Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity
Collect
Merciful God,
your Son came to save us and bore our sins on the cross:
may we trust in your mercy and know your love,
rejoicing in the righteousness
that is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
What’s On This Week
| Sat 5th Sept | 12,30pm | Contact Richard Walsh | Church in the Wild | |
| Sun 6th Sept | Trinity 14 | 10am | St John’s Chapel | Eucharist |
| 10am | Stanhope-Hall | Eucharist | ||
| 3pm | Stanhope-Hall | Service of Praise | ||
| Mon 7th Sept | 9.30am | Stanhope-Hall | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue 8th Sept | 2pm | Stanhope-Hall | Mothers’ Union | |
| 8pm | Zoom | Faith Thro’ Music | ||
| Wed 9th Sept | 10am | Stanhope-Hall | Eucharist | |
| 7pm | Barnard Castle | Crossing Boundaries | ||
| Thur 10th Sept | 9.30am | Stanhope-Hall | Morning Prayer | |
| Sun 13th Sept | Trinity 15 | 10am | Stanhope-Hall | Eucharist |
| 10am | Cowshill | Eucharist |
A full and up-to-date calendar of church events can be found on theBenefice website,
For Your Prayers
We keep in ourprayers all in our community who are in any kind of need. Our prayers are asked particularly for Kathleen Kirby and all those who are sick.
We pray for children and young people as they return to their studies, and for Rev Graeme and Carol as they enjoy a well-earned break.
This week…
Church in the Wild – Saturday 5th 12.30pm
For the location of this month’s Church in the Wild on Saturday 5th September please contact Richard Walsh rather than Graeme. You can do this by replying to the newsletter email if you don’t have Richard’s contact details.
Mothers’ Union Tuesday 8th 2pm
This month’s meeting will take place on Tuesday 8th at 2pm in Stanhope Church Hall. Rev Heather will be leading a service of Holy Communion.
Faith Through Music – Tuesday 8th 8pm
At 8pm on the Tuesday 8th September, The Faith through Music group will be looking at a song we used in St John’s Chapel the other week – The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Richard confesses that, whilst he understands the allegories, he finds some of the military language a bit difficult to stomach, so he is looking forward to a particularly lively discussion (he also will admit to knowing far too many rude words to that tune).
As ever, Richard will give a brief gloss of the circumstance of the composition of the song, and then field a free-flowing discussion. Perhaps you, unlike Richard, have no issue with the imagery. If that’s the case, please join the discussion so that Richard (and perhaps others) can find out how to enjoy using the song in his worship. You can contact Richard for a Zoom link by replying to the newsletter email.
Crossing Boundaries –Talks at Barnard Castle
Weds 9th 7pm
Rev Ana Moskvina-Baldwin has arranged a fantastic series of free talks exploring the challenges of the modern world as seen from a Christan perspective. Each talk is given by an outstanding speaker with specialist knowledge in their area, and a glass of wine is on offer too. Each talk will take place at St Mary’s Church, Newgate, Barnard Castle.
This week’s talk will be by the renowned speaker Rev’d Professor Walter Moberley on the subject “Inside/Outside the Church – The Bible and the Secular World”
A poster is attached with details of all forthcoming talks.
Looking Further Ahead …
Paws in the Pews
There will be a pet service at All Saints’ Eastgate 20th September 4pm. Poster attached, please do advertise if you can
MU Deanery Meeting
The Deanery Mothers’ Union Meeting will be held in Satley on Weds 23rd September. The speaker will be our very own Rev Philip Greenhalgh.
General Information
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Contacts
Priest-in-charge: The Rev Graeme Holdsworth
01388 531460 rev.holdsworth@pm.me
Associate Priest: The Rev. Heather Ross
Parish Safeguarding Officers:
Stanhope: Katharine Adams 07783659089
Eastgate: Liz Curry 07921 176012
West Weardale: Jan Wright 07415 046392
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