Consecration

The Very Revd Gregor Duncan is to be consecrated Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway at St Mary’s Cathedral, Great Western Road, on Friday 23rd April at 6.30pm.  This service is by invitation only, however on Sunday 25th April also at 6.30pm in the Cathedral, there will be a celebration service open to everyone.

No Organist

When I was at St Mark’s we were blessed with two people who could play the organ and when they weren’t around there was always the back up system of pushing the buttons.  At All Saints we are blessed in a different way.

The Organist had an opportunity to join her Husband, who plays with the SNO, in Paris for the weekend, so understandably she grabbed it.  The question was how where we going to fill the gap, well we could have got hold of a very fine organist indeed, however it was decided that rather than using him on this occasion we should use the talent right here among us.  We are fortunate indeed in having a large number of professional musicians in the congregation so ‘Angel Voices Ever Singing’, among other things, was accomplanied by a string quartet, while elsewhere the melodic tone of the clarinet drifted out over the congregation.  Thank you all of you for sharing your gift of music with us this morning.

If you would like a glimpse at what you missed then why not come along next Sunday at 1pm when some of our musicians will be putting on a concert to raise monies to go to Haiti.

Boston Baked Beans

Last night at the Candlemas Bring and Share Supper at All Saints, Hubby took along a pot of his wonderful Boston Baked Beans.  He was asked for the recipe and has now posted it on his blog site here.  So if you were asking for it last night you will find it over there.

This and Hubby’s post has resurrected an old idea – the Rectory Kitchen Blog is back you will find it here.

Update

Some time I told the blog world about ‘Fred’, okay at the time when I told you ‘Fred’ didn’t have a name, so I should clear up that ‘Fred’ is my robotic vacumn.

Since then he has been showing off to all and sundry, he loves to bleep at people, to find his home again, to turn and spin and to generally be coo-ed over there is no doubt that ‘Fred’ is an attention seeker of the highest order.  He is coveted by most and on more than one occasion I have had to rescue him before he was hoover-jacked!

When I first posted about him, I said I would give an update after he had been around for a while, that update is long overdue so here it is.

Pluses – now I have stopped watching him he saves me time; he gets under the furniture without me having to move it; he beeps to tell me when he needs emptied or has any other problems; I can leave him hoovering when I go to do a visit or take a service or whatever; he copes with hairs no problem; he copes with hard and carpeted floors with ease; he never complains when I get in his way – in fact he never complains at all; he is easy to empty and simple to clean.  All in all the best hoover I have ever had.

Minuses – He doesn’t do skirting boards or the stairs – he does do the landing however and has a sensor that stops him tumbling down the stairs which is a plus not a minus really.

So I would still recommend one in fact I am so pleased with ‘Fred’ that I am saving up for ‘Wilma’.  She is a scooba that is she washes the floors!