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Ship of Fools: Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

The Mystery WorshipperThe Mystery Worshipper Shipmate
edited June 24 in The Mystery Worshipper

imageShip of Fools: Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Glorious Anglo-Catholicism at its very best - like being in heaven!

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  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited June 24
    It might be worth noting that, at the time of this MW Report, the 11am service was the second principal Eucharist of the day. Given that the population of the parish is less than 10000, an attendance of 150 seems not too bad.

    Possibly as a result of the pandemic, there is now one main Sunday Eucharist (at 1030am), alternating between contemporary and traditional language. There is a monthly Family Mass at 930am, which I guess would need to be kept quite short!
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    This comment, too, has fallen victim to the comment bug regarding the photo.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Not only that, but I read their website incorrectly. It appears that they have a Family Mass at 930am on the first Sunday each month, with a 1030am Mass on the other Sundays - begging the question as to what happens (if anything) at 1030am on the first Sunday!

    I get the impression (and it's no more than that) of a church struggling to come to terms with the Covid-induced decline which is being suffered by many churches in the UK, and elsewhere.
  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    [Hostly cotta on]

    Maybe the tangent about Family Masses may be more suitable for its own thread in Eccles
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Spike wrote: »
    [Hostly cotta on]

    Maybe the tangent about Family Masses may be more suitable for its own thread in Eccles

    Please continue this interesting tangent on the shiny new thread in Ecclesiantics.

    Nenya - Eccles and MW Host
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited 2:39PM
    Reverting to the Abbey for moment, videos of recent 1030am services are available on YouTube, and give an excellent impression of what worship there is like today:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGMVuwsKaA&list=PL2GU1lhx_6f8YnqIqgrwvmRU_UGdN-ozT&index=3

    Not a particularly large congregation, but it isn't a huge town or parish, and there are other C of E Places in the area.

  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    ETA:

    I think there's one more C of E church in the town itself, but other denominations are well-represented, all working together in various ways.
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