Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat. Today we bring you “In the Bleak Mid-Winter”, sung by Maggie’s Music Makers … More Digital Advent Calendar 2021 Day 8
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat. Today we introduce you to George, the Joker of the Flock! George’s jokes are followed by Carol and Jennifer singing “Mary, did you know?” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2021 Day 7
‘I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah’ … More Rev Deborah’s Christmas Message
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat. Today we bring you a picture of the steadily growing flock of knitted sheep, gathering in the stable … More Digital Advent Calendar 2021 Day 6
Welcome to our all-age service of holy communion in which we celebrate with Christingles. … More Christingle
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat. Today, Daniel reads for us “While Angels Watch”, a charming Christmas story by Marni McGee … More Digital Advent Calendar 2021 day 5
Our Digital Advent Calendar for 2021 will begin in earnest on Wednesday 1 December. However, as today is the first Sunday of Advent, here is the Advent Prose – an ancient plainsong chant that takes a series of texts drawn from Isaiah … More Digital Advent Calendar 2021
Today we remember Hugh, who was the Bishop of Lincoln in the 12th century. The king at the time was Henry the Second. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, had been murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights who thought that they were acting on the King’s wishes … More Speaking truth to power
Have you ever played the memory game? A collection of random objects is displayed on a tray, covered with a cloth. The cloth is whisked away, and you are given 30 seconds to memorise them, before the cloth is quickly replaced and the tray removed … More Remembering and memories
I have written before that sometimes I hear, sing or play a piece of music and just have to write about it immediately. It can then sit for quite some time waiting for an appropriate time for publication. So it was with this. Written in December 2017, this is the right time: the commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War … More Better is Peace (Jenkins 2001)
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 