Ship of Fools: Mystery Worshipper

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St Matthew the Apostle

Accept God’s gifts: incense, good coffee, birthday cake – but not sulphur!

Douglas, Isle of Man

Lancaster Priory

Choir sings traditional evensong lustily in glorious afternoon sunshine

Lancaster, England

Saint Michael and All Angels

Building stuns; singing disappoints; coffee rejuvenates

Brighton, England

St Alphonsus

Good preaching, good music, and a comfortable pew

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

St Mary's Tower

Open air eucharist – a delightful idea – with babe in papoose

Hornsey, London

St Magnus

Confusing sermon, ignored at coffee – or were we in an Indian restaurant?

Lerwick, Scotland

St Mary-the-Virgin

A real Christian community – I’d be back like a shot! declared our Mystery Worshipper.

Stromness, Scotland

!Audacious Church

Focus on Jesus and be happy-clappy – and give money!

Salford, Greater Manchester, England

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Gilmore Place Free Presbyterian

Beautiful psalm singing in an atmosphere of absolute misery

Edinburgh, Scotland

St Mary on Paddington Green

Sermon a useful spiritual tool in a restless worship atmosphere

Little Venice, London

International Baptist, Singapore

International Baptist

Lots of loud talking and boisterous laughter - distracting and disappointing

Simonpetra, Mount Athos (Exterior)

Monastery of Simonopetra

No women allowed - although they do have Mary Magadalene's left hand

Mount Athos, Greece

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

Beautiful but remote - and oh, those tourists!

Westminster, London

St George's, Belfast, Northern Ireland

St George's

A happy community of Christians - it felt like a church!

Belfast, Northern Ireland

First Church UCC

Feathers, water, oil and fire usher in the New Year at this First Watch service

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

All Souls

Celebrating Readers in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh - but did His Royal Highness sing?

Langham Place, London

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