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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