village matters

BTW, in our monthly village newsletter, our mayor is considering to use our church (built in 1790) for communal functions such as concerts, exhibitions,
so that he could apply for building maintenance grants (it is one of the 60 churches in the county that was included in a list of potentials for falling down; in one nearby village one did that, pure luck -
I know, god loves them but not his church - that nobody was killed).

The mayor says, in a normal village 70 people visit the church for service, but here, there are only 5-10 worshippers... every second Saturday. Even the bell ringing is automated 6am, 12noon, 8pm. Wow, cool!

However, it is a lovely church, without it the beautiful view of the village would be lost, so I am actually considering what to do about stopping it sinking and moving down the hillside... any millionaires out there - pay us a visit and then more...

p.s. the village got European grant for 2 table tennis tables and a table football for our youth - no stopping us now!! I volunteered for table-tennis coaching;
the English language course has 12 attendees, but it’s early days yet. I knew teaching was hard, even stuff you think you know, but at the moment it’s a good few hours preparation for each lesson, and I still run out of stuff and had to improvise in yesterday’s lesson. So, hopes of my fame as brilliant teacher, still to scale the region… I am hopeful for a queue of paying customers soon to revitalise our sagging finances. This volunteering has to pay… see what rogue capitalism does to honest socialists? (Eva) later: Carolyn arrived from Iowa to house-sit, or rather house-warm next doors'. She seems nice...