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Sounding the horns THEY HAVE a very strong choral tradition at St Anne’s, Tottington, in Manchester diocese, and mostly Prayer Book services. Subscriber only	Glory of the tower THEY FINALLY sent off a parcel of paperwork weighing 2.5 kilos to the Heritage Lottery Fund, but it was worth it. Subscriber only	Visit to Bethlehem: there was a birth, certainly DESPITE the recent events in Gaza, tours to the Holy Land, and Bethlehem in particular, are beginning to recover. Subscriber only

Correction: The Assistant Curate Correction: The Assistant Curate of Holy Innocents’, South Norwood, in Southwark diocese, was wrongly named last week. Subscriber only	Surviving the earthquake IT IS as well that the earthquake last February struck when the work on the restoration of St Thomas’s was already under way. Subscriber only	Not just for Christmas A GROWING number of churches have been holding Christmas-tree festivals shortly before Christmas. Subscriber only

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