Snippets from Simon

Image: screenshot from youtube The Piano Guys are known for their video cover versions of other pieces of music.  From Soundtrack excerpts of Twilight and Star Wars to Scottish Fight Songs, they have enthralled viewers.  As wikipedia says: The Piano Guys   is an American musical group consisting of pianist   Jon Schmidt , cellist   Steven Sharp Nelson , videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer Al van der Beek. Originating in Utah, they gained popularity through   YouTube , where in 2011 they began posting   piano   and   cello   compositions combining classical, pop,   film score   and original music, showcased through elaborate or cinematic videos. As of March 2020 the group had surpassed 2 billion views on their YouTube channel and had 6.7 million subscribers. In this clip , we see them at a residential aged care centre performing a Charlie Brown Medley  https://youtu.be/tyPDQpel8bI  .  Now that we are ...

We have heard from some sources that the impact of isolation and lack of ability to access electronic information is becoming quite traumatic.   This can be especially so for some of our elder parishioners. Below are a few photos of places where some of them live. We know that some parishioners have been connecting with some people. They have been  dropping off things or running errands. Others have done phone or video calls to hear the voice or to see the smiling face. What a great thing to do! Not all of our elder parishioners can access all these things.  But they may be able to receive messages.  Some of us can remember when we were younger and our mothers or grandparents loved sending and receiving letters.  They would keep the letters for years and read them over and over.  A good example is of writer Roald Dahl and his Mother in Love From Boy . So, we are launching a request for parishioners to write in messa...