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Thoughts for 9th Dec., the 2nd Sunday of Advent – by Mike Oswald
What sort of preparations should we make to welcome the birth of Jesus, son of God, at Christmas? We need to get ourselves into the right frame of mind so that we don’t get bogged down in the little details. We remind ourselves why it is such an important occasion; we...
Thoughts for 2nd Dec., the 1st Sunday of Advent – by Mike Oswald
The first Sunday in What? ‘Advent’ means an important arrival. What could be more important than God entering into our lives in his Son, Jesus Christ? This is, of course, what we celebrate at Christmas. The period leading up to Christmas is known as Advent,...
Putting Jesmond on the map! – by Sylvia Dahabra
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“A Big Friendly Gathering” is here – by Sylvia Dahabra
It is going to be a busy weekend for the Diocese of Newcastle next weekend when a host of Bishops of the Church of England will be joining us to learn, pray and have fun. Led by The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, the twenty-seven bishops will be visiting...
Let the little children come to me…
“Let the little children come to me ….” St Mathew 19:14 (Blog by Sylvia Dahabra) Thus Joan Grenfell, Reader, started her sermon on the 15th July. She stood in front of the congregation, not in the pulpit, with children from Smarties and Sunday School gathered around...
What a fun and joyful weekend we had at St. George’s!
The weekend kicked off on Saturday 30th of June with a gathering in the Church Hall for the return of the Friends of St George’s quiz night. Sixty of us, in teams of up to six, joined Simon and Jenny, our quiz masters, for a couple of hours of competition to find out who were…
Remember you are but Dust
Our 5-week Lent Course for 2018 takes the theme ‘Remember You Are But Dust’ and explores the themes of grief, dying and preparing for death - something that will affect us all at many times in our lives with family and friends. Everyone is welcome - the format is a...
Signposts and questions in the mist
It is close to the beginning of a new academic year - new students moving in.. Graduates too, taking up new jobs - and for all of us a time for fresh starts. It is our day-to-day experience that things around us are constantly changing. Sometimes that change seems to...
Route learning…
It was on Ash Wednesday morning that I saw a bus which said 'Route Learning' on its front. It struck me then that Lent is for us rather like the point on a walk in the Cheviot hills when you know you have been going generally in the right direction, but keep finding...
Life is like a waltzer…
In the wider world, this is a week of change.. President Obama is serving his last day, and tomorrow, President Trump will be sworn in. Yesterday, Theresa May set out the basics of her approach to ‘Brexit’. Today, Martin McGuinness has said that he will not stand in...
