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
The royal priest, the person who would come to bring humanity back on track, the one who brought hope, hope for a better future, he was a gift from God to show them a better world and to make things better for them. The Kingdom of God is near, repent and believe in the good news … More It’s a wonderful life in Christ!
Christmas Day is the first day of Christmas, and today we offer you “O Come all ye faithful” – with the special final verse for Christmas Day, “Christmas Magic”, read by Rev Sue, and “The First Day of Christmas” sung by our choir … More The 1st Day of Christmas 2023/4
What does tonight mean to us? Is it joy, wonder or worry?
Christmas can be difficult for many of us as we are bombarded by adverts and demands that we should be having fun all the time and spending more than we have. This then adds to the pressure of Christmas and can affect relationships when people are rushing backwards and forwards to the shops and doing everything else that goes along with it … More CHRISTMAS EVE 2022 – Midnight Mass
Our first Eucharist of Christmas was celebrated at 11:30pm on Christmas Eve. Due to illness, Rev Sue was unable to officiate, but Reader Christine stepped up and did a wonderful job for us.
Before the service we heard Britten’s “There is no Rose” from his “A Ceremony of carols”, then a special medley of Christmas carols sung by our singing group, Maggie’s Music Makers. We then began the service with the perennial favourite, “Once in Royal David’s City”, with the equally traditional solo first verse … More First Eucharist of Christmas
Advent is over and Christmas is here. Alleluia! We wish you a joyful and peaceful Christmas, with this extra bonus … More Christmas Day, the First Day of Christmas
Good evening and a very warm welcome to our Christmas Eve midnight service – the first Eucharist of Christmas … More First Eucharist of Christmas
We couldn’t let Christmas Day come and go without bringing you the chance to sing the all-important final verse of O Come All Ye Faithful – yea, Lord, we greet thee:
This sermon was given by our Reader Christine on Christmas Day. As a child and young mum, I remember watching Blue Peter and I was fascinated by the idea of time capsules. I’ve got to admit I didn’t realise that “Blue Peter” is still running as a show and you can also chat live to … More Christmas Day 2019
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 