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Fifty Things to do in St Michael and All Angels Church

The National Churches Trust is running a campaign called '50 Things to do in a Church'.  Focussing on the vital role church buildings play in benefitting the wider community, as well as their being places of worship, 50 Things to do in a Church chimes perfectly with the motivation behind and aims of Project Beacon.

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Listen to Michael Michael Palin talk about how important churches are to him - a self described  'agnostic with doubts'!

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To help us envisage an exciting future for St Michael's we are starting out own list of '50 Things to do at St Michael's'.  Not all of these are happening now.  Many are, but some of the list is what we would like to do in the future, either routinely or as one-off events.

If you can think of anymore, please let us know by dropping us a chat message.

Music, the entertainment, and the arts

  • Sing in a choir

  • Visit the final resting place of T S Eliot and find out more about his life, work and his connection to the village.

  • Visit and arts and craft exhibition

  • Attend a poetry recital

  • Listen to a concert

Spiritual

  • Light a candle

  • Meet the vicar

  • Find peace and quiet

  • Sing a hymn

  • Say a prayer

  • Get married (or go to a wedding)

  • Get baptised

Art and architecture

  • See an historic coat of arms

  • Marvel at stained glass

Nature

  • Make a flower arrangement

  • Take in one of the best views for miles around

  • Go stargazing

  • Help us re-wild

  • Discover an ancient yew tree

  • Find a stag beetle

  • Go birdwatching

  • Go to a flower festival

Sports and leisure

  • Ring the bells

  • Bag a geocache

  • Take a comfort break mid-way through a country walk.

  • Abseil down the spire

  • Take part in Ride+Stride

Community

  • Hire the amazing space for a private function

  • Bid at a charity auction

  • Have a club evening

  • Use the free Wi Fi (coming soon!)

  • Attend a talk

  • Come to a bring and buy sale

  • Get your teddy bear to parachute off the church tower

  • Drop off donations for the local food bank

Food and drink

  • Visit a Farmers’ Market

  • Enjoy a beer and cider festival

  • Have a cream tea

  • Eat a bacon butty

  • Have a picnic

Explore

  • Find the church mice (and solve the word game)

  • Climb the tower

  • Stand in the pulpit

  • Try out the organ

  • Discover an acrostic

History

  • Honour the fallen

  • Learn more about village and local history.

  • Research your family history.

  • Decipher the inscriptions.

  • Learn something about the amazing life and achievements of the explorer, buccaneer and hydrographer William Dampier.

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