Five Lessons and Carols

A service celebrating the new partnership between HeartEdge and the Diocese of Manchester

A service celebrating the new partnership between HeartEdge and three churches in the Diocese of Manchester – the Church of the Ascension, Hulme, Sacred Trinity Church, Salford and St Ann’s Church, Manchester.

Led by
The Rt Revd David Walker
Bishop of Manchester

with

Revd Azariah France-Williams
Priest-in-Charge, Church of the Ascension, Hulme

Revd Andy Salmon 
Rector, Sacred Trinity Church, Salford and HeartEdge Regional Coordinator NW

Revd Canon Nigel Ashworth
Rector, St Ann’s Church, Manchester

 Alison Moore
Strategic Programme Manager, Diocese of Manchester

Revd Jonathan Evens
Associate Vicar for HeartEdge, St Martin-in-the-Fields

With music from HeartEdge Voices, directed by Andrew Earis

Once in royal David’s city 
O holy night (Adolphe Adam)
Coventry Carol (Trad. arr. Shaw)
A great and mighty wonder
In the bleakmidwinter (Gustav Holst)
O come, all ye faithful
Joy to the world

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