Our Ecumenical Officer, Andy Lie, was interviewed with an Anglican colleague on a local Muslim radio station, Newcastle Fast FM, last week. In the course of an hour’s programme, they talked about inter-church cooperation, whether we are living in a post-Christian country, inter-faith and world justice and human rights issues. You can see the recording […]
ecumenism, InterfaithA conference will be held in Durham on Saturday 16 June on housing and homelessness Flyer
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. (Galatians 6: 10) St George’s High Heaton are requesting support as members are preparing to return to Uganda this summer. They write The Seeds of Hope (World Ssubi seeds) as it is known […]
Welcome to the Footsteps newsletter for May/June. It is a long edition, but we hope you will find it an interesting read. We are learning through experience and from next month we will circulate a two page abbreviated version of the Footsteps newsletter (in four formats), together with an extended A4 colour version. This will hopefully […]
The lay preachers & worship leaders in Northumberland have enjoyed two excellent events recently. In April the Spring Gathering was held in St George’s URC, Morpeth where we spent an interesting and informative afternoon exploring the parables with Revd Carla Grosch-Miller through interpretive reading and drama, teasing out different possible interpretations behind the story. Then […]
Chairman’s Report (abbreviated) – Chaplaincy in a field hospital after battle. Ray Anglesea reports as our synod representative from the NIM 2018 AGM Northumbrian Industrial Mission (NIM) oversees the role and work of all chaplains in the North East Region; it is an ecumenical organisation and chaplains come from a range of professional backgrounds. A […]
The latest edition of “Building Blocks”, full of tips for children’s workers, is now out. Download Building Blocks
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]