tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post3372481675413774380..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: The Revd Oliver Henly, Vicar of Wolverton Saint Mary, and a church crisis in Stony StratfordPatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-81950609524342506302023-03-29T14:17:56.848+01:002023-03-29T14:17:56.848+01:00this building became a Community centre in Stony S...this building became a Community centre in Stony Stratford and in about 1980/81 the local Jewish Community wanted to hire it to hold Shabbat morning services. I believe they did use it a few times, but then suddenly the vicar of St Mary's and St Giles discovered that in the small print it said that the hall could not be used for religious services. He explained this to the congregation in his church one Sunday morning adding that even if they needed to use the hall for a service, they would not be allowed to either. So the Jewish Community were banned. Years later, this small print seemed to have disappeared, one of the church wardens denied it ever existed as did the new vicar. The building was sold to the Greek Orthodox community who use it as a church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com