Good King Wenceslas is a traditional carol that gets sung most years during the Christmas season. Have you ever thought about the words whilst singing them? It’s a narrative song, with elements of dialogue … More Good King Wenceslas:
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
I meet up each month for lunch with a group of friends. Usually Wednesday lunchtimes are fairly quiet – this week the pub was full, mostly with people celebrating Christmas, although from the church perspective we’re still in Advent. Every year we have these dilemmas – when to put up the Christmas tree, to have the Christmas flowers and to bring out the crib … More Gaudete Sunday
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