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Mesquite and Manna

Notes on a desert parish: the church year, the desert seasons, neighbours and local memory

Parish life

Worship, the church year, music, the building and the people who keep a small desert congregation running week by week.

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A printed concert programme on a wooden pew in a small desert church, late afternoon light through a side window, a pencil resting on the open page.

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Sharing Musicians Between Church and Season

A small desert town shares the same few players between its parish music programme and the regional concert season. Here is how both get planned and printed.

A wooden bookcase in the corner of a small church fellowship hall, holding a few study guides, a DVD case and a hymnal, with late afternoon light coming through a window and a folding chair in the foreground.

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Building a Parish Resource Shelf for One Year

A parish resource shelf is a small, curated collection of study series, worship aids and program kits that one congregation can finish in a year. Here is how