Scb Parish Magazine October 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 - OCTOBER 2009 Thurs.

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10.00a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 4

HARVEST FESTIVAL (Trinity 17) 8.00a.m. Eucharist

10.00a.m.

FAMILY EUCHARIST & OFFERING OF HARVEST GIFTS

followed by a HARVEST LUNCH Mon. Thurs.

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2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union Service & Meeting 10.00a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 11

THE 18th SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (Amos5.6-7,10-15; Hebrews 4.12-16; Mark 10.17-31)

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

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Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Sunday School Evening Prayer

12.30p.m. “Second Tuesday” Lunch Club - Church Hall 10.00a.m. Eucharist

Wednesday 14th October

7.30p.m. Concert by the Derwentside Singers

Saturday

11a.m.-2p.m. Book & Toy Sale - in the Hall

17th October

Sunday 18

FEAST OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST (Acts 16.6-12a; 2 Timothy 4.5-17; Luke 10.1-9)

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

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Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Sunday School Holy Baptism Taizé Vespers

2.00p.m. Eucharist at Derwentdale Court 7.30p.m. Sing Together - in church

Wednesday 21st October

7.30p.m. Ladies’ Fashion Show - in the Hall

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Thurs. 22

10.00a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 25

LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - BIBLE SUNDAY (Isaiah 55.1-11; 2 Timothy 3.14 - 4.5; John 5.36b-47)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 6.00p.m. Thurs. 29

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Holy Baptism of Matthew Dodd Evening Prayer (to be confirmed)

10.00a.m. Eucharist - cancelled this week

Saturday 31st October 7.30p.m. Drama Group Halloween - in the Hall

NOVEMBER Sunday 1

FEAST OF ALL SAINTS (Wisdom 3.1-9; Revelation 21.1-6a; John 11.32-44)

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

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST Evening Prayer

Mon.

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ALL SOULS’ DAY THE COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED 2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union Service & Meeting 7.30p.m. SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST

Thurs.

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10.00a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 8

3rd SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY (Jonah 3.1-5,10; Hebrews 9.24-28; Mark 1.14-20)

8.00a.m. 10.00a.m. 3.00p.m. 6.00p.m. Mon. 9 Thurs. 12

Eucharist SUNG EUCHARIST & Act of Remembrance & Sunday School Service of Remembrance - Memorial Cottages Evening Prayer

7.30p.m. PCC Meeting - Vicarage 10.00a.m. Eucharist

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View from the Vicarage Too true? I was raised in the Church of England. I can’t say I’m lapsed. You can’t really lapse if you’re an Anglican. You don’t lose your faith, you just can’t remember where you left it. I got a bit annoyed during The News Quiz on Radio 4 the other day. It was Jeremy Hardy who said these words in the midst of an exchange in which Christianity in general and the Church of England in particular came in for some rather scathing sarcasm. “All a bit predictable,” I found myself saying aloud. “Would they say that sort of thing on the radio about Muslims?” It is easy to knock Christians and the Church. On the whole we‟re mildmannered - as you‟d expect if we‟re followers of someone who told people to turn the other cheek. At times the faith we express may seem rather tentative - part of the genius of Anglicanism is that it is a generous faith, which makes allowances for people being people. And in fact it was obvious that Christianity would come up for some sort of discussion on programmes like The News Quiz after the Bishop of Reading had remarked that Jesus was as likely to shop at Asda as at M & S. It was the Bishop‟s own way of challenging people who are put off by what they see as the Church‟s middle class image. Mind you, we had M & S biscuits on Back to Church Sunday. The point is that Jesus is “in the queue” with us wherever we shop, wherever we are. Faith is no less real because of an image people might have of us. Faith challenges that image - it challenges the image we have of ourselves. And then shows that we are made in God‟s image - all the more human for it. But I‟d like to challenge the comedians when they get too smug and selfsatisfied. Put the Bishop of Reading on the show! Martin Jackson

Readings for Sunday Evening Worship Please use these readings, whether or not you are able to join us at the 6p.m. service Sunday 4 Oct. Sunday 11 Oct. Sunday 18 Oct. Sunday 25 Oct.

Ps. 125, 126 Joshua 3.7-17 Ps. 127, 128 Joshua 5.13-6.20 Ps. 103 Isaiah 61.1-6 Ps. 119.121-136 Ecclesiastes 11,12

Sunday 1 Nov. Sunday 8 Nov.

Ps. 148, 150 Ps. 46, 82

Isaiah 65.17-25 Isaiah 10.33-11.9

Matthew 10.1-22 Matthew 11.20-30 Colossians 4.7-end 2 Timothy 2.1-7 Hebrews 11.32-12.2 John 14.1-29

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Mothers’ Union News th

Monday 5 October 2.00pm Service in Church followed by a talk by the Revd Harry Lee nd

Monday 2 November 2.00pm Service in Church followed by a talk by Kelvin Ashley about Samaritans Purse and Operation Christmas Child. A big thank you to everyone, including Martin, for all the work to produce another successful Soup and Sweet lunch last month. After expenses we made £108, most of which will go to Mothers‟ Union charities. Our thanks also go to Consett and Ebchester branches for their continuing support.

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100 Club - Winners September 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize

£25 £15 £10

No.78 No.56 No.16

Jennifer Coates Elsie Walker Gladys Broadbelt

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

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Art at St. Cuthbert’s Liz and I would like to thank all of those who helped to make the Art Show such a success. In addition to our regular contributors we had several new faces both in the kitchen and in the hall. Without your continued support we would be unable to run this event and make it both a pleasant social event and display of the artistic talent in the locality. You will be pleased to know that over £400 was raised to be shared between the Church and Hall funds. Lew Parker

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Sunday 4th October 2OO9 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 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. 

2nd Tuesday Lunch Club … continues to provide food and friendship 12.30p.m. Tuesday 13th October in the Church Hall

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Come to a concert …..

An Evening with the Derwentside Singers Wednesday 14th October 2009 at 7.30pm in St Cuthbert’s Church Tickets £3-00 from Rosie Junemann

In support of St Cuthbert’s Church

The Derwentside Singers The Derwentside Singers are a group of local singers who perform a variety of solo and ensemble songs from classical, traditional folk and popular music sources. The founder members of the choir have been singing together for more than 40 years. There are twelve singers in the choir and they perform together with their accompanist Joan Hemmings. The Derwentside Singers have recently released a new CD “The Derwentside Singers in Harmony” which will be on sale on the 14 th October.

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Christian Aid Walk organiser does it again! Shirley from Christ Church, Consett, has been organising our annual Christian Aid Sponsored Walk for 20 years or more. In that time she has always managed to produce a different walk each year – no mean feat given that each walk must be about 8 miles long, not too difficult for younger and older walkers alike, circular, not involve too much walking along roads or crossing of roads and finish at a Church Hall where the essential and welcome cups of tea are provided. This year was no exception and the beautiful weather made for a memorable walk. Yes, we have all been along the Derwent Walk before but a different track led us down to Hamsterley, and then down further past a disused bowling green and tennis courts before crossing the river by the footbridge, to have our sandwiches on the grass in the sunshine. We watched an angler practising with his line and could have sat there for the rest of the afternoon, it was so warm. However, we went on by Broad Oak Farm towards Ebchester, crossing the Whittonstall road and walking past the boat house and then along a lovely path (new to us) beside the river. We emerged onto the road, took the footpath up to Springhouse Lane and finally returned along the Derwent Walk - although not before a red kite had shown itself off to us. So thank you Shirley for another lovely walk and of course a very big thank you to everyone who sponsored us – we have been promised just over £100. Frank and Sheila Barnes

Come to a One World Week Concert……

An Evening with the Jane Robson Theatre Group Thursday 15th October 2009 at 7.00pm in Consett Methodist Church Tickets £3-00 (including refreshments) from Sheila Barnes Traidcraft Stall

In support of Christian Aid

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Sale of

nearly-new

BOOKS AND

TOYS with raffle, coffee, tea and light lunches

Saturday 17th October 2009 11am – 2pm St Cuthbert’s Church Hall Please bring your donations of nearly-new books (for all ages) and children’s toys to the church on Sunday 11th October - or contact Mary Mitchell or Rosie Junemann to make alternative arrangements. __________________________________________

Not quite a farewell: Our best wishes go to Peter and Ann Sinclair as Peter retires as Priest-in-Charge of Consett at the end of September. But they‟re not going far - they‟ll be living in Lanchester. With gratitude for all they‟ve done, we‟ll appreciate their continuing ministry!

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Northumbria Steeplechase

Historic

Churches

Trust

Once again a perfect day for what has become an annual event at St Cuthbert‟s. Although I haven‟t steeple-chased for a couple of years, I was joined by Linda Short, Jennifer and Pam Hudson to explore the churches in the Morpeth Deanery. I had devised a route the night before and expected to visit 19 churches. As usual, we didn‟t manage them all but visited 13 of them – not too bad! Linda was tasked as map reader – that‟s perhaps why we didn‟t visit all 19 on the list; Pam was to write up notes on each church and Jennifer was to keep us all in check.

[My three colleagues at Stannington) Pam‟s brief notes: St Mary, Stannington – no coffee; Holy Trinity, Widdrington – no coffee; St Bartholomew, Cresswell – got lost;

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Highlights for me were the fit young rugby players at Mitford (which we had to pass three times as we couldn‟t find the church!!!) and the ripped miner at the roundabout by Pegswood (see picture below).

Many thanks to everyone who sponsored us (and not that Mitchell bloke) enabling some much needed money for the Church, and also the Northumbria Historic Churches Trust. Carol O’Malley

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

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

Tickets £5 from Mary Mitchell - proceeds to church funds

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St. Cuthbert s Christmas Fair Christmas Fair 2009 Saturday 6th December 12noon until 3.00pm tombola, jam stall, cake raffle, Mothers’ Union stall, bookstall, grand draw, and many other attractions - note the time; refreshments throughout! This is your early warning! And this year our Fair will run as part of…. Shotley Bridge Village Open Weekend: th

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Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 December - following a similar weekend organised by local businesses in the spring, there‟s to be another in the build-up to Christmas. Various attractions from 10a.m.-5p.m. each day. Combine it with a Saturday visit to our Fair. Mark it in your diaries - further details later, and more ideas on how we might be able to join in…

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Notes & News September’s Big Weekend… That’s how it felt to many as on 12th & 13th September we juggled so many different happenings. The Art Show over both days was again a great success - and a chance to appreciate so much talent in our community. Thanks to Liz, Lew and all who joined in! Alongside this the Historic Churches Steeplechase to place - read a report elsewhere, and thanks also to those who kept our own church open for visitors. There was also a Bible Society event in Consett for our support, an extra Baptism which needed welcomers, and - not least - the Official Opening of the Hall Car Park on Sunday 13th September. We were delighted that our own Alderman Derek Hume was able to preside at the opening, accompanied by local councillors Duncan Barnett and Stephen Robinson. Our thanks to them for their support in finding funding, and to Trevor Watson of the Engineers’ Department who has consulted with us, drawn up the plans and overseen the work. _______________________________________________________________________________________

WANTED - TIME-EXPIRED CHAIRS! Have you any small, easily transportable armchairs that you no longer need? The One in Seven drama group is prepared to give them a good home and a good life in retirement on the church hall stage. We need them particularly for our Hallowe'en production, so if you are looking for a way to get rid of one or two old pieces of furniture, please give me a ring (505722) and if I can get it into the car, I'll take it away. Jim Hollingsworth _______________________________________________________________________________________

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

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The Feast of San Juan the Baptist Earlier in the year I had a fortnight‟s holiday in Benalmadena, Spain. It was hot, noisy and a little too much concrete for me but still enjoyable. The highlight for me was Tuesday 23rd June and the festival of San Juan. A tour guide had told us that the locals invade the beach in the evening, their prerogative as they usually can‟t get on the beach for the tourists. For one night only bonfires and barbecues are allowed on the beach, then at midnight everyone walks into the sea backwards to wash away their sins. The event culminates in a massive firework display. I was quite excited because our balcony overlooked the beach with a view all the way to the Marina so we would have a bird‟s eye view. After supper we sat on the balcony with a bottle and watched as hundreds of people descended onto the beach. Some had tents or sunshades, they carried boxes, barbies, wood, tables and cool boxes and bins which were heavily laden. Large extended families had long tables groaning with food and drinks. The children swam in the sea, the boys played football and the girls daintily passed a ball to each other. A number of the men were fishing while the ladies stood around chatting. Cars continued to pour down the side road - and we wondered where they would all park as by 9p.m. the car park was full. The local beach bar owner cordoned off his entire lounger beds and sunshades with red tape. Two lone security men wandered around in a leisurely manner. Some young people appeared with supermarket trolleys containing surfboards, beer and a huge box. By 10 o‟clock there were fires all along the beach and the smell of burning charcoal hung in the air. Still the cars poured in and the family groups got bigger, dogs barked and the voices sounded happy and cheerful. As darkness fell lights appeared on tables or on sticks, others simply used the glow from their bonfires. At 10.30pm three helicopters hovered overhead scanning the scene but they soon disappeared again. The bright street lights along the road and promenade and the bonfires were reflected off the sea and it was brilliant to watch. At midnight everyone seemed to go into the sea but I don‟t think it was backwards. We sat and watched until 12.30a.m. but no fireworks, so we went to bed. Then at 1a.m. we heard loud bangs and went back to view the most fantastic display I have ever seen. There were some fabulous red bursts with golden pistils, some silver dandelion clocks and others like chrysanthemums or large spiked dahlias which lit up the sky. Some of

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the fireworks even split and bounced on the sea like the Dam Busters bouncing bombs. It was a truly spectacular display lasting about twenty minutes and a huge roar of approval went up from the crowd when it was over. On the sea a little Chinese junk and other little boats all lit up watched the scene. I watched the scene with wonder, so many people enjoying simple family pleasures by continuing a custom handed down through generations. I pondered about how we British would be celebrating this saint‟s day and decided that it was unlikely to be with the same enthusiasm, vigour and joy as the Spanish people. Liz Whiting

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

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GROWING TOGETHER! St Cuthbert’s Gardening Club

Harvest Festival: Sunday 4 October Plant up indoor bulbs for the Christmas Fair

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ALL SET FOR A SCARY EVENING The One in Seven drama group have a real chill planned for the Church Hall on Hallowe'en. Their Hallowe'en Fright Night will consist of an adaptation of a one-act stage play, 'The Ghost of Jerry Bundler', followed by a programme of seasonal live music and short spooky readings. A mystery guest has been invited, and one or two shocks and surprises are in store. Tickets are available in October from One in Seven members and are £5 with child concessions at £2.50. Buffet refreshments will follow the entertainment. Bring your own booze if you wish. The time and place are Saturday 31st October at 7.30 pm in the Church Hall. Fancy dress is optional. Car parking available. Further information: contact 505722 Jim Hollingsworth

ALL SAINTS & ALL SOULS A reminder of our fellowship with the whole company of heaven...

Sunday 1st November

ALL SAINTS’ DAY

8.00a.m.

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

6.00p.m. Evening Prayer

Monday 2nd 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. And please join us at this special time - to remember your loved ones, and to support those who join us as they mourn their bereavement

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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. Shoe boxes from the UK have gone 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 2009.

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 the first three Sundays of November. Boxes will need to be returned to church by 15th November, which has now been designated as “Shoebox Sunday.”

 Make Christmas this year a bit different this year? Some of the adults from overseas who are currently studying at UK universities would love to spend a couple of days in a real home, rather than on a deserted campus. It is interesting to share Christmas with people for whom it is all quite new (many international students are from China, for example). HOST has been linking students with hospitable volunteers for 22 years, at Christmas and also one-off weekends throughout the year. HOST is a registered charity backed by the Foreign Office and many universities. It is not necessary for hosts to live near a university, as students are prepared to travel far for this unique experience! See www.hostuk.org or call HOST's voluntary regional organiser for the North East, Alan Robson, on 01946 822128. Thank you! HOST UK Telephone: 020 7739 6292

Unit 8 Water House, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ Fax: 0207 033 6539

Registered Charity No. 327592

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Thomas Traherne (1636-74): Poet and Spiritual Writer …commemorated in the Church’s calendar on the 10th October. Thomas Traherne was born in Hereford, son of a shoemaker, and eductated at Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He took Holy Orders in 1656 and worked for ten years as a parish priest in Credenhill, near Hereford. In 1667 he became the private chaplain to Sir Orlando Bridgeman and minister at Teddington. He died at Teddington in 1674 and is buried in St Mary’s Church. Traherne was an inconsequential literary figure during his life, whose works were unappreciated until long after his death. He led a humble, devout life, largely sheltered from the literary community. Only one of his works, Roman Forgeries (1673), was published in his lifetime. Christian Ethicks (1675) followed soon after his death, and later A Serious and Patheticall Contemplation of the Mercies of God (1699); but after that much of his finest work was lost, corrupted or misattributed to other writers. His poems have a curious history. They were left in manuscript and passed on through various hands until they were discovered in 1896 or 1897 on a street bookstall. Thomas Traherne was eventually established as their author. He is now highly regarded as a poet and spiritual writer. His poems were published in ‘The Poetical Works’ (1903) and Poems of Felicity (1910). His poetry is essentially metaphysical and contains passages of great beauty. Traherne is also noted for the ‘Centuries of Meditation’ (1908), a collection of short meditations reflecting on Christian life and ministry, philosophy, happiness, desire and childhood. Further manuscripts and fragments of work have been discovered more recently. Thomas Traherne's contribution to literature includes a depiction of childhood experiences not known in the literature of that time. For Traherne, Man could do God no greater homage than to delight in His creation. His writings express an ardent, childlike love of God and a firm belief in man's relation to the divine. Traherne remembered the innocence of childhood, and insisted that he "must become a child again".

“You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars: and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than so, because men are in it who are every one sole heirs as well as you. Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God, as misers do in gold, and kings in sceptres, you never enjoy the world.”

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From the Parish Registers Holy Baptism 6 September

Ethan Harry Junemann

13 September

Taylor James Suddick

24A Askew Road, London W12 Shotley Lodge, Shotley Bridge

May they continue to follow Christ

Marriage 26 September

Shaun Strong & Louise Rushgrove

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

Funerals 15 September

Euphemia (Effie) Bell

Shotley Park Residential Home

(93)

May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace

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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