Good morning and welcome to our Christingle service, held on Advent Sunday. Rev Sue will preside and Rev Helen will preach. We begin with the hymn “Make Way” … More Advent Sunday and Christingle
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 2
I’m sure I may have mentioned this before but I love the book of Daniel, you have these amazing stories of God’s intervention in the world in the first half of the book in the court tales Daniels three friend Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego refusing to bow to the statue of King Nebuchadnezzar and being thrown into a furnace and a fourth figure ‘with the appearance of a god’ protects them and Daniel being thrown in the Lion’s Den and protected by God … More The Writing on the Wall
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 1
This article was first published in the November 2020 edition of our parish magazine. It is some years since I took my first tentative steps into the wonderful world of choral conducting, and I have realised that choral conductors take many forms. Choral conductors are distinct from orchestral conductors in that they don’t use a … More The Souls of the Righteous
Don’t you love it when the bible is nice, clear, precise about its teachings and what God wants of those who follow the way. Never contradicts itself or gives mixed messages. Yet at first glance todays three reading all seem to give different advice on the best way to receive grace from God, so which one is right … More How to be faithful to Jesus
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 26 November on which we celebrate Christ the King. Today we are joined by Rev Gordon Joyce and Gordon Clark from the Bury Project (Christians Against Poverty, or CAP) … More Christ the King
I’m delighted to introduce myself as the new Headteacher at St. Margaret’s. It has been a very busy first term getting to know the parents, staff children and governors but one I have thoroughly enjoyed. We very much enjoyed our Harvest celebration which was led by representatives from the church and are looking forward to … More November letter from St Margaret’s School
Rev Helen preached this sermon on Wednesday 15 November 2023. Here it is for you again: We all have things that get on our nerves or that really annoy us. Something that might seem really insignificant to others but to you it is annoying. I know there are lots of different things, but we all … More Saying “Thank You”
Sometimes described as a “Marmite” composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber is famous as a composer of songs for musical theatre, beginning with “Joseph” in 1968, and still going strong with “Cinderella” in 2021. Not an obvious choice to compose a new choral anthem for the coronation of King Charles III … More Make a Joyful Noise – Andrew Lloyd Webber (b.1948)
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