Environmental issues are in the news all the time, whether it is sewage in our rivers or the new British ‘monsoon season’ each winter, or the decline of many of our wild animals, such as hedgehogs. It’s not a very cheerful message, so how should we respond as Christians? Psalm 24 begins: Read more
Flowers in church are to remind us of the beauty and nature of God’s world. Most Sundays you’ll see a single pedestal to the side of the altar but at the major festivals of Christmas, Easter and Harvest, the whole church is decorated. We also have special single pedestals for Ascension Day, Pentecost and Read more
Sunday 18th May 2025 Following the interviews conducted on the 9th May, we are very pleased to confirm the appointment of Rev Dr Miriam Jones to the post of Associate Vicar for the Vale Benefice, she is currently the Curate at All Saints Gosforth and St Hugh’s Gosforth near Newcastle. Read more
The interview went well: I got the job! From January, I will become the Vicar for the Vale Benefice, continuing to live and work here, but taking on the senior vicar role, with a new responsibility for leadership and oversight. This will be a gradual transition, as one of the Read more
We can all get stuck in a rut. Frustrated that we keep repeating the same errors. Saint Paul’s words can chime with all of us; “I do not understand what I do; for I don’t do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate.” Romans Read more
In front of me was a wall of Bibles. I needed to buy two as gifts for young people who were going to be confirmed. There was a lot of choice. Which ones to choose? Over the years I have been given Bibles to mark attending Sunday School, getting baptised, Read more
