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
QR codes are now commonplace, on posters, leaflets, TV screens, and on our weekly service sheets. QR codes are clever bits of technology – a bit like bar codes – that link the real world with the online world. Those of us comfortable with using smartphones can simply point the camera at the QR code, … More Give a Little
This article was written for the November 2022 issue of our parish magazine. Sarah Quartel is a Canadian composer and educator, known for her fresh and exciting approach to choral music, and I was first introduced to her work in August 2021. I was at the Sing for Pleasure summer school for choral conductors, where … More I Remember (Sarah Quartel)
Continuing our look ‘under the bonnet’ of what keeps our parish ticking over, this week meet Document Mouse. These mice do all paperwork, child protection, gift aid, regular giving, standing orders, the electoral role, and such like. They manage to record a large amount of necessary data, some record minutes of what is said at … More Document Mice
I enjoy my visits across the Pennines to visit Rev Debby, and on my summer visit this year, she introduced me to a beautiful picture book called “The Lost Words”. It’s an over-sized picture book by Robert Macfarland and Jackie Morris, and was written as a response to the removal of everyday nature words from … More Lost Words Blessing – Jim Molynexy & Kate Howard
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