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'They didn't want me because I was black and I was a woman' - hear Sonia's story, plus news of that Big Sing, and take a trip from St Marks to Sierra Leone - we've got it all on today's show !

At Your Service - Manx Radio

Sunday, 7 July 2024 - 33 minutes

As their annual Conference celebrates 50 years of women's ordination as presbyters - ministers - in the Methodist Church, Past President of Conference, Rev'd Sonia Hicks, tells her story that reveals the path to progress was not always an easy one.

We've music - and comments from organist Gareth Moore - recorded in St Thomas's Church in Douglas last Sunday afternoon at the Festival of Hymns - the first event organised by the re-launched Isle of Man Church Music Association.

And Angela Southern takes us on a journey from her home church of Ballagarey Chapel in St Marks, to Sierra Leone ....

Plus we have another packed notice board - items for inclusion can be emailed to judithley@manxradio.com

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