INSIDE: June 2019 Page 3 Rector of is to be new of Huntingdon Page 5 Update from the Synod Page 6 Children and Youth – Luisa from St ’s Page 7 Wellbeing for clergy Page 9 Share Direct Debit Scheme Newcastle secures £4.2 million National Lottery grant

NGLAND’S most northerly ca- Cathedral hall to provide new staff, vol- with the and Chapter. Our deep thedral is set to be transformed unteer and visitor facilities. appreciation also goes to the generosity after securing a multi-million A significant sum will go towards cre- of the many trusts and donors who have pound grant from The National ating imaginative ways of interpreting donated the match funding required by LotteryE Heritage Fund. the unique civic, industrial and spiritual The National Lottery Heritage Fund.” Thanks to money raised by National stories that the Cathedral encapsulates The Bishop of Newcastle, the Right Lottery players, ’s in its monuments, ledger stones (the Reverend said: exciting heritage project, Common commemorative slabs on the floor), and “This will inspire people for genera- Ground in Sacred Space, has been windows. Visitors will also tions. It is wonderful news for the whole awarded £4.2 million. The project will be able to enjoy a fulfilling and emotive of our that Newcastle Cathedral see the Cathedral re-established as a art, architectural and heritage experi- has been successful in securing this dynamic community hub and a key ence in the Cathedral with new and support from The National Lottery Her- attraction in with exciting activities and an events pro- itage Fund. The funding will see the significant improvements to the public gramme for schools, families, commu- Cathedral greatly enhanced as a place space outside and an overhaul of its nity groups, and tourists both from the of welcome and worship, and its pres- interior to accommodate more visitors, region and further afield. ence in the city centre will be trans- activities and events. Explaining the importance of The formed. This further investment in the Newcastle Cathedral’s ambitious National Lottery Heritage Fund award, continuing development of Newcastle’s Common Ground in Sacred Space pro- the , the Very Rever- medieval quarter is creative and excit- ject will revive and transform the his- end said: “We are thrilled to ing for the City and for the Church.” toric fabric of the unique and beautiful have received this once-in-a-lifetime Physical work will begin in early 2020 building and its churchyard, to revital- support. We are delighted that the with the launch of the redeveloped ise the medieval church’s civic role National Lottery Heritage Fund has put Cathedral and grounds at Easter 2021. throughout the centuries as the centre their trust in us and provided a magnifi- The Common Ground in Sacred Space of city life for locals, families, tourists cent resource to enable us to deliver a project is expected to create seven new and pilgrims alike. sustainable future for Newcastle Cathe- jobs, one hundred new volunteer The total cost of the project is expect- dral. opportunities, and attract over 100,000 ed to be almost £6 million and The “We have a passionate and highly visitors to the Cathedral every year. National Lottery Heritage Fund grant is committed team who are really excited ■■ Newcastle Cathedral is actively bolstered by additional funding from to be delivering such a big project in the committed to engage with all the Cathedral’s supporters, benefactors Cathedral’s history. After years of care- stakeholders. To find out more and to and charitable trusts. A large slice of the ful planning, we are confident that our get involved in the Cathedral’s total cost will pay for the physical project will embrace and meet the Common Ground in Sacred Space changes inside and out, including needs of the people of Newcastle and project, please register your interest removal of the pews; installing under- the region, including the vulnerable, by emailing: floor heating; renewing the Nave residents, and tourists, by making [email protected] or floor to create a stunning sacred space common ground.” telephoning: 0191 232 1939. open and flexible space; Commenting on the award, John landscaping the Squires, Chairman of the Newcastle south and east Cathedral Trust said: “The news of this The Very Revd Geoff churchyards; National Lottery award is joyously Miller, Dean of Newcastle and trans- received. It duly rewards the excellent forming the base- preparation over the past several years shares his excitement ment beneath the by the Cathedral Trust working closely about the news: PAGE 5 2 generous engaged open ’ Diaries June New opportunities to work for the Diocese This is not a full list of the Bishop’s engagements, but includes the items we think might be of particular interest to you. BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE

3rd 10am Bishop’s Study Day, Linden Hall 6.30 pm Meeting and Supper with Deanery Lay Chairs 4th 8.30 am Bishops and ’ Meeting 5th House of Bishops Standing Committee 7th Bellingham Deanery Walk 9th 10am Sunday Eucharist, Alston Group of 10th 10am Safeguarding Advisory Group Generous Giving Adviser 7pm Meeting and Supper with Area Deans (3 days per week) 11th 2pm Riddell Lecture Committee This is a new post created to help us promote 12th 9.30 am Bishop’s Staff Meeting, Bishop’s House generous giving as part of our discipleship. The 14th 10am Hexham Deanery Walk role provides an exciting opportunity to input into 16th 10am Newcastle Cathedral, Confirmation diocesan strategy but is also a key delivery post; 4.30 pm St. Michael and All , Howick delivering a range of programmes and initiatives to encourage and promote generous giving. The role is 17th – 19th Strategic Learning Community about changing the way we do things. Closing date 20th 11am School Leavers Service, Newcastle Cathedral 29th May. 6pm Society of Catholic Priests, Newcastle Cathedral Generous Giving Officer 24/25th Meeting of Pastoral Advisory Group (3 days per week) 26th 10am Newcastle Central Deanery Walk A new post created to support the Generous 7.00 pm Ordination Supper and Swearing of Oaths Giving Adviser delivering our Generous Giving 27th 11am Caring Hands AGM Programme. The job holder will undertake research 28th 6pm Ordination Charge, Shepherds Dene and gather and analyse data around giving. They 29th 11am Ordination of Deacons, Newcastle Cathedral will work alongside the adviser to deliver a range 4pm Ordination of Priests, Newcastle Cathedral of programmes and initiatives to encourage and promote generous giving using social media, as well as getting out and about in the parishes and talking to clergy, PCC treasurers and others. Both of these posts are fully funded by Allchurches Trust Limited. 1st 10am Readers’ Executive 2nd 6pm Commissioning of new RC Team, St Michael-le-Belfry For further information, please visit https://www.newcastle.anglican.org/vacancies/ 3rd 9.30am Bishop’s Study Day 7pm Area Dean and Lay Chair meeting, Bishop’s House 4th 8.30am Bishops and Archdeacons’ meeting 5th 10am NECAT Trustees Meeting, Durham Gospel Readings 12noon Joint Bishop’s Staff Meeting, House, Durham 11th 6pm Diocesan Ministry Council Saturday John 16.23-28 Monday Matthew 5.38-42 12th 9.30am Senior Staff Meeting 7th Sunday of Easter John 17.20-end Tuesday Matthew 5.43-end 7.00pm Licensing, Revd Lee Cleminson, Percy Main and Balkwell Monday John 16.29-end Wednesday Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18 13th 8.30am Final Year Ordinands’ Day Tuesday John 17.1-11 Thursday John 6.51-58 14th 11am Resource Church Steering Group Meeting Boniface (Wynfrith), Friday Matthew 6.19-23 14th – 16th Parish Weekend for Chester-le-Street Bishop, Martyr, 754 John 17.11-19 Saturday Matthew 6.24-end 17th – 19th Strategic Learning Community Thursday John 17.20-end 1st Sunday after Luke 8.26-39 20th 10am Deanery Conversations Meeting Friday John 21.15-19 Monday Luke 1.57-66,80 1.30pm School Leavers Service, Cathedral Saturday John 21.20-end Tuesday Matthew 7.6, 12-14 7pm Clergy Dinner Whit Sunday John 14.8-17 [25-27] Wednesday Matthew 7.15-20 25th TEI Annual Meeting, Wycliffe Hall Monday Matthew 5.1-12 Cyril, Bishop, teacher of 26th 7pm Ordination Supper, Bishop’s House Tuesday John 15.12-17 the faith, 444 Matthew 7.21-end 27th One Life Mission Visit, Southwell Wednesday Matthew 5.17-19 Irenaeus, Bishop, teacher and Nottingham Diocese Thursday Matthew 5.20-26 of the faith C.200 Matthew 8.1-4 29th 11am Ordination Service for Deacons, Cathedral Friday Matthew 5.27-32 Saturday Matthew 16.13-19 4pm Ordination Service for Priests, Cathedral Saturday Matthew 5.33-37 2nd Sunday after Trinity Luke 9.51-end Trinity Sunday John 16.12-15 CONTACT US Comings & Goings The Link, Church House, St John’s Terrace, . NE29 6HS. Tel: (0191) 270 4100. APPOINTMENTS The Revd Dr Dagmar, currently Rector of Email: [email protected] and Bishop’s Adviser for Women’s Facebook: m.me/ncldiocese Ministry has been appointed Bishop of Huntington in Twitter: @ncldiocese The Revd David Jeffrey Sudron, currently Vicar, the . Instagram: @NclDiocese St Peter and St Luke, has been appointed Assistant (House for Duty) of the Benefices of Link is produced ten times a year by the , with joint The Revd Rachel Hudson, Assistant Curate in the issues for August/September and December/January. Views expressed Whorlton with Carlton and Faceby, Rudby in Team Ministry, has also been are not necessarily those of the Diocese or the editor. Cleveland with Middleton, and Crathorne, with effect appointed as the Bishop’s Adviser for Counselling The editor is pleased to consider articles or letters of not more than 350 from 24 June 2019. and Wellbeing. words for publication. 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Oh dear… I think I might have just embarrassed myself again! to be next Bishop I have tried to do as I am told and sign up for the ‘old members’ group of a training course I have been sent on, but I think I accidentally signed up to the old boys network of a posh school which has a very similar name. I am trying not to chuckle as I think of them desperately searching their list of old students trying to work out who Bishop might be. And then of Huntingdon my mind wanders into all sorts of possibilities… … might I get invited to all sorts of posh events? And if I went (which of course I wouldn’t because I am boringly sensible, and it would just get awkward), should I pretend to know people and be offended that they have forgotten me? I wonder what kind of back story I could invent for myself? More importantly, I wonder who I would meet, and what kind of interesting stories they would have to tell. It’s a stupid daydream, of course, rising from my feeling a bit silly to have got the wrong website, but it is actually quite interesting to watch what happens when a stranger joins a group of people who are already friends. At one extreme some groups engage the new person in a beautiful and kind way which transforms the whole group and brings out the very best in the new stranger. At the other end of the spectrum, some groups will never find themselves able to welcome a newcomer, be that for good reasons or not so good ones. It makes me think about how we welcome visitors into the churches of our Diocese. Or of what we learn through the feast of Pentecost in a few weeks’ time. How do we react when God appears in unexpected ways in our lives? How do we react as individuals and how do we respond as groups? I think that I have experienced times when I am very open to God appearing as a stranger in settings in which I have become comfortable, and times when I have had to work hard not to resent Him turning up and expecting me to change. It can be uncomfortable, and even a bit embarrassing sometimes. But, hey! We all get a bit embarrassed sometimes, and sometimes it leads to great things (at least when God is involved). Happy Pentecost when it comes. Hymn books free to a OWNING Street has announced . I look forward to a host nificant contribution to the life of Newcastle that Canon Dr will of new experiences: the Fens will be quite dif- Diocese for many years. Her ministry here has be the next Bishop of Huntingdon ferent to the Uplands! I have been hugely valued and she will be greatly good home... in the Diocese of Ely. loved living and working in Newcastle Dio- missed. Dagmar will move to Ely Diocese with DDagmar is the Rector of Hexham and has cese for almost twenty years and saying good- our love and we will be holding her in our served in the Diocese of Newcastle since 1999, bye is not going to be easy. prayers as she prepares for her Consecration.” Red hardback hymn books initially as Associate Vicar and Deanery Train- “There is a remarkable connection between This announcements follows shortly after ing Officer in Hexham. From 2006 she was Hexham and Ely: Etheldreda gave the land for the news that former Rector of Hexham (2004- Hymns A&M New Standard Rural Affairs Officer for the Diocese as well as the building of Hexham Abbey and in Ely she 2014), The Rt Revd will become Priest-in-Charge of Kirkwhelpington with founded a monastery on the site which is now the 72nd . Bishop Graham, Kirkharle, Kirkheaton and Cambo, and for a . I believe this legacy of generos- currently will be formally 40 Words copies while Area Dean of Morpeth. 2015 saw her ity and prayerful commitment is rooted in the enthroned as Bishop of Norwich at Norwich return to Hexham as Rector. Since 2005 she life-affirming, encouraging and inspiring love Cathedral in late autumn. 13 Melody has been a member of General Synod for the of God which we see in Christ, and I look Dagmar will be consecrated on Wednesday, Diocese of Newcastle, since 2012 on the Bish- forward to working with Bishop Stephen and 3rd July at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Tick- 1 Words and Music op’s Senior Staff team. many others to share this in the Diocese of ets must be booked by 24th May by contacting The Bishop of Huntingdon is a Suffragan E l y .” Lesley Towers on 0191 285 2220 or email l. Bishop and Dagmar will work alongside the The Bishop of Newcastle, The Right Rever- [email protected] . Please across the whole Diocese which end Christine Hardman said: “I am delighted inform Lesley if you will be wearing robes. Contact: Father Phil Hughes comprises Cambridgeshire, the western quar- that the Church has discerned God’s call on Dagmar’s final service as Rector of Hexham ter of Norfolk, and some adjacent parishes. Dagmar to be the next Bishop of Huntingdon, will take place on Sunday 7th July, 10am at 0191 2980925 or Dagmar said: “I am honoured and delight- and I know that she will be a blessing to the Hexham Abbey. 07975 84 73 86 ed to have been invited to become the seventh Diocese of Ely. Dagmar has made a very sig- 4 generous engaged open Setting Book review ‘Look at the Birds of the Air’, by Revd Jenny Lancaster God’s People Free Online Resources

At our series of Setting God’s Mark reading his book People Free workshops and through our survey, you told us that you would like resources to ‘LOOK at the Birds of the Air’ is a new out that Jesus wasn't unique in saying ture of Proverbs and Job is develop confidence and skills in book by one of our diocesan laity. people can learn about God from replete with many references to birds. the most in the sharing our faith with others. In Mark Winter is an active member of birds. People learning from birds Birds play key roles in the Bible as Bible and Mark devotes a chapter to response, the project group are St Michael and all Angels in Felton, about God was not an idea unique to Mark's book explores. They are each one: the dove, eagle, chicken, developing an online resource but he is also a keen birdwatcher. For Jesus. He followed a rich Jewish tradi- important in the lives of prominent owl and raven. Overall, his book is an with recommendations on useful the past 15 years, he has been leading tion going back to Moses of people people like Noah, Elijah and Peter as easy to read biblical study guide, as books, websites and courses. unusual retreats on Holy Island and observing birds and drawing lessons well as Jesus himself. Strange forms of well as a personal account of the joys Have you read a book, been on at Shepherds’ Dene that combine about God's character and purposes. birds appear in the dreams and of watching birds. a course, or visited a website that watching birds with the Christian Moses sang of God being like a parent visions of prophets like Ezekiel and As a keen birdwatcher myself, who has really helped or inspired you faith. Now he has written an unusual eagle catching its young to prevent Daniel, while other prophets warn of has attended Mark’s birdwatching to share your faith with others? book about the birds that feature in them falling. The psalmists spoke of birds acting as agents of divine judge- retreats on Holy Island, I recommend If so, please email rev.karen. the Bible. the Lord protecting them like a bird ment on Israel's rulers and people. ‘Look at the Birds of the Air’ unreserv- The book takes its title from the with wings. Prophets like Isaiah, Jere- Birds appear in prophecy and poetry, edly. It costs £10 and is available from [email protected] with details teaching of Jesus who told his follow- miah and Ezekiel repeatedly used wise sayings and songs of worship, Amazon. If you prefer, you can buy it of the book, course or resource. ers to look at birds and learn about bird imagery to proclaim what God even in the intimate conversation of direct from the author by emailing lessons about God's love. Mark points was doing, while the wisdom litera- two lovers. Five kinds of birds feature [email protected] growing church bringing hope 5 St Mary’s, Longframlington welcomes lambs to its morning service View By Revd Michael Hepper SET in the heart of rural from the Northumberland, St. Mary’s, Longframlington, has many opportunities Lantern to engage with the life of the countryside as we ask for God’s blessing on our farms and rural The Very Revd Geoff Miller, Dean of Newcastle industries. Recently, we shares his excitement about the news that had the joy of welcoming Newcastle Cathedral secures £4.2 million some of this year’s lambs National Lottery grant for its ambitious into our morning service. transformative project, Common Ground in Not only did they prompt Sacred Space us to pray for our hardworking shepherds Geoff says: “In getting this wonderful award of £4.2 and herdsmen but they million pounds we owe a massive thanks to The also acted as a lovely National Lottery Heritage Fund. They’ve put huge visual aid to illustrate the confidence in us to deliver a place, a community, an truth that our God, “like a activity of history that people can interact with in , takes every possible way. care of his people. He And that’s not difficult to do. Anyone who gathers them like lambs visits our Cathedral knows that in every stone, in in his arms. He holds every glass, in every bit of its fabric the history of them close, while their Newcastle and its people is written large. Do come mothers walk beside The lambing service and see it. But it’s not just for the casual tourist. It’s also for him” (Isaiah 40:9,11 ERV). schools, for other working groups of various kinds. Anyone who wants to come and find out about who we are as a people here would do well to come to the Cathedral. But not just the Cathedral. Close by you could visit the Castle, you can visit the Lit and Phil, you can visit Diocesan Synod the Mining Institute. These are wonderful sites that tell the tales of Newcastle, as it is, as it was and as it Synod summary by the Diocesan Secretary, Canon Shane Waddle (e-mail [email protected]) will be, one of the best places on earth.” Making sacred space common ground HE Diocesan Synod met on Saturday heard that the Department for Education now Environment “One of the great things about Newcastle 11th May at the Dr Thomlinson saw the Church as a partner rather than a Tony Thick (Morpeth Deanery) gave a presen- Cathedral, I keep saying this wherever I go, is Church of Middle School, stakeholder with a million children in Church tation about environmental concerns which that we’re not separate from the city in any way. Rothbury. Sound recordings from of England schools across the country. 25% of included the environment debate and motion You won’t find any manicured lawns or medieval theT meeting are available at: https://sound- our children in the North East attend a Church cloisters. We’re set smack bang in the middle [of the included at the February meeting of the Gen- cloud.com/diocese-of-newcastle of England or Roman Catholic School. eral Synod. city] with all the cars, all the life of the Bigg Market, The Bishop gave a Presidential Address and The Synod heard about the major changes day and night, all going on around us. That, for me, used a poem of the Annunciation by Denise in education and the challenges for all schools The General Synod had voted to: is what makes us unique and wonderful because Levertov to highlight the Kairos moment the to help children achieve their full potential. ■■ recognise the escalating threat to God’s this Cathedral, this Church, is for the people of Diocese of Newcastle was facing and the need Equipping clergy to serve our Church and creation from global warming and climate Newcastle, everyone. And we keep saying that and to look at the anxiety that diverts us from Community Schools across three local change, and the suffering caused, particularly banging that drum. reaching a new landscape that we can glimpse authorities was a key objective of the Team’s to the poor; If you visit, live in, come to, even glance at but cannot reach. The Bishop explained that work. ■■ develop Shrinking the Footprint (StF) to Newcastle from a train, we want you to know that we had reached a point where we needed to Paul gave an insight into the Joint Educa- enable the whole Church to address the issue this Cathedral signals a welcome to you. A welcome to be part of a community that wants to give praise face up to our situation and address money - tion Team’s day-to-day work which sees it of climate change; to God, but wants to give praise to each other and an issue that causes so much anxiety. The engaging with leaders to ensure standards ■■ call on every Diocese to have an environ- worth to each other.” Address helped the Synod to recognise that and achievements are met and that the dis- ment programme with a designated member the lack of money can blight lives and prevent tinctive education offering, which is deeply of the Bishop’s staff team to lead and advocate us from moving forward. Christian, is thriving. Enhancing Newcastle Cathedral as a place of for the programme; and welcome and worship In facing up to our situation the Bishop set The presentation was followed by a time for ■■ call on the Environmental Working Group, out that although we had a theoretical 101 sti- questions and a copy of the sound recording “The Cathedral’s been a place of worship for over supported by the national teams for the CofE 900 years. We like to think of being like a pulsing pendiary posts across the diocese we could and the presentation slides are available at Environmental Programme (CoEEP) and Mis- not afford to have all of those posts occupied. www.newcastle.anglican.org heart at the centre of the city of Newcastle providing sion and Public Affairs to: a kind of lightning rod to spirituality and to things Customarily we had balanced our budget i. Rapidly accelerate CoEEP esp re through vacancies. These vacancies were that are bigger than our everyday activities, and Financial Accounts 2018 energy use and CO2 emissions; infuse our everyday activities with meaning. So for becoming longer and the number of vacan- Canon Simon Harper, Chair of the Board of ii. Make tools for energy and CO2 us the fact that we can now make sure that worship cies was growing which in turn was not help- Finance presented the Financial Accounts for checks by churches/halls etc to help will continue, but more than continue, do so within ing to address the missional opportunities in 2018 and explained that the underlying posi- reduce CO2 emissions by 80% a setting that is beautiful, awe-inspiring, stunning… our parishes. Realistically the income we can tion for 2018 was a £123,000 deficit. Parish by 2050; All those superlative words I want to go on about… raise from Parish Share and income from Share contributions were 3.2% less than the iii. Promote peer review between In a sense that gives us a great confidence in who other sources, including the National Church, amount received in 2017 and parishes had especially re investments/ we are and a desire to make what we do in the meant we can afford approximately 80 stipen- managed to contribute 89.9% of the amount property/land use. worship of God even better than we thought could diary posts and work was in hand to develop requested. be.” an intentional deployment strategy based Canon Harper highlighted the challenges In his presentation, Dr Thick explained the around the realistic number of posts that can for cashflow due to the fact that the greatest work that was now needed for the Diocese of Delivering a sustainable future for Newcastle be afforded. expenditure for the Board of Finance was the Newcastle to become an Eco Diocese and that Cathedral The Synod used the Bishop’s Address to payment of stipends and salaries which were over the coming months information would “We have been waiting so long for this news. reflect on how we can move forward beyond paid monthly whereas many Parish Share be shared across parishes and deaneries to We thought could we wait any longer really. But the block caused by our anxiety over money. contributions were received towards the later help to inform people about the need to then when you get good news like we’ve got, the The Address and the discussion with the part of the year. He encouraged a regular pat- engage in environmental matters and to help waiting’s worth it isn’t it. Everybody is so excited Synod is available as a sound recording at tern of contribution to help offset some of the prepare the Diocesan Synod for a wider because for us personally we’ve put so much work www.newcastle.anglican.org/synod challenges of maintaining sufficient opera- debate about the environment at its next sit- into it but, even more, because we can see now tional cash to support the day-to-day activi- ting in September. that there is a whole momentum about making this Other business within the Agenda included: ties. Dr Thick’s presentation included a video of Cathedral, our Cathedral, something to be really The Synod, sitting as members of the Dioc- the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres call- proud of. Not that we’re not proud of it now but Education esan Board of Finance, received the financial ing for action on climate change. Links to the we think with all this work we’ll be hugely proud The Synod welcomed the Diocesan Director statements for the year ending 31 December presentation, including sound recording and of it and we’ll be able to share it with so many of Education, Paul Rickeard, who gave a pres- 2018. slides, and the video are available at www. more people. So really for us it’s a red letter day – entation about the impact the Church has on The Financial Accounts for 2018 together newcastle.anglican.org/synod fantastic!” the involvement in education of 13,000 chil- with a shorter summary are available at www. The Revd Mark Nash-Williams has been dren across the Diocese. newcastle.anglican.org/synod appointed the Bishop’s Adviser on the envi- View the video of The Very Revd Geoff Miller, Paul explained the significance of the ronment e-mail: environment@newcastle. Dean of Newcastle speaking of his excitement Church’s mission in education. The Synod anglican.org at the news via this link: https://youtu.be/ XiCjipD8hxE 6 generous engaged open Young People Speaking

EARLIER in 2019, 16 people aged between 8 and 19, from eight churches situated between the Tyne and the Tweed, met together for an afternoon. Facilitated by peers, they shared views on what they wanted to celebrate about their experience of church, and what they would like to change. Their recommendations can be found in the report, ‘Lis- tening to the Voice of Young People in the Church.’ (Avail- able from Judith at [email protected]) In the report we learn that: ■■ Those young people really appreciate the friendship, love and community of their churches. ■■ They want to make a difference in their local commu- nity and in the world. ■■ They are keen to get involved and to take responsibility for organisation. ■■ They love spending time with their peers, including those from other churches. ■■ They want to know more about the Bible. Judith Sadler, Children & Youth Team Here is what some young people in Throckley and Leader and Development Officer have to say about it. “It’s always good to share your stories with other people” Luisa from St Michael’s, , Durham Diocese. From that I was one of the two peer facilita- met young people who helped me tors Judith mentioned above. grow in my faith.” Her commitment to her local church is obvious from the sheer (Not to mention facilitating amount of time she gives to it, the Diocese’s day of listening and yet she still finds time to to young people, which she is spend time with Christian young clearly too humble to bring up!) people from across the region. Luisa’s faith is inspiring to all at St Michael’s, but sometimes you just need a friend your own age.

“I also like meeting peo- ple around my age because normally I always talk to people who are older than me and I feel like they don't always understand me. It's important to spend time with young people who share the same faith because you get a good friendship out of it. Whenever you’re in doubt you can go and ask your friends and they would Planning the Diocese’s help you. They can pray for you. I Listening to Young People Day like it because it's always good to in April share your stories with other peo- ple, stories like when God's been “I personally think spending there to help you through your time with other young people tough times and how he's helped is great because we get to learn in positive ways.” about what each other believes, what are their experiences with So what is her advice for other faith and how they came to faith. churches as they seek to support Everyone has a different experi- the one or two young people in ence - personally I've always been their congregations? brought up in a Christian family. Sharing these stories is great be- Luisa and members of the MINE cause you get everyone’s opinion, Girls’ Group preparing to lead not just yours. It opens up your Tenebrae with a Twist mind and it makes you ask more questions.” “The advice I would give to oth- Luisa has taken a wide variety er churches would be that I think of opportunities to expand her that churches should spend time horizons and get to know more of with each other, but it would have her wider church family. to be on a regular basis. If you only do it once, no deep connections “I've been able to spend more would be made. Do it even if it's time with young people by going not the same kind of church! Give to various youth events at different young people more of a chance churches, doing Christian holiday to meet each other and let them camps, and recently I've done a Luisa reaffirming her baptismal share their experiences with others growing young leaders course with vows in the sea… in December! and also learn from others.” growing church bringing hope 7 Sounding twelve years in Alston Wellbeing Campaigners at St Augustine's Church, gas emissions – campaigners including Mark Nash-Williams said: "There is no for Clergy Alston rang church bells on the Monday of the vicar, his wife Bar, Maxine Shepherd, challenge more urgent or critical than Holy Week to highlight the urgent need to Rebecca England and David Pinder handed tackling climate change — the bell tolls tackle climate change. The Revd Mark out flyers at various locations around the for us.” By Revd Nash-Williams and others were involved in town. The Climatekeys “Sounding Twelve the event, part of the “Sounding Twelve Bar Nash-Williams said: “We believe in Years” initiative is taking places in churches Rachel Years” initiative, which was timed to a good quality of life for all, with people and other places of worship over the coincide with the launch of Extinction living off local produce, farming next six months to highlight the twelve Rebellion’s campaign. and livestock which won’t impact on years we have in which to drastically cut Hudson, While the bellringers, Josephine climate change. greenhouse gas emissions, if we are to Dickinson and Alice Bondi, did a repeated “We had children engaging with our avoid catastrophic climate change. If Counselling ring of each bell 12 times – marking the posters and people tooting their horns in your church would like to be involved, twelve years which the IPCC tells us we support. On the whole the response was please see http://www.climatekeys.com/ and Wellbeing have in which to drastically cut greenhouse surprisingly upbeat and welcoming.” soundingtwelveyears Consultant SHALOM WELLBEING seems to be the latest trendy concept – a need to focus on how we best function and live with ourselves and one another – at a time when anxiety and poor mental health appear to be on the increase. Shalom is an ancient Hebrew word, frequently translated simply as peace, but more accurately focused on a much stronger concept of wholeness, restoration and wellbeing. When things are out of alignment there is a need to bring shalom to people and situations. Shalom is an action, producing a state of wellbeing. I am delighted to see the take seriously the need for wellbeing for clergy. As General Synod debates and approves a final proposal of a Clergy Covenant for Wellbeing this month it is a personal joy to be invited to action this within the Diocese of Newcastle. My hope is to offer those whose lives and ministries may seem ‘out of kilter’, space and focus to be restored. Each deacon, priest and bishop is unique and no one approach fits everyone, but with our diocesan team of counsellors, we can offer a private and confidential space in which clergy can ‘make’ shalom within themselves. Each month I hope to produce a thought provoking column for clergy and church members to consider how collaborative ministry and mutual care can lead to the flourishing and wellbeing of us all. There is much we can do to help ourselves and one another, within the body of Christ, to be restored. Most contemporary HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH psychology can find its roots within the Scriptures, where the open expression of DUNBLANE CRESCENT, DENTON emotion, lament and faith are held in honest Lego tension

COMMUNITY DAY ■■ Email: counsellingandwellbeing @newcastle.anglican.org project ■■ Telephone: 07974 410 409

& FESTIVAL New role for Revd update Rachel Hudson Saturday 8th June 12 -4pm The Bishop of Newcastle is pleased to from Jacqueline Atkinson, announce that Revd Rachel Hudson will be Come along and see our children and families community project Adviser for Counselling and Wellbeing from 1st Holy Spirit Church, Denton May 2019. Rachel will lead and coordinate this Take part in our Keepmoat Homes new service on behalf of the Diocese of big thank you to all who have donated Lego for Newcastle, with a focus on mental health and ‘Build a Lego House’ competition with a prize for the winner the Building Lego Bible Stories Children and wellbeing as well as providing confidential Family Community Project at Holy Spirit counselling for clergy and licensed office Entertainment from: Church, Denton. The response to Lego dona- holders. WEST DENTON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR tionsA has been overwhelming. Rachel has been a counsellor and The idea has always been for the children to look at psychotherapist for over 20 years, specialising SOPHIE’S COMMUNITY STREET DANCE the stories in the brick bible and to think about which in working with clergy and church leaders for bible story they would like to do and then build their the past 10 years. She has worked as a clinician, BEVERLEY HERON SCHOOL OF DANCE interpretation of it. supervisor and trainer and most recently has Now you can come along and see the wonderful dis- been the Vice Chair and Clinical Consultant for EVEYONE WELCOME play of 12 Bible Stories as seen through children’s eyes, the national Churches’ Ministerial Counselling FIRE ENGINE / VARIOUS STALLS / FACE PAINTING / TOMOBOLA / CAFE / FOOD AND on Saturday 8th June 12 – 4pm at Holy Spirit Church, Service. A Newcastle University graduate in REFRESHMENTS AND MUCH MORE Dunblane Crescent Denton. Biblical Studies, she had an early career in Displays include: Jonah and the Big Fish, Noah’s Ark, teaching and youth work prior to retraining. The Crucifixion, The Resurrection, The Garden of Eden, Rachel returned to the northeast in 2007 and LET’S PUT THE SPIRIT BACK INTO COMMUNITY The story of the lost sheep (yes, we built 100 Lego sheep) was ordained in 2017. She is licensed to the 99 on display and one lost in the church, can you find it? Cramlington Team Ministry where she will For further information please contact: Jacqueline Atkinson, Children and Families And much more! continue to serve alongside this new role. Missioner Tel: 07990019355 Email: [email protected] Come along and see how your donations have made this community project happen. 8 generous engaged open ‘Building into the Future’ - Holy Rood House GOD'S TENT: A CONVERSATION@ Appeal 2019 THERRC WITH THE REVD BENJAMIN CARTER If you are about in West Tynedale at about 3pm on the third Sunday of the month, you might see a Bell Tent pitched near a river or on a hillside: this is God’s Tent. God’s Tent is a new expression of worship, which explores ancient patterns of faith in new ways in the beauty and richness of God’s creation. This conversation will be an opportunity to talk about what God’s Tent is and could become and how God’s Tent, or an idea like it, could grow in the varied landscapes and contexts of the North East. When: Saturday 6th July 2019 11am – 1pm Where: Church House, Percy Main, North Shields, NE29 6HS Holyrood House Gods Tent VESTMENTS AND SPIRITUALITY: A By Revd Elizabeth Baxter they find calm, peace and healing within CONVERSATION@ the inclusivity of our gentle, Christian THERRC WITH THE REVD community. Our educational work too is AN you support Holy Rood vital to the flourishing of our guests, com- WALDEMAR NION House at the most important munities, churches and wider society. point in our history? Our gardens support the mental, phys- Waldemar will be exploring vestments not We need to raise £1,250,000 ical and spiritual health of our guests, from a historical perspective so much as a toC buy Holy Rood House and Gardens through connection with nature, and the theological one, which allows both Priest and and continue the work of healing, retreat freedom of open spaces. They are here the rest of the People of God into a closer and education into the future. too for the local community, children union with the Divine. Following our 25th anniversary year and our many other visitors. When: Wednesday we are very pleased to have a once in a On Saturday 27th July, from 6pm, 18th September 6pm lifetime opportunity to purchase Holy Reader, Sara Bedwell and Revd Elizabeth – 8pm. Rood House and Gardens from our land- Baxter from are opening their Where: Church House, lords, so we can continue our unique and homes and gardens for a SUMMER SUP- Percy Main, North professional work locally, and across PER. With live music and entertainment, Shields, NE29 6HS Britain. to raise funds for the unique and life-sav- All are welcome! Places People of all ages find their way to Holy ing work of Holy Rood House. Tickets are limited and must Rood House. Many are unwell, stressed available by telephoning 01668 281450. and distressed. They may be living with No fixed price but there is a suggested be booked in advance. mental ill health, chronic or terminal ill- donation of £10. To book, please contact ness. People who have suffered abuse, ■■ For further information about the appeal the RRC: 0191 those living with loss, transition, or car- speak to Revd Elizabeth Baxter or 375 0586 or enquiries@ ing for others, find respite, retreat, pasto- Nick Warwick on 01845 522580 resourcescentreonline. ral care and a place to relax and ‘be’. Sup- ■■ Email: [email protected] co.uk Revd Waldemar Nion ported by the chaplaincy team, our ■■ Website: www.holyroodhouse.org.uk counselling service and creative arts, ■■ Charity no: 1099836. Growing Anna Chaplaincy across Newcastle Diocese Debbie Thrower, national lead Anna Chaplain, visited Newcastle Diocese on 15th May, to meet up with the recently commissioned Anna Chaplains and other interested parties. Debbie travelled up from London for a flying visit to speak about the growth of Anna Chaplains across the UK and abroad, as well as the growing importance of a ministry for older people and the need for more Anna Chaplains to work in care homes and out in the community. Statistics are constantly showing that the numbers of older people living longer is set to continue over the next three decades so the work of training and placing Anna Chaplains becomes more important. Debbie Thrower ■ visiting Church House ■ If anyone is interested in exploring Anna Chaplaincy further please email [email protected] growing church bringing hope 9 New platform to help communities thrive together with stronger bonds

Hello Hope event

’M Viv Frost, and I’m just beginning to explore Pi- oneer Ministry! I live in and my work- ing life is rooted in self-employed business man- agement, working with my family of self-confessed serialI entrepreneurs who possess a gifted eye for ‘the g a p ’. As I spent time talking with others from our commu- nity, I noticed a gap. Many wonderful charities were daily serving and supporting local people, however when I mentioned these charities in conversation many had not heard of the charities and many of the charities themselves did not know about each other either. It is a similar situation with church initiatives; people simply do not know what is happening around them. So in March this year, I launched a platform called “Hello Hope” Meeting People Changing Lives. The aim of the platform is to simply connect people, charities, community services and church. I have a passion to see people maximize their potential and for communities to thrive together with stronger bonds. Our first event saw 17 charities gather in one room for an all day awareness conference. Relationships were forged and our local medical practice have offered us free use of a 20-seat clinic room in their surgery as a safe space for talking therapies. Being a Christian I believe in hope, and I also believe in the influence of the local church, its greatest asset being its wonderful living stones. Pioneering is very Left to right: Viv Frost, exciting, especially so because our all-seeing omnipres- Hello Hope and Rachel ent Lord has an eye for the gap too! Lawson, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Tel: 07926 614462 Email: [email protected] Northumbria. Website: www.hellohope.org.uk Message to all PCCs and Treasurers: Parish Share Direct Debit Scheme Did you know you could pay by direct debit? that you notify us by the end of the month transactions – If a payment is taken in error, It is a great way to pay and is the payment before you wish the change to take place, you can get an immediate refund from the method recommended by the Diocese. There as we have to give two weeks’ notice for Diocese or your bank. are 32 parishes already in the Direct Debit changes before we make our submission ■■ It helps you budget and manage your scheme. to the bank for collection on or around the cashflow as you know what you are paying Did you know…? 15th. and when. ■■ Your direct debit can be for your full Parish ■■ You only need to set it up once and it is in ■■ It helps the Diocese keep its costs down Share request spread over the year or just place for the future, and you can amend it. and better manage its cash flow, which all for part of it, (e.g. you can opt to pay half by ■■ It saves you the time and effort of helps control the level of Parish Share. direct debit and the rest by another method). organising one off payments. So please consider setting up a direct ■■ It’s very flexible! Your payment can be ■■ You can cancel it at any time. debit. To do so contact Gillian Green in the reduced, increased or set to zero temporarily, ■■ It is one of the safest and most secure Finance Team at Church House on 0191 270 at any time, by phoning or e-mailing the payment methods available. 4131 or email [email protected]. Finance Team at Church House. All we ask is ■■ The Direct Debit Guarantee covers all org 10 generous engaged open

ACROSS HAVE YOUR SAY 7. Parent getting insect with Compiled by Mary Sutton hesitation (6) Link Crossword 153 8. Unusual ox used in Old Anything catch your eye in Testament book (6) this month’s LINK? 9. Celebrity beginning, not ending (4) Something on your mind? 10. Upstart inside, idle, yet Or in your prayers? excited for the Christmas season (8) Send an e-mail, message or 11. Tall brother initially waiting letter to LINK and we’ll for intellectual (8) 13. Mother’s second church publish the best of them: service (4) 15. Stake found by a Greek Have your say. LINK, character (4) Church House, St John’s 16. Everyone with the Spanish union leader – one getting a Terrace, North Shields word of praise (8) NE29 6HS. Email us: 18. Average men being forgiven (8) link@newcastle. 20. Orderly returned it extremely anglican.org dirty (4) 21. Part of the eyeball a crone injured (6) 22. European left work with man and ran away to marry (6)

DOWN 1. Set of beliefs Ron cited wrongly (8) 2. We crunch hard, out with Southern parish’s lay officers (13) 3. Man inside for every petition (6) 4. Female depressed about the Spanish man (6) 5. Tom in place not designed for meditation (13) 6. Reserve of money used by amusing head of department (4) 12. Work not at first needing lubricant (3) 14. Cheat wanting second turn on the French river (8) 16. Woman initially unimpressed with a large yearbook (6) 17. Large snake makes us run (6) Canon Alan Hughes – A History of Parish Clergy Wives 19. A cat given minute fragment (4) DR Anne Thompson is a regular visitor to Edward VI repealed of parishes gradually Berwick Parish and recently launched her book the six articles and so encouraging clergy ‘Parish Clergy Wives in Elizabethan England.’ clergy were again free to marry. The profiles ANSWERS TO The book, based on Anne’s PhD research, to marry, however including “Honest, CROSSWORD 152 examines the lived experience and perceptions the only women discrete and sober ACROSS: 1. Sisterly 5. Able of the wives of the Elizabethan parish clergy willing to marry women, Godly, pious” 9. Cross 10. Crevice 11. following the introduction of clerical marriage. priests were said and “perfect pearls of Ascension Day 13. Access 15. Over the centuries the Church has expressed to be “disreputable precious purity, subject to Florin a mixed view on clergy marriage. In 1525, women, desperate her husband, who dress in 17. Greengrocers 20. Terrace former monk and religious reformer Martin widows, women of decent attire according to 21. Idler 22. Riot 23. Stingray Luther married former nun Katharina Von Bura, low social status her calling.” their marriage becoming an iconic episode and illegitimate The gifts of such DOWN: 1. Sect 2. Scots 3. of the protestant . Many of Jesus’ daughters of clergy.” women then began Easter Sunday 4. Locust 6. followers and The Apostles were married; Then catholic to be appreciated, not Builder Matthew writing of ’s mother-in-law queen bloody Mary only in supporting their 7. Everyone 8. Recollection and Peter had to watch his own wife put to took the throne husbands but also in 12. Daughter 14. Cheerio death! and reversed the encouraging parishioners, 16. Priest 18. Ruler 19. Pray As the Christian Church developed, priests Reformation, involving themselves in were expected to be celibate even if previously demanding a public life and pastoral Our crossword is sponsored by St married. In 530AD, Emperor Justinian had to return to clerical ministry as counsellors Thomas the Martyr Church, One declare all marriages of clergy void and any celibacy, ordering and godparents. All of this World Shop (at The Haymarket, children of their union illegitimate. However all married clergy laying the foundations ). over the centuries Roman or Latin clergy to divorce in order for today’s modern clergy A voucher to spend in the shop married, many fathering children. to stay in Holy wife or husband, each in will be sent to the Crossword Once again in 1139, the Second Lateran Orders. On Mary’s their generation bringing winner. Council banned clergy from marrying and demise, The their own distinctive and Many thanks to the One World yet many clergy continued to enter into Reformation was respected gifts to parish life. Shop relationships resulting in children, including reinstated by her I have been particularly six popes! Pope Benedict VIII banned all clergy half-sister Elizabeth I, fortunate for the unselfish children from inheriting their father’s lands who tolerated clergy marriage, though many support of my wife Susan. In addition Winner of crossword 151 is or property, which were taken under church clergy seeking out their former wives, found to being an art teacher and mother of two, Anne Cosgrove of control. that they had remarried. she has been Sunday school teacher, church Wilmslow, Cheshire The English Church Reformation came Dr Thompson’s book comes in at this point council member, writer of baptism and under the rule of Henry VIII. English catholic and describes how, under Elizabeth I the status marriage registers, church cleaner and flower Completed entries to clergy had largely remained unmarried but and role of clergy wives began to develop. It arranger, and much more. As we approach our Competition 153 should not always celibate. Henry’s ‘Six Articles’ was hard for parishes to openly welcome Golden Wedding I thank God that I did not be sent to: reaffirmed clerical celibacy. Given the relative these new clergy wives into full society, given minister in the pre Elizabethan times which Dr Competition 153, Church conservatism of the times, any women who previous public opinion of women who Thompson records in her book. House, St John’s Terrace, North associated with priests were considered to be associated with clergy. Copies of her book are available to buy on Shields, NE29 6HS. Closing of no worth. Anne’s research reveals Elizabethan records Amazon.co.uk. date: Monday 17 June 2019. growing church bringing hope 11 Inspired North East WWW.INSPIREDNORTHEAST.ORG.UK With Ian Bapty LIKE A METAPHOR Tim Hardy (formerly of the Religious Resources Centre) writes at and Such projects are not just important in themselves, but www.timbo-baggins.co.uk REFLECTING ON THREE also exemplify best practice approaches in church building spends the rest of his time raising a two year old YEARS AS INSPIRED NORTH development and community use with wide value locally, and riding a bike around Leamington Spa. regionally and nationally. EAST PROJECT OFFICER A core part of my role has been to manage the Lottery After three busy and extremely enjoyable years as Inspired Festival of Weeks, “Parthians, Medes, funded Inspired Futures project, which has been working North East Project Officer, I will be heading to pastures new Pentecost: the Tower to support the development of 18 church buildings in Elamites, Mesopotamians, Judeans” at the end of June. My new job – as Museum Development Newcastle and Durham dioceses. That project is now in its of Babel in Reverse and so forth - a collection of disparate Manager for the North East, based with the final phase – as well as development work with churches, it cultures, traditions and languages all Museums Service – might seem a to be a very different role. has involved a skills training programme and the creation IN the far distant days of yore, back in one place, with a single aim: the But actually, the issues around sustaining and caring for of resources including the Travelling Treasure mobile when everybody spoke the same celebration of both the first fruits of church buildings and sustaining and caring for the 100+ exhibition (which was featured in the last issue of Link). I language, the men in the big city the harvest and of the time the living museums in the North East (and the wide range of guess my most basic bit of learning from Inspired Futures is word of God was first given to his collections they look after) are perhaps not so different as decided on an enterprise that would that successful development of church buildings (including they first seem. bring everybody even closer together people. additional uses which complement their core purpose for I must start by saying what a total pleasure it has been in a shared venture the like of which This time, things went differently. worship) must be built around building relationships and to work on the Inspired North East project. For a start I’ve had never been (and would never In a dramatic reversal of precedent, partnerships with people and communities. Although got to know and visit the remarkable range of beautiful and again be) seen. A magnificent tower, God came down and, rather than that takes time and sometimes requires personal and important churches in the diocese. Many of these are well reaching to Heaven, that mankind causing disharmony and the team resilience, it can be done and delivers real long-term known medieval churches of high historical importance might know the secrets of God and frustration of purely human plans benefits including success in a very competitive funding (such as St Mary’s, , to name just one), but many once more, a long time since Eden, aimed at reaching up to Heaven, environment. Among the Inspired Futures churches, others which may be less obviously ‘historic’ – such as the began a long-foretold “pouring out” examples such as St Cuthbert’s Elsdon and the Haydon look him in the eye. church at St ’s, Newbiggin Hall built in 1965 – are, in Bridge churches (St Cuthbert’s and the Old Church) are now Of course, attempting to bring us of his spirit, bringing his presence my opinion, equally striking and impressive buildings with seeing the value of that development work. closer to God by impressive physical to earth for all to experience a key role in serving their communities, and have certainly So there is a simple message here which I will also be work was pretty much a total non- for themselves. Language was been an equal privilege to support. taking with me to my new museum job. If you put people starter. We’re not told how close to surprised, rather than confounded, If the buildings are special, it has been the collaboration first in church building development projects, you not only Heaven the tower got, merely that with everybody hearing the good with the remarkable people who work to manage and look have a better chance of accessing funding and growing God collectively “went down and news for themselves, in a way they after them today that has been the most fulfilling aspect successful short term projects, but your church building understood. of the job. Caring for church buildings – and doing so in confounded their language”, sowing also has a much more viable future in terms of care of its addition to a whole series of other responsibilities – is discord and distance between Of course, there were people who heritage and fabric . That said, there is still a big challenge not always an easy task, and the truth is that processes the people, putting an end to the wouldn’t or couldn’t accept this fresh around the capacity of local church teams to take such including project development, getting the necessary tower and introducing differences revelation but, on the whole, the work forward. It would be wrong to claim that a project permissions and finding the all important funding, are of language where before there event was a success, with hordes such as Inspired Futures has found all the answers to that, a challenge. But I have been endlessly impressed by the had been (admittedly misdirected) of people responding positively - and making better mutual use of relevant resources and people taking that on across the diocese, the dedication harmony. “daily being added to [the disciple’s] personnel skills across the diocese has to be a key objective they show, and the work they put it. And it is to their credit And so it has gone, throughout number”. for the future. that our churches are not only generally in good condition, It’s more or less the same today. I’ll still be available to help with enquiries and support history. All our grand projects but are creatively developing new ways for the buildings until I leave, and the good news is that we have also eventually coming to wrack and ruin We can attempt to scale the Heavens to grow and develop to meet the complex pressures secured funding for a new lottery funded project which - not necessarily through hubristic under our own steam, try to regain and opportunities communities face today. Locally led will be working with rural churches and taking forward over-reach, sometimes things just something we lost long ago, or we development projects happening at the moment at the learning from Inspired Futures. So watch this space for don’t seem to work out and we find can be open to a fresh revelation churches such as St Cuthbert’s, and St Mary’s, more information on that and the diocese’s evolving work our best efforts frustrated and our of God already among us and see Blanchland sit alongside major heritage projects which are to support the care of its extraordinary resource of church compatriots talking at cross purposes. where he is leading. One of these now at the implementation stage (e.g. the National Lottery buildings. options will eventually only lead to funded ‘Accessing Aidan’ project at St Aidan’s, ). It’s very frustrating - especially for those of us who can still dream of bad places, although the view may be utopia in these troubled times. wonderful in the meantime. The other Centuries later, all the people of might not appeal so much to our INSPIRED NORTH EAST CONTACT DETAILS: the world (well, “God-fearing Jews sense of pride or our desire to achieve IAN BAPTY, INSPIRED NORTH EAST PROJECT OFFICER from every nation under Heaven”) things for ourselves but, ultimately, were gathered once again in a single is our only sure fire way of touching TEL: 0191 2704123 E-MAIL: [email protected] city - together to celebrate the Heaven. INSPIRED NORTH EAST WEBSITE: WWW.INSPIREDNORTHEAST.ORG.UK

Noticeboard Keep up-to-date and see more details at www.newcastle.anglican.org/events Turner’s Norham: A Contemporary View, 25 8th June, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Music for Voices , Thursday 20th - Sunday 23rd June, deposit of £42 secures a place. For more details May – 3 June, Norham Village Hall. An exhibition and Trombones, All Saints’ Church, , 9.30am-5pm. 'Songs from the Shows.' Designed by please contact Mary Steventon on 01833 660237, or of Tunrer inspired contemporary artworks alongside a NE3 4ES. Bruckner: Requiem in D minor, Ecce Vivien Bolton. Floral arrangements by Stocksfield email [email protected]. collection of locally owned paintings and prints of sacerdos, Afferentur regi & Christus factus est and South of Tyne Flower Club and Friends of St Andrew’s. Norham. Further details visit https://www.newcastle. music by Haydn, Beethoven, Aumann and Lambel. Thursday open to 9.00pm during the village Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd June - Women's anglican.org/events/category/all-events/ The Concert Trombone Quartette and Newcastle Midsummer Evening; Friday 12.30 - 1.30pm: Organ Spirituality Solstice Retreat 'Wisdom Dances in Classical Players on period instruments. Tickets £15 Recital Sunday 9.30 - 11am: Festival Eucharist Delight' with the Revd Dr Jan Berry Lunchtime Live at Hexham Abbey. A series of are available from All Saints’ Parish Office Tel: 0191 213 Sunday 4pm - 4.45pm: All-Age Worship with a concerts, all are on Tuesdays, starting at 1pm 0450.For additional information and tickets please summer theme. Flower Festival, 5th-6th July, St Hilda's Parish and will last about 45 minutes. Free admission, visit www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk Church, Thornleigh Road, West . The retiring collection. 28th May, Tamsin Brown, Organ; Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd June, Holy Rood Greatest Story Ever Told. It begins with the birth 4th June, James Gaughan, Bass, David Hammond, Saturday 15 June, 7pm, Newcastle Cathedral House - Women's Spirituality Solstice Retreat: of Jesus, followed by His baptism and the calling of Piano; 11th June Robin Beaumont & Michael Haynes, Choir and Baroque Orchestra are giving a 'Wisdom Dances in Delight' with the Revd Dr Jan the first disciples. Some of the miracles are included Piano Duet; 18th June, Roger Muttitt, Organ; 25th complete performance Handel’s Messiah. The Berry. http://www.holyroodhouse.org.uk, email and ends with the Resurrection. Mostly done in June, Carolyne Storey, Soprano, Michael Haynes Girl Choristers, Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars of [email protected] or tel 01845 522580. flowers, but also as an exhibition. Friday evening Organ; 2nd July, Thomas Maxwell, Organ; 23rd July, Newcastle Cathedral Choir will be giving an exciting preview with cheese and wine at 6pm, Friday tickets Furness Community Orchestra. Further information and rare performance of Handel’s Messiah in the Newcastle Male Chorus, Saturday 22 June, 7pm £5. Saturday viewing 10am- 6pm. Saturday is free but email [email protected] . Cathedral. Many will be used to standard large scale at St Mary's, Stamfordham. An evening of music donations are welcome. performances of Britain’s favourite choral work, but and song. This talented choir entertain communities Thursday 30 May, 7.30pm – Ascension Day this performance will feature the young choristers of throughout Northumberland, from The Sage Saturday 6th July, Holy Rood House - Trauma Service, Brinkburn Priory, Longframlington, the Cathedral Girls’ Choir, and the professional singers Gateshead to village halls and rural churches. Tickets Training Day with Helen Proudley - Working NE65 8AR. A special Eucharist service with Bishop of the choir’s back row. The instrumentalists will be cost £5, under 12s are free. To reserve tickets contact with adults sexually abused as children. From Steven Pedley, in the historical setting of Brinkburn some of the North of England’s best early music [email protected]. 9.30am for 10-4pm. For all those involved with Priory. players. They will be performing on the kind of Pastoral Care. instruments that would have been used in Handel’s Sunday 23rd – Wednesday 26th June, Retreat http://www.holyroodhouse.org.uk, email enquiries@ Saturday 1st June 12.30pm, Music for a first performance. Do book tickets now. Tickets £15 for clergy spouses – Finding God Amidst Life’s holyroodhouse.org.uk or tel 01845 522580. summer's afternoon - Musica Johannis, Saint available from Eventbrite. https://www.newcastle. Changes, Shepherd’s Dene. This June there will Church, Grainger Street, anglican.org/events/2019/06/15/handels-messiah/ be another silent retreat for spouses of serving, retired Satursday 27th July, from 6pm, Reader, Sara Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5JG. Free entry, with and non-stipendiary ministers, as well as widows. Bedwell and Priest, Elizabeth Baxter from retiring collectionwww.stjohnthebaptistnewcastle. Saturday 15th June, 7pm, Adante Chamber They are a varied group and would welcome more Wooler are opening their homes and gardens co.uk , [email protected] , 0191 232 0483. Choir, St Cuthbert’s, Norham, TD15 2LF. A people to join. The retreat leader will be Revd Hazel for a SUMMER SUPPER. With live music and relaxed evening of summer music with guests the Ditchburn, and her theme is ‘Finding God Amidst entertainment, to raise funds for the unique and Saturday 8th June – Holy Rood House - Open Cheviot Wind Trio. Free admission with donations to Life’s Changes’. The retreat at Shepherd’s Dene, is life-saving work of HOLY ROOD HOUSE, Centre for House and Gardens. http://www.holyroodhouse. Norham Church’s concerts and charities fund. from 4pm on Sunday 23rd June, until after breakfast Health and Pastoral Care, Thirsk. Tickets available by org.uk, email [email protected] or tel on Wednesday 26th June. The cost is £210 for the full telephoning 01668 281450. No fixed price but a 01845 522580. Flower Festival, St Andrew's Church, retreat, but there is the option to come to part only. A suggested donation of £10. 12 generous engaged open growing church bringing hope

News from Christian Aid North East with Fiona Stoddart, TOWARDS A Regional Coordinator for Northumberland and Tyne & Wear SAFER CHURCH With Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser Ruth Rogan www.newcastle.anglican.org/safeguarding Christian Aid PANORAMA AND ■■ The system in place for providing counselling support and/or redress for THE INDEPENDENT complainants, victims and survivors. INQUIRY INTO CHILD There are a further 12 areas that will be considered. SEXUAL ABUSE Whilst Newcastle Diocese has not been and will not be a case study, week 2019! In recent weeks, there has been the recommendations from the considerable publicity about the independent inquiry will affect every church’s failings to respond diocese. The five recommendations compassionately, effectively and from the report published on the 9th appropriately to victims and survivors May are: abused by clergy, with evidence that ■■ Introduction of safeguarding the reputation of the church and its guidelines for religious communities. senior clergy was the Church’s highest ■■ Amendment to Canon C30 i.e. for priority. This left victims and survivors church officers to have ‘due regard’ as disbelieved, unsupported and this term lacks clarity about what exactly traumatised. it means. Whilst this publicity has focused ■■ Amendment to the Sexual Offences primarily on the Dioceses of Chichester Act 2003 to include clergy within the and Lincoln, other dioceses cannot definition of a position of trust. think they are ‘off the hook’. ■■ Sanctions for failures to comply with There is a further public hearing safeguarding procedures. in July, which will look at the current ■■ Disclosure of internal reviews to the safeguarding arrangements across the national review body. Anglican Church including: For more details about the ■■ The cultural attitudes towards recommendations, or to access the full safeguarding and whether safeguarding report, please go to www.iicsa.org.uk has been embedded within its If you have a safeguarding concern or structures. have been affected by any of the recent ■■ The procedures for reporting abuse publicity please contact Ruth Rogan within the church and steps taken to 07825 167016. r.rogan@newcastle. remove barriers to reporting. anglican.org or Andrew Grant 07741 ■■ How the church manages concerns 633 670 [email protected]. about the capability of staff and clergy to org fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.

NOTHER year, another in- to Teesside. From all the team in the peratures. HSBC were praised for credible Christian Aid Newcastle office, we say an undeni- the action they have taken so far, week! What a busy few ably HUGE THANK YOU to every- moving some of their investments weeks it has been in the one who has been involved in out of fossil fuels, but were urged to leadA up, but yet again your hard whichever way, you truly are the go further and end investment in work has paid off and we can safely reason we can raise people out of coal power in Indonesia, Vietnam say we’ve had an amazing Christian poverty all around the world and Bangladesh. Aid Week 2019 standing together through generosity, solidarity, and As we start to see the early effects with mums in Sierra Leone! None of action. We really hope you felt part of climate change it is those living in the fantastic things we achieve of this joyful Christian Aid week cel- poverty in the global south who are around the world would be possible ebration and we look forward to the most vulnerable. Money raised without all of you who give, act and seeing what next year brings! during Christian Aid’s Lent and pray with us. Your time and efforts Easter appeal will support commu- organising and planning activities Christian Aid Big shift nities affected by climate change in and collections literally make a campaign! the Philippines, Burkina Faso and world of difference to the people During Lent campaigners joined Kenya. who need it the most. We’ve had Big Christian Aid in calling on HSBC to Christian Aid as part of the Cli- Brekkies run by guide groups in take action on climate change, mate Coalition is encouraging peo- Brunton Park, an evening event in handing in letters and petitions to ple to join a mass lobby of parlia- Morpeth sharing traditional food branches of the bank across the ment on June 26th. 1000s of people and stories of Sierra Leone, bring region. The action was part of a from across the country will be gath- and share lunches in Durham, and national campaign by Christian Aid ering in London to urge their MPs to a Ceilidh in Norton as well as so urging the global bank to ensure its take urgent action on climate many church collections and of activity is in keeping with the Paris change. To find out more and to get course House to House collections Agreement’s target of keeping the involved, visit aid.org.uk/thetimeis- spanning the whole of the North global warming rise within 1.5 now East from the Scottish borders down degrees above pre-industrial tem-