Ten Interesting Facts About Christmas (via Today I Found Out)
Just in case you’re struggling for conversation at a Christmas function, this infographic from Today I Found Out should come to your rescue. [Source: Today I Found Out]
View ArticleWhile Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night / Cranbrook by Kate Rusby –...
I continue to be enchanted by Kate Rusby’s traditional folk renditions of Christmas songs. The lyrics to While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night have been sung to many tunes according to regional...
View ArticleLove Came Down At Christmas – Christmas (Sunday) Songs 2012 Day 23
Love Came Down At Christmas came into my repertoire a bit late. I’d pegged it for something a bit higher up the candlestick than is my preference, but once I’d got the hang of the phrasing and melody...
View ArticleO Holy Night – Christmas Songs 2012 Day 24
Great words and great tune. I love singing this and I love the song. Lots of others seem to, as well. I’ve got about a dozen versions of this in my itunes collection. Read more about the song at...
View ArticleChristians Awake, Salute The Happy Morn – Christmas Songs 2012 Day 25
This is my favourite Christmas Day carol. I love singing John Byrom’s lyrics, set to the tune Yorkshire, at the start of Christmas worship. The lyrics: 1 Christians, awake, salute the happy morn...
View ArticleHow To Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
Had a very happy Christmas day. At mgpc there were some loved and special people whose absence from our Christmas celebrations were noted. For all of those who missed the presence of loved ones, for...
View ArticleTwelve Facts About The Twelve Days Of Christmas (via Mental Floss)
We are currently in the twelve days of Christmas, which commence on Christmas Day. So, here’s twelve facts about the twelve days, courtesy of Mental Floss. Here’s the first two: 1. Lots of people,...
View ArticleMGPC Sends Off 172 Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Boxes
The culmination of another twelve months of work came to fruition this morning when 172 Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Boxes were sent off to our local collation centre before being sent on to Adelaide,...
View ArticleAustralian Presbyterian World Mission Christmas Gift Catalogue Now Available
With less than two months to go until Christmas the Australian Presbyterian World Mission have released their Christmas gift catalogue. If your Presbyterian Church isn’t publicising this tell them...
View ArticleAll The Earth Rejoice – Folk Angel’s Fifth Album Of Christmas Songs
Folk Angel have released albums of Christmas music each year for the last five years. This year’s release, All The Earth Rejoice contains a similar mix of new, old and retuned Christmas songs in a...
View ArticleBehold The Lamb Of God by Andrew Peterson – Christmas (Sunday) Songs 2013 Day 1
The first day of December is also a Sunday, which means that Andrew Petersen’s Christmas themed concept album Behold The Lamb Of God is the Sunday Songs choice this week. If you’ve never heard this...
View ArticleThe Important Message Of Christmas (via David Cook, Moderator, Australian...
David Cook, Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia has his own page at the PCA website. It seems like there’s a post there every couple of weeks. Like this Christmas themed piece....
View ArticleHark, A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding – Christmas Songs 2013 Day 3
Translated from Latin verse by Edward Caswell, Hark, The Thrilling Voice Is Sounding brings ancient expressions of faith to the present. It seems to be primarily linked with the tune MERTON. The fourth...
View ArticleGod With Us by All Sons & Daughters – Christmas Songs 2013 Day 4
Just because introducing new songs at Christmas time is hard work doesn’t mean I don’t like listening to them. Apparently I haven’t said much about All Sons & Daughters. (Probably because they...
View ArticleAdvent To Christmas by Page CXVI – Christmas Songs 2013 Day 5
For Christmas songs today I’m posting about Page CXVI‘s newly released EP Advent To Christmas. The EP has been produced as the first of three, with following releases thematically linked to Lent, Palm...
View ArticleA Day Of Glory Christmas Album by Austin Stone Music Free at Noisetrade –...
Continuing to mix it up a bit with Christmas Songs this year. Austin Stone Music are part of Austin Stone Community Church in the US. They’re currently featuring their 2012 release A Day Of Glory on...
View ArticleThese Are Written by The Lockwoods – Christmas Songs 2013 Day 7
This is still more of an Advent mode song. And I’ve been waiting to share this for weeks. Written and performed by husband and wife duo The Lockwoods for Bethlehem Baptist Church, it’s a lovely summary...
View ArticleCome Behold The Wondrous Mystery by Matt Papa – Christmas (Sunday) Songs 2013...
This has been in my iTunes library since earlier this year. It features on Matt Papa‘s Look & Live album. Here’s a link to a chord chart. Verse 1 Come behold the wondrous mystery In the dawning of...
View ArticleHe Comes To Us As One Unknown – Christmas Songs 2013 Day 9
Timothy Dudley-Smith takes a line from Albert Schweitzer and fashions a contemporary hymn, usually sung to the tune REPTON. Read the lyrics here. This is a choral rendition.
View ArticleMary, Did You Know – Christmas Songs 2013 Day 10
Mary, Did You Know is a rare thing: a contemporary Christmas song with a biblical theme which has become a standard. The reflective lyrics very much suit the collective desire of our hearts in Mount...
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