Carol Service 2020
December 20, 2020
This year, as with so many other events, our Carol Service is offered here online. Do please join in with – and enjoy – singing the carols with us … More Carol Service 2020
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I Vow to Thee My Country words: Sir Cecil Spring Rice (1859-1918), music: Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
November 20, 2020
This article was written for the November 2017 edition of the parish magazine. A long time favourite, I was reminded of this hymn in May 2017 when I attended an Open Day at Trinity Laban Conservatoire with Jennifer. The last item on the schedule for prospective vocal applicants was a master class with mezzo soprano … More I Vow to Thee My Country words: Sir Cecil Spring Rice (1859-1918), music: Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
All Souls’ Day
November 1, 2020
All Soul’s Day this year is being marked online. Please do join us to commemorate your loved ones here … More All Souls’ Day
Trinity 19: St Luke’s Day
October 18, 2020
Morning worship for the 19th Sunday of Trinity includes the re-commissioning of our ALM Carol … More Trinity 19: St Luke’s Day
O Jesus I Have Promised
August 20, 2020
This article first appeared in the September 2017 issue of the parish magazine. You can read it again here: This is one of my favourite hymns, learned at High Down County Junior School, Portishead, back in the 1970s, and always sung with gusto by everyone present. I never quite understood who Julie was, nor why … More O Jesus I Have Promised
Lockdown Blessings
August 1, 2020
For many, lockdown has been an incredibly difficult time of worry, isolation, ill-health, boredom and captivity. It has been tough, and will continue to be so for many months to come … More Lockdown Blessings
Trinity 6 (2020)
July 19, 2020
This service is being livestreamed on our Facebook page. Afterwards, the video will be able to watch here … More Trinity 6 (2020)
Re-Opening: Sunday 12 July 2020
July 12, 2020
This morning, St Margaret’s Prestwich reopens for public worship to a small congregation of around 20 people. If you are unable to attend – do not worry! the service will be live-streamed on our Facebook page … More Re-Opening: Sunday 12 July 2020
Presence
July 10, 2020
I wrote last month about how much I valued being back in the church building. This month there has been the added pleasure of the church reopening for private prayer … More Presence
Lockdown Hymns
June 29, 2020
Throughout lockdown Tom and Carol have been steadily recording seasonally appropriate copyright-free hymns to go with our worship … More Lockdown Hymns
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