This sermon was given by Rev Sue on Sunday 20 July. Here it is for you again: One of the most unusual and engaging books I have read in recent years is Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce. It’s the story of Margery Benson, a lonely and bored middle-aged teacher weighed down by years of … More The one necessary thing
There is plenty of research to support many teachers’ experience that singing reinforces memory. That’s why so many CDs exist with tunes for learning times tables, historic dates and the like. Dementia carers also understand well that long after other memories have eroded, songs remain for those living with the condition … More The Lord’s Prayer – various
What do you mean by Prayers of the People? It’s what we call it the intercessions in the Church of England. We hold ourselves, and the people and situations we care about before God, and pray that he will show his reconciling, healing and transforming love. The term Prayers of the People is used in the USA to remind us that it’s the prayers of the whole of our congregations … More Prayers of the people
This sermon was preached by Rev Helen on Wednesday 11 October 2023. Here it is for you again: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against … More The prayer that Jesus taught us
Members of the transforming prayer community commit to praying three prayers each day. The Lord’s Prayer, which is fundamental in expressing our Christian Faith, the prayer of Thanksgiving and Hope which reminds us that we are called to serve, and a prayer for our own parish. The prayers are set out below, together with a monthly cycle for prayer. Many of you will be prayed for at least 3 times each month. Everyone is prayed for at least once! If you would like to include any other group or category, let us know … More Transforming Prayer Community
For various reasons this piece needed to be written on the 2nd January. It was hard to get my head around where we’ll be in February! Lent is the obvious topic so it got me thinking. What is the difference between New Year’s Resolutions and Lenten disciplines? They can look very similar but delve deeper and there are big differences … More Resolutions: Beginning again
I don’t know whether you remember the children’s story “Five Children and It”. The “it” refers to the Psammead, a sand fairy, encountered by four children and their baby brother when they are playing in a gravel pit. The Psammead promises them a wish between them every day, the effects of which will disappear at sunset. Of course, it all goes wrong … More Teach us to pray
I don’t know if I’m the only one, but a lot of programmes on the general TV, seem to be about cooking. Not that I don’t like cooking, but there seems to be a general consensus that everyone needs to know what makes a good staple meal. I suppose in some cases this may be true … More The Lord’s Prayer
Good morning and a warm welcome to our morning service of Holy Communion for Sunday 24 July – the 6th after Trinity, and in which we learn about the Lord’s Prayer. Rev Sue presides and Reader Christine will preach. We begin with the hymn “Crown Him with Many Crowns” … More Sunday Worship 24 July 2022
It is lovely to be with you on this Maundy Thursday, that special day in the church’s year when we recall the Last Supper, the Footwashing and the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed; it feels like too much for one day rather like a triple decker chocolate cake from Slattery’s! … More Maundy Thursday Sermon
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 