Open Day in Church, Saturday 6th September 2008

Mr John Winton, the National Director of Churches Tourism Network Wales (CTNW) spoke at the Governing Body meeting in April about the Open Church Day, Saturday 6th September 2008. 

This is the Church in Wales’ contribution to the European Heritage Weekends, and it is hoped that hundreds of churches throughout Wales will be open for much of that day. 

“This is an opportunity to share with the wider community the beauty of
the buildings, the stories they tell, and an opportunity to connect people who step inside these buildings with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”  said John, a former churchwarden and son of a vicarage.

CTNW will work with the Church in Wales to maximise publicity, making tourism agencies aware of the day, providing an information booklet, offering training courses in welcoming and marketing, and providing individual help for parishes.  CTNW can be contacted on 029 2041 7196 or 07815 062 040; email john@ctnw.co.uk.

The website is www.ctnw.co.uk.

It would be worth considering now what we could do as a Benefice to take part in this day, to keep our churches open, and to get some publicity for our mission in this area.

To keep the churches open and encourage people to call in would be a great way of raising the profile of the Church.