Thanks to a grant from the Choral Evensong Trust we were able to host a spectacular weekend of music and praise to celebrate our saint, St Nicholas. The weekend was a fantastic community event which involved a concert given by the visiting choir, Bute Voices, specially written music by Alexander Douglas and a community music workshop run by him, Choral Evensong with the psalm sung by Rockwell Green Primary School and a community meal. Phew....that was an incredible weekend. You can read the full report below.We are very excited to have been awarded a further grant from the Choral Evensong Trust as a result of being declared Patronal Festival of the Year. We will be coming up with something different but very special for St Nicholas Day 2026.
It was great to see so many people in church preparing it for our upcoming festival. Outdoor lights were hung, the pews dusted and polished and the ivy taken off the roof. The refurbished noticeboard was hung, the floors hoovered and best of all the windows were decorated by different members of the community. Lots of thought had gone into the windows and each has its own distinctive flavour. There's a Santa train and stunning displays of winter foliage lit by baubles and fairy lights. We were delighted that the youngest members of our congregation, Theo and Edith, joined in too bringing the Kittisford mouse to life with a pile of Christmas present and a big cheese.The church is now all ready for our St Nicholas Festival weekend beginning at 6 pm on Saturday 6th December with a concert sung by Bute Voices. It promises to be a wonderful and varied programme of music, sung acapella. There is no charge for the concert, but we are collecting donations for the charity, "Music in Schools".
