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The most important meal of the day ?

My mother always told me it was breakfast!
Getting off to a good start is important, and for some of us that includes getting the week off to a good start by taking some time off from our every-day concerns… the worries… the work (or the lack of it) the care for ourselves and those who depend on us. Coming to church is not about getting your ticket stamped by God or me or anybody else, it is about spending some “quality time” practicing your faith (and everything worth doing needs practice). Worshipping as part of the congregation of the parish involves praying for the parish, listening to the scriptures, considering what they mean for us here in Newbiggin in our own time, and then, for most of us, sharing bread and wine in remembrance of the meals shared by Christ with the disciples, and indeed His sharing of Himself with them and us in many other ways too.
Now we are trying a new pattern to our worship. The PARISH BREAKFAST I wrote about last month begins on Feb. 7th. and we hope that this monthly pattern will encourage people of all ages to set aside an hour to start the month with us. The “breakfast” part of the proceedings will not, I’m afraid, be “Full English” , but this chance to meet together after worship has
always been an important part of the life of the Church ever since its earliest days.

Why not copy and keep this list of dates, or give it to a friend and bring them along ?

Start the Month...Parish Breakfasts  

Feb. 7th   — Would you Adam and Eve it?
March 7th— Meet the Bishop (Bp.Martin Wharton of Newcastle)
April 4th   — EASTER (eggs for all !)
May 2nd  — Love feast
June 6th  — Life after death
July 4th   — It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it.

                                                                                Judith