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The Mystery Worshipper
Ship of Fools has an intrepid team of Mystery Worshippers travelling incognito in the British aisles and beyond, reporting on the comfort of the pews, the warmth of the welcome and the length of the sermon. The only clue they have been there at all is the Mystery Worshipper calling card, dropped discreetly into the collection plate. Read our latest reports – and the more ancient ones – below.
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New reports

> The litany and devilled eggs at Transfiguration, New York
> Praying against the Baptists in Birmingham Christian Centre, UK
> Overstuffed pews at Canberra Christian Life Centre, Australia
> No blue cups for visitors at Holy Spirit, Cape Cod, USA
> Remembering the London bombings in Aberfoyle, Scotland

> Beautiful worship space at Resurrection, Aptos, CA
> Friendly welcome at Garden of Peace, St Petersburg, FL
> The organ overwhelmed at Trinity Church, Boston, MA
> Teenagers turn out for mass at St Joseph's, Krakow, Poland
> Lush French hymns at Ste Germaine, Pibrac, France

> Charismatic preacher at Holy Redeemer, Las Vegas
> Don't sit in the back pew of Portrush Presbyterian, N. Ireland
> Heavenly censing of the altar at St Benedict's, Baltimore
> "A roller-coaster of noise" at One With Grace, Dartford, UK
> Where Yeats is buried, in St Columba's, Drumcliffe, Ireland

> A beautiful sung psalm in Appleby-in-Westmoreland, UK
> Whispered singing in Metropolitan United, Toronto, Canada
> Holy heckling in the sermon at South Dairy Baptist, Wales
> Humdrum service in Christ Episcopal, East Tawas, MI, USA
> Wearing trainers, ringing the sanctus bell in Nova Huta, Poland

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Previous reports

> UK & Ireland
> USA
> Australia & New Zealand
> Canada
> Other countries
> UK cathedrals & abbeys

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