Sunday 21st April The Fourth Sunday of Easter11:00am Parish EucharistWednesday 10am Holy CommunionSunday 21st April The Fifth Sunday of Easter11:00am Parish Eucharist Followed by the APCM at the InstituteFoodbank –Weekly message from Lynda Delf: This week 12 kg of food was donated in Church, this will provide meals for 15 people, additionally £40 was given and another Parishioner gave 6kg of food and £10. Your generosity is much appreciated by people who need to use our foodbanks.We are still in need of jam, sugar, rice, as well as tinned meat, potatoes, vegetables, spaghetti hoops, rice pudding and fruit. We always need longlife milk and fruit juice, as well as household cleaning materials and personal toiletries. Many thanks for your support, our foodbanks could not continue without your help. LyndaOur Lent - Easter Outreach campaign on behalf of Medical Aid to Gaza will run from Ash Wednesday, February 14th, to the Sunday after Easter, April 7th. Please see the Outreach notice board inside the South door of church for information about the charity we are supporting and how to make a donation. There are gift aid envelopes on the shelf under the notice board.Parish MagazineMany thanks to those who have contributed such interesting articles for the next issue of the Parish Magazine. The new issue should be available from Sunday 28th April (the day of the APCM).Copies will be delivered to regular subscribers as usual. Extra copies will be available to purchase (price £1:50) from the back of church.Confirmation: There will be a confirmation service on Saturday May 11th at St. Margaret’s Durham, please let Peter or Gavin know if you would like to be confirmed.Christian Aid Sunday, Sunday 12th May: Our regional organiser, Ronni Moore, has kindly arranged to speak in church on the first Sunday of Christian Aid Week. She will be up-to-date on how last year's collection (remember the pea soup?) was spent and current highlighted needs. In the Institute afterwards we will hold a Bring and Buy event similar to last year, with soup and cheese. Please start thinking about plants, books, jigsaws, bric-a-brac and home produce...any more ideas? ...and if you would like to be on the team or just a happy customer. Interceders at the Parish Communion: There will be a session for the interceders on Wednesday 24th April at 4pm at the vestry. If you would like to begin doing the intercessions at the Parish Communion, please let Peter know.Annual Meeting: The Annual Parochial Church Meeting of members of the Electoral Roll will take place on Sunday 28th April after Parish Communion. The purpose of the meeting is to receive all the reports of the Church’s activities throughout the year, and to elect Churchwardens and PCC members.The annual report including financial statements will be sent out via email during the week and paper copies of the full report will be available at the meeting.Durham Churches Together Forum: 'How Green is Our City: Change Begins with Us'. Wed. 24th April, 7.00 - 8.30pm., at Elvet Methodist Church.A panel of speakers: Tom Bray and Flo Wright (student) representing the University;Steve Macdonald DCC Low Carbon Team; and Robert Song - theologianWith All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter
The tomb is empty.The bells ring out to herald the risen Lord, and the central celebration of the church's year goes its joyous way. 🙂
ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ: ᴀʟɪᴄᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴛThe paschal fire burns on after the paschal candle has been lit, and the Creation Window shines into the night. After the austere stripped-back church of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the altars were dressed again and candles returned as we said "Christ is risen!" for the first time of the season.
David Stancliffe sets the scene.ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ: ᴛʀᴇᴠᴏʀ ꜱᴍɪᴛʜOn Sunday 10th March we were privileged to host David Stancliffe and the musicians of the Bishop's Consort and hear Bach's St. Matthew Passion in its intimate 1736 form, sung in German and accompanied on period instruments. Following the parallel texts in German and English while listening to the players and singers produced a surprisingly powerful, even at times harrowing effect. A glitch in the heating meant that the orchestra had to re-tune once or twice, but even that made its contribution: when the narrator sang Ah Golgotha, unhappy Golgotha! The Lord of majesty must scornfully perish here as the instruments gently drifted off-key, the effect was electrifying. This was a remarkable way to prepare to celebrate Easter.The principal soloists were Beth Yates, Owen Ravden, Chris Why and Ben Kazez, and the Bishop's Consort was led by Helen Roche and Toby Hawks.
