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  Strange that I should post the above story yesterday cos' in todays Telegraph I read the following piece by Christopher Booker
  
  Sadly, the much-loved little village church next to where I live in Somerset will not be filled today with flowers and a congregation approaching 100, as it usually is on this morning. Our church is not holding an Easter service - for possibly the first time in 1,000 years. This is because, in the Church of England's continuing decline, it has been decided that the regular churchgoers of three neighbouring parishes should all gather instead in another, smaller church two miles away, leaving our own church dark and empty.
  
  Particularly sad is the signal this gives to all of that wider congregation of irregular churchgoers who nevertheless look forward to joining at Easter and Christmas in happy celebrations which bring much of the village together. To them, it will only look as though the church is retreating still further from the community it has served for centuries.

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