Stewart Weaver

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On Sunday 15th November members of St Philips and friends from near and far gathered to take part in the Children in Need’s Sing Hallelujah project.

Sing Hallelujah is a nationwide event which encourages people to find their voice and discover the joy of singing through Handel’s famous “Hallelujah Chorus”

At the 11am service the choir performed the chorus, led by Sandra Anderson who put a great deal of hard work into corralling (choralling?) the chorus into shape. Fiona Carlile accompanied splendidly on the organ.

Kenneth Anderson gave an informative and entertaining presentation on the life of Handel before the choir launched into the chorus. The congregation were encouraged to join in the singing a second time around.

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A Different kind of communion service…

There were rugs on the dais and cushions and a few chairs and some candles. The dais was enclosed by large swathes of cloth hung from wires.

We shared some stories: from Jean Vanier, Anthony de Mello, Jonathan Sacks.  We shared some poems: from Seamus Heaney.  Michelle Brown told a wonderful tale of the Good Shepherd using techniques from Godly Play. And Paul Brown offered some fantastic music.

A wonderful, atmospheric communion.

After all, many of the stories on which our faith is based were passed along around the fire.

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On Saturday 13th June Stewart drove the BB van down to Lindisfarne for a Christian Aid Pilgrimage.  A few cars joined us and we had a goodly number.  Some went straight to the village; others walked round the island; and a few joined us later.  We ended the day at the ancient St. Mary’s Parish Church for a communion service.

A lovely time had by all, and many thanks to Andrew Patterson for organising it all.

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We gathered at St Philips on Sunday 26 April for our evening communion. We thought about ecology, the environment and God’s creation.

We saw film of ocean life from sharks to turtles and seahorses, heard some lovely poetry and a reading from The Old Man and the Sea.

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Here are some photos of the Christmas carol sing-a-long before the Watchnight service.

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