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Date: 17 April 2005 14:44:33
There are some weeks when the theme becomes a little obvious. Today was one of them. The psalm was about shepherds (Psalm 23, responsorial), the Gospel was about shepherds (John 10), the sermon was about shepherds, the prayers had a refrain about shepherds, and the anthem was about shepherds (Psalm 23 to Anglican chant). We're getting rather good at chanting Psalm 23 well, I wish we could transfer those skills to singing the other psalms at evensong....
There was quite a good turnout of the choir to the service this morning, although not as good as to the choir and bellringers' dinner yesterday. When there is lots of food around, the choir members usually discover they have no alternate engagements. It was worth it to watch the vicar - on his birthday - perform a sketch dressed up as Admiral Lord Nelson. The not-at-all-disguised 'Happy Birthday to you' in the gospel fanfare this morning was only partly for this reason, and also partly for a member of the congregation who was 80 today.