"nck" > wrote in message
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> One of the volunteers knew how to play the
>harpsichord that is in the chapel, so we sang carols around THAT and it was
>too neat! People told their stories and shared a lot together.
>
>One of the curates I knew in NY scheduled all kinds of similar events at
his
>parish because he believed that you can't be a community until you sit down
>and eat together!

How cool that sounds, especially the harpsichord! Worth the price of the
hard work and effort, no doubt. I agree with the curate, and we have many
eating and "community" type events. The result seems to be the most
tightly-knit congregation of which I have ever been a member.

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