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St Andrew's Church, Taunton

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At Christmas 2005 our PCC Secretary Henry was given a goat from World Vision’s Alternative Gift Catalogue.  Well, he got a bit confused to begin with and if you haven't already done so you can read of his experience by clicking the index link to the right.

After reading the original poem, written by Henry as a 'thank you note' to Sarah and Dave, some members of St. Andrew's felt that Henry's life would, indeed, be improved by the presence of a goat. In late 2006 they presented him with one during a meal at a local hostelry. Henry's goat was, it must be said, very cute.  It was also rather small, didn't move about much, and had a label with washing instructions.

However it had rather a lot to say for itself and over a number of months was prolific in producing pieces for this website and the Parish Magazine. Henry's goat also regularly attended Bible study and other social events in the parish.

The goat developed a bit of a following amongst visitors to this website so we thought it was about time the animal had its own homepage. This probably makes it unique amongst goats who are not generally renowned for either their poetry or blogging skills.

So welcome to St. Andrew's Church Taunton.  To our knowledge, there are no other churches that have had a goat as a resident blogger/ Poet Laureate.  They are, we feel, the poorer for it.

 

Now that Henry's goat has finished blogging on the church website, some of its most well regarded works have been made available in booklet form. It's a bit of light-hearted fun, well produced, suitable for a little gift or stocking filler. Profits from the sale of the booklet go to St Andrew's church. Copies are £3.50 each, or £2.50 each for orders of four copies or more. Order direct from Henry by , or through the Parish Office. Click the picture for a bigger image.

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