Welcome to Christ Church, New Seaham!
Belong - Believe - Become - Bless
We are delighted to announce that Bishop Sarah has appointed the Revd Anita Burke to be Priest-in-Charge of Christchurch New Seaham.
We are delighted to announce that Bishop Sarah has appointed the Revd Anita Burke to be Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church New Seaham. We are expecting Anita to be licensed at some point this autumn
As a church we serve the needs of the New Seaham community and in new ways and endeavour to reinvigorate Christian mission in the parish.
We're a family friendly Church where visitors and newcomers, young and old, always find a warm welcome... we're all about building family and community.
We hold a Communion service every Sunday of the month at 10.00am in the Church appart from the last Sunday of the month when we celebrate an interactive lay-led "Growing Together" service.
We also host a 'Cafe Church' service, Sunday evenings, 6.30pm - experience a warm welcome in our Church Hall, a safe place to explore faith in a way which suits you, always with a cuppa with cake!
We hold a mid-week short communion service at 11.30am on Tuesdays in our Community Hub know as 'The Well' in our Church Hall, and stay afterwards for a light lunch and cuppa (pay-as-you-feel).
Morning prayer takes place with the team at 9.30am every Tuesday.
On Wednesdays the Church is open for all to join us in Morning Prayer at 9.30am and every fortnight during our prayer walk on Fridays (setting off from church at 10.00am). - commencing weekly from November 2025.
Our monthly prayer meeting for our local community takes place every 2nd Thursday of the month, 6.00pm. Join us in praying for our church family and the community of New Seaham.
Our community hub, 'The Well', is held weekly on Tuesdays (10am-2pm) offering pay-as-you-feel refreshments, various table-top activities and free groceries at our People's Pantry.
Tuesday evenings, 6pm, we host our discipleship group (Believe & Become) in the Church Hall.
On Thursdays (10-11.30am, term time) we welcome children and carers to our Church Mice Toddlers (0-3yrs olds) and every other Friday we enjoy the outdoors with a local prayer walk.
For Baptism/Christening enquiries please attend a Sunday service and speak to Rev'd Anita afterwards over refreshments.
For Wedding and funeral enquiries please contact Rev'd Anita directly on [email protected]
The Parochial Church Council of Christ Church New Seaham is committed to creating and maintaining a safe and nurturing environment for everyone, especially for children, young people and vulnerable adults.
It has adopted and approved the Church of England policy for promoting a safer church. This policy deals with all aspects of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and can be found on the Diocese of Durham safeguarding pages: https://durhamdiocese.org/category/safeguarding/
To discuss any safeguarding concerns relating to Christ Church New Seaham please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer Debbie Finkel by email [email protected].
Concerns can also be raised with the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor, Beth Miller – who can be contacted as follows:
Address: Cuthbert House, Stonebridge, Durham DH1 3RY
email: [email protected] or [email protected]
mobile: 07968 034075
or concern can be raised with the local Police on 0345 606 0365 or Durham County Council – Children and Adult Services - First Contact - on 03000 267 979.
