Village Shepherd

Although church attendance is down dramatically compared with fifty years ago, there is one sure way to fill the church, at least for a few weeks. If the Parochial Church Council (PCC) decides that there are so few attending church regularly that it has become inviable to keep the church open and puts in motion moves to close the church, a miracle usually happens. All sorts of people who rarely attend services turn out to protest against closure and some of them even begin to attend church.