WHY SING FOR PEACE ON 21ST SEPTEMBER ? BECAUSE IT’S PEACE DAY the UN International Day of Peace and it’s not too late to join in. www.onedayonechoir.org have lots of ideas for schools and choirs around the world. On Peace Day September 21st here in Northampton Schools could sing for peace at lunch time: Make me a channel of your peace Choirs could sing in the evening in different venues: Dona nobis pacem. Here is the score Add prayers for peace from Devine Music here and here…
A Novena simply means nine days of prayer. Pentecost Novenas are held between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday, when many people and churches join together in prayer. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are asking churches to pray for the evangelisation of the nation during the week before Pentecost Sunday. Premier Christian Radio is praying each day for different groups of people, such as leaders, refugees and young people. An Ecumenical Pentecost 2016 Novena Prayer Service is being promoted here in the Northampton Diocese, so that prayers are said each day in different churches for…
YEAR OF MERCY and MUSIC FOR LENT by Teresa Brown The God of compassion and love awaits with tenderness to forgive you now. Come back to him with all your heart Receive his mercy and love. Sheet Music for voice, keyboard, guitar and 2 solo instruments Available from Devine Music The song was originally written for Ash Wednesday, with this refrain: From ashes to ashes, from dust to dust, from life through death to eternal life. Now is the time to turn from sin, be faithful once more…
Slideshow of first photos from our Christmas flash mob Thanks to Gwyn Pritchard and Catherine Mulligan Link to YouTube here
Singers from nearby churches are preparing for a Christmas Flashmob in the local shopping centre Giving out Christmas baubles and invitations to churches celebrating the Birth of Jesus, with Mary, Joseph and three kings making a special appearance. WHY? To remind shoppers what Christmas is really about, in case they have forgotten, or didn’t know in the first place. LINK to Christmas Flash mob MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS by Teresa Brown Gloria! Gloria! in excelsis Deo! Sheet Music available now Contact Devine Music But before Christmas, comes ADVENT. Time to prepare! MUSIC FOR…
“Sing the Gospel!” workshop led by Bill Tamblyn (www.billtamblyn.co.uk) at Christ the King, Bedford on 14th November was organised by the Northampton Diocesan Liturgy Commission, Music Section. We sang a lot of Gospel music, and learnt a lot about it too. Thanks Bill! Photos by David Griffiths
The theme of this year’s pilgrimage from Northampton Diocese to Walsingham was Mary. Woman of Silence. There was little time for silence for the musicians except when Bishop Peter invited everyone to be silent for a minute during the Mass. That was a very prayerful moment. The singers and instrumentalists came from Bedford, Milton Keynes and Wellingborough and joined with others from St Aidan’s, St Gregory’s and the Cathedral Choir in Northampton to lead the singing in the Reconciliation Chapel. Music List here Walsingham 2015…
Hosted by St Giles Church. School Pastor Karen had news of a second school taking part, Adam Eakins talked of the success of AHoF in the park, Joe Story shared some plans for a really useful charity shop – no wonder he looks happy! Steve challenged everyone with John 17… so that the world may believe; we added the names of churches to the cross and prayed “may they all be one”.
Prayer and Praise for Northampton is held in different churches on the first Monday of the month. Recent photos from the New Testament Church of God and All Nations were taken by Antony Denman. In December 2014 Helen Boardman spoke about the Force Fire and Faith meeting to be held – with the Police Force, Fire Brigade and Faith leaders – to make Northamptonshire the safest place in England. In January 2015 Nick Amis came from the Cinnamon Trust to speak about the Faith Audit…
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