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Just spoken to about 800 people at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh

Adrian Holloway on December 9, 2011 with 0 Comments

What a night! We had about 200 in the first Carol Service and we were almost full with 600 or so in the second. This is a superb event that I spoke at last yearwhen I was blown away by Sam Orr and the amazing choir and orchestra he conducted at the previous year’s Edinburgh Universities’ joint CU Carols.

They invited me back, to a different venue. Last year we were in St Cuthbert’s just underneath the Castle, and this time I spoke at a church best known for it’s “Kirkyard” and a Victorian dog (i.e. ‘Greyfriars Bobby’) who followed his masters’ ashes to the churchyard and then hung around his master’s grave until he died.

I cannot begin to tell you how good the choir and the orchestra were tonight, there were about 25 people in each. I did a different talk to the one I’ve been doing all this week so far, and it seemed to go well, particularly in the second service. There was a great atmosphere. Nottingham Carols tomorrow and then Southampton on Sunday.

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Adrian is married to Julia. They have four daughters. He leads The Beacon Church, Camberley, and has written two books, "The Shock of Your Life" and "Aftershock," which tackles the strongest objections to Christianity in the form of a novel.