The worship for Sunday 30 November 2025, was prepared by the Revd Jenny Mills, the URCs Deputy General Secretary for Faith in Action. 

"I love Advent as a time of reflection, anticipation, and waiting. In a world where there is a lot of focus on much of Christmas happening before 25th December, it is interestingly counter cultural to pause and consider what God’s Word is for us today, in advance of the celebration of Jesus’ birth."

Sunday Worship 30 November 2025, with the Revd Jenny Mills

"Sussex Carol" was originally composed by the British composer Ralph Vaughn Williams and published in his collection Eight Traditional English Carols in 1919. The name of this carol comes from the location where it was collected, near West Sussex. It was originally sung by Harriet Verrall.

This setting of "Sussex Carol" features a sparkling piano accompaniment, reflective of the night sky, referring to the lines of the first verse: "On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring." The third verse features a canonic structure in the key of E-flat major, transitioning back to the original key of G major for a powerful, final verse.

Sussex Carol

(Adventlied aus Vorarlberg / Österreich)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Männerchor TTBB u. Solo ad.lib.
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Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Männerchor TTBB)

(Adventlied aus Vorarlberg / Österreich)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Männerchor TTB u. Solo ad.lib.
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Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Männerchor TTB)

Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Frauen- oder Jugendchor SSA)

(Adventlied aus Vorarlberg / Österreich)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Kinderchor SA u. Solo ad.lib.
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Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Kinderchor SA)

(Adventlied aus Vorarlberg / Österreich)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Gemischten Chor SATB u. Solo ad.lib.
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Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Gemischter Chor SATB)

(Adventlied aus Vorarlberg / Österreich)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Gemischten Chor SAM u. Solo ad.lib.
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Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Gemischter Chor SAM)

A Christmas lament that blooms into quiet hope, moves from a single candle in the cold to the warmth of belief reborn. Inspired by Psalm 42 and Habakkuk 3, it’s a hymn for those who keep singing when answers hide.

Hallelujah Still

This song is rough recorded in 1 take on my Zoom ... a song about my grandmother who I always think of as Advent approaches.

Let It Snow (copyright 2025 by Mike Dampf)

At her window in the spring, at her window everything
then the summer, then the fall
waiting for the call

She was there, I knew it well, loneliness rings like a bell
far away, on thinning air
but I was young and didn't care

"and who will climb the stairs for me
and who will bring his heart to see
these bitter stars, this hungry soul
let it snow, let it snow"

Dusty star on a metal tree, advent mass on a small tv
a ticking clock, an empty chair
an old, gray partridge in a pear

Finally I made the call but there was no one there at all
a clock unwound, a book unread
an open cage, a bird that fled

Soon the 12 days and the star, hope love finds you where you are
you'll hear bells on thinning air
but you are young and may not care

Let It Snow (Advent Song)

Writing songs and kitchen party playing with my many musical friends ... pretty much sums it up.

CYBER CHORD writes songs the way a porch light holds a night: small, steady, and impossible to ignore. I work with AI as a true co-writer, then carve the lyric by hand and shape the track in Suno. The sound leans bare and human—country roots in the soil, a little rock grain in the teeth, and a faith-lit lift that chooses hope without preaching.

These are ordinary-room hymns: rings hidden in cotton, receipt-tape strings, a dress behind rain glass, a sink that cools while you find the words. Silence is an instrument here; sometimes there’s a full bar where the house gets to breathe. If a line can’t survive a campfire and a cracked mug, it doesn’t make the song.

If you’re new, start with the heartbreakers. They don’t shout. They stay. I believe in the holiness of the everyday, and in the quiet bravery of saying the thing before “later” takes it away.

No paid promo, no playlist buys, no cover-art pitches, no dance offers, no cold DMs. If it’s a pitch, the porch light’s off. If you’re a real listener, come in soft: pick one song, leave a genuine note (lyric or timestamp welcome), and hand it to one friend. That’s how this fire stays lit.

May your road stay open, your coffee stay warm, and your day be peaceful.

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