Multiple organs are played at the All Saints Sunday Eucharist.

A Series in 17 parts, By Blacksheep. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.

 

It's been a while, but now we return to our good friends at Saint Michael's CE church;

"Dear Brothers & Sisters," Reverend Simon Morris stood in the pulpit and began his sermon.

"Well first of all, special thanks to Gordon for that fine voluntary and hymn, and to My wife’s cousin, Miya, for playing the Gloria. We have an organist and an organist-in-training! As I'm sure you're aware, my wife Jenna, has kindly agreed to stand in for Raymond Wilson, the organist at Oakwood Road Methodist Church, who is recovering from surgery.

Also as you may have noticed, we are joined by Reverend Horatius Fletcher, an old friend who mentored me back when I was studying for my degree in theology many, many years ago!"

The man in question was sat behind the vicar, at the side of the organ and clad in full robes. He looked a lot older than he probably was. He smiled and nodded. "You were a good student; well, most of the time!"

A chorus of sniggers erupted from the assembled congregation.

"Did he step out of a Dickens novel?" someone whispered. "He's got the perfect name for one."

"From the look of him, he was an old 'un when Queen Victoria were a mere slip of a girl!" came the witty reply.

The fella in the pew behind them added; "Aye, he listened to one too many sermons. That's what we'll look like by the end of this service."

"And now we turn to events in the Christian calendar.” Reverend Morris continued. “We've entered November, & the month of remembrance: All Saints, All Souls, and, of course, Remembrance Sunday. It is always necessary to remember important events which have gone before, because, as has been said, those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. This year we studied on Sundays, and in our Bible reflection group, the Book of Exodus;“

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