A view of Taunton Meeting House. Photo: Sigurd Reimers.
Bishop in Meeting house role
The Bishop of Taunton will re-open Taunton Meeting House
The new bishop of Taunton, Ruth Worsley, will officially re-open Taunton Meeting House on 9 January.
Clerk John Ainsworth told the Friend: ‘We have invited the bishop of Taunton to open our Meeting house in a spirit of ecumenical cooperation, which reflects our commitment to being a vibrant part of the wider Taunton and Somerset community.
‘The Meeting house is intended to be a resource for the whole of this part of Somerset, as well as a place of worship,’ he added.
Taunton Meeting House was closed for ten months while extensive work was carried out. Friends returned to it for worship on Sunday 29 November 2015. The project involved a complete redevelopment of the inside of the building, the creation of an extension into the garden and the provision of two flats above the meeting rooms. Underfloor heating was installed, and solar panels will be in place soon.
Approximately one hundred people worked on the redevelopment, which combined the latest technology with more traditional methods.
