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Site of the Ecclesiological
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Whether you are an expert on churches and their architecture, or merely curious, welcome! Please contact us
with any questions - we will do our best to answer, without charge.
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"THE CHURCH MUST BE BRAVER BUILDING"
Monday 18 May
The Society's Annual Dykes Bower Memorial Lecture is on Monday 18 May
at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Speaker: The Rt Revd Graeme Knowles,
Dean of St Paul's, and Chairman of the Church of England Church
Building's Council.
His title is taken from an essay by T. S. Eliot.
6.00 for 6.30 start; St Faith's Chapel, entrance at the North-west corner of the Cathedral.
Reception afterwards in the Wren Suite of the Cathedral. Tickets £15.00
ALL WELCOME
Last minute tickets still available by emailing admin@ecclsoc.org
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English Heritage have appointed Linda Monckton as Head of Research Policy for Historic Places of Worship. We are awaiting futher details but believe she is taking up her role in early Autumn. Added 9 May 2009
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Art and Christianity Enquiry (ACE) invites entries for the 2009 Award for Religious Architecture. Entries must be in the United Kingdom and completed between September 2004 and September 2009. Details here. Added 9 May 2009.
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The Churches Conservation Trust is celebrating its 40th
Anniversary this year. There is a range of interesting events in their wonderful buildings. Visit their site at www.visitchurches.org.uk Added 9 May 2009
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Plaudits to all! - a joint paper called Realising the Potential has been
produced by the Government and the Church of England to help faith groups
identify sources of funding to make them better able to deliver public
services, etc. This is a major success, as it brought together a number of
government departments at ministerial level to consider the issues, including any ‘squeamishness’ that funding providers
may have in allocating public funds to faith groups. You can download the paper here Added 9 May 2009
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Country Life are running a competition for
‘Unsung heroes of the rural church’. Entries must be in by 31 May. Details here Added 9 May 2009
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Four water companies – United
Utilities, Northumbrian Water, Yorkshire Water
and Severn Trent – had announced that they will in
future charge churches and other charitable buildings (such as Scout Huts) the
same as commercial companies for drainage. Things have since moved on. To find out more details, and make your own mind up on this, see www.DontDrainUs.org
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English Heritage
have relaunched their scheme for Support Officers for Historic Places
of Worship. They are open to proposals for such posts, for which they
pay half the costs. Details here. Added 7 Feb 09
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A day course is being run at Oxford on 15 May on sharing space inside church buildings with secular organisations. Details on our events page. Added 7 Feb 09
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The future
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With
slowly declining congregations (in common with many Christian
denominations), what will happen to our Church of England church
buildings? churches future (including downloads). . . |
This site . . .
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Help with . . .
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If you can't find the sort of thing you are looking for on this site, try our Help with . . . page,
which has links to several useful sites, including the excellent
Churchcrawler chat site, and helpful hints for those looking after
churches and applying for grants. |
Update policy
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In theory updated monthly. This
page last updated 14 May 09. See what's new.
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The Ecclesiological Society, Registered Charity No. 210501
Address for enquiries and general correspondence:
EcclSoc, PO Box 287, New Malden, KT3 4YT, UK |
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