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Announcement of the appointment of Rev Dr Miriam Jones to the post of Associate Vicar in the Vale Benefice:

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…

By St John's Site Admin, 2 weeks ago

Remembrance Sunday

By St John's Site Admin, 7 monthsNovember 18, 2024 ago

Vicar Ramblings – a new route through a familiar landscape

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…

By St John's Site Admin, 7 monthsNovember 8, 2024 ago

Vicar Ramblings – We can all get stuck in a rut.

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…

By St John's Site Admin, 2 yearsJuly 11, 2023 ago

Vicar Ramblings: the Bible is both a library and a toolbox.

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…

By St John's Site Admin, 2 yearsMay 13, 2023 ago

Vicar ramblings

What is the purpose of an apple tree? I was asked this question during a recent training day on leadership and I was encouraged to reflect on how the answer relates to the way we lead. What is the purpose of leadership? The purpose of an apple tree, is to Read more…

By St John's Site Admin, 2 yearsApril 12, 2023 ago

Vicar ramblings

“Can you be kind all of the time?” The Year 2 class at St James School asked me this question recently. No, and yes, I replied. No one gets everything right all the time. We can let our mental and emotional state negatively affect others through how we talk with Read more…

By St John's Site Admin, 3 yearsNovember 14, 2022 ago

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