St Andrew's approach

This is a great picture of the path to St Andrew's. Well photographed by annedm1 who has a few more photos of Tarvin here.
The trees look great - the photo was taken in February. In summre they form a lovely green arch - very effective for weddings! The doors are now a lot lighter. Bill Turner spent many hours stripping the old varnish and centuries old dirt from inside and out to restore the wood to its original colour.

Song

The visit of the City of Chester Male Voice Choir prompts me to reflect on music in our worship - particulalry the highlights of recent weeks.

1. At St Peter's we sang "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God" as a round. The men moved to one side of the church and started the singing off - followed by the women. Once we all got the hang of it there was only one word to describe it - "beautiful". (Seek ye first tends to be as bit boring when it isn't sung as a round)
2. We introduced - at the PCC, St Andrew's and St Peter's - "The Lord's my shepherd" by Stuart Townend. (You can hear a sample of it here)This again is beautiful and hopefully will be seen as a viable alternative to Crimond.
3. To crown it all the City of Chester Male Voice Choir sang "Dona Nobis Pacem" during their concert in Tarvin last night (10/5). As it happens, I had sung it as part of a training session the previous week. Perhaps too complicated to introduce to our parish worship but great to hear again.