February/March 2019 by stpetersharton

The Lantern February/March 2019

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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

The image on the front cover was painted by the Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559 and is n o w t o b e f o u n d i n t h e K u n s t h i s t o r i s c h e s M u s e u m , Vienna. It is oil on canvas and is 46 inches x 65 inches. It depicts a battle between the figures of Carnival and Lent. It shows an important event in community life in early modern Europe, representing the transition between two different seasonal cuisines: livestock that was not to be wintered was slaughtered, and meat was in good supply. As the period of Lent commenced, with its enforced abstinence and the desired spiritual purification in preparation for Easter, the butcher shops closed and the butchers travelled into the countryside to purchase cattle for the spring. The scene is set in a town's market square and in Bruegel's painting

carnival is represented as a large man riding a beer barrel with a pork chop attached to its front end. He is wearing a huge meat pie as a headdress; he is wielding a long spit, complete with a pig's head, as a weapon for the fight. The pouch of knives at his belt indicates that he is a butcher - the guild of butchers traditionally provided the meat for the carnival feast so his place at the procession's heart is apt. Lent's half of the picture is dominated by abstinence and piety, with people drawing water from the well, giving alms to the poor and the sick, and going to church. The church itself is the dominant building from which queues of black figures emerge from their prayers. Lady Lent in the foreground, garbed like a nun, is sitting on a cart drawn by a monk and a nun, and looks gaunt and thin, with her followers feeding on bread and biscuits. Jean Stokes

Welcome to St Peter’s Church, Harton and St Mark and St Cuthbert’s, Cleadon Park Priest

Re Kate Boardman MA FHEA revkateboardman@gmail.com

0191 4554682

Hon Assistant Priest

Rev Canon Hails, JP FCMA bhails@btinternet.com

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Hon Assistant Priest

Rev Stan Buyers MEd LCG stanbuyers@btinternet.com

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Reader

Peter Cross

0191 4566047

Vicarage:3 Page Avenue, South Shields, NE34 0SY

REGULAR SERVICES AT ST PETER’S EUCHARIST Usually sung Eucharist with children’s groups. Tea & Coffee follows in the Green Room.

• 11.00 am

EVENING SERVICE We have a variety of evening worship styles including Taize, Songs of Praise, Quiet Meditation and Iona Worship

• 6.00 pm

Thursday

EUCHARIST

• 10.00 am

Daily Prayer

EVENING PRAYER is said each day - a quiet and contemplative service of prayer and readings

Sunday

For bookings of BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS and CALLING OF BANNS, there will be someone available at St Peter’s Church every Wednesday 6.15 pm - 6.45 pm For any queries about church services or bookings contact Rev Kate Boardman

REGULAR SERVICES AT ST MARK & ST CUTHBERT’S Sunday

EUCHARIST Followed by coffee in the Hall

• 9.30 am

Tuesday

EUCHARIST Followed by coffee in the Hall

• 10.00 am

For bookings of BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS and CALLING OF BANNS, or for any queries about church services or bookings contact Rev Kate Boardman 3

Being on the Electoral Roll is a statement of ‘membership’ in a church which has no membership system per se - the blessing of the parish system is that we are all members, inside and outside the church.

From the Vestry “…God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body…”

B u t t h e r e i s a n e l e m e n t o f membership, of family, of being one body together, made up of all different members, in the church. There are many roles to be undertaken – jobs to be done, care to be taken, stories to be heard, assorted elements to be organised, preparation to be made, gifts to be given and gifts to be collected, company to be shared. There is also a heart to beat strongly with faith so we need those who are as busy in prayer as those whose hands are busy with activity. We need those who have their eyes and ears open to God’s presence in our world and his people’s need in it too. We need those who can think for us and help us design and maintain a strategic plan for the church, its mission and ministry, its fabric and its family. Jean Stokes and I, when we sat down to compile the annual statistics for mission, counted 130 people who come and worship regularly at St Peter’s. I know that few of the congregation could name all 130, and perhaps this shouldn’t be expected, but I wonder how many you could? How many can name all 50 at St Mark & St Cuthbert?

This Sunday’s second reading (as I write) from 1 Corinthians 12 is the passage about how we all belong to the one body, and yet have different gifts and responsibilities. Which of course we do. A vast range of gifts and talents, to be used in the service of God and of others. But with St Paul’s image of the body, we should also r e m e m b e r t h a t w e h a v e a responsibility to each other and to the whole. We belong to each other in Christ. What does that mean? This year sees the renewal of the Electoral Roll – in essence it is the registration to be able to stand for and to vote on[to] the Parish Church Council. This might seem a rather dull and irrelevant thing if we just come along on a Sunday morning and then go away again, but then we should ask ourselves why is this the case? Do we belong? Or why do we not feel it a part of our faith to belong? ‘Anyone who believes in me is my mother and my brother and my sister,’ says Jesus. We are one family, one body.

Over the next few weeks the new Electoral Roll forms will be available to complete, and they have had a change of format from previous application forms. They are instead called ‘Count me In’ and come accompanied by an information leaflet which outlines some of the small print and draws together a number of other elements which are all part and parcel of being part of the body of Christ in this place.

We might be the church’s hands, or eyes, or feet or heart – or soul. We might all, as we prepare to enter Lent this year, take the passage from Corinthians ‘we are all members of the one body’ as our refrain and wonder what it means to us in being church here and now. When God calls us into his church, it is to play a part, with the gifts that he has given us. How do we, the 180 people who form the body of Christ in this place, live and act so that those who are lost, those who didn’t realise they were already members, those who don’t currently feel part of the one body, can confidently turn to Christ and say ‘Count me in’?

These include collecting and sharing email addresses and phone numbers, and giving consent for them to be used. To be shared with each other to encourage relationship building, and to circulate things to read or ponder or pray. They include a new form for Gift Aid declaration – if you are a giver who pays tax then every gift you make can be worth 25% more to the church at no more effort to you. They include an emergency contact section, for us to be able to be sure you are ok if you’re missing, or tell someone important if you’re not.

Eternal God, whose Son our Saviour Jesus Christ is the light of the world: may your people, illumined by your word and sacraments, shine with the radiance of his glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen.

More than signing up to be able to vote, Count me in enables us to think about and connect into being the one body that we say we are in Christ. We all rejoice when one rejoices – over a lost sheep, or a lost coin or a lost son. We all suffer when one suffers – and so we ask ourselves how we can act in matters of injustice and of deep poverty and need.

*** In all seriousness, the Electoral Roll is a statutory document of the Church and in a new roll year, ALL the existing data is expunged and new applications must be made for all. It is for everyone, not just for those who have joined the church recently. If you can say ‘count me in’ to Jesus, then please make sure you are counted in his body, the Church. 5

Testimony By Elaine Gray

God got the lot that day. I wept and asked for his forgiveness for a life I had lived without giving him a second thought. Suddenly, my tears just stopped and I felt as if a load of heavy baggage had been removed from my shoulders. I knew God loved me and only wanted the best for me, and I knew I had been forgiven. This was a defining moment in my life and what began was a process of transformation. This was not easy, as it involved a total change of lifestyle and choices. Habits and places where I used to go no longer felt right, and indeed some of my relationships changed and some ended. I continued in church life, although on reflection I guess I still had not fully committed myself to God. Perhaps I was holding on to something from my previous lifestyle that I was reluctant to let go of. This began me thinking about where I was going as a Christian, as I felt I was just drifting along with no real purpose. I c o n c l u d e d , t h r o u g h m u c h conversation with God, that I needed to grow deeper into him and deeper into that cross, putting my trust in Him alone. I had been reading the book of Joel, when I realised that if you do not change from the inside out,

It was August 2010, the location was St John’s Hebburn, and it was the first time I had been to church for a Sunday service. Prior to that I had been to church only to attend a wedding, a baptism or a funeral, and hence lived without seeing any relevance in having God in my life. One of my daughters had only recently begun attending this church herself as she had decided she wanted a church wedding, and she asked me to come along as my granddaughter was running up and down the aisle to songs of praise. That was an invitation I could not refuse, so I agreed to go one morning. I simply heard something about Jesus that day and my Christian journey began. I remember thinking, ‘Who is this guy?’ and more to the point, ‘Why have I not met him before now?’ I enrolled on the Alpha course in October of that year, something I would highly recommend as it helped me answer some of the big questions about life and faith. And it was during that course that I had my first encounter with God. I was at home and had been reading the bible when I felt this overwhelming need to pray and 6

then you haven’t really changed at all. In this passage from Joel, God is telling us that he does not want to see an outward display of penitence unless it has originated from the heart.

found, but lifted up. How glorious is God’s grace. In 2016, with my incumbent’s encouragement and support I began reader ministry training. However, after a year’s study we ended up having a discussion about considering ordained ministry, as I felt compelled to press on and became totally committed to preaching the Gospel. I had a meeting with the Bishop of Jarrow, who agreed that this needed to be explored. As most of you are now aware, I went to a Bishop’s Advisory Panel on 3rd December 2018, and ten days later found out I had been recommended for training to ordained ministry. I am so thrilled and excited, and have been rejoicing ever since with many of the people who have been part of and helped me on this most amazing and ongoing journey. I could never have done this without them.

‘ Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning: rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and will relent from punishing.’ (Joel 2: 12-13) It was at this point that I decided to make a willing submission to G o d a n d t h a t c a m e w i t h wholehearted sincerity. What o c c u r r e d w a s i n c r e d i b l e , something I had not experienced before, I felt complete, secure, protected, and loved in a way I had never felt before, and it just made be feel alive!! It is rejoicing in the Lord, and someone else was rejoicing just as much as me, and that was Jesus himself. For here we have the lost sheep, and there are countless out there, found by the Good Shepherd, but not just

I would like to conclude by saying that whatever your individual calling may be, there is nothing more important than your first calling: The call to follow Jesus.

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grandchildren provided with hours of fun. Boredom was never permitted!

In our last issue of this magazine I suggested we all tried to be ecologically sensitive in our C h r i s t m a s p r e p a ra t i o n s a n d festivities – well I have to confess very little success - apart from, perhaps in the kitchen. I am noted for my recycling in that area (a family joke is “don’t throw that lettuce out, grandma will put it in a cake tomorrow” or “that cake will go into the soup tomorrow”) All exaggerations, I hope you realise. However, we did recycle some turkey from one son’s house and vegetables from another, both previously frozen (the food, not the sons!) into a delicious soup. A real family meal, even if they’d gone home by then.

We are about to dispose of a fairy c a s t l e w h i c h h a s b e e n o u r Christmas stocking substitute – made from cardboard carpet tubes and painted gold. Each grandchild had a tower into which to dip for surprises. Now outgrown and rather tatty, but leaving lots of happy memories. As they say, ‘One person’s trash is another person’s treasure’. oooooooooOooooooo

My obsession with hoarding derives from my horror of landfill sites, which in turn owes itself to a short story I read over 50 years ago. In the story a man invented a garbage disposal machine to be installed underground, where no one would again see rubbish dumps. His invention became a worldwide success, till one day –BANG!! end of story....and world!

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I have always saved junk from the days when we ran the play- group and used to make allsorts from toilet roll tubes (not considered good hygiene now) etc. Before the little red tables and chairs were bought, fairy liquid containers were stacked and four stacks became table legs onto which a tray was fixed, and voila! - toddler sized tables. Constructions in our back garden (puppet theatres come to mind) with our children and

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The boilers are dead. Long live the boilers… It finally happened, the moment that we knew couldn’t be put off for ever! St Mark & St Cuthbert’s boilers finally died a death just before Christmas. Huge thanks to everyone for putting up with the cold and the slightly erm, revised, temporary arrangements for worship. Being freezing is of c o u r s e d e p r e s s i n g , B U T … astonishingly, we can now afford to have the asbestos removed and order two new boilers. And after m a ny h o u rs o f p a p e r w o r k , phonecalls, negotiation with a large number of people, from the architect to the new archdeacon and from the contractors to the diocesan buildings committee, the b a l l i s a l r e a d y r o l l i n g o n replacements. So the fit-formuseum setup that served us well is about to be stripped out, and the hall boiler replaced. Unfortunately we don’t quite have enough money to be able to afford the installation of the second boiler right now, and so we have chosen to do the hall first, for its wider use by the community. And we have just launched a funding appeal to raise the remaining £3,000 and get the heating back on in church.

Our “50 to 100” appeal recognises where we are & where we are going. Last year we celebrated 50 years of mission and ministry on the Quarry Lane site – with those boilers being original features. They had a good innings, but now we need to look towards the future and updating them with a system that will last maybe even to the 100th anniversary. So we are asking this spring, please, could you make a special gift to help us reach the target by April? If you can spare £50 to £100 – or more, or less, then every pound will get us nearer to being able to pay the bill. Every penny, in fact. You might keep us some 50 pence pieces, or you might save your shrapnel and keep giving us 100 pennies. We would love to plan to run a holiday club again, but the boilers must take priority this year. Please, can you spare a gift to help us keep our warm welcome? 10

I have been given the opportunity to take p a r t i n a W o r l d Challenge expedition to Swaziland in South Africa with a group of students from school in 2020. World Challenge is a company that specialises in expeditions that are mainly aimed at young people with the emphasis on building the life skills young people need to live a life of courage, kindness and adventure along the way. Part of the expedition involves working at a school or Neighbourhood Care Point which offers care and support to the many vulnerable children who have been orphaned by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. These children are offered a meal, care and basic education at these community stations. My job will be to help wherever I am needed. This could be digging trenches, fetching water, helping to build or even helping to teach or play with the children. As part of my journey I have to try and raise as much of the money as possible myself. Over the last few months I have been selling cakes at school, doing jobs for my family, doing a paper round and I am looking for a Saturday job as well. I would appreciate it very much if I could do a bake sale at Church to help towards the fundraising. I need to reach a target of ÂŁ3,000 to be able to fund the cost of the trip as well as buy some of my camping equipment which I will carry with me for the expedition.. I am very grateful for any help because I would love to go. Any advice or ideas anyone might have for other ways of fundraising would be helpful, too. X Imogen Nichols

It must be Spring! It was lovely last year to baptize a couple of babies from recent marriages – Joseph Elsender was so beautifully behaved when he was in St Peter’s in the summer. And though we’ve not had a baptism request yet, it was lovely to see the photo in the Gazette of the first baby of 2019 was little Evie Callan, with a smiling Daniel and Leigh. But they’re far from the only ones producing a new generation – there were 4 babies we know of last year, and suddenly this Spring has seen a rush of baptism requests. In fact, through March and April, we’re almost only baptizing at St Peter’s children whose parents married here in the class of 2016/17. Which is lovely, so we thought we’d cheer up the winter with some baby pics – can you match offspring to mum & dad?! And congratulations, to Chris & Laura – Oliver; David & Kelly Gilmartin – Jacob; Bradley & Kayley Chapman – Iyla and Darcy and just this last week, Kris & Emily Downie – Penny

"...and of course the year is yet young.... 13

per church, it is now an ‘offer’ made annually by the PCC to the Diocese.

Church Finances It has come to the vicar’s attention that a number of similar publications that she lays hands on occasionally quite often have an article in them about the current state of church finances – monthly bank balance, a note of main income breakdown and substantial expenditures. This strikes her as a good point of transparency and accountability, and so we will be aiming to model this best practice in the future… An appropriate format needs to be established, and our two treasurers are currently engaged in the process of finalising the year end accounts and reports which are far beyond the scope of a short summary here. Church Finance is rarely a topic people rush to engage with, and yet underpins everything we do. At the PCCs we see a statement each month of our income and outgoings, which is always available to anyone who would like to inspect it. But I think that perhaps it would be helpful to us over a couple of Lantern issues to explore our financial setup and be able to de-mythologise the topic.

One common misunderstanding is that churches receive funding from somewhere. In fact churches only receive in kind – the ministry of the priest assigned to them for that portion of time available to clergy relative to the churches in their care. A second common misunderstanding is that we have to pay sometimes seemingly vast sums to ‘them’. We are beholden to contribute to the Diocese, because it is from these collective sums that the stipends of clergy are drawn, along with covering basic Diocesan expenditure. Many churches’ contribution does not at all meet the cost of their clergy’s fairly modest stipend. Then there are buildings. Correct, we must look after the church buildings we are blessed (or cursed) with, and correct, we receive no standard funding from anywhere to do so.

Our main two expenditures laid bare. Quiz question: how much do you think we spend on communion wine, on candles, on our heating bill? How much do we pay those who clean (did you know we had cleaners?!) First up: Parish ‘Share’. Previously a Answers on a postcard or next time! calculation based on certain metrics 15

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THIS BLESSED PLOT

Romans, it is highly likely that s o m e fo r m o f fo r t i f i cat i o n remained there as an active centre for many centuries after they left). I also discovered that St (then King) Oswald was also thought to have lived there as records exist of his son being born in Caer Urfa. Northumbria itself covered an area of most of Yorkshire, southern Scotland and across to Carlisle (and everywhere in between). There is much evidence that this whole area was traversed frequently by the monks and other inhabitants of the many monasteries and religious houses existing at that time, visiting each other and also taking refuge from Viking invasions (for many years carrying St Cuthbert’s coffin)* The mouth of the Tyne would have been a very strategic spot.

On many occasions I have written v a r i o u s s t o r i e s o f o u r Northumbrian Saints, and I make no apology for doing so again as I unearth more stories (and repeat some!). During the summer of 2018 we held our Praise and Picnic in the Park. The weather obliged and our worship was once again held close to where Hild, Bede, C u t h b e r t a n d t h e i r contemporaries probably walked. Stretching the imagination we can envisage their walk from what is now the Market Place, up Fowler Street, through Westoe Village cut (Salter’s trod), through Harton Village, up through Cleadon Park (right past our church! ) and on to Monkwearmouth. What better place to hold our outdoor worship?

Here in present day Tyne and Wear we live within a triangle, (our own ‘blessed plot’) the three points being Wearmouth, Jarrow and St Hilda’s Church in the market place. (King Oswin gave land to Abbess Hilda to found a nunnery, and there are Saxon remains beneath the church). One of the town librarians once told me that there was also a nunnery somewhere on the cliff tops probably near Souter Point.

This gave rise to the following thoughts on the subject. I realised that as well as Northumbria being the ‘Cradle of Christianity’, this particular area also saw more than its fair share in the proceedings. As I have written previously, St Oswin, whose burial place is in Tynemouth Priory, was thought to have been born in what we know as the Roman fort on the Lawe Top, (Having been built by the 17

St Nicholas Church in West Boldon, built in the thirteenth century also has Saxon origins (a fact endorsed by T. V’s John Grundy) and, being on the River Don, which runs into the Tyne just beside St Paul’s Church, the monks would have travelled by water in coracles, to B o l d o n , a n d t h e r e o n t o Wearmouth on foot. This would have formed the long side of the triangle. Can you imagine the toing and fro-ing of these holy people as they travelled the area preaching, teaching and giving sustenance to the poor; our little p l o t m u s t h av e b e e n v e r y proactive in the growth of Christianity in its cradle in this country! What better place than to hold our ‘Praise in the Park’?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if their zeal was rekindled in our age? *St Cuthbert’s body was said to have been uncorrupted and was brought to Chester-le Street when the Vikings invaded. It remained in Chester-le Street in what is now St Mary’s and St Cuthbert’s Church for many years until the monks had to flee again (see above). They wandered for many years o v e r t h e w h o l e a r e a o f Northumbria until they settled in Durham where St Cuthbert is buried in what became the Cathedral we know today. (That is a story for another day). Anita Buyers.

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July

56: J Wilkinson

182: J Samson

197: S Bell

August

57: J Roberts

42: O Fiksen

95: Nan Rae

September

84: L Walker

189: V Metcalf

39: L Bainbridge

October

157: Sharon Riddell

135: Vince Wright 149: Jean Stokes

November

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208: Ray Burn

December

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173: Joyce Chamber 72: Jean Christie

Activities at St Peter’s In Church Various days Bible Study Groups meet (see weekly service sheet for details of venue) Choir Practice (meet in church)

• 6.30 pm

Wednesday

• Craft Club meets on the last

• 2.00 pm to

Thursday

• Coffee

• after the

Thursday Green Room

Wednesday afternoon of each month from January to November 2018

4.00 pm

10.00 am service Sunday

• Coffee

• after the 10.45

Sunday

• Messy Church - we organise a

am service

programme of activities one Sunday afternoon every three months for all ages when we do craft , sing, pray, share time and food together. Dates and times are published in the Lantern Parish Magazine

Last Saturday • Coffee morning in each month

• 10.00 am to 11.30 am

Activities at St Peter’s Church Hall Weekly Social Activities Monday

• Parents & Toddlers

• 9.30 am to 11.00 am

Monday

• Art Club U3A • 1.30 to 3.30

Tuesday

• Pilates (Judith Briggs)

• 9.30 am to 10.30 am

• Yoga (Pat Uttridge)

• 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm

• Yoga (Gill Glozier)

• 7.00pm to 8.45pm

• T’ai Chi (Martin Thorogood)

• 1.30pm to 2.30pm • 5.45pm to 6.45pm

Wednesday • Art & Craft Club Carol White • 10.00 am to 12 noon • Line Dancing - Beginner (Ethel • 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Ramsey) • Line Dancing - Improver (Ethel • 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm Ramsey) • Yoga (Carrie Kirston) • 6.45 pm to 8.45 pm Thursday

• Art Club (Tom Finch) • 10.00 am to 12 noon • Keep Fit (Ethel Ramsey) • 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm • Art Club U3A • 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm

Friday

• Parents & Toddlers

• 9.30 am to 11.00 am

Saturday

• Irish Dance

• 9.30 am to 1.30 pm

Sunday

• Kingscote Christian Group

• 10.30 am to 1.00 pm

Uniformed Organisations’ Weekly Activities Monday

• Rainbows

• 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm

• Brownies

• 5.30pm to 7.15 pm

• Guides

• 7.00 pm to 8.15 pm

Thursday

• Cubs & Scouts

• 5.45 pm to 9.00 p.m

Friday

• Beavers

• 5.30 pm to 7.15 pm 20

Activities at St Mark & St Cuthbert’s Church Hall Monday

• Guides

• 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm

Tuesday

• Bertie’s • Coffee

• 9.15 am to 11.30 am • after the 10.00 am Eucharist Service • 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm

• Brownies Wednesday

• Flower Arranging Class • 10.00 am to 12 noon • Friends Together (1st Weds • 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm every month)

Thursday

• Line Dancing

• 10.00 am to 11.30 am

Friday

• Rainbows • Line Dancing

• 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm • 7.30 to 9.30 pm

Saturday

St Mark & St Cuthbert’s Coffee Morning: - 10.30 to 12 noon Sat 9th Feb & Sat 9th Mar

Messy Church: - 10.30 -12.30

Craft, Worship, Food & Fun for all ages Sat 23rd Feb & Sat 30th Mar

Sunday

• Coffee

• after 9.30 am Parish Eucharist

CHURCH PERSONNEL ST MARK & ST CUTHBERT’S Church Warden

Anne Blair-Vincent anne.blair.vincent@gmail.com

• 0191 4203886

Treasurer

Mrs Barbara Matheson

• 0191 4260007

PCC Secretary

Vacant

PCC Members

Miss Janet Gardener, Mrs Barbara Matheson, Mrs Dulcie Proudlock, Mrs Audrey Yarrow, Mrs Eileen Wraith

Deanery Synod Members Mrs June Mitchinson, Miss Jean Smith Hall Booking Secretary

Ms Liza Dorothy

• 07538 719585

Magazine Committee Representative

Mrs Anita Buyers

• 0191 5365452

Safeguarding Officer

Rev. Stan Buyers

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CHURCH PERSONNEL ST PETER’S Reader

Peter Cross

• 0191 4566047

Church Wardens Mrs Ethel Ramsey ethelramsey@hotmail.com Mrs Jean Stokes jastokes@virginmedia.com

• 0191 4542341 • 0191 4207818

Treasurer

Mr Colin Brown c.brown932@btinternet.com

PCC Secretary

Vacancy

PCC Members

Mr Phil Brown, Mrs Angela Clark, Mr Ronnie Clark, Ms Diann Fox , Mrs Janet Nichols, Mr Ernie Russell, Mr James Scott, Mrs Linda Smithson (co-opted)

Deanery Synod Members Mr Peter Cross, Mrs Emma Waters Hall Booking Secretary

Mrs Ethel Ramsey

• 0191 4542341

Magazine Editor Mrs Linda Smithson lindasmithson@hotmail.co.uk • 0191 4217634 & Committee Mrs Jean Stokes jastokes@virginmedia.com • 0191 4207818 Safeguarding Officer

Mr Phil Brown philneptune@yahoo.co.uk

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The new Bishop of Jarrow people and places in the Diocese of Durham. She commented: ‘I grew up in South Wales in the ’70s and early ’80s, and I was the first generation to go to university, which is why I left. My grandfathers were miners and so was my father in his 20’s until he went to work for ICI. My parents still live in the same house I grew up in, in the same community that my father went onto represent as a local Councillor.’ ‘I was taught the importance of giving to your community and looking out for those who were struggling long before I came to faith in Jesus Christ.’

The next Bishop of Jarrow Designate is to be The Venerable Canon Sarah Clark. Currently Archdeacon of Nottingham, in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. Sarah (53) was licensed to her current post in October 2014, having previously held several appointments in the Diocese since her ordination at Southwell Minister in 1998.

Talking of the further parallels between her current role and the challenges she will face here in the Diocese of Durham, Sarah said: ‘In my c u r re nt ro l e , I h ave h a d responsibility for the development of 25 of our larger local churches across the whole Diocese to be resourcing churches who grow with the aim of giving themselves away through p l a n t i n g n e w w o r s h i p p i n g communities and helping to resource the renewal of existing churches. All this we do as we seek to serve our communities and welcome new disciples of Jesus into our Christian family. If you are interested in being confirmed by Bishop Sarah on 22nd June see Kate Boardman for details.

Prior to training for ordination, Sarah was a career Civil Servant in the Department for Employment having been through their graduate training programme in the West Midlands where she went on to hold a range of management roles. She gained an MBA in 1994 and her MA in Theology in 1997. S a r a h i s f r o m a n e x - m i n i n g community in the South Wales Valleys, something that she hopes gives her a great affinity for the 23

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