All Saints' Sunday

Sunday 30th October 2016

Rector and Server after the Eucharist at St Peter's Falstone

We all enjoyed the morning's celebration and felt encouraged by the example of the saints, not only official ones like St Thomas (honest), St Peter (spontaneous), St George (fighting evil) and St Teresa of Avila (spiritual guide), but also good people down the ages like Sir Nicholas Winton who arranged the Kindertransport for children to escape from Nazi occupation in 1939.  We prayed for Syrian and other refugees today.

In hospital abroad

Monday 24th October 2016

Here is a reminder of the October sun shining in this corner of Northumberland for any parishioners in hospital.

The baptism

Sunday 23rd October 2016

Following the baptism practice for the two year old on Friday, we had the actual baptism in the Sunday service for him and his baby brother at St Aidan's Thorneyburn.

Parents and Godparents

Different preparations

Friday 21st October 2016

On the way from showing a two-year-old Thorneyburn church in preparation for his baptism ... to a visit about school governors ... and then on to collect Traidcraft material for the church stall selling fairly-traded goods.

A good morning

Thursday 20th October 2016

After Holy Communion in St Cuthbert's and a cup of coffee in the café, it took me an hour to walk about 400 yards home because I was delayed by chatting with so many people.   Time well spent!

What a variety!

Sunday 16th October 2016

Messy Church harvest in the afternoon after two morning services which were (1) a Book of Common Prayer (1662) Sung Eucharist with sermon in Bellingham and (2) a Rededication Thanksgiving service for All Saints' church Woodburn after the restoration of its roof  (and a different sermon).

A bumper crop

Saturday 15th October 2016

It's not a very big tree (Red Falstaff) and it's weighed down with fruit this year. 


So is the Scotch dumpling

and the James Grieve

 

Even the Cox and the pear for the first time since we planted them

It's very exciting

   How are we going to use all this fruit without wasting it?  Everybody else has plenty this year.
That's the kind of problem which faces farmers when there's a glut and the prices fall.  But rarity value puts prices up when they haven't got the produce to sell.
     I'm glad we sent our incidental profit after the Harvest Supper to Farm Community Network.

Cheerful parish visiting

Monday 10th October 2016

You never know what you'll find your parishioners doing... but the baptism is all arranged.

Enjoying the morning sun

Sunday 2nd October 2016

After a frosty night, being turned out in the sunny paddock was too enjoyable for Molly to bother turning to face me  --  but notice her ear cocked back towards me: