Documentary Feature The recent Festival of Flame / Viking Christmas was featured on a new documentary on Channel 5Select entitled “Britain’s Great Rivers: Then & Now”. If you’d like to catch up, it is available at: https://www.my5.tv/britains-great-rivers-then- now The Abbey features from approx. 07:30 mins in Season1, Episode 3. #Live Lent 8th March Care for God's Creation is the Church of England's Lent 2020 campaign for 2020. A great resource available to buy in book form from the Church of England website. There is both an adult and a children's paper guide available. Alternatively you can sign up online to receive 40 daily
reflections. www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/living-out-our-faith
Peer Support PeerTalk is a national charity offering support to people facing depression and anxiety. They are currently recruiting volunteer facilitators for its Staff peer support groups which run weekly in Gateshead, Whitley Bay and th ● ● Sunderland. Full training on 28 March and ongoing support is offered. Please contact [email protected] for further information or see www.peertalk.org.uk/index.php/volunteer
PeerTalk was initially funded by the Methodist Church, and stems from their CEO (a Methodist minister) seeking support for a family member facing difficulties with their mental wellbeing; https://www.peertalk.org.uk/ index.php/our-history. They are now an independent charity driven by the values of hope, empathy, acceptance, respect and dignity, which underpin everything we do.
Congregation Congregation Annual Plant and Book Stall ● ● The Annual Plant and Book Stall will be held on Saturday 9th May, we welcome any donations of good quality, used books at this time. They can be dropped to the Parish Office to be looked after until the day. Please don’t bring plants to us just yet, closer to the time or on the day will be ideal for this and we will send a reminder in due course. Many thanks in advance for your donations.
Volunteers Volunteers Flowerpot Amnesty
Lesley Middleton is looking for donations of any flowerpots for the upcoming Hexham Abbey Hexham News
Plant and Book Stall. Any pots, of any variety over 6 inches (not anything smaller please) can be collected by Lesley or dropped to the Parish Office.
Lesley can be contacted on 01434 602018
Messy Church Messy Church will be meeting this afternoon at 3pm, all are welcome to join and the focus will be on Kindness and Friendship. Activities will include bridge building, making friendship bracelets, emoji biscuits and exploring the ‘ripple effect.’ We’d love to see you there. Should you wish to make a donation towards the Abbey you are welcome to use the contactless machine near the Welcome Desk or scan the QR code (to the left) with your mobile phone. We kindly suggest a donation of £3.
NEWS Baby gate Appeal We are seeking a stair gate to block off the corridor by the children’s area where the tables are stored. The gap requires a 95cm stair gate or one that can be adjusted to this size. If you have one going spare and wouldn’t mind donating it to the Abbey, we would be very grateful! Derek Harris Memorial service Mary Illingworth and everyone at the Abbey would like to extend a huge thanks to all who attended the memorial service of Derek Harris on Wednesday. We had a really special service, which resulted in the generous donations of £300 being collected towards his beloved Abbey. Easter Services We would really value the help of Sidespeople for each of our Easter Services; if you are able to volunteer, there is a sign up sheet on the volunteer board in the South Transept. Thank you. Mothering Sunday Afternoon Tea, Sun 22nd March Come and enjoy a sumptuous Mothering Sunday Afternoon Tea in the lovely surroundings of the Great Hall with live Palm Court style music. Tea will be served between 3pm - 4.30pm and tickets are priced at £12 for adults and £6 for young people of school age. Everyone welcome, come and treat your loved ones on Mothering Sunday. Tickets are available to buy now from the Abbey Gift Shop. Spotlight on Lucy Terry A bit about me… I spent the first 29 years of my life in the South West of England, all the way down in the very beautiful Cornwall. I have now lived in the North East for almost 3 years and couldn’t be happier here! The countryside and the wonderful friendliness of the people here have really helped my family and I to settle in. I enjoy singing with my local choir when I’m not taxiing my children here, there and everywhere and getting out and about with my dog at the weekends. I have come from a varied employment background, from journalism, proofreading and copy writing to working in the veterinary world, so the role of Parish Administrator is a bit of a change for me! Everyone has been lovely so far, I look forward to continuing to meet many more faces!
Flowers We would be really grateful for any donations towards extra flowers for the Abbey for Easter. Please mark envelopes ’Easter Flowers’ and place them in a donation box, alternatively, you can leave a gifting envelope in the Parish Office. Many thanks in advance. Monday Afternoon House Group Monday house group meet on Mondays between 2.15pm & 3.45pm at Rye Terrace, Hexham alternating with Stable Cottage, Riding Mill. Please call 07866 600904 for more information. Wednesday Evening House Group We are looking at Psalm 107 in a series called ‘Exploring God’s Mercy’ by Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford. New members are welcome and can contact Rachael Haywood-Smith on 07984 398113. Friday Afternoon House Group If you would like to join us, please phone Tony on 609074 or Linda on 07718 721774.
EVENTS Poetry and Faith Lent, Tuesday 10th March, 1pm A warm welcome is extended to all poetry lovers! The Lent 2020 series will be meeting every Tuesday for an hour of reading and thoughtful discussion around ‘Care for God’s Creation’ in the Etheldreda Room in the Priory building. Please contact Mavis Ostler on 600961.
The Phantom of the Opera with Live Organ Accompaniment
Hexham Abbey, Saturday 21st March, 7.30 - 9.15pm
A screening of a special restoration of the 1929 reissue of Phantom of the Opera inside Hexham Abbey with live organ accompaniment from Jonathon Eyre. This black/white tinted silent film is part of Tyne Valley Film Festival, with Jonathon Eyre, an organist well known for his inspired and engaging live soundtracks to silent films. £15 from forumhexham.com or Forum Cinema, Hexham
Silver Screen, Thurs 26th March, 2.30pm ‘Rear Window’ (1954). Classic Hitchcock thriller. A photographer watches the private life dramas of his neighbours and suspects murder. Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Tea, coffee and cakes in the North Transept. Everyone welcome, it’s free but donations to Abbey Funds are welcomed.
Perspectives Men’s Breakfast, Saturday 28th March, 8.30-9.45am Hosted in the Tea Room on the Wall, the Very Rev’d Michael Sadgrove will speak on ‘Grown-up Christianity: what am I learning?’. Ordained in 1975, Michael retired as Dean of Durham in 2015, in the year he turns 70, he plans to retire from public church ministry. Here, he offers us a ’brief, but personal retrospective, but not– I hope– in any self swerving way!’ Cooked breakfast costs £10 and for more information and booking details please see perspectivescvfm.btck.co.uk Breakfast at Tiffany’s Saturday 28th March, 3pm In association with the Tyne Valley Film Festival, we would love you to join us for an afternoon tea in the beautiful setting of the Great Hall, followed by a screening of the wonderful ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ featuring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly… the most hilarious heroine who ever rumpled the pages of a best selling novel! Afternoon tea is served from 3pm, film screening starts at 4.30pm. There will be an intermission/comfort break. Please call 611904 or email [email protected] to book. £13.50 with afternoon tea, £3.50 for film only.
The Prayer Group meet each Thursday morning at 9.30am to pray together. Please contact Barbara Rowarth via 01434 394204 with any prayer requests that you may have.
The Pastoral Visiting Group is always happy to hear from a Church Member, perhaps housebound, who would like a visit. Please contact Margaret Meade via the Office.
Sunday 8th March 2020 2nd Sunday of Lent 8.30am Holy Communion President Rev’d Canon Dr Mary Warner 10.00am Parish Eucharist and Baptism President Rev’d Nigel Warner and Preacher Rev’d Canon Mary Warner Rev’d Canon Dr Mary Warner Reading Genesis 12:1-4a Reader Rosemarie Herdman Intercessor Judi Cornforth Kyrie Russian Traditional Organ Clarke The Prince of Denmark’s March Sanctus & Agnus Charpentier Motet Hilton Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake Hymns 627 608 510 493(omit v.4) 6.30pm Choral Evensong Officiant Rev’d Claire Robson Readings Numbers 21:4-9, Luke 14:27-33 Reader Keith Lombard Responses Sanders Hymns 452 554ii Anthem Walton Set me a seal upon thine heart Psalm 121 Canticles Wood in D
Abbey Services this week Monday 9.00am Morning Prayer 9th March 5.00pm Evening Prayer 5.40pm Christian Meditation Tuesday 9.00am Morning Prayer 10th March 12.00pm Holy Communion Nigel Warner 5.00pm Evening Prayer Wednesday 9.00am Morning Prayer 11th March 9.30am Holy Communion Philip Cunningham 10.15am Tots’ Praise 6.30pm Choral Evensong Nigel Warner Thursday 9.00am Morning Prayer 12th March 9.30am Prayer Group 6.30pm Choral Evensong Philip Cunningham Friday 9.00am Morning Prayer 13th March 5.00pm Evening Prayer Saturday 9.00am Morning Prayer 14th March 5.00pm Evening Prayer
Sunday 15th March 2020 3rd Sunday of Lent 8.30am Holy Communion President The Ven Peter Robinson 10.00am Parish Eucharist President The Ven Peter Robinson Readings Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11 Reader Derek Hughes 6.30pm Choral Evensong President Rev’d Canon Frank Dexter
Reading Joshua 1:1-9, Ephesians 6:10-20 Reader Hedley Everett
For your prayers We pray for those who are unwell or who have asked for our prayers: Edna O’Neil, Doreen Beniams, Ralph Mayland, Steve Wilkinson. We pray for all those who have died and all those who mourn: Derek Harris, Nancy Harbottle
Parish Office: 01434 602031 or [email protected]. Opening hours: 9am - 3pm. In the case of a pastoral emergency please contact Rev’d Jeremy Thompson, Area Dean on 600268.