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Induction loop system installed
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 | The St Olaf's Choir sang at the Remembrance Sunday service on 8th
November. The music included
Introit - Kontakion for the Dead
Psalm 94
Setting - Batten Short Service
Anthem (1) - God be in my head/ Walford Davies
(2) - They
are at Rest/Elgar
Hymns
National Anthem/arr Jacobs
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| On Sunday 8th March 2009 a choral Eucharist service was held at St Olaf's for the
first time in nearly a century. The singing was led by Denise Stout conducting
a specially formed group - St Olaf's Singers - and included 'Drop, Drop Slow
Tears' by Orlando Gibbons and 'God So Loved the World' from Stainer's
Crucifixion, as well as the Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from the
Communion Service in F by Harold Darke.
The singing was very well-received and so another choral service is being
planned for Whit Sunday, 31st May 2009. |
| Bishop Bob visited Orkney between December 4th and December 9th 2008, during
which time he visited Rousay and participated in services at St Olaf's,
Kirkwall and St Mary's, Stromness. He also visited the Sea Cadets with Rev
David Dawson.
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| In October 2008 one member of the congregation joined
an ecumenical group of Orcadians who went on a week's retreat to Iona, where
they stayed in the Macleod Centre run by the Iona Community. This was a moving
and rewarding experience for all involved. The pictures in
Iona provide a record
of the visit, which included a trip to Fingal's Cave in Staffa, and a
pilgrimage round Iona to all the places of historic and religious importance
including the bay where St Columba first landed from Ireland. |
See
http://www.iona.org.uk/ ,
http://www.ionabooks.com/iona.asp and
http://www.isle-of-iona.com/ for more information.
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