Congratulations to Clarence Rickards, who is celebrating his 40th Anniversary as a licensed reader. A special service was held at All Saints’ Church on Saturday, bringing together family and friends to mark Clarence’s 40 years of ministry.
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Music Matters: June 2018
Music Matters: June 2018 The Director of Music writes… Though not nearly as popular a teaching method in the UK as in some other countries, readers may be familiar with the idea of solfège – the practice of representing each note of the scale by using a different syllable: Thus, the first line of the…
Prayers for God's Creation
Prayers for God’s Creation The Rev’d Dr Helen Hall has prepared a series of prayers for God’s Creation, using the theme ‘Thy Kingdom Come: Earth, Air, Fire and Water’. The prayers can be found here.
Ministry Assistant Vacancy
Applications are invited for the post of Ministry Assistant, for the period Autumn 2018 – Summer 2019. A Role description and Parish Profile can be found here and an application form can be found here. For more information, please contact the parish office.
Coffee Break Concerts
The Summer series of Coffee Break Concerts at St Peter’s Church begins on Saturday 2nd June. For a full list of performers, please click here. All concerts begin at 11am, with coffee and biscuits served from 10.15am. Entry is through donation to the church music fund.
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Music Matters: May 2018 The Director of Music writes… Much of the choir’s time this month will be spent on the music of the English composer Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625). After early training as a chorister at King’s College Cambridge, Gibbons later became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. For the last two years of his…
Remembering Dave Hale
Remembering Dave Hale I can’t recall any event at St Peter’s which has ever been quite like the commemoration of Dave Hale which we held on Thursday 26th April. Dave – known to his friends as ‘Happy Dave’ – used to sell the Big Issue magazine outside St Peter’s, usually on the afternoon shift. I…