It has often been said that if churches were not there, they would be missed even by people who do not attend very often. Churches are usually big buildings and used as venues for events of all kinds.
- Flower Festivals
- Bellringing competitons
- Concerts
- Displays
The Diocese of Exeter website says, "In the Middle Ages, churches were used for a variety of functions such as courtroom, school and library, and hosted meetings, elections, debates, plays and festivities. In fact, until relatively recently, churches were multifunctional community centres. After the nineteenth-century restriction of secular uses of churches, attitudes are now changing again."
The whole page is HERE.
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