• The Forum: Frikki Walker

    Last Sunday the speaker at our Forum meeting was Frikki Walker, St Mary’s Director of Music.

    His forum was a tour de force and kept the audience entranced as he educated, opined and inspired us. Together we talked about favourite music, the composer he would most like to be locked into a church with, what makes a musician and what makes music at St Mary’s so special.

    We thought about what matters most, the music or the words. And we had a go a the question that was raised in a forum a few weeks ago as to whether it matters whether a church musician believes.

    Take a look.

5 responses to “A gap”

  1. Kirstin Avatar

    You are indeed right.
    Although it could be argued that a permanent artifical arrangement might be a canon 35 matter.

  2. Kimberly Avatar

    Canon 35 for artificial flowers? Clever.

    One might also argue that they fit under canon 22 — on Worship.

    Or even Canon 28 — on pastoral breakdown??

  3. Stewart Avatar

    Oh dear – surely the Canon which says the Priest-in-Charge has absolute authority (to which I can not remember the number) in his church is the one that applies.

  4. Steve Hayes Avatar

    No, church flower arrangers are a law unto themselves.

  5. gail Avatar
    gail

    – so opportunities for an opening salvo and subsequent broadsides, eh ? Hoist the mainsail and hard a-starboard….

    ……..(now where did I put that powder and shot……. no…. that’s just compost and pots……)

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