No one ever listens to girls. Not in my world. No one listens when we have something to say. No one believes us when something amazing happens. No one believes us when we get used and abused … More Mary’s Decision
Here is Rev Sue’s sermon from Sunday 17 December 2023. The readings that day were based around John’s description of John the Baptist being interrogated as to whether he was a prophet or indeed the Messiah … More Who am I?
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 17 December – the third of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday. Rev Sue will preside and preach. We begin with the ancient advent carol “Veni, veni Emmanuel” … More Gaudete Sunday – the third of Advent
Today the Church of England’s calendar commemorates St Lucy of Sicily who was a Christian Martyr, I don’t know if many of you have heard of her, I confess I hadn’t until I saw her name today when looking at the lectionary for today … More Give what you have to the poor and follow me
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 10 December, the second Sunday of Advent, on which we remember the Old Testament prophets. Rev Sue presides and Bishop David will preach … More The Prophets – Advent 2, 2023
Today is the feast day of St Nicholas. Like St Cecilia, who I mentioned a fortnight ago, we don’t know much about his actual life. We do know that he was Bishop of Myra, in what is now Turkey. One of the early legends about him is that he gave three girls a dowry to prevent them having to enter prostitution when their family fell on hard times. He delivered the gifts at night so that he could remain anonymous … More Saint Nicholas
Be still and be ready for the Good News, the Good News is coming and we need to be ready for it and in advent that is what we do. We are in a time of waiting for something to come. Of course we know what we are waiting for and that is the focus of advent, it really is a time to wait for something new and renewing to come in the future. We are waiting for the birth of the Christ Child, I little bit of light in a difficult world. We’re are putting a candle in an orange today to remember that … More Be still and be ready
When we think about the meaning of Christmas inevitably the Christmas readings are interpreted for us by the carols we know so well, and the images on Christmas cards that illustrate them. One major theme is the light coming into darkness … More The light shines in the darkness
Rev Gordon Joyce and Gordon Clark visited our churches on Sunday November 26th. Gordon writes … More A letter from Gordon Joyce at the Bury Project
Today is St Cecilia’s Day. She was a Christian in the third century who welcomed others into her home where she led worship. This drew the attention of the Roman authorities, and she was martyred for her faith. Legend has it that she sang to God on her wedding day with such beauty and sincerity that her pagan husband became a Christian convert. She became the patron saint of music … More St Cecilia
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 