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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.
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St Eucalyptus and St Anaglypta
I’m fascinated by the responses to my post yesterday about the two hypothetical but spiritually blessed congregations of St Eucalyptus and St Anaglypta. Broadly speaking, I think that the responses fall into the following categories: Change the game and ordain someone else (the Ordained Local Ministry option) Change the spirituality of the people and tell…
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Liturgy Online – again
I want to return to a question that I began to raise a couple of weeks ago regarding liturgy online. Let me concoct a scenario this time and ask a question. Last year I went down to one of the glorious English Cathedrals to preach. Being robed and up at the sharp end of things,…
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New Vice-Provost appointed for St Mary’s
I’m delighted to be able to share the news that a new Vice-Provost has been appointed for St Mary’s. The Rev Canon Cedric Blakey will be taking up the appointment at the start of December and licensed by Bishop Gregor on 5 December 2010. The appointment of a full time priest to work along side…
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Busy Day
One of those times where the buildings have been humming with activity for 24 hours. Last night it was a Knowing Me, Knowing you with John Riches, then Morning Prayer to start Saturday. Then a very well attended Prayer and Poetry Worshop. Then a Justice and Aid Network meeting. All the while, the office has…
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Who is the fairest of them all?
I suppose that the idea of the political parties squabbling to represent themselves as the fairest of them all is something which we should welcome. Yet there is something about the current scrapping over public spending cuts which seems faintly unsavoury and its getting in the way of trying to think through different solutions to…
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