Scb Parish Magazine October 2008

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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

01207 583998 01207 506282

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

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PARISH CALENDAR - OCTOBER 2008 Thurs.

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Sunday 5

10.00a.m. Eucharist 10.45a.m. Holy Communion – Shotley Park HARVEST FESTIVAL (Trinity 20) 8.00a.m. Eucharist

10.00a.m.

FAMILY EUCHARIST & OFFERING OF HARVEST GIFTS

followed by a HARVEST LUNCH Mon. Tues.

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Thurs.

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Sunday 12

2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union Service & Meeting 9.30a.m. Deanery Chapter - Burnopfield 1.45p.m. Benfieldside School Visit to St. Cuthbert’s 10.00a.m. Eucharist 10.45a.m. Holy Communion - Edmundbyers House 21st SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (Isaiah 25.1-9; Philippians 4.1-9; Matthew 22.1.14)

8.00a.m.

Eucharist

10.00a.m.

SUNG EUCHARIST

6.00p.m.

& SUNDAY SCHOOL Evening Prayer

Thurs. 16

12.30p.m. 2nd Tuesday Lunch Club - Church Hall 1.45p.m. Benfieldside School Visit to St. Cuthbert’s 7.30p.m. Sing Together - in church 10.00a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 19

22nd SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Tues.

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(Isaiah 45.1-7; 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10; Matthew 22.15-22)

Tues.

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Thurs. 23

8.00a.m.

Eucharist

10.00a.m.

SUNG EUCHARIST

6.00p.m.

& SUNDAY SCHOOL Taizé Vespers

7.30p.m. Ladies’ Fashion Show - Church Hall With buffet - tickets £5 from Mary Mitchell 10.00a.m. Eucharist

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Sunday 26

THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (Bible Sunday) British Summer Time ends (Nehemiah 8.1-4a,8-12; Colossians 3.12-17; Matthew 24.30-35)

Mon.

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Thurs. 30

8.00a.m.

Eucharist

10.00a.m.

SUNG EUCHARIST

6.00p.m.

Evening Prayer

2.00p.m. Holy Communion by Extension - at 65 Woodlands Road 10.00a.m. Eucharist - cancelled this week

NOVEMBER Sunday 2

ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY (Revelation 7.9-17; 1 John 3.1-3; Matthew 5.1-12)

Mon.

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8.00a.m.

Eucharist

10.00a.m.

SUNG EUCHARIST

6.00p.m.

Evening Prayer

ALL SOULS’ DAY (Commemoration of the Faithful Departed)

7.30p.m. SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST Tues. Thurs.

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8.00p.m. Hall Management Committee 10.00a.m. Eucharist 10.45a.m. Holy Communion - Shotley Park

Sat.

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10a.m.-1.00p.m. Book & Toy Sale - Church Hall

Sunday 9

3rd SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY (Amos 5.18-24; 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18; Matthew 25.1-13)

8.00a.m.

Eucharist

10.00a.m.

SUNG EUCHARIST

6.00p.m.

& ACT OF REMEMBRANCE & SUNDAY SCHOOL Evening Prayer

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View from the Vicarage Duplication and repetition I realise that two pages of this month‟s magazine are simply copied from the last - and there‟s a familiar refrain often from one year to the next. Should we be more original? Well… the copied pages are those which refer to Harvest Festival. The refrain is in the needs which we identify at this time of year amongst the world‟s poor, the homeless nearer to hand and the children who may receive gifts that make all the difference in the shape of a shoe-box we pack for them. There‟s the reminder too - year-on-year - of All Souls‟ Day, when we confront our grief and bring departed loved ones before God. “The poor you will always have with you,” said Jesus. The needs of the poor and suffering are always there. But so also should be our thanksgiving. As well as our sorrows - and those of the world - let us remember the blessings we have received. And be thankful. Martin Jackson

Useful Church Contacts: Churchwardens: Liz Parker, 178 Benfieldside Road Linda Short, 9 Sherwood Close   PCC Lay Chair: Peter Thompson, Wheldon House, Ebchester

505156 503750 560454

PCC Treasurer: Irvine Macnair, 10 Kempton Close.

505828

PCC Secretary: Jill Barron, 141 Benfieldside Road

504352

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

561884

Church Hall:

Linda Short, 9 Sherwood Close 

503750

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Mothers‟ Union News th

Monday 6 October: 2.00pm Service in Church followed by a presentation by David and Janet Arbon about their Ugandan Adventure, helping to build a school. Sheila Barnes (504168) _______________________________________________________________________________________

Christian Aid News Friday 24th October: A date for your diaries – for One World Week –a performance by the SNUG Theatre Group. Further details to follow. Sheila Barnes (504168) _______________________________________________________________________________________

100 Club - Winners September 1st Prize

£25.00

No. 90

Mandy Gray

2nd Prize

£15.00

No. 67

Margaret Wilkinson

3rd Prize

£10.00

No. 33

Eileen Westthorp

Further details on how to join the 100 Club from our organiser, Jennifer Lambert, phone 01207 505018. _______________________________________________________________________________________

Reminder - the Webb Ivory Catalogue is out! Please do take a catalogue (details on how to order enclosed) and either 'pass it on' to anyone who is interested or simply put it back in Church so others can take a look. Up to 25% of proceeds from orders placed will go to St. Cuthbert's. A good cause indeed! Many thanks. Elaine Bellerby _______________________________________________________________________________________

Congratulations -

to Sammie & Alan Hewlett as they celebrate 50 years of marriage on 11th October. A truly Golden Couple! Our very best wishes…

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Feeling the pinch? In all the current financial turmoil, many people are feeling hard up. If its not enough that prices for food, fuel and heating - and, in some cases, mortgages - are rising rapidly, we‟re also having to contend with the vagaries of the international money markets which are playing havoc with people‟s savings and investments. People are worried. We‟re promised a further rise in inflation. Recession is knocking on the door. We all fear poverty. But what does poverty really mean in the UK today? Is it about starvation and slums? The official line is that poverty is a relative concept. The UK poverty line is set at 60% of the national median income. Since the current median income is £377 per week, the poverty line is £226 per week. The Labour government did take action to reduce poverty when it first came to power but now the number of people officially in poverty in the UK is increasing. About 1 in 5 of the population live in poverty. That‟s 13.2 million people. Of these, two or three million are living in extreme poverty on incomes of £150 per week or less. Most of these are pensioners, people with disabilities, and children living in single parent families. Poverty in the UK today is as much about loss of social participation as about lack of material well-being. Children disadvantaged by poverty may be unable to participate in social and leisure activities and may even be denied school trips. Joanne, 27, is a single mother of two children aged 2 and 4 years. She receives Income Support of £60 per week and £90 in benefits for her children. After she has paid her rent, gas and electric and other essential bills, she has just £13 per week left. They struggle to eat well and have no money for clothing or extras like Christmas and birthday celebrations. Christine is a widow living on state pension plus pension credit, giving her an income of £124 per week. However hard she tries to economise on heating, food and clothing, she is barely coping with day-to-day life. As the Church Times (12 September) reminds us:

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GET FAIR Together against poverty Lord God, we live in disturbing days: across the world, prices rise, debts increase, banks collapse, jobs are taken away, and fragile security is under threat. Loving God, meet us in our fear and hear our prayer; be a tower of strength amidst the shifting sands and a light in the darkness. Help us to receive your gift of peace, and fix our hearts where true joys are to be found, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Church of England www.cofe.anglican.org

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Auschwitz - A visit to Remember Parishioner, Liz Whiting continues a series of articles in which she reflects upon her recent visit to Poland. Every member of our coach party felt apprehensive about this part of the tour. The film Schindler’s List had been shown earlier - and a BBC documentary on the Holocaust - but nothing could really prepare us for the real thing. No one really wanted to go but felt it had to be done in respect for the millions who were systematically murdered. The weather was scorching about 30 degrees Celsius when we reached Camp 1. It did not look as bad as in the movies, which are normally black and white. The two storey buildings are neat and made of red brick but they had been originally built as barracks for the Polish Army. They were quickly utilised by the SS. until Auschwitz 2 - Birkenau could be built by slave labour. Once inside however it was a different story. Although the gate with the words “Arbeit Macht Frei”, “Work gives you Freedom.” inscribed over it, is a grim reminder of its cruel past. Individual Barracks rooms had been divided into four sections each showing harrowing displays of aspects of camp life. There were many graphic pictures of transportation and the haunting faces of Jews on their way to the Gas Chambers. One of the most poignant displays was of tons of human hair rescued from a warehouse. There was also a roll of material made of human hair. Huge piles of shoes, sorted into men‟s, women‟s and children‟s, prosthesis and even glasses and kitchen utensils had also been kept as a reminder. There was one case full of suitcases many neatly marked and labelled, combs, soap, brushes, combs and even shoe polish. All of these items had been removed from prisoners as soon as they entered the camp for “processing”. All would be reissued to Germans as everyday supplies. Gold teeth were also removed after death and sent with other gold and jewellery to be melted down before being despatched directly to help with funding the Nazi War Effort. Considering that the Germans had blown up the main warehouses on their evacuation of the site there was still an amazing amount of material left despite their efforts to destroy it. This, for me, was one of the most moving parts of the tour. We then went on to visit the prison where non-Jews were held. These included political prisoners or so-called criminals. Trials, often by one SS officer lasted about two minutes and the sentence was inevitably death. The cells were dreadful and indescribable suffering must have taken place.

9 The punishment cells were little bigger than 2 telephone kiosks yet up to four people were held here. No room to sit or lie down yet these men had still to work eleven-hour shifts. Few survived for very long. Outside the prison, between the two blocks was an enclosed yard which contained the wall of death, where the condemned were shot naked and through the back of the head. The adjoining hut was where experimentation took place. The Commandant Rudolph Hoess had his house only yards from the barbed wire fence surrounding the camp. The garden where his children played was next to the gas chamber. The gallows, where he was later hanged now stand on what was once his lawn. We went into the gas chamber, which is now a memorial to the Jews who died there. Then we passed the ovens where the bodies were disposed of. Auschwitz 1 was not designed as an extermination camp, so this gas chamber was not big enough. Only 800 people could be gassed here in two days. At Auschwitz 2 - Birkenau the figure was 8,000 people, who could be disposed of in the same time span. Liz Whiting

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Art at St. Cuthbert’s An Exhibition by Local Artists Although proceeds of £331.19 may not be as much as in previous years, I feel that the Exhibition was once more a success, despite the atrocious weather on the Saturday. People came and viewed, had a snack, and enjoyed the social occasion. Liz and I are most grateful to everyone who contributed, those who exhibited - without whom there would be no exhibition, and those who stewarded, cooked, served and helped clear up on the Sunday evening. But special thanks must go to the Bellerby family, all four of whom gave so generously of their time and effort over the entire Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Lew Parker

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SING TOGETHER! Looking ahead to the season of Remembrance More sessions for everyone who enjoys singing. Join us to learn some new hymns and practise some old favourites Tuesday 14th October 2008 7.30 – 8.30pm in St Cuthbert’s Church

Further details: Rosie Junemann, Martin Jackson or Bill Hudson ___________________________________________________

2nd Tuesday Lunch Club … continues to provide food and friendship 12.30p.m. Tuesday 14th October in the Church Hall ___________________________________________________

GROWING TOGETHER! St Cuthbert’s Gardening Club Harvest Festival: Sunday 5th October Plant up indoor bulbs for the Christmas Fair: 6th December

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Notes & News Progress report… In October 1934 - 74 years ago - Derek Hume joined St. Cuthbert‟s Church Choir as a boy chorister, his mother walking with him up and down Church Bank twice a week, Mr. Reg Bulmer being the talented choir master. Apart from his National Service “call-up” in the mid 1940s, when he served his country in the Royal Navy, he has always remained a loyal member of his local church and choir. On his marriage - 57 years ago - he eventually persuaded his wife to join him at St. Cuthbert‟s, she being formerly a regular worshipper at St. John‟s (the Snods) - we can be thankful to have acquired her culinary skills which have served visitors to Fayres and many other functions through the years since! Derek‟s long, loyal and dedicated service take some th matching. Here‟s to the 75 anniversary next year. Meanwhile it‟s good to have Lynne Severs back in the choir, and to welcome new member Jamie Whitfield. _______________________________________________________________________________________

The Derwentdale Court Eucharist… has had to move out of its usual meeting place due to building work. Meanwhile, Margaret Vernon is kindly th hosting us at 65 Woodlands Road - this month on Monday 27 October: Rosie Junemann officiates at Holy Communion by Extension. _______________________________________________________________________________________

Congratulations… to Hannah and David Cleugh, who have just been able to announce that they will serve their title as Curates in the Dorchester Team Ministry in Oxford Diocese. Hannah (formerly Rudge) grew up as a member of St. Cuthbert‟s, before going off to read Theology at Oxford - sadly she hasn‟t managed to get away, continuing with a D.Phil., and now working on a M.Th. (Master of Theology) at Ripon College, Cuddesdon with husband David. Our best wishes to them.

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Fashion at St Cuthbert’s 7.30p.m. Tuesday 21st October

Ladies’ Fashion Show - in St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall.

Tickets from Mary Mitchell £5 - proceeds to church funds ……………………………………………………………………….

Lanchester Deanery What is it? Contemplative Prayer in the Christian tradition. Each meeting involves people sharing and praying in God‟s presence in stillness. We begin with a short meditative reading or reflection, then a piece of music leading us into 30 minutes of silence which is followed by another piece of music. There is then the opportunity to talk about the readings, music and experiences over a cup of tea or coffee afterwards. Venue: St.James Church Hall, Burnopfield When: Last Wednesday of every month. th th Next Meetings: Wednesday 29 October & 26 November Time: 2.00pm and 7.30pm (both sessions are the same) For more information contact Revd. Heather Murray: 01207 588816

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Sunday 5th October 2OO8 8.00a.m. 10.00a.m.

Holy Communion (BCP) SUNG EUCHARIST with the offering of Harvest Gifts FOLLOWED BY A HARVEST LUNCH

We welcome gifts of produce and money for our Harvest Appeal as offerings during the Sung Eucharist - a service for all the family. Afterwards an informal parish lunch. Your financial gifts will benefit the USPG Harvest Appeal (see below). Produce will be passed on to the People’s Kitchen. Contributions for Harvest flowers gratefully received in the basket in church - or pass them to Sonia Thompson. USPG‟s work with the poor has included: Health care, through funding hospitals, HIV/AIDS awareness programmes and training for medical personnel. Education, through funding new schools and sending teachers to wherever there is a need. Church ministry: through funding theological training and pastoral programmes. And inter-faith relations. Cross-cultural training – because we believe that each part of the church can learn from every other part.

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Harvest Produce and the People’s Kitchen The People‟s Kitchen works with homeless people on Tyneside to offer them “Friendship and Food”. The gifts they receive at Harvest-time are especially important, but there‟s a limit to the amount of fresh food they can use! So they suggest the following items – though without any particular order of importance…                

Money if possible (Cheques payable to “The People‟s Kitchen”) Instant coffee, tea bags and dried milk Sugar Plain & self-raising flour Gravy granules Evaporated milk, condensed milk, rice pudding Tins – mixed veg., peas, beans, carrots etc. Tins – fruit Powdered or instant custard Oats for the Sunday breakfast porridge Sauces (tomato sauce, brown sauce, salad cream etc.) Biscuits Breakfast cereals Soups (tins or packets) Tinned meat (stewing steak, mince, corned beef) Toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorants, soap, shampoo)

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There‟s currently a surplus of tinned tomatoes, pasta and rice Fresh green vegetables and other perishable items - it‟s not always possible to use or freeze these quickly enough. th

So pack up your produce, bring it to church on 5 October, and we‟ll make sure it gets to the Kitchen. In case you‟d like to send a donation direct, here‟s the address: The People’s Kitchen 56 Bath Lane Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 5SQ

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Get ready for Operation Christmas Child 2008! Sending a message of hope to children around the world “As a family we have made up Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes on several occasions. We love to do this as we know it both blesses the children who receive them and also gives our own children the chance to feel part of something bigger that can help others. We think it is a brilliant operation that we would always recommend others to be part of”. Tim Jupp, keyboard player, Delirious

What is Operation Christmas Child? This annual project enables caring individuals, families, schools, churches, businesses, and other organisations to fill ordinary shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, sweets, and other gifts for needy children around the world. Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes. Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest children's Christmas project. Since 1990 the project has brought the joy of Christmas to more than 60 million boys and girls throughout the world. Last year we sent 1.30 million shoe boxes from the UK to children in hospitals, orphanages, Internally Displaced Persons camps, homeless shelters and impoverished neighbourhoods. With your help we want to reach even more children in the poorest parts of the world in 2008.

Your gift is powerful Your shoe box will make a child feel special and valued, and let them know that you care about them. Choosing gifts and then wrapping and filling a shoe box is a fun and rewarding activity for all the family – especially when you know these gifts are going to be used and treasured.

Note: As in previous years, Sonia Thompson will coordinate our parish shoe box appeal. Look out for the leaflets giving details. We’ll be receiving boxes on Sundays 2, 19 and 16 November. Boxes will need to be returned to church by 16th November, which has now been designated as “Shoebox Sunday.”

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The music of Ralph Vaughan Williams “The only „correct‟ music is that which is beautiful and noble.”

Ralph (pronounced „Rafe‟) Vaughan Williams was born in 1872 in the Cotswold Village of Down Ampney. He was educated at Charterhouse School and at Trinity College, Cambridge and then studied at the Royal College of Music. He studied with a number of famous musicians of his time – Stanford and Parry in London, Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. During the 1914-18 war, he volunteered to serve in the Field Ambulance Service in Flanders, where he was deeply affected by the carnage and especially by the loss of close friends, such as the composer George Butterworth. Exposure to the constant gunfire damaged his hearing and he became deaf in later life. At the turn of the century Vaughan Williams was among the first collectors of folk songs and carols, travelling about the countryside to seek out singers and notating the songs. His music is quintessentially English and often incorporates some of those traditional melodies. His musical works include nine symphonies, five operas, music for film, ballet and stage, song cycles, choral and church music. No less than four of his works appear in the top 100 of the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2008: The Lark Ascending (no.1), Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (no. 3), Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (no. 74), and the English Folksongs Suite (no. 76). His music is notable for its power, nobility and expressiveness and represents, perhaps, the essence of „Englishness‟. In 1904, Vaughan Williams was invited to be Music Editor of the new English Hymnal. As he undertook this task, he included a number of new hymn tunes, which he himself composed, together with his arrangements of several traditional English folk tunes. He later also edited the Oxford Book of Carols. Amongst the hymn tunes he composed you will probably know „Sine nomine‟ („For all the saints‟), „Salva festa dies‟ („Hail thee festival day‟) and „Down Ampney‟ („Come down O love divine‟).

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Vaughan Williams died in August 1958. This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death. And on his birthday – Sunday 12th October – we are invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to include at least one of his hymns in our worship in honour of his memory. At St Cuthbert‟s we‟ll be choosing as many as we can from the wide selection of hymns, arrangements, anthems and choral music available. So come along and join us to celebrate the International Day of Vaughan Williams, who is undoubtedly one of the greatest British composers. Rosie Junemann

All Saints & All Souls A reminder of our fellowship with the whole company of heaven...

Sunday 2nd November

ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY 8.00a.m.

Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00a.m. SUNG PARISH EUCHARIST

6.00p.m. Evening Prayer rd

Monday 3 November

ALL SOULS’ DAY 7.30p.m.

SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST

Please let us know of departed loved ones to be remembered in our prayers at the Requiem - a list will be placed in church from midOctober.

A prayer for change: in our world - and in ourselves Lord, when we say „Give us today our daily bread‟, may we remember our brothers and sisters who live below the bread-line and pray, „Give them today their daily bread‟. Give us the wisdom and courage to challenge the policies and structures which make the poor even poorer, while we have more than enough. Grant us such deep compassion that we will not rest while surplus food rots in one part of the world, and families starve in another; for your love‟s sake. Amen Inspired by words of Sister Margaret Magdalen CSMV

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From the Parish Registers Holy Baptism 21 September

Megan Louise O’Brien

21 September

Oliver Jack Wilde

6 Second Street, Pont Bungalows 44 Links Drive, Shotley Bridge

21 September

Amber May Maltby

21 September

Sarah Anne Clarke

4 St. Andrew’s Crescent, Blackhill 12 Meadow Rise, Consett

May they continue to follow Christ

Marriages 20 September

Adrian Toutoungi & Elizabeth Ashby

Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts and a crown upon their heads.

Funerals 8 September

Margaret Yager

aged 88 years

16 September

John George Neil

aged 92 years

Alston Terrace, Bridgehill

Derwent Care Nursing Home

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 5th October Ps. 136 Sunday 12th October Ps. 139 Sunday 19th October Ps. 142 Sunday 26th October Ps. 119.89-104

Proverbs 2.1-11 Proverbs 3.1-18 Proverbs 4.1-18 Ecclesiastes 11,12

Sunday 2nd November Ps. 148,150 Sunday 9th November Ps. 82

Isaiah 65.17-25 Judges 7.2-22

1 John 2.1-17 1 John 3.1-15 1 John 3.16 - 4.6 2 Timothy 2.1-7 Hebrews 11.32-12.2 John 15.9-17