what makes a good church guide? gabriel byng churchguides.co.uk
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What makes a good church guide?
Gabriel ByngChurchGuides.co.uk
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• Brief, leisure visits• Often unplanned• Secondary to visiting other sites• Similar visitor profile to NT/EH sites• Usually for historic, rather than spiritual or
architectural purposes• Family history or historic ‘celebrity’
Typical visits
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• Short guide– Free, very easy to read, well illustrated, a few
‘essentials’
• Long guide– For a fee, could be online only,
• Children’s guide
• Or – a group guide to several nearby churches
Guides
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Some tips
• Show visitors what to look for • Explain what they can SEE• Site it in history - of Christianity, of Britain and of the
parish, from the start to the present day• Tell a HUMAN history - builders, worshippers, priests• No unfamiliar terminology (clear language, short
sentences and paragraphs, subheadings, don’t be abstract - give examples)
• Use plans and photographs• Tell visitors where they can find out more