Tonight is the night! We have done the last-minute shopping and wrapped the presents. We’ve started to prepare tomorrow’s dinner. We’ve put out the stockings with a carrot for Rudolph and a mince pie for Santa … More Christmas Eve 2019
Today’s readings are full of images. In the gospel reading John talks about the road, the water, the fire and the axe … More Advent 2 2019
I discovered this anthem whilst browsing in the Sing for Pleasure shop at Summer School 2018. It appealed immediately, and I knew that, with encouragement, Maggie’s Music Makers would be able to make a good job of it. … More Advent to Christmas – Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019)
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 27 November 2019. You can listen again here … More Apocalypse
One day I was walking along Bury New Rd from Strangeways to wards Prestwich. On the other side of the road a man was complaining that none of the buses were stopping for him. I stopped to listen, and realised that he was blind and was standing at a stop where only the 96 stopped. … More Doing buses differently
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 11 December 2019. You can listen again here … More Elizabeth
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 18 December. You can listen again here:
This article first appeared in the January 2017 issue of our parish magazine. You can read it again here: In our parish we usually mark the first Sunday in December with a Christingle service. For me, this is one of the highlights of the year. There is something magical about candlelight, and Christingle candles are … More Hope of Heaven (Mark & Helen Johnson)
As many readers know, for the past two years I have been a regular attendee at Sing for Pleasure choral singing leadership and conducting courses … More I believe
How many of you watch ‘The Apprentice’? Maybe some of you are seasoned veterans of the program, as I am, and familiar with the one phrase from it spoken by Lord Sugar “You’re fired!” … More Christ the King
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