JULY

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

          and from Easter until September our team of stewards make it possible for us to open the church for visitors to enjoy on ;--

          Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.  (Wed. 1pm - 3pm,       Sat. 1pm -  4pm)  

SUMMER CONCERTS ---Sunday afternoons at three o'clock

This year’s series includes a good mixture of talented performers, instrumental and choral.

SUNDAY, JULY 13th,
Wansbeck Music Festival Young Musicians
Local musical talent from previous winners of the
Wansbeck Music Festival

Charlotte Christensen... Flute
Charlotte was winner of the highest award from the Wansbeck Music Festival – the Elsie Tunney Prize and Bursary, and was also the major prizewinner at the Ryton Festival.

Isolde Roxby ...Soprano
Isolde has been a major class winner in the 2007 & 2008 Festivals and has made a big impression on audiences in the area with her superb voice.

Laura Attwood... Cello
Laura has also had a very successful year having been awarded a special bursary by the Morpeth Music Society to aid her cello studies.

Helena Pearson ....Harp
Helena has been a member of the National Children’s Orchestra for 5 years and is a member of Young Sinfonia. She studies harp with Janet Bennet.

Hayley O’Connelley ...Trombone
Hayley is our youngest performer and she has already been winner of several classes in both our 2007 & 2008 Brass Festival Weekends – run in partnership with the Northumberland Brass Band Association.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10th,   N.B. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE of DATE
Lemington Male Voice Choir

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st
North Wind

Concerts will again be on Sunday afternoons at three o’clock.

Admission by programme, £5 including refreshments.
If you would like to be on the mailing list please contact our concert secretary Liz Underhill via the vicarage 01670 817220, leaving your name and address.

ST BARTHOLOMEWS FAYRE 2008

Fayre weekend is upon us once again – and it seems like only yesterday when the last one took place! New eye catching schedules are NOW available and the programme of events for this year reads:

FLOWER FESTIVAL : (in St Bartholomews Church)
This year’s theme: TRANQUILITY

(preview evening on Friday August 22 at 7pm at a cost of £3 per person including wine, nibbles and live music by the Denlyn Quartet)

Viewing Times:
Saturday August 23: 10am - 4pm
Sunday August 24: 1.30pm - 4pm
Monday August 25: 10am - 4pm

SATURDAY – AUGUST 23:
THE VILLAGE SHOW:
exhibits will be received from 7.30am onwards before judging takes place at 11am. This year a new class is open to adults who have creative writing skills – by entering a piece of poetry prose or a short story. In the children’s photography entry, the subject will be ‘mischief’

ANOTHER NEW VENTURE:
SCARECROWS: another new venture to be held over the weekend will be a class section within the schedule for children’s scarecrow entries as well as a class for adults – the stipulation being that the scarecrow is no taller than a broom handle! Children from Windsor and Moorside first schools are to participate and it is hoped the entries can be displayed at some vantage point in the village.

Village Show – open to viewing by the public 1pm - 4pm

Refreshments will be served all day in the Centre, including pre-booked luncheons.

SUNDAY – AUGUST 24:
Parish Communion – 9.30am

Village Show – open to viewing by the public 1pm - 4pm

VILLAGE PAGEANT: 2pm – King John and his company progress along the prom to the Black Pearl to be greeted by the good folk of Newbiggin – (See below for more details).

The charter is presented and all are entertained.

Refreshments served during the afternoon in the Centre

6.30pm – Village Songs of Praise (in Church)

MONDAY – AUGUST 25:

From 10am onwards, refreshments will be available all day in the Centre including pre booked luncheons.

THE FAYRE:
(11am - 2pm in the Church Centre)
Stalls, family fun, sale of produce etc.

Liz Underhill will be delighted to receive donations for the Jewellery, Fine China/Glass & Collectables stall; for other stalls, including tombola and chocolate tombola, donations – from the beginning of August - will be welcomed by Josie Armstrong.

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CEILIDH: To be held in Newbiggin Sports Centre on Friday August 29, 7.30pm-11.30pm. Tickets available from Bill Sampson.

 

 

2008 Pageant

This year’s script takes a gallop through the history of Newbiggin to the present day.
The audience will meet early Christian pilgrims and other visitors from the past including foreign invaders, fisherfolk, Royalty, miners and ‘day-trippers’ alighting at the station with buckets and spades at the ready. Meanwhile our ‘Couple’ (Ebb & Flow) are bemused observers of all these events but are having trouble entertaining themselves……..
Flow: Let’s have a game of ‘I Spy’.
Ebb : No. I’m sick of ‘I Spy’.
Flow: Why?
Ebb: Everything begins with S— sun, seagull, sky, sea, sails ……..

Slick and sophisticated it isn’t— but it is great fun.

If you can spare a bit of time to help present this years event (and we need a cast of thousands), please contact Stan Green or the Vicar.

 

REGISTERS

Holy Baptisms
‘Made one with Christ’
June 8th    Will Jon Robinson
                   Ruby Grace Davidson
June 22nd Finley Oliver price

Funerals
‘May they rest in peace and rise in glory’
May                 Robert Dawson Robinson
May 30th        Gladys Tuck
June 18th       Hannah Marshall

June 30th       Elsie Lark

 

Years Mind
‘May light perpetual shine upon them’

July 15th         William Bell
                        Bob Cessford
July 17th        Graham Emery
july 23rd         Margo Galley
                       John Shea

A Prayer Guide

Week beginning July 6th;  7th Sunday after Trinity

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Gospel : Matthew 11 : 16-19, 25-30

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Week beginning July 13th;  8th Sunday after Trinity

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Gospel : Matthew 13 : 1-9, 18-23

Week beginning July 20th;  9th Sunday after Trinity

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Gospel : Matthew 13 : 24-30, 36-43

Week beginning July 27th;  10th Sunday after Trinity

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Gospel : Matthew 13 : 31-33,44-52

Please also pray for those involved in this years Lambeth Cinference,

which begins at the end of the month.

The Lambeth Prayer:

Pour down upon us, O God,
the gifts of your Holy Spirit,
that those who prepare for the Lambeth Conference
may be filled with wisdom and understanding.
May they know at work within them
that creative energy and vision which belong to our humanity,
made in your image and redeemed by your love,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.