On the third day of Christmas our gift to you is of course three French hens. This is also the day on which we mark the Massacre of the Innocents by Herod – recounted for you in the hauntingly beautiful Coventry Carol … More The 3rd Day of Christmas 2024
On the second day of Christmas 2024 our gift to you is of course two turtle doves. Also known as “Boxing Day” (in the UK) and St Stephen’s Day (elsewhere), we also celebrate Good King Wenceslas, and the fact that this is indeed the most Wonderful Time of the Year … More The 2nd Day of Christmas 2024
On this the first day of Christmas 2024 we wish you a blessed festive season. Our first Christmas gift to you is of course a partridge in a pear tree, followed by Rev Sue reading “Christmas Magic”, and our choir will sing for you “O Come all ye Faithful”, with the glorious final verse, sung only on Christmas Day … More The 1st Day of Christmas 2024
This is the last day of Advent. The liturgical season of Christmas starts tomorrow. One more sleep. Behind the last virtual door of our parish digital Advent Calendar we have the choir singing the fabulous “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, Tome and Carol sing “The Christmas Song”, and the choir treats you to some very familiar words set to an equally familiar – yet unexpected – tune … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 24
Two more sleeps! What’s behind today’s virtual door of our digital Advent Calendar? It’s our choir singing our own medley of Christmas Classics, our parish musicians singing “As Dew in Aprille”, and the definitive version of the “Carol of the Bells” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 23
Three more sleeps! Today behind the virtual door of our digital Advent Calendar we find our parish musicians singing “O Holy Night”, ALM Carol O reads for us “Starburst – a Cosmic Story”, and Carol & Tom sing “A Maiden Most Gentle” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 22
Four more sleeps! Today’s Digital Advent Calendar gifts for you are Carol and Tom singing “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” and “Let it Snow”, followed by Rev Sue reading “To Wish You Well” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 21
Five more sleeps! Today’s Digital Advent Calendar gifts are the choir singing “Once in Royal David’s City”, Rev Sue reading Rachel Mann’s reflection “A Villager”, and Carol & Tom singing “King Jesus Hath a Garden” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 20
Six more sleeps! Today our Digital Advent Calendar gift is the Choir, Maggie’s Music Makers singing “One Winter’s Night”, then Carol and Tom sing for us Bob Chilcott’s wonderful “Mid-Winter”, and Rev Helen reads for us “”I Have Light” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 19
We’re within a week of Christmas, and today’s Advent treats are Carol and Tom singing “Joy to the World”, Michael reads for us “A Christmas Star”, and Maggie’s Music Makers sing “Angels from the Realms of Glory” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 18
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