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| Driving around to deliver Advent calendars to young families, I couldn't resist stopping to photograph this extraordinary clear sky between the dark hills and the oppressive cloud. |
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Getting ready for Advent
Saturday 30th November 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
The Last Supper
Sunday 24th November 2013
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| The Parish Communion at Thorneyburn included the dedication of a tapestry worked by a member of the congregation, a wonderful devotional focus at Communion. |
Saturday, November 23, 2013
A morning at Elsdon
Saturday 23rd November 2013
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| Residents of Elsdon at the final clearing up of the bonfire... |
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| ...as I made my way to St Cuthbert's Coffee Morning. |
Monday, November 18, 2013
Middle School Visits
Monday 18th November 2013
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| On the way to the Tarset valley...
to meet Year 6 of the Middle School at St Aidan's Thorneyburn
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Income Tax
Wednesday 6th November 2013
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| It is said that only two things are certain "death and taxes". I'm not sure if that's true, but today the inevitability of Income Tax confined me to the house for most of the day. |
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Thursday 14th November 2013
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| Our resident blackbird enjoying cotoneaster berries
For me, yesterday was one unscheduled thing after another until the evening's PCC meeting which was actually in the diary. Today has been visits from Year 5 of the Middle School coming to St Cuthbert's Bellingham as part of their topic on the local area's history, geography and heritage.
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Across the Wannies
Tuesday 12th November 2013
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| The view towards Sweethope Lough as I crossed the Wannies on my way to a lunchtime meeting of Area Deans discussing how to make better provision for clergy to develop their ministry. |
Monday, November 11, 2013
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 10th November 2013
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| Bellingham cemetery chapel where we held the joint Remembrance Service with Bellingham Cadets on parade |
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Frosty November
Saturday 9th November 2013
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| After the early mist has cleared
Today included a pre-Christmas Fair in aid of St Cuthbert's Bellingham and preparations for Remembrance Sunday.
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Friday, November 8, 2013
St Aidan's Club
Friday 8th November 2013
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| St Aidan's after-school Club looked at trees, seeds and autumn leaves; thought about the Garden of Eden and family trees; each sowed a seed to take home (hoping to grow an oak, beech, sycamore, hawthorn or rose), shared some apples and wrote their prayers of thanksgiving on appropriately-shaped leaves to be hung on a tree in church on Sunday. |
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Water in Church
Wednesday 6th November 2013
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| A school visit to look at how we use water in Church involved a doll being brought to the font wearing the christening robe that had been worn by her owner (carrying her) in this very church. |
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Guy Fawkes night
Tuesday 5th November 2013
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Bonfire night at Elsdon |
Monday, November 4, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
All Saints' Sunday
Sunday 3rd November 2013
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| Candles lighted in memory of the departed whom we love but see no longer here on earth in this life. We thank God for them and for the saints drawing us with them towards the infinite love of God. |
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Pause in the week
Saturday 2nd November 2013
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| Zeb sits to please me but his paw keeps me where he wants me. (Sorry about the flash in his eyes.) |