Those of us comfortable with using smartphones can simply point the camera at the QR code, and it will open a website (which is specific to a particular QR code). In this case, the QR code opens the parish “Give a Little” page, in which we can donate £10, £20, £30, £50, or an amount of your own choosing, to the running of our parish … More Give a Little
For those of you reading this issue of our magazine online (and therefore for free!) here’s the link – please help us to help you, by contributing to our running costs … More Give a Little
You may have noticed a QR code on our weekly service sheets over the past few weeks. QR codes are clever bits of technology – a bit like bar codes – that link the real world with the online world. Those of us comfortable with using smartphones can simply point the camera at the QR code … More Give a Little
I’ll be honest harvest is a festival that I have always struggled with especially as a child. I think it is very much a case of the festival has, at times, gotten behind what’s really happening in the world … More Harvest 2024
A couple of weeks ago I was away on retreat staying with the Community of the Resurrection, over at Mirfield and there are many reasons why I like to visit them. There are many reasons why I like to go there on retreat … More He will return the same way as he left
You’ve probably noticed these graphics on our weekly service sheets recently, but what are they? It’s a QR code … More Give a Little
What are these graphics that have appeared on our weekly service sheets over the past few weeks? It’s a QR code. QR codes are clever bits of technology – a bit like bar codes – that link the real world with the online world … More Give a Little
This article was first published in the January 2021 edition of our parish magazine. How often have we heard grumbles that Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year – and usually around September! As a musician, planning music for concerts and services for the festive season starts during the summer break, and rehearsals … More The Twelve Days of Christmas (Trad.)
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Epiphany, in which we celebrate the arrival of the Wise Men. Rev Sue presides, and started by reminding us that the Magi were neither local nor Jewish, the Messiah came to earth for the good of all. Children then brought those characters from around the church to join the gathering in the manger. … More Epiphany – the Arrival of the Wise Men
Today the Church of England’s calendar commemorates St Lucy of Sicily who was a Christian Martyr, I don’t know if many of you have heard of her, I confess I hadn’t until I saw her name today when looking at the lectionary for today … More Give what you have to the poor and follow me
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 