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July 3, 2023July 3, 2023

St Mary’s News – the Summer Holiday Edition

In this edition Revd Heather reflects on Summer Holidays

After discussing Summer Holidays, this edition continues with:

Afternoon Tea at the Rectory (to heat the Church),
Food in School Holidays Club (FiSH),
Songs of Praise at the Old Church,
Café @ St Mary’s, and
the usual listings of services and co nt acts.

Rev. Heather’s Summer Message

It is that time of year when, for many of us, our minds turn to summer holidays.

Whether we are escaping to far flung places and the promise of hours of uninterrupted sunshine, sweltering temperatures, and beautiful beaches, or opting to take our chances with the British weather, staying in this country, whilst also being assured that wherever we go we are blessed with a beautiful country with plenty to see and to learn about. For me and the family this year it is a holiday in Northumberland that we are looking forward to.

May 31, 2023June 4, 2023

St Mary’s News – the Midsummer Edition

This edition starts with Rev Heather’s Midsummer Message

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with Revd. Heather’s “Midsummer” message and then continues with:

Trip to St Paul’s Cathedral for Evensong and Tour,
Eco-matters & seasonal produce,
Wildlife Count in Churchyard,
Drop in Café,
Living in Love & Faith Course , and
the usual listings of services and co nt acts.

Midsummer Message from Rev. Heather

Our Father

It seems hard to believe, that the midway point of the year is approaching, our days are so much longer now, as we enter June and summer begins, but still time seems to rush on and there is never enough time to get things done.

April 1, 2023April 1, 2023

St Mary’s News – the “He is not here” edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with Heather’s “He is not here” message and then continues with:

Holy week services
Prayer spaces,
FISH Club, and
the usual listings of services and co n t acts.

He is not here, he has risen – Rev. Heather’s Easter Message

April begins in a rather playful mood, with April Fools day. Be it on TV, radio or in the papers, over the year, there have been some rather clever April fools jokes played on us, the unsuspecting public.

April Fools Pranks

Who can forget, Richard Dimbleby’s report in 1957 on a particularly bountiful crop of spaghetti in Switzerland, due in part to the disappearance of the pesky spaghetti weevil.

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023

St Mary’s News – the Daffodils & Hope edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with Daffodils & Hope and then continues with:

Daffodils - By Genet, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24680708

Eco Church,
Lent Soup Lunches,
Vocations Evenings,
Lent Compline, and
the usual listings of services and co ntacts.

Daffodils and Hope

As March beckons, spring bursts onto the scene. The words of William Wordsworth might come to mind as we see the daffodils emerging from beneath the ground:

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023

St Mary’s News – the “Love Is All Around Me” edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with “hopes for 2023″Love is all around me”, and continues with other news including:

FISH Club,
Pancake Party,
Church Hall Decoration,
Wedding Celebration, and
the usual listings of services and co ntacts.

Love Is All Around Me

‘I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, Christmas is all around me and so the feeling grows’

… say the lyrics of the Christmas film, which has just celebrated its 20th anniversary, Love Actually.

It doesn’t seem five minutes since we were celebrating Christmas, and yet in the world of advertising and card manufacture, we have definitely moved on, into a season more appropriately linked to the original lyrics of the song, first performed by the Troggs in 1967 ‘I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, Love is all around me, and so the feeling grows.’

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022

St Mary’s News – the hopes for 2023 edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with hopes for 2023, and continues with other news including:

Epiphany Party,
Licensing of Rev Anne Mason,
Saturday Morning Café, and
the usual listings of services and co ntacts.

Hopes for 2023

A New Year Reflection from Revd Heather

As 2023 begins, plans to give you hope

With each New Year, comes a time of reflecting back on the past 12 months, and a moment to look ahead and dream about what the future might hold.

November 27, 2022December 11, 2022

St Mary’s News – the Christmas 2022 Edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with Christmas 2022, and continues with other news including:

Revd Heather’s Christmas Message,
Saturday Morning Café, and
the usual listings of services and co ntacts.

Christmas 2022

We look forward to welcoming you to our Christmas services this year:

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

St Mary’s News – the Posada Edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with the Advent Experience of Posada, and continues with other news including:

Remembrance Services,
Christmas Shoebox Appeal,
Happy New Year (yes that’s right),
The START Course, and
the usual listings of services and co ntacts.

The Advent Experience of Posada

Posada originates from Mexico where people dress as Mary and Joseph and re-enact the journey to Bethlehem, travelling from house to house asking for a place to stay (the word Posada means an inn). In recent years, this idea has been modified by churches in this country by sending the figures of Mary and Joseph and the donkey from house to house during Advent.

This year, we are offering the Posada experience in our village. From Sunday 27th November until Christmas Day, figures representing Mary and Joseph will travel round our community from home to home, stopping by arrangement, where there is a place for them and a warm welcome waiting.

September 29, 2022October 28, 2022

St Mary’s News – Bread of Life Edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with Liz Dixon reflecting on Jesus being “the bread of life”, and continues with other news including:

The Christmas Shoebox Appeal,
Food in School Holidays (FISH),
Halloween Hot Chocolate,
Children during morning services, and
the usual listings of services and co n tacts.

The Bread of Life

Then Jesus declared ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’
John 6:35

More Sustainable

In an effort to live more sustainably, I decided to try and grow some vegetables in my garden for the first time this year. I made lots of mistakes so the results were very mixed. The broad beans were covered in black fly, the dwarf pea plants produced about 6 peas from 20 plants, and the carrots were very tiny. But I did manage to grow some passable red peppers!

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022

St Mary’s News – Goldilocks Edition

This edition of St Mary’s News starts with a Revd Heather’s Message looking at Goldilocks, and continues with other news including:

Apple picking at Manor Grove Farm,
Harvest Festival Weekend,
a START Course,
a welcome to a new administrator,
a Diary Date, and
the usual listings of services and contacts.

Revd. Heather’s Goldilocks Message

Just Right!

Many of you, I am sure, will be familiar with the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. There is something in this fairy-tale which speaks into our very human nature.