I’ve been going to church my whole life and I thought I had seen everything service wise, and there have been some interesting ones:
Being dive bombed by a dove during a burial
A bride dancing down the aisle for a wedding with her bridesmaids.
A baptism with a font containing three rubber ducks. … More October letter to the parish
Like many of the pieces I write about in this blog, I was introduced to this song at a rehearsal of the Manchester Chorale. We were learning it for our summer concert programme in 2018. Imagine our pleasure when one of the Chorale members chose it as the bridal entry music for her wedding, and asked us to sing it for her … More I Will Come to You – M Fairbairn (b. 1986)
Sometimes, it seems God has a sense of humour. Last weekend I had a look at the gospel for Wednesday’s service. John 6:35-40. “I am the bread of life” and “I will raise him up on the last day”. That got me thinking about Christian attitudes to the body … More Whose Body?
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout Lent we have been pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. Today is Easter Monday. Christ is risen – so here is a celebratory bonus hymn. Please join in with our singing group! … More Thine be the Glory
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
A very warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion celebrating the resurrection of our Lord on this Easter Sunday 2021. We have hymns and prayers for you to join in with, readings, reflections and anthems to listen to, and of course, “Alleluias” to sing with us … More Easter Day 2021: Christ is risen!
Our church would usually be rammed from 11.30pm for this wonderful service.
This year you can see, sing and pray with us any time from 8.00pm to welcome Jesus and celebrate the birth of our Lord … More Midnight Mass
How many of you watch ‘The Apprentice’? Maybe some of you are seasoned veterans of the program, as I am, and familiar with the one phrase from it spoken by Lord Sugar “You’re fired!” … More Christ the King
On Sunday 24 June we celebrated our Sunday School Anniversary, with songs and prayers in church … More Anniversary Sunday 2019
This year, Anniversary Sunday fell on Sunday 24 June. It is the day on which we celebrate the presence of children in our Church Family … More Anniversary Sunday
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