Durham Churches Together New Year's Eve Service at Durham Cathedral
- Occurring
- for 1 hour, 30 mins
- Venue
- Durham Cathedral
- Address Durham Cathedral, Durham, DH1 3EH
Durham Churches Together are holding a special New Year's Eve service to reflect on the year past and welcome the new year to come. We join our friends in Christ from the various churches in and around the City for this service at the Cathedral.
An ecumenical candlelit service to which all ages are invited. A candlelight procession (bring your own candles or lanterns) will depart Durham Market Place at 5pm and proceed to the Cathedral to join those who prefer to gather in the Cathedral.
Preacher:
Father Andrew Downie, Parish Priest of St Cuthbert's Catholic Church, Durham and Catholic Chaplain to Durham University.
Everyone is very welcome.
And John testified, ‘I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, “He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.’
(John 1:32-33, New Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition).
The Collect of the Day:
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was circumcised in obedience to the law for our sake and given the Name that is above every name: give us grace faithfully to bear his Name, to worship him in the freedom of the Spirit, and to proclaim him as the Saviour of the world; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
(Common Worship).
A Prayer as we Approach the New Year:
Gracious God, as the trappings of Christmas get packed away and we
turn our minds to the New Year, we thank you so much that your
astonishing gift of love for us will never grow old, never wear away
and never be out of season. Help us to remember and treasure those
moments over Christmas when we have felt that love welling up in
us. Help us to keep making room for it in our hearts, and help us to be
even more enthusiastic to share it with others.
Amen.
(Lyndall Bywater, UKI Boiler Room Team, The Salvation Army UK and Ireland).
Another year its course has run;
thy loving care renew:
forgive the ill that we have done,
the good we failed to do.
(Verse 2 of Hymn #82, O God, whom neither time nor space by Horace Smith 1836-1922, Common Praise - A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern).
St Oswald's wishes you a New Year filled with the joy of God's love, the blessing of his hope and the promise of his presence.