A
number of parish churches one visits have a projector screen erected in the nave
or just inside the chancel. This worrying development, for aside from the
architectural disorder, it looks naff.
Doubtless
the modern churchgoer is keen on these encumbrances to enjoy PowerPoint
presentations, lectures on good works and sing-a-long lyrics.
Last
month when out churching with Mike, cycling south of Maidenhead, we entered St
Michael in Warfield village through the good offices of someone in the
parish. Simon Jenkins (Thousand Best Churches) has St Michael as having one of the finest
chancels in the Thames valley. However I had to ask that the huge projector
screen be collapsed to enable me to draw a fine stone screen in the Decorated
style immediately behind it.
And
poor nave had been cleared of everything that could be moved to allow a
constant stream of Mother and Toddler Groups through the week. We did not stay
too long as the person who let us in was keen to see us out.
Coming soon: Hard of hearing yet warm of heart
A visit to St John Shottesbrooke
I have delivered an IT Service Management course (complete with Powerpoint) in a church.
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