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Saturday, 13 February 2021

Shrinking Congregation

Shrinking Congregation

I watch with some puzzlement

As our local vicar modifies his church

He’s closed down the meeting rooms

And he’s had his pulpit made a smaller size

Now he’s installed much smaller pews

And he’s had the stained-glass windows lowered

And, with the bishop’s stern approval,

The altar’s on a lower table than it was

I enquired about these modifications

So he confided to me in a recent conversation

He says he’s dealing with a shrinking congregation

 

 Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2021

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