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Bonus Choral Evensong
As a special reward for being holy, you are entitled to a special bonus Choral Evensong. This bonus Choral Evensong is being sung in St Mary’s at 4.30 pm on Saturday 6 November 2010 and is being offered by a bunch of musicians who like doing nothing better than singing for such a service. Conductor…
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OK Go again
Remember that video from OK Go that I put online a while ago to keep you entertained? Here’s their latest which involves playing with dogs: Tip of the biretta to Mr Jiggers for spotting this. Note for future – I’m planning a similar video involving servers, candles, thuribles and Dyson in D.
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Sermon preached on 24 October 2010
Here’s last week’s sermon – better get that posted before putting up this week’s. For some reason the congregation seemed immensely entertained by the idea of me preaching about humility. Curious.
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Meetings, meetings, meetings
Can someone tell me whether the church is unique in holding meetings in which the amount of time devoted to meeting vastly outweighs the amount of business that is done? I’ve a suspicion that the church is far from unique in this but also that others also must know better how to manage business than…
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To Castle Douglas
The Cathedral Chapter met yesterday in Castle Douglas. If this Provost is going to make a habit of such journeys, its likely that he will begin making a case for a diocesan grant for gaiters. Quick Friday Quiz Question – how many Anglican Cathedrals are nearer to Castle Douglas than St Mary’s is?
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Websites now up
If you are reading this then my websites are up again. My isp had a major failure which lasted most of the last day and ended up having to restore accounts from a backup taken on Tuesday night. Normal service is now resumed. (I’m aware that there are a couple of sermons needing to be…
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Many thanks
Many thanks to all those who gave me birthday wishes yesterday. The morning cake (with accompanying 5 minute loan of a cute puppy) cheered me up considerably when I found that water was pouring into church yesterday morning. The evening cake in the form of a biretta was magnificent and just the thing to share…
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How to buy Ceilidh Tickets for Sunday evening
I was asked whether its possible to buy multiple ceilidh tickets online and with a little paypal jiggery-pokery, I’ve made it so. You can use the buttons below to order either single or multiple ceilidh tickets. (There’s no form for the concert tickets for Saturday evening – that one is free) Ceilidh Ticket Type Single…
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Concert and Ceilidh
Just a shameless plug for our goings on this weekend. On Saturday evening there is a concert at St Mary’s featuring a choir from the Cathedral church of our companion diocese, Gothenburg in Sweden. I keep being told how good they are so it promises to be a great concert. On Sunday, in addition to…
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Good article on Comic Sans
There’s a good article on Comic Sans on the BBC website. Shhh! – don’t tell the Primus.