The Church About the Dale trailer has been in action again, this time venturing into Lancashire for the Hodder Valley Show at Newton in Bowland.
The churches of Tosside and Slaidburn (in Bowland Deanery) near Clitheroe, were able to have a Christian presence at the show thanks to the Wensleydale Deanery and Wensleydale Methodists who loaned out the trailer. It was well situated on the route to the main show ring, with scores of visitors popping in to talk to church members, read through various leaflets - and sample the free cakes on offer!
The church reports that many people were impressed with the professional look of the trailer and were appreciative of the Church going out to them rather than the other way round.
The Rector of Slaidburn with Tosside, the Rev’d Jonathan Oldfield said, “The church no longer expects people to automatically come to church, so it’s important that the church goes out to where people are and the Hodder Valley Show presented us with one such opportunity of which we took full advantage.”