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
The APCM is a time to look back and reflect on the year, giving thanks to God for all that has happened and also a time to look to the future and what we would like to see happening in the coming year … More Vicar’s Report to the 2022 APCM
Rev Sue’s article for the April issue of our parish magazine are prayers for those in Ukraine. Here they are for you again … More Prayers for Ukraine
Our Reader Christine gave this reflection on the morning of good Friday at St George’s Church, Simister. Here it is for you again … More Good Friday at St George’s, Simister
Every Wednesday through Lent we will bring you an appropriate poem, reading or prayers. Today Reader Christine reads from Luke 18:15-17 … More Believe as Children Believe
Every Wednesday through Lent we will bring you an appropriate poem, reading or prayers. Today Rev Deborah reads for us “A Recipe for Kindness” … More Recipe for Kindness
As usual we are offering a variety of ways you might draw closer to God in Lent. There are readings and hymns online, stations of the cross and a Lent Study group. But if you are looking for something a little different to refresh your prayer life, you might consider Pray as You Go. It comes as an App or you can visit the website … More Pray As You Go
As it happened, the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing fell on a Tuesday, the day on which the Chorale meets to rehearse each week. May of us would like to have been in St Anne’s Square that evening taking part in the commemorations, but we were committed to our rehearsals. Instead we began with this song, then held a minute silence … More A Flower Remembered (Rutter – words and music, 1945-present)
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 