Digital Advent Calendar Day 5
December 5, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Do join in and have a good sing – today it’s Hark the Herald Angels Sing!
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Digital Advent Calendar Day 4
December 4, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Today, Maggie’s Music Makers lead us in God rest ye, merry gentlemen. Do join in and have a good sing!
Digital Advent Calendar Day 3
December 3, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Today our DoM Carol leads us in Away in a Manger. Do join in and have a good sing!
Digital Advent Calendar Day 2
December 2, 2020
Welcome to our Digital Advent Calendar, which brings you a carol-a-day every day through Advent. Today, Maggie’s Music Makers tell the story of Advent through a number of well known carols:
Epiphany 2020
January 12, 2020
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Sunday 5 January 2020, and was based on: Isaiah 60:1-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Today we celebrate the arrival of the Magi or the wisemen. It is a story that we are familiar with through nativities scenes, stories from our youth and of course Matthew’s gospel, which we heard … More Epiphany 2020
Sober Up Sunday/Lament and Hope
January 11, 2020
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Sunday 29 December 2019, and was based on: Isaiah 63-7-9 Hebrews 2:10-28 Matthew 2:13-23 My Andrew, his brother and I were sitting having a ‘snacky’ tea – one of those where you use up the bits and pieces from the last few days. Andrew asked, ‘is it … More Sober Up Sunday/Lament and Hope
O Holy Night
January 10, 2020
Cappeau (1808-1877) and Adams (1803-1856), translated Dwight (1812-1893) This article first appeared in the December 2016 issue of our parish magazine. You can read it again here: Quite possibly my all time favourite Christmas carol, “O Holy Night” never fails to give me tingles down my spine. Although I had been aware of it for … More O Holy Night
Advent to Christmas – Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019)
January 1, 2020
I discovered this anthem whilst browsing in the Sing for Pleasure shop at Summer School 2018. It appealed immediately, and I knew that, with encouragement, Maggie’s Music Makers would be able to make a good job of it. … More Advent to Christmas – Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019)
The Crown of Roses
May 1, 2019
The book “100 Carols for Choirs” is the Advent and Christmas staple of all choirs and choral societies. It is packed with choral arrangements of all your Christmas favourites, the traditional, the new, and the unexpected … More The Crown of Roses
Christmas Reflection
January 10, 2019
We all remember the Film Home Alone I am sure – when the parents of a boy, probably about Jesus’ age, went on holiday only to discover at the airport that they had left him behind … More Christmas Reflection
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