Notices (November 2009)
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Comings and Goings
Appointments
None
Vacant Parishes
St. Augustin North Shields (NSM)
Chaplain amongst Deaf people
Mitford (half time)
North Tyne & Redesdale Team (House for Duty)
Tweedmouth
Upper Coquetdale (House for Duty)
Gosforth St. Hugh
Norham
Chollerton w Birtley and Thockrington
St. Francis, High Heaton
Ovingham
Expressions of interest for any of the above vacancies would be welcomed by the Bishop and Archdeacons.
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Daily Readings
1. All Saints’ Day John 11. 32-44
2. All Souls’ Day Luke 14. 12-14
3. Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher Luke 14. 15-24
4. Wednesday Luke 14. 25-33
5. Thursday Luke 15. 1-10
6. Leonard, Hermit, 6th Century William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury Luke 16.1-8
7. Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia Luke 16. 9-15
8. The Third Sunday before Advent Mark 1. 14-20
9. Monday Luke 17. 1-6
10. Leo the great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher Luke 17. 7-10
11. Martin, Bishop of Tours Luke 17. 11-19
12. Thursday Luke 17. 20-25
13. Friday Luke 17. 26-end
14. Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America Luke 18. 1-8
15. The Second Sunday before Advent Mark 13. 1-8
16. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church Luke 18. 35-end
17. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln Luke 19. 1-10
18. Wednesday Luke
19. 11-28 19. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby Luke 19. 41- 44
20. Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr Luke 19. 45- 48
21. Saturday Luke 20. 27-40
22. Christ the King John 18. 33-37
23. Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr Luke 21. 1-4
24. Tuesday Luke 21. 5-11
25. Wednesday Luke 21. 12-19
26. Thursday Luke 21. 20-28
27. Friday Luke 21. 29-33
28. Saturday Luke 21. 34-36
29. First Sunday of Advent Luke 21. 25- 36
30. Andrew the Apostle Matt 4. 18-22
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Noticeboard
Cranmer Hall in Durham will be holding a day conference on the issue of asylum in the UK on Saturday November 21. Asylum Matters will take place at St John’s College and will focus on this issue from a Christian perspective. The day will be led by the Rev. Dr. Nicholas Sagovsky who is the Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey and author of ‘Christian Tradition and the Practice of Justice’. Canon Sagovsky will be joined by other experts in the asylum issue including Karen Gray, manager of the Manuel Bravo Legal Project in Leeds and a former barrister, and Julian Prior, chair of the ‘Asylum Matters’ report and a manager at Open Door in Newcastle. There is no charge for the day and a light lunch will be provided. There will also be opportunities to worship together. All are welcome to come and participate in the day. Please contact Dave Young on d.l.m.young@durham.ac.uk or Cranmer Hall on 0191 334 3894 to book a place.
Bottleworks Craft Market: St. Paul’s Church, Beresford Road, Seaton Sluice, Saturday November 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission £1. Refreshments available.
St. George’s, Cullercoats, are having a craft and gift fair in the church hall on Saturday November 28 and Sunday 29 – from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Come and buy your gifts and cards for Christmas!
Railway Films will be shown at St Mary's Church Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, on Saturday November 7 at 3.p.m. and 7.30 p.m. On this weekend of Remembrance Sunday the programme of films will have a Wartime theme. It will include some poignant film of troops en route to the trenches in World War 1, various information films from World War 2 - including a lovely one of how the women are running the railways. It includes the marvellous line "the hand that rocked the cradle now pulls the signal lever"! To lighten the evening we will end with the marvellous episode of "Dad's Army" where the Royal Train arrives at Warmington on Sea. Admission Free, donations to help fund the new Teenage Drama Group which has started at St Mary's (and which is getting 20 people every Friday evening). Doughnuts in the interval. All welcome.
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Obituaries
The Rev. Canon Frederick Ross: RIP
Frederick was ordained Deacon in York Minster at Michaelmastide 45 years ago. He died on the eve of the Feast of St Michael and All Angels 2009. After the curacy in the York Diocese he spent the rest of his working ministry in the Diocese of Derby. Finally he spent a quarter of his ministry in retirement in Berwick. He was the most northerly priest in the Church of England.
At his funeral in Bamburgh last month we were reminded of the breadth of his ministry as a parish priest and rural dean, together with the wealth of wisdom and experience that he brought to serve us in Berwick and North Northumberland. Many parishes in the two northern deaneries have benefited from his ministry and colleagues have valued his friendship.
Frederick’s interests were wide, and ranged from steam engines to opera, from art and architecture to bird-watching, and from stamp collecting to singing. Then there was bell-ringing! For 29 years he was General Secretary then President of the Derby Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers. In retirement he undertook the leadership of the bell-ringing in Berwick Town Hall and attended regular practices at Bamburgh. The bells rang in various towers on the Saturday before his funeral and there was open ringing at Bamburgh on the day of his funeral, as well as a full peal afterwards.
In retirement he and Rosemary travelled the world. It has been a privilege to have known him and I will always be grateful that I was allowed to accompany him on the journey to his final resting place in the hills of the Scottish Borders.
Richard Carlill
The Rev. David Jones: RIP
The Rev. David Robert Jones died peacefully at his home in Craster on September 23. A graduate of Durham, he trained at Cranmer Hall, and was ordained in 1969 to a curacy in Middleton, Manchester, where he served for three years. From 1972-1992 he served as an Army Chaplain, work which took him to Tidworth, Fallingsbostel, Gillingham, Lisburn, Blandford, Muenster, and from 1978-91, to Cyprus.
He was Vicar of Staindrop in Durham Diocese from 1992-2004, and on retirement moved to Craster, where his voluntary ministry, always leavened with humour, was much appreciated in the parishes of Embleton, Rennington and Rock. In 1998 David joined the Mothers' Union while in Durham Diocese, and spent a month with his wife Pat visiting the MU in Uganda, which proved a formative experience for them both. David served as Overseas Officer for the MU in Durham, and later was an enthusiastic member of the Embleton branch, and its efficient Treasurer.
David's funeral, for which he had long planned and left precise instructions, was held at Cowpen Crematorium last month.
Philip Harratt
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