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Christ Church Lutheran, San Francisco

A well-organized service, planned with care and thoughtfulness, with lively, festive hymns

California, USA

Funeral of Brian Mulroney, Notre Dame, Montreal

Beautiful funeral mass, with bilingual homily, in honour of the 1980-90s prime minister

Holy Family, Jerome

Heavenly to be in this historic, mining-town church, but no welcome whatsoever from the regulars

St Jude, Wexford, Toronto

Choral evensong celebrating an Anglican order of nuns is overpowered by a blasting organ

Ontario, Canada

St Mary and St Martha, Tornonto

St Mary and St Martha, Toronto

A friendly welcome, plus a reminder that God knows exactly when we will die – to the minute

Ontario, Canada

St John the Evangelist, Cairns City

Relaxed worship and a barefoot reading in a church that knows how to respond well in a crisis

Queensland, Australia

Holy Trinity, Sloane Square

Rose-coloured vestments, a fine sermon, and a crying baby on Mothering Sunday in Chelsea

Chelsea, London, England

Holy Trinity, Toronto

A hybrid communion service in church and on Zoom, with hymns, readings and prayers from the congregation online

Ontario, Canada

Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle

A thoughtful sermon, beautiful singing from the choir, and pews which made rude noises

Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson

Beautiful space, well-organized worship, earthquake instructions, but no welcome or personal greeting

St Anne’s, Soho

Circling the altar for communion in a welcoming, inclusive, accessible church in the heart of London

London, England

Downtown Christian Church, Grand Rapids

A warm, engaging and open welcome, and a juice and wafer combo at the celebration of communion

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