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Date: 12 February 2007 10:38:26
There was a good turnout for the United Benefice service in the morning, to say farewell to our curate, moving on after 5 years. We sang the usual 'How shall I sing that Majesty' and 'Here I am Lord' which tend to accompany such major life-changing vocational situations, plus the rather surprising 'Lord of the Dance'. The choir item by Handel sounded as if it should have been by Bach - the chorale-like 'Lord I trust thee'. As is our custom, the service was followed by a splendiferous feast - I've never seen so many smoked salmon sandwiches on a table groaning with food of every kind, including a huge chocolate centrepiece. The choir, already satisfied from a generous chocolate gift at choir practice, gamely joined in to reduce the load.
Due - at least in part - to the special service in the morning, evensong was a very quiet affair with a small choir and a small congregation. We were very relieved to have the help of the new vicar to join the alto section for the anthem (especially as those choir members who were not on holiday for half term appeared to have been very generous at spreading around their cold viruses). Consequently, 'Deep Peace' by Rutter actually sounded like deep peace and not the start of world war 3.