SePTEMBER

          We welcome visitors to Newbiggin to join us for worship in St. Bartholomew's at any time of the year.

            For times of services, see "Services" page.

HARVEST FESTIVAL   Join us to celebrate this year's harvest on Sunday, Sept. 19th.

Parish Communuion (with Sunday Svhool) 9.30am

Songs of Praise, 6pm

Free t ickets available at bot services for the Harvest Supper and auction on Monday 20th, proceeds

of which will go to support the work of Sister Elizabeth Dawson, who grew up in Newbiggin and now heads a network of projects supporting disadvantaged children in her capacity as Leader of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Bells are ringing for the world

Bells will be ringing out all over the country at noon on Sept. 22nd to mark the beginning of crucial international talks at the U.N. General Assembly. The talks are part of the continuing effort to improve awareness of human responsibility for the diversity of natural life on the planet. Very appropriately they fall in the week after our own Harvest Festival, a time when we give thanks for the bounty of the harvest we enjoy and support those less fortunate than ourselves. We are fortunate here in Newbiggin to be surrounded by plant and animal life along our shore, but it is easy to take this for granted and human ignorance and apathy is responsible for the extinction of more and more species each year.
In towns and cities churchyards are often important oases for wildlife and plants, and the Church of England is one of the official partners in the United Nations biodiversity project.
Dr. Jill Hopkins, the Church of England’s National Rural Officer, says “Ringing the church bells is a great way for the wider community to be reminded and to celebrate the beauty of creation.”
Bill Sampson will start the ringing at Noon and anyone who would like to try their hand at ringing the bells at St. Bartholomew’s is welcome to join him.

Pakistan Flood Relief
Following the very successful extended Saturday Coffee & sales on August 14th (to coincide with Newbiggin’s first Farmer's market) we have been able to send £500 from the parish to the flood relief programme. THANK YOU to all who helped make this possible.

P.C.C. The church council meets next on October 7th at 7pm.

REGISTERS
Holy Baptisms
“We welcome into the Lord’s family”
August 8th Erin Leigh Wealleans
Jack Morris Wealleans
Brandon McKenzie Scott
JohnJames Darin Scott
August 22nd James David Fish
Harvey Lee Alserton

Weddings
‘One within the love of Christ’
August 14th James Thompson &
Gemma Louise Todd

Funerals
‘May they rest in peace and rise in glory’
August 2nd Norman Halliday
August 3rd Doreen Robson
August 7th Ronald Ashurst
August 10th Francis Guy

Years Mind
‘May light perpetual shine upon them’
Sept. 2nd Olive Foster
Sept. 5th Jack Johnson
Sept. 12th Jane Amy Elliott
Sept. 18th David Laws
Sept. 18th Kenneth Elliott
Sept. 25th Lilian Scott