All eyes are beginning to drift towards Brazil for the Fifa World Cup and as they do so many of us football addicts really do believe the sentiments behind this quote from Bill Shankly: ‘Someone said to me ‘To you football is a matter of life or death!’ and I said ‘Listen, it’s more important than that’.’ Bill Shakily But is it? …
Change
After returning from our latest lent pilgrimage, we walked from Seaton Sluice to North Shields in the damp and fog… it sounds worse than it was! It was actually quite a beautiful experience, as we have wandered over the last few weeks we have picked up various things, today we looked at various large stones that were resting in the …
Community???
As I look out of the window of my office this morning, once again its another foggy day in the North East, in the midst of the fog of changing times when faith communities are grappling with issues of human sexuality, poverty and a whole host of other issues, many churches are asking the question… what are we about… I …
Psalm 23
Hi folks, This weeks Sunday@thePub is all about curry! We are meeting earlier at 7.30 at Shikara to eat together… If you would like to join us then why not message me? It would be great to have you with us… Our next wanderer pilgrimage is on Sunday 30th March meeting at 2.00pm at North Shields Fish Quay car park by the …
Lent Pilgrimage 1
This time of year is always special to me, the reason is that the darkness of winter starts to give way to the promise of spring and summer and I love that! I am not a winter person and I always look forward to the opportunities that spring brings, the chance to enjoy longer days and to get out and …
Lent
Hi folks, As we begin lent, I wonder if you have thought about what you have given up or taken on? It’s not to late for you to do something though… Here are a few options for you… Why not join in with 40 acts this is about being generous, check out the website below or follow them on twitter @40acts. Or …
Lent Pilgrimage 2014
A Lenten Pilgrimage – We will be walking along the coast from North Shields to Seaton Sluice each week during lent, culminating with a BBQ on the beach sometime after Easter. The dates and times are below. It’s not just about walking, every so often on our wander we will pause for a short reflection or a bit of local history, …
Transfiguration
Hi folks, I hope you are having a good week? This weeks Sunday@thePub is meeting at the usual time of 8.00pm and we are meeting at The Ye Old Ship Inn in Monkseaton. We hope that you can join us. This weeks reflection comes from this Sunday mornings lectionary reading about the transfiguration. you can read it here Also have a look at the attached …
Love the Lord your God…
Hi folks, This week at d-church we have been reflecting on love, and as part of our evening we had a look at this passage from Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’ This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love …
