Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today Rev Sue reads for us a meditation of a resident of Jerusalem by Nick Fawcett. Afterwards, Maggie’s Music Makers sing for us “Silent Night” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 12
About a year ago, the members of Maggie’s Music Makers began working on four movements of Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carol’s”. This is challenging music, and they worked hard. During the 2022 Christmas services three of the chosen movements were ready to be sung. I have written about “This Little Babe” and “As Dew in Aprille” earlier this year. The third is “Deo Gracias”, which translates as “thanks be to God … More Deo Gracias – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today our brother Peter reads for us “The Donkey’s Story”, and then Carol and Tom offer us “Away in a Manger” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 11
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today our talented musicians (three Toms and a Carol!) offer us “Ding Dong Merrily on High” and an instrumental version of “O Holy Night” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 10
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 10 December, the second Sunday of Advent, on which we remember the Old Testament prophets. Rev Sue presides and Bishop David will preach … More The Prophets – Advent 2, 2023
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today Tom and Carol P sing “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, but first, Carol O reads for us “In Silence” … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 9
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. This year the theme is light and candles, so today Maggie’s Music Makers sing for us … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 8
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 7
Today is the feast day of St Nicholas. Like St Cecilia, who I mentioned a fortnight ago, we don’t know much about his actual life. We do know that he was Bishop of Myra, in what is now Turkey. One of the early legends about him is that he gave three girls a dowry to prevent them having to enter prostitution when their family fell on hard times. He delivered the gifts at night so that he could remain anonymous … More Saint Nicholas
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two … More Digital Advent Calendar 2023 Day 6
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 