Further to the announcement that Jonathan Lilley will leave Ely Cathedral this summer, the Chapter wishes to appoint a new Assistant Organist from September 2013. Full details are available on the Cathedral website here

Do pass the word on if you know anyone suitable and encourage them to apply.

"Let it be known" - the latest song from Worship Central and Tim Hughes (amongst others), accompanied by a video that reflects the current worship style of the contemporary scene. Nothing wrong with either but, increasingly, so far away from the regular worship of our parish churches. Our young people go to Soul Survivor (or similar) and this is how they worship. They come back home and want to worship like this but few churches could make that happen for them.

Just as "choir and organ" (Cathedral style) can prove hard in the parish context, my own view is that this is now so far removed from what's achievable in most of our churches that it serves only those with the most modern technical gadgets and musicians skilled in this type of music to deliver the song(s). 

What do you think?