This article was written for the April 2025 issues of our parish magazine: I have written before about Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” (September 2024), but this version has new lyrics, written by Kelly Mooney: A crown of thorns placed on His head, He knew that He would soon be dead, He said did you forget … More Hallelujah! (Cohen, arr. Rickley)
Every day in Holy Week we are pleased to offer you appropriate music. Today is Easter Eve, so here is a contemporary setting of the Exsultet: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Every day in Holy Week we are pleased to offer you appropriate music. Today is Good Friday so tom and Carol sing “Thy Will be Done”: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Every day in Holy Week we are pleased to offer you appropriate music. Today is Maundy Thursday, so Carol, Jennifer and Tom sing Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater”: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Rev Helen gave this sermon on Wednesday 16 April 2025: It’s Holy Week, this is a week of high drama, there is a lot happening but it’s a good story to tell, it’s an epic tale. The story from Palm Sunday to Jesus being in the tomb the twists and turns, high rejoicing, epic lows … More The Epic of Holy Week
Every day in Holy Week we are pleased to offer you appropriate music. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Every day in Holy week we are pleased to offer you an appropriate music. Today is Palm Sunday, so here is “Wash me Throughly”: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
This month’s letter comes from Rev Sue: Harold Wilson famously said, “A week is a long time in politics,” meaning that someone might be popular in the polls today, but things could be very different a week later. That was certainly true for Jesus. Only four days after he rode into Jerusalem to shouts of … More April Letter from the Clergy
He was born in a barn, his father a carpenter, and his mother a decent woman, but they were of no significance, and certainly couldn’t have afforded to give a boy a private education. And yet, as a teenager, he was arguing the toss with his elders and betters in the council chamber … More The Son of God
He stands in the temple court, can hear the cries of the lambs being slaughtered. Can smell the blood and hear the flapping of the wings of pigeons. Money rattles, and sacrifices change hands … More Sacrifice
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