Good King Wenceslas is a traditional carol that gets sung most years during the Christmas season. Have you ever thought about the words whilst singing them? It’s a narrative song, with elements of dialogue … More Good King Wenceslas: Words JM Neale (1818-66), melody from Piae Caniones (1582) arr. Willcocks
I was born into the beautiful Persian city of Susa. The countryside there is fertile and fruit, vegetables and flowers all grow in abundance. The palace is breath-taking. It has magnificent marble pillars inlaid with precious stones and is furnished with luxurious hangings … More Building Community Together
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 23 January 2022. Rev Deborah will preside and Rev Sue will preach. We begin with the hymn “Jesus is Lord” … More Holy Communion Sunday 23 January
Many of you will know that I have spent a few days recently at the Hotel Christie due to a little cocktail mix of chemo, flu jab, COVID booster and a drain procedure compounded a low immune system. I am fine now! … More Gaudete Sunday
I don’t know whether any of you have seen the film Pleasantville. It’s an American film from 1998 about a teenage boy, David, and his sister Jennifer. They are very different. Jennifer is a party girl – David is obsessed with a black and white 1950’s sitcom set in a Midwest town called Pleasantville. One evening, alone in the house they fight over the remote control and break it … More Pleasantville
“What are you learning in Sunday school?” “Last week,” the boy replied, “our lesson was about when Jesus went to a wedding and turned water into wine.” Then the host said, “And what did you learn from that story?” The boy replied, “If you’re going to have a wedding, make sure you invite Jesus!” … More The Wedding at Cana
Writing in the first half of December, life once again feels too unpredictable to hazard a guess as to how we may be feeling in January. But some things never change. We will feel the need for healthy food that keep us warm, and the planet will be still in need of our TLC. So as usual I shall mark January with a vegan recipe … More Vegetarian Chilli
Good morning and a very warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 16 January 2022 – the second after Epiphany. Rev Sue presides and ALM Carol O will preach … More Morning worship for Sunday 16 January 2022
Originally a hit for Little Peggy March in 1963, this song was made popular once more in 1992 when it was included in Sister Act, as Whoopi Goldberg led a chorus of singing nuns … More I Will Follow Him (Music Stole & Roma, Lyrics Norman & Altman)
Good morning and a warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion in which we mark the baptism of Christ. Rev Deborah presides, Reader Christine is the preacher, and Rev Sue is on the camera … More The Baptism of Christ
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 