Notices (March 2010)

Comings and Goings
Daily Readings
Noticeboard
Obituary

Appointments

The Revd. Trudy Gray, OLM in the Benefice of Great Finborough in the Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich is to be OLM House for Duty Priest in the Benefice of Upper Coquetdale.

The Revd. Julia Babb, Vicar of Cowgate is going to be Priest in Charge of Old and New Whittington in the Diocese of Derby Honorary Canons/Lay Canons

The following have accepted the Bishop’s Invitation to become an Hon. Canon/ Lay Canon of Newcastle Cathedral:
The Revd. J.R. Glover
The Revd. K. Hunt
The Revd. B.C. Hurst
Dr. John Bull
Dr. Geoffrey Purves
Mr. Roger Styring
Miss Carol Wolstenholme

Vacant Parishes

St. Augustin North Shields (NSM)
Chaplain amongst Deaf people
Mitford (half time)
North Tyne & Redesdale Team (House for Duty)
Tweedmouth
Gosforth St. Hugh (House for Duty)
Chollerton w Birtley and Thockrington
High Heaton, St. Francis
Fenham, Holy Cross
Whorlton, St. John
Ovingham (House for Duty)
Whittingham & Edlingham w Bolton Chapel
Marden w Preston Grange & Billy Mill
Holy Island

Expressions of interest for any of the above vacancies would be welcomed by the Bishop and Archdeacons.

Daily Readings

March

1. David, Bishop, Patron of Wales, 601 Luke 6.36-38
2. Chad, Bishop Missionary, 672 Matthew 23.1-12
3 Wednesday Matthew 20.17-28
4. Thursday Luke 16.19-end
5. Friday Matthew 21.33-43, 45-46
6. Saturday Luke 15.1-3, 11-end
7. 3rd Sunday of Lent Luke 13.1-9
8. Edward King, Bishop, 1910 Luke 4.24-30
9. Tuesday Matthew 18.21-end
10. Wednesday Matthew 5.17-19
11. Thursday Luke 11.14-23
12. Friday Mark 12.28-34
13. Saturday Luke 18.9-14
14. 4th Sunday of Lent Luke 15.1-3, 11bend (Mothering Sunday) (Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25b-27)
15. Monday John 4.43-end
16. Tuesday John 5.1-3, 5-16
17. Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland John 5.17-30
18. Cyril, Bishop, Teacher of the faith John 5.31-end
19. Joseph of Nazareth Matthew 1.18-end
20. Cuthbert, Bishop, Missionary, 687 John 7.40-52
21. 5th Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) John 12.1-8
22. Monday John 8.1-11
23. Tuesday John 8.21-30
24. Wednesday John 8.31-42
25. Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary Luke 1.26-38
26. Friday John 10.31-end
27. Saturday John 11.45-end
28. Palm Sunday Luke 19.28-40
29. Monday of Holy Week John 12.1-11
30. Tuesday of Holy Week John 12.20-36
31. Wednesday of Holy Week John 13.21-32

Noticeboard

Local Ministry Open Synod Forum, March 6, St. John's, Percy Main, North Shields, 9.30a.m. to 1.p.m. Local Ministry:
What is it exactly? Why bother with it anyway? How on earth do you do it? Where is it going? Please accept this invitation to the Open Synod Forum to join in a conversation about Local Ministry with people who:
_ will share their understanding of Local Ministry
_ are in Local Ministry Groups and will tell it as it is: joys and sorrows, successes and frustrations, hopes and fears.
_ want to explore how Local Ministry might develop in the Diocese.
_ would like to invite you to join in and participate in the journey.

This meeting is open to all parishes whether already involved with Local Ministry, wanting to understand more or who are just wondering if this might be something worth exploring. If you want to know anything more please do not hesitate to contact the Local Ministry Development Officer, Revd Judy Hirst , at judy.hirst@durham.anglican.org or by phone on 0191 334 8540.

Haiti Donation:
St. Bartholomew’s Church in Newbiggin have raised £560 towards the Haiti Earthquake appeal. A spokesperson for the church on the point said: “We placed a jar in church for donations and then held a broth and stottie night in the church centre which was a huge success. We would like to thank everyone for their support. The proceeds have been sent off to the appeal.”

The Easter Lunch for Retired Clergy, Spouses and Widows has returned to a Tuesday and will take place at Shepherd's Dene on Tuesday, April 6 2010 at 12 noon for 12.30pm. Cost: £10 per person (including wine). If you would like to join us please send £10 per person (cheques made payable to Shepherd's Dene) before April 1 to Gwenda Gofton, 4, Crossfell, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9EA. Please state any dietary requirements.

Organist Needed:
Christ Church, North Shields, is fortunate in having one of the finest instruments in the diocese with a complex history going back to the 18th Century. Could you help us develop the musical aspect of our worship, encouraging a mixture of the best of the old and the new? We are open to a variety of suggestions and possibilities including job sharing. Remuneration will be negotiable in line with RSCM recommended rates. For further details contact: The Parish Office 0191 258 6653 (Tuesday-Friday 10.00- 12.00) E mail office@northshieldsparish.org

The Theology of Michael Ramsey: Easter Study Day
St Mary Abbots Centre, Kensington, London W8 ,Thursday April 8, 10.30am-3.30pm. Speaker: DOUGLAS DALES, author of “GLORY: The Spiritual Theology of Michael Ramsey”. Price for the day: £14 including coffee, lunch and tea. Students and concessions: £10. Cheques made payable to UKLTG and send with name and address to 5 Brampton Court, Brough HU15 1DZ East Yorkshire www.ukltg.com

Surplices and Cassocks Required:
The Holy Cross church choir in Fenham is short of surplices and cassocks for our male singers. If any church has any spare, or any that are not being used and you would like to donate them to us, we would be most grateful and we guarantee that they would be very well used and greatly appreciated. If you have any of these items, please can you contact Craig Waggott (Churchwarden) Tel 0191 2679300, post: 63 Chadderton Drive, Chapel House, NE5 1HN or email: craig.waggott@gmail.com. Thank you!!

Candle Wax Collection:
The candle-wax collecting point at the Vicarage in Spittal has now been closed, with immediate effect. This is due to an imminent house-move. I’d be grateful if folk would not leave bags of wax at the vicarage door. Wax collection will resume at an address in Haydon Bridge later this year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have kept Candles4Charity supplied with scrap wax which has enabled me to raise £5,335 for various charities over the years. A limited stock of candles is still available for purchase from the Spittal vicarage. Rev John Harrison, St John’s Spittal and St Peter’s Scremerston

The Sage, Gateshead:
The Adult Chamber Choir and Silver Breves Choir are giving a concert in St Gabriel's Church, Heaton Road, on Saturday March 27 at 7pm. Admission is by programme (£5 + concessions) available from the Parish Office (0191 265 5843) or at the door.

Obituary

RIP: Revd. Reg West
(1915-2009)

Reg West was a faithful and committed parish priest, with a deep faith and strong convictions, who served the church in this Diocese throughout his ministry and in his retirement. His ordained ministry began in 1945 at Holy Trinity, Tynemouth, and he then served a second curacy at Sugley, where looked after the Mission Church at Denton. He then become Vicar of Cresswell, where he served for six years, before returning to Newcastle to become Vicar of St Luke's, Spital Tongues. A well-known, somewhat larger than life character, known by all for his generosity and sense of fun, he held this post until his retirement in 1982. Retirement did not mean an end to his service of the church, and he contributed to the life and work of All Saints' Gosforth, before in later years becoming a faithful worshipper at St John's Grainger Street and continuing to say the Daily Office and receive the sacrament regularly to the very end of his life. In all his work, he had the love and support of his family, as well as many friends, a love and support which he returned to them generously.

Archdeacon Geoff Miller