4'33" – Cage Against the Machine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12021661 The BBC have produced a news item (which appropriately lasts 4mins 33 secs) on this year's attempt to knock the X-Factor clones off Number 1. Very good.
One Artist Meme
Fr David over at the Vernacular Curate did a Metallica meme, where you answer these questions using song titles by one artist; and so I couldn't let it pass without pausing (and not for long either) and thinking up some passable submissions for the one true artist, the only true musical obsession that I still…
Children's Nativity Sermon Outline
We have been getting excited for some time now Eager anticipation and wondrous hope Looking forward to the day when it would come… THE ARGOS CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE! And yet, despite all the looking forward to the presents, and all the food you plan to eat, and all the presents, and wondering which X-Factor Clone is…
Rundell Family Christmas Card 2010
For the past couple of years, we have not sent Christmas Cards out, but rather sent the money we would have spent to Oxfam Unwrapped. Usually we have parodied the round robin letter (Jocinta is excelling at her Cello lessons, and Tarquin simply loves his extra Latin lessons!) and peppered the video with various untruths which…
Christmas Story
All together now... Ahhhhhhhh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWq60oyrHVQ St Paul’s Anglican Church, Auckland, NZ. Simply brilliant - wonderfully filmed, cute voices and acting. I love it!
Video of the Service of Consecration of the Font 12th Dec 2010 at S. Thomas the Apostle, Elson
This is a video of the whole 55 minute service of consecration of the font, holy baptism, renewal of baptismal vows and the sacrament of Confirmation. The service began at 3pm and went on until it got quite dark! The full link is here in case the embedded video fails to show [vimeo 17836115 Enjoy!
Christingle – teaching video
Written for UK Junior School children (ages 7-11) http://www.agnusdei.org.uk/video/General/Christingle%20-%20an%20explanation.mpg You can download a version to play in school/youth club from here
Be-lies – False beliefs put aside
James Haws, posting on the brilliant Sunday Papers blog wrote about the Jesus he doesn't believe in anymore, or perhaps more accurately, the Church model which is based upon a whole host of false, unscriptural and plain theologically dodgy misunderstandings, or be-lies as he called them. The problem is many outside the Church (and a…
Liturgy: Consecration of the Font with Baptism, Renewal of Baptismal Vows & Confirmation
The consecration is based upon: http://portsmouth.anglican.org/information/liturgy/consecration_and_dedication_of_a_building/ The layout of the Church is rearranged so that the focus is the font with the Paschal Candle besides it. The Blessed Screen will be placed in the centre of the Reredos, and the projector just behind the altar. The Cathedra will be placed in front of the altar,…
Liturgy: Advent 3, Year A
Advent 3 In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Grace, mercy and peace from God Our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit be with you all and also with you Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say,…