Candlemas

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Date: 04 February 2008 21:19:13

The church looked very pretty, bedecked in candlelight for the last time before next Christmas. This will be the last week the choir have to dodge around the crib and it will be a very short journey from here to Lent - three days, in fact. I wondered how many of the congregation grasped the significance of the choir singing the 'Nunc Dimittis' (Stanford in C).

There were several unintended attempts to scupper Evensong, both musical and spoken. However, nothing irredeemable occurred and, if nothing else, enabled us to sing 'Lift up your heads' (Mathias) with a smile.

We have a quiz evening and grand supper of sweet and savoury pancakes to look forward to on Shrove Tuesday, before Lent starts in earnest with a choral Eucharist on Ash Wednesday.