June’s letter to the parish comes from the keboard of Rev Steve: Digital media has many benefits. There were 18,000 views of the Simister Festival on our online platforms. Yet our mobile phones and laptops can also make us impatient. Give our favourite search-engine a difficult question, or set our calculator a complicated bit of … More Letter from the Clergy to the Parish
On Sunday 10th May the parish held its Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). During this meeting, Wardens, Officers and PCC members for the coming year were elected. They are: The full make-up of our PCC and Ministry teams is given on our website here. Statutory reports to the APCM follow over the coming days. Non-statutory … More Annual Parochial Church Meeting
This article first appeared in the May 2023 edition of our parish magazine. Tom and I are always open to suggestions of music – instrumental or vocal, hymns or anthems – that could be incorporated into our services at St Margaret’s. Sometimes, the suggestions are not seasonally appropriate, so they have to wait until later … More Build Your Kingdom Here – Rend Collective
This article was written for the April 2026 issue of our parish magazine: I have never seen the 1998 film “Saving Private Ryan”. Wikipedia tells me that it’s a war epic, set in Normandy in 1944 and follows a group of solders on a mission to locate Private Ryan, whose three brothers have already perished … More Hymn to the Fallen (from Saving Private Ryan) – John Williams (b. 1932)
This article first appreared in the April 2023 issue of our parish magazine. At St Margaret’s we are blessed to welcome highly talented musicians to perform concerts for us. One of the more recent groups to do this is HeartEdge Manchester. This is a group of choral scholars from across Greater Manchester, led by Andrew … More The Lord is my Light and my Salvation – Brad Nix
“Attende, Domine”, or “Listen, Lord” is a liturgical chant for the season of Lent, more commonly known as the Lent Prose. It matches Rorate Caeli, known as the Advent Prose (see my article in the December 2024 issue of this magazine). Surprisingly, this plainsong melody was created as recently as the 19th century. The text … More Attende, Domine (The Lent Prose)
Alleluia! He is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Today is Easter Monday so our choir celebrates with “Hallelujah”: 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. Hallelujah (Easter lyrics) © 1985 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Alleluia! He is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Today is Easter Day so our choir celebrates with “Risen Lord”: 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. Risen Lord © 1997 Novello & Co Ltd
Every Saturday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten anthem. Today is Easter Eve, so Carol and Tom sing this contemporary setting of the Exsultet for you: 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. Rejoice, … More Lenten Anthems
Today is Maundy Thursday, so Jennifer, Carol 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.
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