Survive being old, quietly in Church (4)
I believe the answer is:
cope
'survive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'old quietly in church' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'o'+'p'='op'
'op' inserted into 'ce' is 'COPE'.
'being' is the link.
(Other definitions for cope that I've seen before include "Manage - poet, first name 18" , "Manage, make do" , "Deal well with difficulties" , "Episcopal cloak" , "Deal with, manage successfully" .)