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Sunday 11 May The Third Sunday after Easter was a Family Matins service continuing the VE Day theme. There was a power point presentation describing life during the war years. The children read the Bible passages and prayers. The Junior choir sang, robed, with the adult choir and the Bell Ringers performed. William Bishop was the organist. The annual Fayre took place after the service.
Sunday 4 May The Second Sunday after Easter began with the Tower Bells welcoming everyone to the Family Communion service led by Rev Alan Dibdin. Again we were fortunate as several of our extra singers joined us. William Bishop was the organist.
Sunday 27 April, The First Sunday after Easter, began with Crafty Church telling the story of the Good Shepherd. As usual the children read the bibles passages and prayers and then drew, coloured and cut out Shepherds. The 1100 service was Morning Prayer led by John Kimbell. Several of our extra singers sang with us and the choir anthem was Now the green blade riseth. The choir also sang the world premier of a new chant for the Jubilate composed by Anthony Hodson – thank you Anthony. William Bishop was the organist.
Easter Sunday began with a service of Family Praise. The Easter story was told with the children participating as usual . At the end of the service they searched for their Easter Eggs in the Church grounds. The Tower bell ringers arrived to welcome all to the 11am service once again led by Canon Dagnell. The Processional Choir Hymn, 'O sons and daughters', began the service. The handbell ringers rang 'Love Divine' and the choir item during communion was 'Love’s redeeming work is done'. We were once again joined by several of our Extra singers. Josh Tuffley was the organist. A wonderful service!
The service at St Mary's on Sunday 13 April, Palm Sunday, was Family Matins. The children read all the Bible passages and prayers and also told the story of the Grand Parade. William Bishop was the organist and the children collected their Palm Crosses as they left the church.
Sunday 6 April was the 5th Sunday in Lent, and began as always with the Tower Bell Ringers. The Family Communion service was led by Rev Nicholas Cheeseman. We have not seen Rev Cheeseman since Easter 2024 and it was good to see him again. He gave a very interesting talk and led the children and the rest of the congregation around the church while doing so. The choir’s contribution during the taking of Communion was Drop, Drop Slow Tears with William Bishop as organist.
Sunday 30 March the 4th Sunday in Lent (and also Mothering Sunday) began as usual with the Tower Bell Ringers. The service was led by John Kimbell. The Hand Bell Ringers rang “Dona nobis pacem” then the Junior Choir sang “It is the day of all the year”. Two Grandmothers read readings alongside two children. A mother and daughter gave a wonderful violin duet performance. Several children read Mothering Sunday prayers and then all the children moved to the Chancel to collect a posy to give to their Mothers while the adult choir sang “It is the day of all the year”. William, our organist, ended the service with a rousing voluntary: Karg Elert's famous 'Nun danket ...' chorale prelude.
Sunday 23 March was the Third Sunday in Lent. It began with Crafty Church telling the story of the Disciples of Jesus. The children read the prayers and bible passages as usual with one girl also playing a piano solo. The Tower Bell Ringers welcomed all to the service of Choral Matins led by John Kimbell. The Choir item was O Jesus every moment (Stopford) and the organist William Bishop who played for both services.
On Sunday 16 March - the Second Sunday in Lent, the Family Matins service was based on the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. The children - 17 of them - moved to the Chancel to sing the Lord’s Prayer and then they read the Bible passages and prayers. This was followed by Holy Communion at 11am, once again led by Canon Dagnell who continues to test our hymn number abilities!!! Several of our extra singers joined us for the service which is always excellent news. William Bishop was the organist for both services.
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