Let’s open today’s virtual door on the parish Advent calendar… and find the choir, Maggie’s Music Makers singing “In the Bleak Midwinter”, the parish pianist playing “We Three Kings” and Rev Helen reading “The Four Candles” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 16
I meet up each month for lunch with a group of friends. Usually Wednesday lunchtimes are fairly quiet – this week the pub was full, mostly with people celebrating Christmas, although from the church perspective we’re still in Advent. Every year we have these dilemmas – when to put up the Christmas tree, to have the Christmas flowers and to bring out the crib … More Gaudete Sunday
What’s behind the virtual door of the parish Advent calendar today? It’s our parish musicians singing the Sussex Carol, the choir singing “This Little Light of Mine”, and Rev Helen reading “This Candle” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 15
Behind today’s virtual door of the parish Advent calendar we have the choir singing “See Amid the Winter’s Snow”, Rev Sue and Bishop David reading “If I was God”, and Rev Helen reads “A Wonderful Life in Christ” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 14
Today our Advent gifts from members of the parish are the choir singing for us “Of the Father’s Love Begotten”, followed by Carol and Tom with “Myn Lyking”, and then Rev Sue reads “Giving Time” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 13
Today’s treats for Advent are our parish choir singing “Silent Night”, Rev Sue reads for us a meditation of a resident of Jerusalem, and the choir sings for us “Maranatha”, an Advent carol written by the 2022 parish Advent course, to the tune of “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 12
Today our Advent treats are Carol and Tom with “Away in a Manger”, Peter reading “The Donkey’s Story”, and Rev Helen reads “Twinkle, Twinkle” for us (but not that one!) … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 11
Today’s advent calendar gift is “Ding Dong Merrily on High”, followed by “O Holy Night”, all offered by our talented musicians … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 10
Our advent calendar gift today is Carol and Tom sing for us “O Little Town of Bethlehem” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 9
Today, our musicians Carol and Tom sing for us another setting of the ancient advent carol “Adam Lay Ybounden” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 8
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