{"id":10833,"date":"2023-07-03T12:04:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T11:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10833"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T11:35:07","slug":"beer-festival-concerns-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/07\/beer-festival-concerns-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Festival Concerns Addressed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Response to Concerns about the Beer Festival<\/p><\/h1><\/span>

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Following our 10th<\/sup> annual beer and cider festival we have received a number of concerns on both social media and through direct contact with members of our community.<\/p>\n

We want to address these issues and make people aware that we take our site and how well it is respected seriously.<\/p>\n

We have been successfully running this event for many years and are aware that some people do not agree with us hosting a beer festival within a church setting. We have to balance the fact of serving our community, encouraging new people into church and fundraising for the future of not just ours but other churches in our deanery. We feel that the benefits far outweigh the small number of negative comments that we receive. See another article on our website as to the reasons why we run a beer festival – https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/05\/why-a-beer-festival-in-a-church\/<\/a><\/p>\n

A few years ago, we received a similar concern with regard to people sitting on and around graves. We have therefore already adapted what we do to ensure people are respectful of our site as follows:<\/p>\n