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Parish of St.Cuthbert, Benfieldside

Sunday Worship
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST (Common Worship)
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
+ Choral Evensong (BCP)
Taizé Vespers

Sunday School meets at 10.00a.m. in the Church Hall during term

Weekday Worship Please see the

Calendar &
Morning Prayer: 8.30a.m. Monday - Friday Pewsheet for
Evening Prayer: 5.00p.m. Tuesday alterations to this
Midweek Eucharist: 10.00a.m.Thursday pattern.

Parish Office
Arrangements for Baptisms, Marriages, etc. should
normally be made in the Vicar’s vestry in church on
Tuesdays at 5.30p.m. - please phone first if possible.
For Spiritual Advice & the Sacrament of Reconciliation
(Confession), please contact the Vicar.

Clergy & Readers

Vicar: The Revd Martin Jackson
St. Cuthbert’s Vicarage, Church Bank, Shotley Bridge
01207 503019
mobile phone: 0797 226 2412
e-mail: martin.jackson@durham.anglican.org
Readers: Mrs. Rosie Junemann 01207 583998
  Mr. Paul Heatherington 01207 506282

Parish web-site: www.communigate.co.uk/ne/saintcuthberts

Parish Blog: www.saintcuthberts.blogspot.com
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PARISH CALENDAR - OCTOBER 2009

Thurs. 1 10.00a.m. Eucharist
Sunday 4 HARVEST FESTIVAL (Trinity 17)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. FAMILY EUCHARIST
& OFFERING OF HARVEST GIFTS
followed by a HARVEST LUNCH
Mon. 5 2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union Service & Meeting
Thurs. 8 10.00a.m. Eucharist
Sunday 11 THE 18th SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
(Amos5.6-7,10-15; Hebrews 4.12-16; Mark 10.17-31)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
& Sunday School
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
Tues. 13 12.30p.m. “Second Tuesday” Lunch Club - Church Hall
Wed. 14 10.00a.m. Eucharist

Wednesday 14th October 7.30p.m. Concert by the Derwentside Singers

Saturday 17th October 11a.m.-2p.m. Book & Toy Sale - in the Hall

Sunday 18 FEAST OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST

(Acts 16.6-12a; 2 Timothy 4.5-17; Luke 10.1-9)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
& Sunday School
12 noon Holy Baptism
6.00p.m. Taizé Vespers
Mon. 19 2.00p.m. Eucharist at Derwentdale Court
7.30p.m. Sing Together - in church

Wednesday 21st October 7.30p.m. Ladies’ Fashion Show - in the Hall

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Thurs. 22 10.00a.m. Eucharist
Sunday 25 LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - BIBLE SUNDAY
(Isaiah 55.1-11; 2 Timothy 3.14 - 4.5; John 5.36b-47)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
& Holy Baptism of Matthew Dodd
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer (to be confirmed)
Thurs. 29 10.00a.m. Eucharist - cancelled this week

Saturday 31st October 7.30p.m. Drama Group Halloween - in the Hall

NOVEMBER
Sunday 1 FEAST OF ALL SAINTS
(Wisdom 3.1-9; Revelation 21.1-6a; John 11.32-44)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
Mon. 2 ALL SOULS’ DAY
THE COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
2.00p.m. Mothers’ Union Service & Meeting
7.30p.m. SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST
Thurs. 5 10.00a.m. Eucharist
Sunday 8 3rd SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
(Jonah 3.1-5,10; Hebrews 9.24-28; Mark 1.14-20)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
& Act of Remembrance
& Sunday School
3.00p.m. Service of Remembrance - Memorial Cottages
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
Mon. 9 7.30p.m. PCC Meeting - Vicarage
Thurs. 12 10.00a.m. Eucharist
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View from the Vicarage

Too true?
I was raised in the Church of England. I can’t say I’m lapsed. You
can’t really lapse if you’re an Anglican. You don’t lose your faith,
you just can’t remember where you left it.
I got a bit annoyed during The News Quiz on Radio 4 the other day. It was
Jeremy Hardy who said these words in the midst of an exchange in which
Christianity in general and the Church of England in particular came in for
some rather scathing sarcasm. “All a bit predictable,” I found myself saying
aloud. “Would they say that sort of thing on the radio about Muslims?”
It is easy to knock Christians and the Church. On the whole we‟re mild-
mannered - as you‟d expect if we‟re followers of someone who told people
to turn the other cheek. At times the faith we express may seem rather
tentative - part of the genius of Anglicanism is that it is a generous faith,
which makes allowances for people being people. And in fact it was
obvious that Christianity would come up for some sort of discussion on
programmes like The News Quiz after the Bishop of Reading had remarked
that Jesus was as likely to shop at Asda as at M & S. It was the Bishop‟s
own way of challenging people who are put off by what they see as the
Church‟s middle class image.
Mind you, we had M & S biscuits on Back to Church Sunday. The point is
that Jesus is “in the queue” with us wherever we shop, wherever we are.
Faith is no less real because of an image people might have of us. Faith
challenges that image - it challenges the image we have of ourselves. And
then shows that we are made in God‟s image - all the more human for it.
But I‟d like to challenge the comedians when they get too smug and self-
satisfied. Put the Bishop of Reading on the show! Martin Jackson

Readings for Sunday Evening Worship

Please use these readings, whether or not you are able to join us at the 6p.m. service
Sunday 4 Oct. Ps. 125, 126 Joshua 3.7-17 Matthew 10.1-22
Sunday 11 Oct. Ps. 127, 128 Joshua 5.13-6.20 Matthew 11.20-30
Sunday 18 Oct. Ps. 103 Isaiah 61.1-6 Colossians 4.7-end
Sunday 25 Oct. Ps. 119.121-136 Ecclesiastes 11,12 2 Timothy 2.1-7
Sunday 1 Nov. Ps. 148, 150 Isaiah 65.17-25 Hebrews 11.32-12.2
Sunday 8 Nov. Ps. 46, 82 Isaiah 10.33-11.9 John 14.1-29
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Mothers’ Union News

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Monday 5 October
2.00pm Service in Church
followed by a talk by the Revd Harry Lee
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Monday 2 November
2.00pm Service in Church
followed by a talk by Kelvin Ashley
about Samaritans Purse and Operation Christmas Child.
A big thank you to everyone, including Martin, for all the work to produce
another successful Soup and Sweet lunch last month. After expenses we
made £108, most of which will go to Mothers‟ Union charities. Our thanks
also go to Consett and Ebchester branches for their continuing support.

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100 Club - Winners
September
1st Prize £25 No.78 Jennifer Coates
2nd Prize £15 No.56 Elsie Walker
3rd Prize £10 No.16 Gladys Broadbelt
Details on how to join the 100 Club from our organiser,
Jennifer Lambert, phone 505018.
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Art at St. Cuthbert’s

Liz and I would like to thank all of those who
helped to make the Art Show such a success.
In addition to our regular contributors we had
several new faces both in the kitchen and in the
hall. Without your continued support we would
be unable to run this event and make it both a
pleasant social event and display of the artistic
talent in the locality. You will be pleased to
know that over £400 was raised to be shared
between the Church and Hall funds.
Lew Parker
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Sunday 4th October 2OO9

8.00a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
with the offering of Harvest Gifts
FOLLOWED BY A HARVEST LUNCH
We welcome gifts of produce and money for our Harvest Appeal as
offerings during the Sung Eucharist - a service for all the family. Afterwards
an informal parish lunch.
Your financial gifts will benefit the USPG Harvest Appeal
Produce will be passed on to the People’s Kitchen.
Contributions for Harvest flowers gratefully received in the basket in
church - or pass them to Sonia Thompson.
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2nd Tuesday Lunch Club

… continues to provide food and friendship

12.30p.m. Tuesday 13th October

in the Church Hall
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Come to a concert …..

An Evening with the

Derwentside Singers
Wednesday 14th October 2009 at 7.30pm
in St Cuthbert’s Church
Tickets £3-00 from Rosie Junemann

In support of St Cuthbert’s Church

The Derwentside Singers

The Derwentside Singers are a group of local singers who perform a
variety of solo and ensemble songs from classical, traditional folk
and popular music sources.

The founder members of the choir have been singing together for
more than 40 years. There are twelve singers in the choir and they
perform together with their accompanist Joan Hemmings.

The Derwentside Singers have recently released a new CD “The

Derwentside Singers in Harmony” which will be on sale on the 14 th
October.
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Christian Aid
Walk organiser does it again!
Shirley from Christ Church, Consett, has been organising our annual
Christian Aid Sponsored Walk for 20 years or more. In that time she has
always managed to produce a different walk each year – no mean feat
given that each walk must be about 8 miles long, not too difficult for
younger and older walkers alike, circular, not involve too much walking
along roads or crossing of roads and finish at a Church Hall where the
essential and welcome cups of tea are provided.
This year was no exception and the beautiful weather made for a
memorable walk. Yes, we have all been along the Derwent Walk before but
a different track led us down to Hamsterley, and then down further past a
disused bowling green and tennis courts before crossing the river by the
footbridge, to have our sandwiches on the grass in the sunshine. We
watched an angler practising with his line and could have sat there for the
rest of the afternoon, it was so warm. However, we went on by Broad Oak
Farm towards Ebchester, crossing the Whittonstall road and walking past
the boat house and then along a lovely path (new to us) beside the river.
We emerged onto the road, took the footpath up to Springhouse Lane and
finally returned along the Derwent Walk - although not before a red kite had
shown itself off to us.
So thank you Shirley for another lovely walk and of course a very big thank
you to everyone who sponsored us – we have been promised just over
£100.
Frank and Sheila Barnes

Come to a One World Week Concert……

An Evening with the

Jane Robson Theatre Group
Thursday 15th October 2009 at 7.00pm
in Consett Methodist Church
Tickets £3-00 (including refreshments) from Sheila Barnes
Traidcraft Stall In support of Christian Aid
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Sale of
nearly-new
BOOKS
AND
TOYS
with raffle, coffee, tea
and light lunches

Saturday 17th October 2009

11am – 2pm
St Cuthbert’s Church Hall
Please bring your donations of nearly-new books
(for all ages) and children’s toys to the church
on Sunday 11th October
- or contact Mary Mitchell or Rosie Junemann to make
alternative arrangements.
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Not quite a farewell: Our best wishes go to Peter and Ann Sinclair as
Peter retires as Priest-in-Charge of Consett at the end of September.
But they‟re not going far - they‟ll be living in Lanchester. With gratitude
for all they‟ve done, we‟ll appreciate their continuing ministry!
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Northumbria Historic Churches Trust

Steeplechase
Once again a perfect day for what has become an annual event at St
Cuthbert‟s. Although I haven‟t steeple-chased for a couple of years, I was
joined by Linda Short, Jennifer and Pam Hudson to explore the churches in
the Morpeth Deanery. I had devised a route the night before and expected
to visit 19 churches. As usual, we didn‟t manage them all but visited 13 of
them – not too bad!
Linda was tasked as map reader – that‟s perhaps why we didn‟t visit all 19
on the list; Pam was to write up notes on each church and Jennifer was to
keep us all in check.

[My three colleagues at Stannington)

Pam‟s brief notes:

St Mary, Stannington – no coffee;
Holy Trinity, Widdrington – no coffee;
St Bartholomew, Cresswell – got lost;
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St Aidan, Lynemouth – paintwork worse than ours;
St Bartholomew, Newbiggin – by the sea;
St John, Seaton Hirst – catholic! (although it wasn‟t);
St Andrew, Seaton Hirst – frightening;
Holy Sepulchre, Ashington – windows inserted by Sunday School
Scholars;
St Andrew, Bothal – beautiful setting, beautiful church;
St Margaret‟s Chapel, Pegswood – Methodist Church since 1908,
joined with Anglican church at Bothal 15 years ago;
St John the Evangelist, Longhirst – Tutankhamen stained glass
window!;
St John the Baptist, Ulgham – no entry, new floor;
St Mary, Mitford – wedding.
Well that‟s the brief synopsis – in reality we had a really enjoyable day and
Pam did write slightly more than I have shown, but we can‟t let her think
she did a good job!
On arrival at Stannington we were greeted by four students at the entrance
to the churchyard – two females and two males, but all dressed as school
girls – plaited hair, very short skirts, lots of makeup and a couple with very
bandy, hairy legs. They had been driven blindfolded in a van and
deposited outside the Church at Stannington. They were working for St
Oswald‟s Hospice (I think) and had to visit Morpeth, Alnwick and another
town before returning to Newcastle that evening with no money or food! All
for charity.
On leaving Stannington we passed them at the bus stop, trying to getting
on a bus heading for Morpeth, however, the miserable bus driver refused to
let them on and Jennifer made us turn around and give them enough
money to get them on a bus to Morpeth. Our first good deed of the day.
The churches we visited were extremely mixed and varied – some of the
rural country churches were well preserved, beautiful and typically
„English‟, others especially in the former pit villages were somewhat run
down and looking tired. We did, on the whole, receive a genuine welcome
at the churches and Pam especially enjoyed the churches which laid on
refreshments, notably the scones and tea at St Bart‟s, Cresswell went
down a treat.
Linda was nearly suicidal by the time we reached Mitford at 3.00 pm, as we
hadn‟t had any lunch. So we stopped at a lovely pub (can‟t remember its
name, but it‟s the only one in the village), joined the leek show and had a
gargantuan meal which was extremely inexpensive (and a glass of wine for
two of us, the other two on the „pop‟).
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Highlights for me were the fit young rugby players at Mitford (which we had
to pass three times as we couldn‟t find the church!!!) and the ripped miner
at the roundabout by Pegswood (see picture below).

Many thanks to everyone who sponsored us (and not that Mitchell bloke)
enabling some much needed money for the Church, and also the
Northumbria Historic Churches Trust.
Carol O’Malley
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Fashion at St Cuthbert’s
7.30p.m. Wednesday 21st October
Ladies’ Fashion Show
- in St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall.

Tickets £5 from Mary Mitchell 01207 508174

- proceeds to church funds
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St. Cuthbert s Christmas Fair

Christmas Fair 2009
Saturday 6th December
12noon until 3.00pm

tombola, jam stall, cake raffle, Mothers’ Union stall,

bookstall, grand draw, and many other attractions
- note the time; refreshments throughout!

This is your early warning!

And this year our Fair will run as part of….

Shotley Bridge Village Open Weekend:

th th
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 December - following a similar weekend
organised by local businesses in the spring, there‟s to be another in the
build-up to Christmas. Various attractions from 10a.m.-5p.m. each day.
Combine it with a Saturday visit to our Fair. Mark it in your diaries - further
details later, and more ideas on how we might be able to join in…
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Notes & News

September’s Big Weekend… That’s how it felt to many as on 12th & 13th
September we juggled so many different happenings. The Art Show over
both days was again a great success - and a chance to appreciate so much
talent in our community. Thanks to Liz, Lew and all who joined in!
Alongside this the Historic Churches Steeplechase to place - read a report
elsewhere, and thanks also to those who kept our own church open for
visitors.
There was also a Bible Society event in Consett for our support, an extra
Baptism which needed welcomers, and - not least - the Official Opening
of the Hall Car Park on Sunday 13th September. We were delighted that
our own Alderman Derek Hume was able to
preside at the opening, accompanied by local
councillors Duncan Barnett and Stephen
Robinson. Our thanks to them for their support in
finding funding, and to Trevor Watson of the
Engineers’ Department who has consulted with
us, drawn up the plans and overseen the work.
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WANTED - TIME-EXPIRED CHAIRS!

Have you any small, easily transportable armchairs that
you no longer need? The One in Seven drama group is
prepared to give them a good home and a good life in
retirement on the church hall stage. We need them
particularly for our Hallowe'en production, so if you are
looking for a way to get rid of one or two old pieces of
furniture, please give me a ring (505722) and if I can
get it into the car, I'll take it away.
Jim Hollingsworth
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Reminder - the Webb Ivory Catalogue is out!

Please do take a catalogue (details on how to order
enclosed) and either 'pass it on' to anyone who is interested or
simply put it back in Church so others can take a look. Up to
25% of proceeds from orders placed will go to St. Cuthbert's.
A good cause indeed! Many thanks. Elaine Bellerby
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The Feast of San Juan the Baptist

Earlier in the year I had a fortnight‟s holiday in Benalmadena, Spain. It
was hot, noisy and a little too much concrete for me but still enjoyable.
The highlight for me was Tuesday 23rd June and the festival of San
Juan. A tour guide had told us that the locals invade the beach in the
evening, their prerogative as they usually can‟t get on the beach for the
tourists. For one night only bonfires and barbecues are allowed on the
beach, then at midnight everyone walks into the sea backwards to wash
away their sins. The event culminates in a massive firework display.

I was quite excited because our balcony overlooked the beach with a
view all the way to the Marina so we would have a bird‟s eye view. After
supper we sat on the balcony with a bottle and watched as hundreds of
people descended onto the beach. Some had tents or sunshades, they
carried boxes, barbies, wood, tables and cool boxes and bins which
were heavily laden. Large extended families had long tables groaning
with food and drinks. The children swam in the sea, the boys played
football and the girls daintily passed a ball to each other. A number of
the men were fishing while the ladies stood around chatting. Cars
continued to pour down the side road - and we wondered where they
would all park as by 9p.m. the car park was full.

The local beach bar owner cordoned off his entire lounger beds and
sunshades with red tape. Two lone security men wandered around in a
leisurely manner. Some young people appeared with supermarket
trolleys containing surfboards, beer and a huge box. By 10 o‟clock there
were fires all along the beach and the smell of burning charcoal hung in
the air. Still the cars poured in and the family groups got bigger, dogs
barked and the voices sounded happy and cheerful. As darkness fell
lights appeared on tables or on sticks, others simply used the glow from
their bonfires. At 10.30pm three helicopters hovered overhead scanning
the scene but they soon disappeared again.

The bright street lights along the road and promenade and the bonfires
were reflected off the sea and it was brilliant to watch. At midnight
everyone seemed to go into the sea but I don‟t think it was backwards.
We sat and watched until 12.30a.m. but no fireworks, so we went to
bed. Then at 1a.m. we heard loud bangs and went back to view the
most fantastic display I have ever seen. There were some fabulous red
bursts with golden pistils, some silver dandelion clocks and others like
chrysanthemums or large spiked dahlias which lit up the sky. Some of
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the fireworks even split and bounced on the sea like the Dam Busters
bouncing bombs. It was a truly spectacular display lasting about twenty
minutes and a huge roar of approval went up from the crowd when it
was over. On the sea a little Chinese junk and other little boats all lit up
watched the scene.

I watched the scene with wonder, so many people enjoying simple

family pleasures by continuing a custom handed down through
generations. I pondered about how we British would be celebrating this
saint‟s day and decided that it was unlikely to be with the same
enthusiasm, vigour and joy as the Spanish people.

Liz Whiting

SING TOGETHER
For Autumn
7.30 – 8.30pm Monday 19 October th

in St Cuthbert’s Church
All welcome
Further details: Martin Jackson, Bill Hudson or Rosie Junemann

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GROWING TOGETHER!

St Cuthbert’s Gardening Club

Harvest Festival: Sunday 4 October

Plant up indoor bulbs for the Christmas Fair
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ALL SET FOR A SCARY EVENING

The One in Seven drama group have a real chill
planned for the Church Hall on Hallowe'en. Their
Hallowe'en Fright Night will consist of an adaptation
of a one-act stage play, 'The Ghost of Jerry
Bundler', followed by a programme of seasonal live
music and short spooky readings. A mystery guest
has been invited, and one or two shocks and surprises
are in store.
Tickets are available in October from One in Seven members and are £5
with child concessions at £2.50. Buffet refreshments will follow the
entertainment. Bring your own booze if you wish. The time and place are
Saturday 31st October at 7.30 pm in the Church Hall. Fancy dress is
optional. Car parking available.
Further information: contact 505722
Jim Hollingsworth

ALL SAINTS & ALL SOULS

A reminder of our fellowship with the whole company of heaven...

Sunday 1st November ALL SAINTS’ DAY

8.00a.m.Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00a.m. SUNG PARISH EUCHARIST
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
Monday 2nd November ALL SOULS’ DAY
7.30p.m. SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST
Please let us know of departed loved ones to be remembered in our
prayers at the Requiem - a list will be placed in church from mid-
October. And please join us at this special time - to remember your
loved ones, and to support those who join us as they mourn their
bereavement
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This annual project enables caring individuals, families, schools, churches,

businesses, and other organisations to fill ordinary shoe boxes with small
toys, school supplies, sweets, and other gifts for needy children around the
world. Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in
need around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes. Operation Christmas
Child is the world's largest children's Christmas project. Since 1990 the
project has brought the joy of Christmas to more than 60 million boys and
girls throughout the world. Shoe boxes from the UK have gone to children
in hospitals, orphanages, Internally Displaced Persons camps, homeless
shelters and impoverished neighbourhoods. With your help we want to
reach even more children in the poorest parts of the world in 2009.
Your gift is powerful
Your shoe box will make a child feel special and valued, and let them know
that you care about them. Choosing gifts and then wrapping and filling a
shoe box is a fun and rewarding activity for all the family – especially when
you know these gifts are going to be used and treasured.
Note: As in previous years, Sonia Thompson will coordinate our parish
shoe box appeal. Look out for the leaflets giving details. We’ll be receiving
boxes on the first three Sundays of November. Boxes will need to be
returned to church by 15th November, which has now been designated as
“Shoebox Sunday.”

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Make Christmas this year a bit different this year? Some of the adults
from overseas who are currently studying at UK universities would love to
spend a couple of days in a real home, rather than on a deserted campus.
It is interesting to share Christmas with people for whom it is all quite new
(many international students are from China, for example). HOST has been
linking students with hospitable volunteers for 22 years, at Christmas and
also one-off weekends throughout the year. HOST is a registered charity
backed by the Foreign Office and many universities. It is not necessary for
hosts to live near a university, as students are prepared to travel far for this
unique experience! See www.hostuk.org or call HOST's voluntary regional
organiser for the North East, Alan Robson, on 01946 822128. Thank you!
HOST UK Unit 8 Water House, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ
Telephone: 020 7739 6292 Fax: 0207 033 6539 Registered Charity No. 327592
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Thomas Traherne (1636-74): Poet and Spiritual Writer

…commemorated in the Church’s calendar on the 10th October.
Thomas Traherne was born in Hereford, son of a shoemaker, and
eductated at Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford.
He took Holy Orders in 1656 and worked for ten years as a parish priest
in Credenhill, near Hereford. In 1667 he became the private chaplain to
Sir Orlando Bridgeman and minister at Teddington. He died at
Teddington in 1674 and is buried in St Mary’s Church.
Traherne was an inconsequential literary figure during his life, whose
works were unappreciated until long after his death. He led a humble,
devout life, largely sheltered from the literary community. Only one of
his works, Roman Forgeries (1673), was published in his lifetime.
Christian Ethicks (1675) followed soon after his death, and later A
Serious and Patheticall Contemplation of the Mercies of God (1699); but
after that much of his finest work was lost, corrupted or misattributed
to other writers.
His poems have a curious history. They were left in manuscript and
passed on through various hands until they were discovered in 1896 or
1897 on a street bookstall. Thomas Traherne was eventually established
as their author. He is now highly regarded as a poet and spiritual writer.
His poems were published in ‘The Poetical Works’ (1903) and Poems of
Felicity (1910). His poetry is essentially metaphysical and contains
passages of great beauty. Traherne is also noted for the ‘Centuries of
Meditation’ (1908), a collection of short meditations reflecting on
Christian life and ministry, philosophy, happiness, desire and
childhood. Further manuscripts and fragments of work have been
discovered more recently.
Thomas Traherne's contribution to literature includes a depiction of
childhood experiences not known in the literature of that time. For
Traherne, Man could do God no greater homage than to delight in His
creation. His writings express an ardent, childlike love of God and a
firm belief in man's relation to the divine. Traherne remembered the
innocence of childhood, and insisted that he "must become a child
again".

“You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins,
till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars: and
perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than so,
because men are in it who are every one sole heirs as well as you. Till you
can sing and rejoice and delight in God, as misers do in gold, and kings in
sceptres, you never enjoy the world.”
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From the Parish Registers

Holy Baptism
6 September Ethan Harry Junemann
24A Askew Road, London W12
13 September Taylor James Suddick
Shotley Lodge, Shotley Bridge
May they continue to follow Christ

Marriage
26 September Shaun Strong & Louise Rushgrove
Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts
and a crown upon their heads.

Funerals
15 September Euphemia (Effie) Bell (93)
Shotley Park Residential Home
May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace

Useful Church Contacts:

Churchwardens: Linda Short, 9 Sherwood Close   503750
Carol O’Malley, 13 Spring Close, Ebchester 561884
PCC Lay Chair: Peter Thompson, Wheldon House, Ebchester 560454
PCC Treasurer: Irvine Macnair, 10 Kempton Close. 505828
PCC Secretary: Jill Barron, 141 Benfieldside Road 504352
Sunday School: Carol O’Malley, 13 Spring Close, Ebchester 561884
Church Hall: Linda Short, 9 Sherwood Close  503750