Scb Parish Magazine May 2009

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Parish of St.Cuthbert, Benfieldside Sunday Worship 8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m.

Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) SUNG EUCHARIST (Common Worship) Evening Prayer + Choral Evensong (BCP) Taizé Vespers

Sunday School meets at 10.00a.m. in the Church Hall during term

Weekday Worship Morning Prayer: Evening Prayer: Midweek Eucharist:

8.30a.m. Monday - Friday 5.00p.m. Tuesday 10.00a.m.Thursday

Please see the Calendar & Pewsheet for alterations to this pattern.

Parish Office Arrangements for Baptisms, Marriages, etc. should normally be made in the Vicar’s vestry in church on Tuesdays at 5.30p.m. - please phone first if possible. For Spiritual Advice & the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession), please contact the Vicar.

Clergy & Readers Vicar:

The Revd Martin Jackson St. Cuthbert’s Vicarage, Church Bank, Shotley Bridge 01207 503019 mobile phone: 0797 226 2412 e-mail: [email protected]

Readers:  

Mrs. Rosie Junemann Mr. Paul Heatherington

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Parish web-site: www.communigate.co.uk/ne/saintcuthberts Parish Blog: www.saintcuthberts.blogspot.com

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PARISH CALENDAR - MAY 2009 Sunday 3

THE 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER (Acts 4.5-12; 1 John 3.16-end; John 10.11-18)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Sat.

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Sunday 10

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST + HOLY BAPTISM & SUNDAY SCHOOL Evening Prayer

7.30p.m. PCC Standing Committee - Vicarage 7p.m. Deanery Pastoral/Standing Committee - Burnopfield 10.00a.m. Eucharist 7.30p.m. “Comedy Night at St. Cuthbert’s Hall” Fun, live music + refreshments - £5.

THE 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER (Acts 8.26-40; 1 John 4.7-21; John 15.1-8)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m. Mon.

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Sunday 17

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Sunday School Evening Prayer

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 10 - 16 MAY

2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union 7.00p.m. Archdeaconry Visitation – Durham High School 12.30p.m. “Second Tuesday” Lunch Club - Church Hall 7.30p.m. Hall Management Committee 2.00p.m. Deanery Mothers’ Union Quiet Afternoon - Burnopfield ST. MATTHIAS, Apostle 10.00a.m. Eucharist 10.a.m. - 12noon “Coffee Plus” - Church Hall

THE 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER (Rogation Sunday) (Acts 10.44-48; 1 John 5.1-6; John 15.9-17)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 12noon 6.00p.m.

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Sunday School Holy Baptism Taizé Vespers - a quiet, reflective service

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Mon. 18 Thurs. 21

7.30p.m. “Sing Together” - join us in church! ASCENSION DAY 10.00a.m. Eucharist 7p.m. DEANERY EUCHARIST - Medomsley Church

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THE 7th SUNDAY OF EASTER (Acts 1.15-17,21-26; 1 John 5.9-13; John 17.6-19)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m.

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST Evening Prayer

Thurs. 28

10.00a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 31

PENTECOST – Whit Sunday (Ezekiel 37.1-14; Acts 2.1-21; John 15.26-27, 16.4b-15)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m.

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST Evening Prayer

JUNE Mon. Tues. Thurs. Sat.

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Sunday 7

2.00p.m. Eucharist - in the Lounge, Derwentdale Court 7 for 7.30p.m. Deanery Synod 10.00a.m. Eucharist 12noon Marriage: Paul D’Eath & Patricia Vasey 3.00p.m. Marriage: Justin Chilton & Louise Lovell TRINITY SUNDAY (Isaiah 6.1-8; Romans 8.12-17; John 3.1-17)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m. Mon. Tues.

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Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Sunday School Evening Prayer

2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union Diocesan Festival - Cathedral 12.30p.m. “Second Tuesday” Lunch Club - Church Hall

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View from the Vicarage Come Holy Ghost… “It‟s your busy time…” is one of those phrases which clergy become accustomed to in the build-up to Christmas. And yes, it can get busy then especially because like everyone else we‟ve got lots of shopping to do, family and friends to get round, presents to buy and (not always!) cards to send. But it‟s nothing like as busy as the latter part of Lent as we enter Holy Week and prepare for Easter. That‟s the truly busy time - and it‟s busy-ness with a holy purpose. It‟s worth being busy for. And then there‟s another burst of energy required for what is often a period of feverish activity just after Easter. It‟s the time when we must get Easter Vestries (for the election of churchwardens) and Annual Meetings out of the th way. And then a whole load of paperwork to complete and return by 30 th April. I‟m typing this on 29 April - and there‟s still four pages of questions from our Archdeacon called the Visitation Articles sitting in the In-Tray! In all of this we can miss what‟s truly important. The busy-ness of church administration only has a point if it directs us to what is truly important in the life of the Church. Easily, we can miss times like Ascension-tide and Pentecost when we should consider who Christ is for us - and how the Holy Spirit directs our lives. So here‟s one of the most well-loved of hymns as a reminder of that: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love; Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace; Keep far our foes; give peace at home: Where thou art guide no ill can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee of both, to be but One, That through the ages all along This may be our endless song,

Praise to thine eternal merit, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Martin Jackson

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Mothers’ Union News th

Monday 11 May 2.00pm Service in Church Followed by a talk by Derek Hume about the Braes of Derwent Hunt th

Wednesday 13 May 2.00pm Deanery Quiet Afternoon at St James‟, Burnopfield, conducted by the Revd. Gary Birchall th

Monday 8 June 2.00pm Festival Service, Durham Cathedral (+ please note that the monthly Derwentdale Court Eucharist is moved st from the last Monday of May to Monday 1 June)

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Christian Aid Week 2009 Sunday 10th – Saturday 16th May Please give what you can and make tomorrow better for families living in poverty. As usual I hope to be in touch soon with all our regular collectors. If anyone else is able to help, please do get in contact – there will inevitably be some gaps to fill so do consider helping. Sheila Barnes

+ from the Bishop of Durham’s Office….

Walk Bede’s Way with Bishop Tom - help raise funds for educational projects On Saturday 6 June 2009 Christian Aid is inviting you to take part in their new sponsored walk along Bede‟s Way. Bishop Tom will be walking the 12 miles between St Peter‟s, Monkwearmouth and St Paul‟s, Jarrow and is hoping that plenty of clergy and people from Durham Diocese will sign up themselves or at least sponsor him to take part. Shorter accessible walks are available in the afternoon and the day concludes with a celebratory service at St Paul‟s where Bishop Tom will preach. Full details and registration form are on www.bedewalk.neast.org.uk or email [email protected]

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100 Club - Winners April !st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize

£25 £15 £10

No. 83 No.121 No. 44

Joyce Shaw Barbara Penaluna Avril Dower

Details on how to join the 100 Club from our organiser, Jennifer Lambert, phone 505018.

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2nd Tuesday Lunch Club … continues to provide food and friendship 12.30p.m. Tuesday 12th May in the Church Hall

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BROADCASTING BONANZA

Comedy Night at St Cuthbert’s Hall

That's the title of a show coming to the Church Hall on Saturday May 9th at 7.30, organised by the newly formed One in Seven drama group. Tickets at £5 will buy you a share of a buffet supper, and accompanying entertainment will take you back - or introduce you - to the delights of radio and TV of yesteryear. Don't stint yourselves, come and enjoy it.

Broadcasting Bonanza

Tickets available from Jim and Marjorie Hollingsworth, Ian and Sue Hamilton, Paul Heatherington, Steve and Mary Mitchell. Phone contact 505722. Jim Hollingsworth

7.30p.m. Saturday 9th May

Fun from favourite Radio and TV shows Live Music

Refreshment Charge £5

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Stained Glass in St. Cuthbert’s Paul Heatherington, one of our Readers, continues his series …

DON’T COME TO ST CUTHBERT’S LOOKING FOR HOPE! Churches the world over sometimes include allegorical figures in stained glass signifying Faith, Hope and Charity. They represent the virtues described in St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, which ends, ‘And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.’ The virtues have often been translated into English as Faith, Hope and Charity, although by the twentieth century it had become more common to translate ’caritas’ as love. All three figures are represented as female. Faith usually carries a cross. Hope usually carries an anchor, while Charity is usually shown with children. Whilst many Church of England churches with a catholic tradition favoured saints as subjects for stained glass, the Christian virtues were considered more truly protestant. Not uncommonly all three are not present together. Instead you might find just two in a pair of lancet windows or perhaps opposite each other across a chancel. Charity is the most popular in numerical terms. Faith is often shown alone, and Hope is often the window of choice in funeral chapels. St Cuthbert’s follows this custom, in that only Faith and Charity are to be found in the Organ aisle, which leads to the unfounded amusing tease but factually accurate statement that there are Faith and Charity but no Hope in Saint Cuthbert’s! Faith, Hope and Charity, possibly because of their popularity with 19th century stained glass designers, became popular girls' Christian names in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Brownie Pack Holiday th

On April 9 we went on Pack Holiday to Bispham Hall Scout Estate near Wigan for 5 days. The theme was Harry Potter. We went to the Science Museum in Manchester. We went on a simulator ride, a steam train and in the planetarium. We learned about stars and planets and earned our stargazer badge. We got to walk through a sewer. It was smelly! We watched 2 Harry Potter movies. We played a Wide Game all about Harry Potter we had to earn galleons by completing different tasks. If one of the leaders caught us we lost galleons. It was fun. We used our galleons to buy the ingredients for the final potion. We made cakes from the potion. On Sunday we went to Gulliver‟s World at Warrington. We had lots of fun. The rollercoaster was scary but great. We all screamed lots. We can‟t wait for our next Pack Holiday in July! Beth, Rebecca, Ebony, Fiona, Sarah, Enya, Hannah, Emily, Rachel and Molly

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“Cake Bake” Sunday School held their annual “Cake Bake” on Sunday 26th April, doing great business as parishioners got ready for the Annual Meeting. It was a very successful venture, raising £87.50 - all in aid of the Church Hall building project to finish off the downstairs rooms and develop a disabled toilet and galley kitchen. Thanks to Sunday School members & leaders, and to all who supported the sale. ……………………………………………………………………….

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COFFEE plus in support of St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday 16th May 2009 10a.m. to 12noon in the Church Hall COFFEE & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLANT STALL SECOND-HAND BOOKS RAFFLE

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SING TOGETHER For summer 7.30 – 8.30pm Monday 18 May 2009 th

St Cuthbert’s Church All welcome Further details: Martin Jackson, Bill Hudson or Rosie Junemann

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Annual Parochial Church Meeting Election Results th

Our annual parochial church meeting was held on Sunday 26 April.

The following were elected as churchwardens: Carol O‟Malley

Linda Short

The following were elected last year to serve for the three years as lay representatives in the deanery synod: Sammie Hewlett; Stephen Mitchell; Pam Donnelly

The following were elected to the parochial church council: Kelsey Buchanan Jill Barron Irvine Macnair Claire Bean

Peter Thompson Jennifer Lambert Jenny Macnair Eric Hall

Mary Mitchell Bill Hudson Glynis Bell

Reader to serve ex officio: Rosie Junemann [Paul Heatherington to receive minutes with invitation to contribute to PCC]

The big change is of course, one of our Wardens. Liz Parker had previously indicated that she wanted to step down to devote her energies to other areas - more on this in due course, but for now we must say what a big debt of thanks we owe her for all her hard work. Linda Short carries on with her work as Warden, and is now joined by Carol O’Malley - we wish them well in their new partnership! The election of churchwardens is followed by a Visitation at which they are formally inducted into their year of office. This year we have an Archdeaconry Visitation to be conducted by the Archdeacon of Durham - on Monday 11th May here at Durham High School for Girls. Wardens “sign in” at 7p.m. and there‟ll be refreshments and a presentation on the Diocesan web-site. The Archdeacon‟s “Charge” to Wardens beginning a new year of office and their “swearing-in” will be at about 8p.m. – it‟s always good to have supporters for our Wardens from the parish!

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St Cuthbert’s Summer Fair Saturday 13 June from 2.00pm Come and join in the fun… Cakes, Plants, Preserves Crafts & Gifts, Books Tombola & Games Jane Robson Theatre Group Afternoon Teas …and more! Join us in and around St. Cuthbert’s Church & Hall

Seven weeks until the longest day? As I write, that is how long it is until the Summer Fair - which always seems like the longest day to me, as co-ordinator/stall holder. It is also a great time to get together in the sunshine (we hope), meet old friends and make new ones, enjoy the entertainment, pastimes and refreshments on offer - and pick up some bargains and delicious cakes and preserves. However, to make the day enjoyable for all who visit our church requires some effort from all of us. Some people have already offered to organise stalls and events, and we are now looking for contributions to the following stalls: plants, cakes and preserves, books, tombola, bric-a-brac, crafts, and whatever else may come to mind. The Jane Robson Theatre Group will be performing in Church during the afternoon. It would be helpful to the organisers if everyone offering help would sign the list which is at the back of church. Coordinators:

Mary Mitchell

Sammie Hewlett

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News from the Deanery Elections to the Diocesan Synod are to be held this year. Lanchester Deanery can elect four people to the House of Clergy and five people to the House of Laity. Nominations for election are made by members of the Deanery Synod for the appropriate House. However, you do not have to a member of Deanery Synod to be nominated. If you are interested in serving on Diocesan Synod then have a word with your Deanery Synod Representatives. Requests for nomination will be sent out on Tuesday 12thMay. Nominations will be returned by Tuesday26th May. If there are more nominations that there are seats to be filled; then voting papers will be sent out on Tuesday 2nd June and the last day for return of voting papers will be Tuesday 23rd June 2009. All of this will be administered by Mr Jack Clifford, the Presiding Officer for the Elections to Deanery Synod in this Deanery.

Taizé Pilgrimage Taizé is a centre of pilgrimage for young people from all over Europe and the world. Those who have been find the worship enriching and the encounters with people from many different countries rewarding. Lanchester Deanery‟s Youth Fund is able to subsidise two young people from the age of 15-19 to go on the Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage to Taizé st th from August 1 to August 10 this year. The total cost would be £210 (which is all inclusive apart from some spending money). The Deanery is able to pay half of this. If you are interested in going or know someone who maybe, then please speak to your vicar or Rev‟d Gary Birchall on 01207 270261 as soon as possible. He is going as one of the team of leaders.

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Thursday 21st May at 7.00p.m.

Deanery Eucharist for Ascension Day in St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Medomsley Preacher: The Revd. Professor Douglas Davies Join with other members of local churches for this special celebration

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Happy Anniversary! On the 9th May 2009, we will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the admission of women to Reader ministry.

The Office of Reader is one of the oldest ministries in the Church, but it was established in its present form in the Church of England in 1866. Since then, the growth in Reader Ministry has been one of the great success stories in the Church of England and there are now over 10,000 Readers, some in every diocese, with men and women represented almost equally. In church, Readers can be distinguished from their ordained colleagues by the distinctive blue Readers’ scarf. Readers are lay people from all walks of life, who are called by God, and theologically trained. They are authorised by the Church of England to preach and teach, to conduct or assist in conducting worship, and to assist in the pastoral, evangelistic and liturgical work of the Church in the parish or area where they are licensed. In collaborative teams with clergy and other church members they work in a variety of situations; in parishes, schools, prisons, hospitals, hospices, factories and shops, among seafarers and in the Armed Forces, with children and young people, the elderly, housebound and bereaved, and with those preparing for baptism, confirmation and marriage. As well as their formal roles, Readers have many informal ways of ministering by their presence, witness and listening at their places of work, at home, among the neighbours and in their local communities. They are informed lay people living out their faith in their different walks of life. Of course, there are women in other lay and ordained ministries in the Anglican Church, too. Elizabeth Catherine Ferard was the first Deaconess in England. She received her licence from Bishop Tait of London on the 18th July 1862. She founded a community of deaconesses, which was also a religious sisterhood, the Community of St Andrew, and worked in a poor parish in the King’s Cross area of London and later at the Great Northern Hospital. However it was not until July 1985 that the Church of England's policymaking General Synod endorsed the ordination of women as deacons.

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The first woman to be ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion was Florence Li Tim-Oi, who was ordained on the 25th January 1944 by the Bishop of Hong Kong. The Church of England authorised the ordination of women priests in 1992 and began ordaining them in 1994. The first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion was Barbara Clementine Harris who was ordained suffragan bishop of Massachusetts in February 1989. Later in the same year, Penelope Jamieson became the first female diocesan bishop when she was elected Bishop of Dunedin in New Zealand. In July 2005, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to ‘set in train’ the process under which women might become bishops. The debate continues but it is hoped that legislation currently in draft form will clear the way for women to become bishops in this country in around 2014. Rosie Junemann Rosie will herself be preaching at the 10a.m. Sung Eucharist on Sunday 10th May. As we value her ministry so much, it’s strange to think that women were admitted to Reader ministry only as recently as 1969. Where would we be now without all those women who make such a valuable contribution to our Church’s life? ………………………………………………..

AUTHORISED PASTORAL ASSISTANTS Are you interested? The next APA course starts in October 2009 Enquirers’ Information Evening will be held on Tuesday 19th May 2009 at 7.00pm Cross Gate Centre, Alexandria Crescent, Durham, DH1 4HF

(please telephone if you intend to be present - and speak to the Vicar too!) Applications and selection - June / July

For information, please contact:-

Interviews – August

Mrs Pamela Wilson, Council for Ministry, The Cross Gate Centre, Alexandria Crescent, Durham, DH1 4HF Tel (0191) 374 6024 or e-mail [email protected] or Mrs Alison Moore, Bishops’ Adviser in Pastoral Care and Counselling, (same address) Tel (0191) 374 6021 or e-mail [email protected]

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Art at St. Cuthbert’s An Exhibition by Local Artists Saturday 12th September & Sunday 13th September in St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall

It’s that time again… This year‟s event is to be held on Saturday and Sunday 12 th and13th of September with the hall to be set up on the evening of Friday 11th. As usual I have tried to time things to coincide with the Northumbria Historic Churches Trust Steeplechase which this year, on Saturday 12th September, is in the capable care of Steve Mitchell. As in previous years we will be looking for stewards for the Church and Hall, caterers, steeple-chasers, and of course exhibitors. If you can assist in any way please get in touch with Steve or myself. Lew Parker 505156

Signs & symbols: the Chi Rho The language of the early Christians was Greek, and so it is not surprising that many of the Christian symbols that we still use today came from Greek. The Chi Rho is one of the earliest christograms that was used by the early Church. It comes from taking the first two letters of Christ in Greek, which is „X‟, pronounced chi, and „p‟, which is „r‟, or pronounced rho. Together, one on top of the other, they form the monogram ☧. You can see it on some silver spoons found at Mildenhall, and now in the British Museum, dating from about 350 AD. Jo White - Parish Pump

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Taizé - monastic spirituality for today Elsewhere in this magazine, you’ll find an invitation to young people to join a pilgrimage from our diocese to Taizé. The visit is 1st -10th August of this year. The diocesan coordinator, the Revd. Martin Anderson of Sunderland Minster writes: Our coach is open to Young People from around the Diocese aged 15-29 spending a week camping and enjoying an opportunity to pray alongside up to 5-6,000 young Christians from across Europe with the Brothers of the ecumenical Taizé Community. The young people need to bring a tent, sleeping bag, a bible, and be prepared to be involved in the whole of community life for the week e.g. taking part in the prayers, helping with practical tasks, attending discussions in small groups etc. The trip costs £210 which covers return coach travel via Dover/Calais from Durham-Taizé, insurance, and the contribution to the Taizé community to cover food and our stay there. Once again this summer we will be travelling with young people from the Diocese of York and accompanied by Archbishop John Sentamu. Young people can also look forward to meeting Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who will also be staying in the Taizé community that week.

MJ adds: At St. Cuthbert’s we offer worship and prayer based on that which is offered at Taizé - normally at the 6p.m. service on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Why not come and join us? Martin Anderson encourages us to think more about Taizé’s life and work in this article: Taizé is an ecumenical monastic community, offering much opportunity for silent and prayerful reflection, as well as multilingual chatter. The services, the real highlight of any pilgrimage there, are a revelation: a massive church packed with five thousand young people, all singing together, listening together, praying together. Each service features at its centre a tenminute silence, in which one can pray, consider issues raised from the daily bible reflection, or simply gaze around the building in awe. The music of Taizé has become world famous, but all I can say is that until you have heard it in its birthplace, you have not truly experienced its spiritual power or beauty. By the end of the week, everyone becomes an

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obsessive devotee of at least one of the chants, and it is not uncommon whilst wandering about to find makeshift choirs or individuals serenading passers-by with their particular favourite! There are four main events in the Church each day at Taizé. Morning Prayer before breakfast, at which communion is available to those who wish to receive it, Midday Prayer, before lunch, and Evening Prayer, which follows the evening meal. In addition at 7.30 in the morning, there is a Eucharist at which the communion gifts are consecrated for the subsequent Morning Prayer. It’s amazing just how many people are motivated to get out of bed so early! Like everything at Taizé, the Eucharist is ecumenical, and attended by a Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran congregation. Taizé keeps the common elements of all traditions, but in fact the differences between a Taizé Eucharist and each denomination are, in practice, tiny. What most stands out during the week is that the similarities between our churches, our beliefs and our cultures by far outweigh the differences. The message of tolerance is a way of life while you are there. The mornings are given over to bible studies. These consisted of a talk from a Brother on a biblical passage, followed by a small group discussion. My particular group consisted of two English, two Germans, two Portuguese, a Slovakian and a Ukrainian. Sitting in the French sunshine sharing ideas and stories remains one of my best memories of the week. The chance to really get to know people from other countries and cultures was exciting and invaluable. The group reflection is not only a great way to know others' thoughts but to clarify your own, and to think deeply about faith. Everyone I spoke to found this a precious and empowering opportunity. The periods of silence make you realize how much time passes us by in our busy lives, and how much can be gained by simply sitting. When, a week later, we got back on the bus to return home, there was not a person who wanted to leave. The experience of Taizé was too precious to let go, and the whole thing was so intensely compelling that it felt as if we had been there two months, not just one week. Before we stepped on the coach, a friend said to me that the problem is not leaving Taizé, but trying to explain it when you get back. And he was right. Taizé is truly ''indescribable''. The only way to understand is to visit yourself. I shall definitely be returning. Martin Anderson

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From the Parish Registers Funerals 20 April

Marjorie Vernon

Woodlands Road (Shotley Park)

aged 87 years

May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace

Readings for Sunday Evening Worship Please use these readings, whether or not you are able to join us at the 6p.m. service Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday

3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 May

Sunday

7 June

Ps. Ps. Ps. Ps. Ps.

81.8-16 96 45 147.1-11 139 (part)

Ps. 104.1-10

Exodus 16.4-15 Isaiah 60.1-14 Song of S. 4.16-5.2; 8.6-7 Isaiah 61 Ezekiel 36.22-28

Revelation 2.12-17 Mark 16.9-16 Luke 22.24-30 Luke 4.14-21 Acts 2.22-38

Ezekiel 1.4-10,22-28a

Revelation 4.1-11

Confirmation 2009 Our Deanery has its annual Confirmation very soon The Bishop of Durham (I think!) will be presiding at a nd Deanery Confirmation on Monday 22 June - at All Saints‟ Church, Lanchester. We have a couple of candidates, but would welcome more! If you‟re an adult with actual church involvement - and want to be confirmed - please get in touch with the Vicar (of St. Cuthbert‟s!) as soon as possible. There‟ll be some preparation involved - and hopefully it will all be very enjoyable.

Useful Church Contacts: Churchwardens: Linda Short, 9 Sherwood Close   Carol O’Malley, 13 Spring Close, Ebchester PCC Lay Chair: Peter Thompson, Wheldon House, Ebchester

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PCC Treasurer: Irvine Macnair, 10 Kempton Close.

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PCC Secretary: Jill Barron, 141 Benfieldside Road

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Sunday School: Carol O’Malley, 13 Spring Close, Ebchester

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Church Hall:

Linda Short, 9 Sherwood Close 

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