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Mothers Union

Annual General Meeting 9 January 2012

The meeting was again held at Newbiggin Golf Club.  We were delighted to welcome Adrian Burton, Manager of The Hawthorns in Ashington, who had come to pass on the thanks of the residents for the donations of food and toiletries sent during the year.  He was assured of our continued support.

The Treasurer's Report showed that the Branch continued to remain in a sound financial position.  This has enabled us to make a payment to church funds to cover the cost of heating and lighting the Church Centre for our monthly meetings.  Fundraising events during the year were well supported, in particular the Daffodil Lunch, which resulted in £450 being sent to the Mothers Union AFIA appeal.

An overview of the year's activities, events and invited speakers was given to members by the Secretary, which highlighted the friendship and fellowship shared in the Branch.

Carol's report to the membership expressed her thanks not only to the committee but to the whole membership for their support and generosity throughout the year.  Carol also thanked the members for undertaking extra support work and a raised workload during the current interregnum.

The meeting was followed by an excellent dinner in a warm and convivial atmosphere.

The next meeting will be held in the Church Centre on Monday 13 February when the speaker will be Eileen Brown and the theme "Two-way Family Favourites".

 

Margaret Norman 1921-2012

On a fresh, bright day when Margaret would have been trundling along the prom, we were instead saying "Goodbye" and handing her back to our Father, in a celebration of her life with a wonderful choice of hymns, in a well attended church service, sympathetically conducted by Rev Alan Simpson.

Margaret had a fierce determination to live her life to the full regardless of incapacity and pain.  Her tenacity was to be admired, but finally her body submitted and she left this precious life and entered intp that new stage of life in which she firmly believed.

Being a long time member of the Mothers Union and the Womens Institute, her interests were varied - her love of the Arts, Creative Writing and, in earlier years, holidaying with friends, travelling with her children and supporting local charities, including the RNLI.

After meeting husband James during the war and arriving to life in Newbiggin, they shared a loving happy marriage made complete with the arrival of children Ann and James.  Although coming from the south, Newbiggin has been her home for many years and she will, undoubtedly, be remembered as one who entered into and was interested in all village life.

Carol

 

FROM THE REGISTERS

Holy Baptism
“We welcome into the Lord’s family”
22 Jan           Owen Harris

                      Taylor Harris

                      Nicole Arkle

Weddings
‘”One within the love of Christ’”

Funerals
“May they rest in peace and rise in glory”

10 Jan            William Twizell Dent

16 Jan            Margaret Smith

17 Jan            Elizabeth Armstrong

19 Jan            Lily Margaret Norman

23 Jan            Margaret Green

25 Jan            Audrey Leonard

26 Jan            Monica Bell

26 Jan            John Hetherington

27 Jan            Marshall James Joseph Watkinson

Year’s Mind
“May light perpetual shine upon them”
6 Feb             Annie Elizabeth Wake

7 Feb             George Wake

9 Feb             Leslie Graham

23 Feb           James Shepherd

Church Floodlighting

The church was lit in January for the following people:

Monday 16          John and Eva Park

Wednesday 18   Vi Campbell

Sunday 29          Mavis and Billy Donald

The church will be lit in February for the following people:

Tuesday 2           The Maxwell Family

Thank you for your donations.  If you would like to floodlight the church for any special occasion, please contact Bill Sampson.  The suggested donation is £5.  On days when there are double bookings, the revenue raised will be used to light the church at weekends.

 

PRAYER OF THE MONTH

O Thou who camest from above

A lovely warm good mood to impart

Kindle a sense of selfish love

And warm the cockles of my heart!

There let it for my glory burn

Through self-congratulatory haze

Then shall we to each other turn

And name good works with fervent praise!

Thus I confirm my heart's desire

To work and speak and think for me

O let me sit by cosy fire

And think of what I'll get for free!

O please gloss o'er Thy Holy Word

As I with blinkered eyes ignore

The poor, the sick, the sore disturbed

Yet who, in fact, is really poor?   

by Nigel Beeton