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Date: 28 December 2009 13:44:22
Sunday morning's service was about as far from a normal service as you would expect, and it was rather wonderful. For it was also the wedding of one of our well-known church members, to a well-known member of a nearby church. Both singers, who had met singing, and who wanted to celebrate their marriage in the company of the whole church two days after Christmas. The vicar managed to expertly weave the marriage ceremony into the Eucharist, and the church was full of congregants and well-wishers. We don't often get an opportunity to sing Christmas carols at a wedding, but we hope we sent the happy couple on their way rejoicing with 'O little one sweet' and 'Now the holly bears a berry'. We also thoroughly enjoyed the lashings of wine and wedding cake at the end of the service, as well as the more usual coffee and biscuits. A change of location for the evening service - the 'Lessons and Carols' were held at the tiny church of Gulworthy (the miners' church in the Tamar Valley). We enjoyed the usual mix of carols and readings, plus the added delight of a new (to us) carol with rather good words and tune ('Glory to God! all heav'n with joy is ringing'), first verse sung as a solo by the vicar. Gulworthy is well-known for its hospitality, so we enjoyed the mince pies and mulled wine on offer afterwards. The wardrobe mistress will need to order cassocks with expanded waistlines in time for Epiphany.