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Footsteps – April/May
Welcome to the April / May edition of the Footsteps newsletter. Of particular interest in this edition is the leading article from the Moderator on ‘A Way Forward’ and the Good News story of the Roker URC Children’s Garden. Future editions will have a variety of features covering: Leading articles Good news stories from around […]
Greenbelt 2018
Calling all creative green festival fingers…… People of all ages who can knit, crochet, draw, paint, sew and create flowers of all kinds are wanted by the United Reformed Church as it once again partners with the Greenbelt Festival. These creative flowers will cover the walls and grounds of the tent area, which will be decorated […]
News from Synod March 2018
Meeting on 17 March 2018 at Wideopen Printer friendly download – A4 Printer friendly download – A5 Picture Gallery Synod in Community St John’s URC in Wideopen is now part of the new church grouping known as One Church in Four Places. Our meeting was inspired by the opening worship led by the church […]
Synod Picture Gallery
Meeting on 17 March 2018 at Wideopen
Keld Report to Synod
The Keld Resource Centre reported to synod meeting at Wideopen on March 17th 2018. The report speaks of a continuing ministry of presence serving the many thousand visitors who pass through this remote hamlet high in the Pennines, whether walking the Pennine Way or the Coast to Coast long-distant paths, or involved in less ambitious hiking. […]
Praying the Psalms
Northern Synod Retreat, February 2018 How many of us regularly use the Psalms in our worship and devotional life? If the lack of hands going up at our retreat is anything to by, the answer seems to be “Very few”. But our two days spent with Carla Grosch Miller, one of our own synod ministers, […]
Messy Church at Wooler
A new year has seen a new Messy Church initiative starting up at Wooler – with support from Northern Synod, and with helpers drawn from a variety of local churches including our own. As one helper describes it, “Our first event exceeded all our expectations!” 64 people turned up – 24 adults and 40 children – and […]
Former Moderator’s Jubilee
Former Northern Synod Moderator David Jenkins was ordained to Christian ministry on the Feast of the Epiphany 1968. January 6th 2018 saw his 50th anniversary celebrated with a Songs of Praise service at Providence Church, New Mills in Derbyshire, and the following day through a service at at Marple United Reformed Church when the Revd Tony Burnham, […]