news bulletin – answers

Churches feel the economic pain

questions

1. Who is feeling Wall Street’s pain? a famous New York church
2. What has increased? the number of church goers
3. How many parishioners work in the finance industry? one third
4. How is this affecting St Bartholomew’s? they have less money donated – ‘fewer coins are going into the coffers’
5. What is approaching? the season of giving – i.e. Christmas
6. How does the rector describe the church’s current situation? ‘a little precarious’
7. How have they reduced the number of staff so far? by not filling open positions
8. What would be the worst thing? to have to let people go
9. What does the woman interviewed find in Church? comfort
10. When do people turn to God? when they want something