This song refers to Jesus as the “Spotless Rose”, and tells us that he will be born of Mary, descended from Jesse, and that she will be pure. Mary is the “tender root”, and the rosebud (Jesus) will blossom on a cold night in the middle of winter … More A Spotless Rose
This sermon was given by Rev Caroline on 31 December 2017 – the first Sunday of Christmas.
God always has impeccable timing … More When the fullness of the time came…
There was no sermon at St Margaret’s on the morning of Sunday 24 December. Instead the Sunday School gave us a presentation of the Nativity story. Here is a snippet for you to enjoy again … More The Nativity
On Wednesday 20 December, Rev Deborah imagined the events of the Annunciation, from Mary’s point of view. You can listen again here … More The Annunciation
On Sunday 3 December, our ALM Carol told us the story of the Star. As we journey from Christmas to Epiphany, have a look at the images and meditate on the words … More Starburst – a Cosmic Story
Rev Caroline gave this sermon on Wednesday 13 December 2017. You can listen again here … More Come to me and I will give you rest
Today we have spared no expense and gone beyond all expectations for our Christingle service this year. Never seen before, in fact probably never heard of before I would like to introduce today our very special guest….‘Mrs Christingle’ … More Christingle
Over the last year we have travelled alongside Matthew’s gospel, and as we have seen, Matthew’s gospel is hard hitting and pulls no punches … More Separating the Sheep from the Goats
I still remember vividly the complete shock I experienced one December at school around five years ago. I had volunteered to organise and run the whole school assembly on the last afternoon of term, immediately before breaking up for the Christmas holidays … More Christmas Carols
I don’t remember how long ago this was introduced at St Margaret’s, possibly Advent 2010, possibly earlier, but I do remember being stunned that all the solo verses were written – quite unusually – for the alto voice … More This is the Record of John – Gibbons
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