May 11th, 2025Hymns of Hope to ring out in Daylesford

The community is invited to Daylesford’s Christ Church on Saturday, May 17 at 2pm for a chance to join in singing some favourite Hymns of Hope.  

Organists Beverley Phillips and John Tungyep from the Royal Society  of Church Music, Central Victoria will play the retuned historic Fincham organ.  

Master of Ceremonies for the Hymns will be Fay Magee, who is also  from the Royal Society of Church Music, Central Victoria.  

Twelve hymns have been  selected, with the help of the current  congregation at Christ Church Daylesford, and each express a theme of faith and hope from the Together in Song Hymn book.

There will also be some interspersed poetry reflections upon the theme  of Hope.  

Afternoon tea will be served in the heritage-listed, recently refurbished W.E. Stanbridge Hall next door from 3.30pm. Singers from the Solomon Islands, who are staying in Castlemaine, will sing during afternoon tea.

People attending from other parishes are invited to bring a plate of biscuits or cake and leave it at the hall before the hymn  program begins. (Please label for safety reasons re nuts or gluten-free.)  

Grace Provan from Christ Church is coordinating the afternoon tea arrangements on the day.

The event is free but a voluntary donation toward maintenance of the organ will be greatly appreciated.

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