Silly churches. I’m sorry you had that experience and, though I don’t know what your views are, I expect that they’re justified given what you’ve been through.

When I was finding my faith I was subject to a few experiences that should have put me off. I’m not sure if it my my perseverance with God or the other way round that got me through.

A handwritten (or, at least, hand-addressed) letter does sound intriguing. I’ve not come across anything like that being done before.

I personally like the idea of a heavenly directory, though I’ve moved house so many times I expect God’s running out space for my entry! Hah!

MR

Magic Roundabout – it’s one of those things I can’t help, I find humour in the oddest things sometimes – Kate will testify to a very bad day I was having when I spotted the cat laying on the worktop, through everything a spark of laughter came as I rushed for a camera – the cat had sat so it looked like he’d got a knife buried in him… He hadn’t and was quite happily purring away – but it was the most bizarre thing.

So what’s really happened here then.. Have the church got a long list of people to contact? Handwritten, not a mass mailing then (breaks my earlier question on the phone yesterday about the Data Protection Act!)….

Probably all innocent enough – but I’m a suspicious sod! Hmmmm the plot thickens!!

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Magic Roundabout – Hello and welcome – my views on the church are maybe a little harsh after being thrown out in the 70′s by a bishop that did not understand that I could be in love and want to marry someone who was divorced. I have my faith and have brought both of my children up to be good people and recognise the good in everybody.

This one was blog-worthy because it was a hand written envelope containing and invitation and a reply card – it was so personal – it has me wondering…and it has not gone in the recycling bag with all the other strange mail that arrives daily – it is in my handbag ready to send the reply tomorrow.

I will let you know!!!

As a regular church-goer, and someone who has a streak of the anthropologist in them, I’m quite intrigued about how people view the church from the outside.

Your response is therefore interesting. I suspect that, like me, you receive direct mailings from many organisations without querying where they got your address from. I wonder what makes one from the church so blog-worthy?

Let us know how you get on and what they want!

MR

Maybe they are after a big money transfer to get you to cross villages ….?, demand a huge signing on fee, extra wine at communion, and not the orrible sweet stuff they always give !

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I did educate a church website on the Data Protection Act recently, but I’d love to know how they found you!!!

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