She said it was “the answer to their prayers” as the \u00a330,000 can “be a seed” to go towards applying for grants and other fundraising efforts to go on to get the repairs done.<\/p>\n
She believed the gold coins may have been hidden there four years ago by a mystery benefactor.<\/p>\n
Lee said other churches in the area received similar mystery gifts in 2022 but St Wilfrid’s Church never found it until Good Friday, on 3 April.<\/p>\n
She said: “For me, it’s significant because we’ve got more community backing now to the church, whereas four years ago we would have probably just spent it on the day-to-day running of it.<\/p>\n
“Well now it’s there for a seed to get all the repairs done that need to be done.”<\/p>\n
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