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Advent: 5 December

Good morning, Some of the photographs catalogued this summer by our Chaplaincy intern Natasha are pictures I’ve taken of works of art in museums, galleries, churches and elsewhere.  My snapshots are usually not as good…

Advent: 4 December

Good morning, Another Ding-dong merrily on haiku, and another Carol Service this evening, this time the Alumni Carol Service in St Salvator’s Chapel at 7 pm.  All graduates and current students, members of staff and…

Advent: 3 December

Good morning, Behind today’s window are an image and haiku for Advent Sunday, the first day of Advent and the beginning of the Christian year.  It is a day for anticipating of the coming of God’s kingdom, holy, good…

Advent: 2 December

Good morning, This is the second day of the Advent Calendar, and also the day of the University Carol Service.  7.30 pm at Holy Trinity Church on South Street, with doors opening at 6.45 pm.  Beautiful music from St…

Advent: 1 December 2023

Good morning, Welcome to the first message in this year’s Advent Calendar from the Chaplaincy.  Each day until 25 December, there will be a daily email to the Chaplaincy mailing list from me exploring the Christmas…

Sunday 17 September – Livestream update

Good afternoon, Just a quick update and apology to those who were tuned in to the livestreaming of our Sunday Worship service last weekend, 17 September.  Following a call for a replacement technician for this service…

Advent: 25 December 2022

Merry Christmas! It’s Christmas Day and the final day of our Advent Calendar.  We’ve reached the last letter of the alphabet.  Z is for… Zzzzzzzzzz.  It’s time for sleep!  Now you may have found some of the calendar…

Advent: 24 December 2022

Greetings… …on Christmas Eve.  It’s the penultimate day in our Advent Calendar, and so the second last letter in the English alphabet – Y.  Y is for… Yule.  Yule was a midwinter festival observed by Germanic and Norse…

Advent: 23 December 2022

Good morning, Behind our window today is the letter X.  X is for… not very much really.  X-rays of ancient wood some think come from the actual manger?  Xylophone version of Joy to the World?  But X is also for Xmas. …

Advent: 22 December 2022

Good morning, We have reached the letter W in our A to Z Advent Calendar.  W is the questioning letter in English, for what, where, when, who, which, whom and why.  Carols like a wh- question: Then why should we on…