Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s Carol O’s turn to read “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carol, Jennifer and Tom sing “Mary, did you know?” and Rev Helen reads “Ring Out the Wild Bells”. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 07
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s “other” Tom’s turn, with “Walking in the Air”, Rev Sue reads “Why the chimes rang”, by Raymond MacDonald Alden, and Carol & Tom sing the advent carol “Lo, He comes with clouds descending”. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 06
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today, in keeping with this year’s theme of angels, we hear about the annunciation, from the parish choir in “Gabriel’s Message”, Rev Sue reads “Annunciation” by Lucy Moore” and Tom, Carol and Jennifer sing “Deo Gracias” from Benjamin Britten’s … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 05
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today our friend Michael reads “angels”, a poem written especially for this Digital Advent Calendar by his brother Geoff Knaggs. Then it’s the Advent carol “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” sung by our parish choir, and “Noel: Christmas Eve 1913” by … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 04
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s the anthem “Adam Lay Ybounden” sung by our parish choir, and the poem “High in the Heaven” by Charles Causley, read by Maureen. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 03
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s an anthem recorded a while ago by our parish choir, and a poem by Laura Gibson, read by Sue G. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 02
The Bethlehem Carol Sheet is having its 70th anniversary this year. Not only is it an affordable way to have in one convenient place nearly all the carols we might want to sing, but its profits support projects helping the poorest people in the Middle East. You won’t find Jingle Bells in it, though – … More December letter to the parish
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s the ancient plainchant “Advent Prose” from Carol P and Tom, and “God’s Phone Number”, read by Carol O: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 01
This is one of the most challenging pieces of music I sing in the liturgical year (the other being the Lent Prose, for all the same reasons). It’s an ancient plainsong chant, using text from Isaiah, in which the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament express their longings for the coming of the Messiah and cleansing of human sins. It is sung through Advent, building the number of verses Sunday by Sunday … More The Advent Prose (Rorate Coeli)
Let me ask you a question to ponder, if you were given a chance to know or see your future, would you take it? Would you let it influence you? … More Do we need to fear the future?
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