St Mary’s Weekly News Christmas and New Year 2019/20

December 20, 2019 in Newsletters

George Floyd: church protests grow in the streets and online
THE Bishop of Washington, the Rt Revd Mariann Budde, along with other church leaders, has prayed in support of peaceful protests against racial injustice and police brutality in Washington DC. Protests continue over the death in custody of George ...
It is time to sing again
THE rows of chairs were set out. The fridge was stocked with milk. Tuesday’s choir practice would be like any other. Except that it wouldn’t. Because, on 8 March, Washington State’s Skagit Valley Chorale’s rehearsal would lead to a tragedy — one t...
Singing might not be so great a risk, after all
NEW scientific evidence from Germany has cast doubt on the claim that singing constitutes a high-risk activity in the transmission of Covid-19. This and other evidence suggests that, with adequate risk assessment and social distancing, singing cou...
Young people's mental health during lockdown: Gareth Sorsby of YMCA Exeter interviewed
“All that we’ve ever done is about getting young people out of their rooms and into the community and working alongside us, and through lockdown we’ve been doing the opposite of that. . . So that has been very difficult.” On this week’s podcast, ...