthcoming issue of Grapevine:
CHANGES AT ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH
We asked Andy Griffiths, Vicar at St Michael’s: what are these changes going on?
“Well, there are more people in the church building on Sunday mornings. From 55 people in 2009, there are now 130. This hasn’t been easy - not for those who used to worship at the Junior School, and have now lost their former place of worship; and not for some who used to worship at the church but aren’t used to visible (and audible!) children in there. I’m proud of them all.
“And services are longer: from 9.30am to 12pm every Sunday. Don’t worry; nobody’s expected to come to all of it! Just “come when you can, leave when you like”. There are refreshment breaks every 30 minutes to make coming and going easier.
“Finally, we’re remodelling the church, for example replacing pews with chairs so the building can be used more – we even had carpet bowls in there a couple of weeks ago! Check out www.stmichaelsgalleywood.org.uk or drop by one Sunday.”
CHANGES AT ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH
We asked Andy Griffiths, Vicar at St Michael’s: what are these changes going on?
“Well, there are more people in the church building on Sunday mornings. From 55 people in 2009, there are now 130. This hasn’t been easy - not for those who used to worship at the Junior School, and have now lost their former place of worship; and not for some who used to worship at the church but aren’t used to visible (and audible!) children in there. I’m proud of them all.
“And services are longer: from 9.30am to 12pm every Sunday. Don’t worry; nobody’s expected to come to all of it! Just “come when you can, leave when you like”. There are refreshment breaks every 30 minutes to make coming and going easier.
“Finally, we’re remodelling the church, for example replacing pews with chairs so the building can be used more – we even had carpet bowls in there a couple of weeks ago! Check out www.stmichaelsgalleywood.org.uk or drop by one Sunday.”
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