Adapting historic places of worship for complementary activities often involves tapping into the potential footfall and income from tourists and heritage visitors. For six years now Info-Point has been providing a modern way for church buildings to easily deliver information to visitors’ smartphones, at low cost and low risk. Smartphones can even be used as a way of […] Inspired will explore practical ways to use the heritage of your church to engage and inspire people, to tell relevant stories for today, to support mission and to improve churches’ overall sustainability. It will partly use the example of Durham Cathedral’s recently opened ‘Open Treasure’ exhibition, but will also draw on experience and practice from parish […] While the largely illiterate medieval worshippers could read the symbols contained within the windows and carvings of their churches, today, we are less attuned to what they all mean. The Secret Language of Churches and Cathedrals, published this month by Richard Stemp, restores the lost spiritual meaning of these fine and fascinating buildings. Every element […] Just published (March 2016), Churches an Architectural Guide is a very accessible book and is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear and easy to use, the text explains the key components of church architecture-stylistic developments, functional requirements, regional variations, and arcane vocabulary. Readers can equip […] If you are visiting the North East and want to see an exemplar of how to present your place of worship then do visit Hexham Abbey. Opened in the autumn of 2014, it presents 1,300 years of its history as a priory and parish church using many different types of media aimed at all audiences. […] Ely Cathedral is to become the latest Cathedral to launch its own app - allowing visitors to navigate their way round the 900-year-old site. The App, which is available for download on most smartphones and tablets, will tell users about the history of the site, provide tour routes and information about the architecture and iconic […] The Methodist Church is seeking three volunteers with proven expertise to help support the care and promotion of Methodist archives and heritage. Would you, or do you know of others you would like to encourage to, consider these opportunities to serve the Methodist Church? Please feel free to share this email widely. If you have […] Interpreting Religious Heritage looked at the different ways that churches can promote themselves and their religious heritage. It was undertaken by four American students as their Interactive Qualifying Project submitted to the Faculty of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in partial fulfilment of the requirements for their BSc degree. This was a partnership between Worcester Polytechnic Institute […] Holy Trinity Micklegate, York is a thriving parish church with a long and complex history. The present church is only part of the nave from a much larger Benedictine priory church that was at the heart of a seven-acre monastic precinct. The modern-day Anglican parish has strong ecumenical links with both the Benedictine abbey at […] How do you reconcile the spiritual role of a place of worship with the fact that many visitors will also or only be interested in the architecture or the history of the building? And what can you provide for those visitors who have no idea of the spiritual function of the building and how it […]Church Heritage Interpretation: Info-Point
‘Inspired Conference: Heritage Interpretation for Places of Worship’ on 27th February 2018, Durham Cathedral
Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity’s Holy Building by Richard Stemp
Churches, An Architectural Guide
Hexham Abbey - the Big Story
Ely Cathedral launches new app
Methodist heritage seeks volunteers
Interpreting religious heritage - a new study
Micklegate Priory revealed
Managing the experience of visitors in sacred spaces: a web-based learning resource