There has been a strong and lively tradition of musicality at All Saints for many years.

We are proud to have a small but active choir who meet weekly on Thursday evenings for Choir practice and enhance the worship of the Church by their gift at Services. As a very small community, choir sometimes sings in with the congregation informally, and sometimes from the choir stalls, more formally.

Our organist is enthusiastic, though amateur and tries to lead us through a wide diversity of worship music and song from across the ages. Modern or classical is less important than appropriate and lively.

We currently use the 'Lincoln Common Worship Service Setting' by Malcolm Archer, written to mark the retirement of  Bishop 'Bob' Hardy.

For our BCP Evensong we sing all the classic versicles and responses, the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis.

A choir is not an individual, but a group - so if you ever fancied to join one (hopefully ours) but are put off by the thought of your voice sounding less than perfect as you learn, please dont be put off - what people hear is the joint sound, not just yours- all will be well!!!

Today's Prayer Focus
Sat 31st Jul - Spalding, St John with Deeping St Nicholas and Spalding Hospitals

Spalding St John with Deeping St Nicholas and Spalding Hospitals

Parish Priest                              Revd Peter Garland

Associate Minister                    Captain Paul Whiteley CA

Readers                                      Frances Garland,

                                                   Andrew Spencer

Lay Ministers

Deeping St Nicholas                Danielle Clark, Sue King,

              Sue Steele

Spalding St John                        Arnold Bradford,

                                                  Lawrence and Margaret Calkin

                                                  Jessie Cole, Will Dunlop,

               Yvonne Edgoose, Pat French,

               James and Pat Newby,

              Margaret Smith, Chris Wood,

              Ray Wright

Pray for closer links with other parishes in Spalding and for our Methodist and URC friends in the Spalding Covenant;

For further development of lay ministry, especially with older people;

For St John’s Primary School (Head: Paul Reid), Deeping St Nicholas School (Head: Anita Bandey);

For our parish magazine and Village News and other means of communicating our message;

For our vicar’s ministry as Chaplain to the Johnson Community Hospital and as Assistant District Dean.

Give thanks for Andrew Spencer’s return to ministry in the parishes;

For the plans for refurbishing both Churches;

For our Fresh expressions including our informal service at St John’s;

For our fellowship and study groups; ‘Presence’ – an experimental Communion, looking at new ways of encouraging contemplation;

For the Teddy Club, for parents and children at Deeping St Nicholas, Holy Doughnuts at St John’s and our ministry to schools in the area.

Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding

Pray for the new  Hospital (Acting Matron – Simon Temple); for all inpatients, outpatients, relatives and staff and for Peter Garland (Chaplain);

For the appointment of a part-time Assistant Chaplain;

For the Tulip Suite (the new palliative care/hospice provision).

Enugu North (Province of Niger, Nigeria)

The Rt. Revd Sosthenes Eze