Every Tuesday and Thursday in Lent we will bring you a short reflection based on one of the Stations of the Cross. Today Rev Sue talks about Station 10: Jesus is stripped … More Stations of the Cross 10
Holy week, this most holy of weeks. The week that the whole of Jesus life and ministry has been leading up to. It really is a rollercoaster of a week, from the triumph of the entry into Jerusalem to Jesus’ trial and execution at the end. What a story! Jesus told us to tell his story and this is the crescendo of it, it all comes up to the final week of his life. He celebrates his final meal with his friends, he’s arrested, sentenced to death, dies and is buried in a tomb … More Holy Week
Every Sunday, Monday and Friday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. Today Carol and Tom sing for you “And Can It Be” … More Lent Hymns
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Passion Sunday, 17 March. Rev Sue will preside. We begin with the hymn “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” … More Passion Sunday 2024
Today is Passion Sunday, so our choir sings of the ‘new Jerusalem’ predicted in the Book of Revelation … More Lenten Anthems
Every Saturday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten anthem. As tomorrow Is Passion Sunday, Carol and Tom sing this anthem for you, about obeying God’s will … More Lenten Anthems
Every Sunday, Monday and Friday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. Today Zandra sings for you “Jesus Good Above All Other” … More Lent Hymns
Every Tuesday and Thursday in Lent we will bring you a short reflection based on one of the Stations of the Cross. Today ALM Andrew talks about Station 9: Jesus falls the third time … More Stations of the Cross 09
Every Wednesday in Lent we will bring you an appropriate Lenten reading. Today Michael reads for you Psalm 51 … More Lent Readings
We all get “earworms” from time to time. You know – those phrases of music that play themselves over and over in your head, on an endless loop. Today, mine is “And the Glory of the Lord”. It’s the 4th movement of Handel’s “Messiah”, arguably the best-known suite of choral music of all time. There are 53 movements in all, grouped into three Parts, and composed in just 24 days. That’s an astounding feat, even allowing for the recycling of some movements from Handel’s earlier compositions … More And the Glory of the Lord (“Messiah”) – G F Handel (1685-1759)
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