Northumberland County Show

Monday 28th May 2018

The first phase of judging Suffolks  I was delighted to find that the judge chose the winner that I favoured:

Sorry about the unflattering picture: my photography didn't come up to my judgement!

One more picture just to be photogenic:

 

The first lull since Easter

Trinity Sunday 27th May 2018

How better to signal a new phase of life than with a picture of apple blossom on one of the trees planted at the Rectory a few years ago?

Maundy Thursday

Thursday 29th March 2018

Continuing the story of Holy Week with the children's felt figures representing Jesus' Last supper with his disciples.
I attended the diocesan morning service in the Cathedral (which involved setting out at 8.40 to drive to Hexham where I caught a train to Newcastle and arriving home again at about 2.30) and was then quite pressed to be ready for the evening Maundy Thursday Communion service followed after 45 minutes' meditation before Compline sung to plainchant.

Holy Week variety

Monday 26th March 2018

A presentation to a retiring colleague in a farewell assembly  --  before I moved on to another school to tell the Easter story.

Palm Sunday

Sunday 25th March 2018

Christ's Triumphal entry into Jerusalem  as explained to the under-10's...and commemorated in services in several of our churches on Palm Sunday

First day of Spring?

Wednesday 21st March 2018

Schools consultation

Saturday 17th March 2018

First Schools and Middle Schools showing what they can offer by way of good education for the children of West Northumberland.  (I'm back in the function suite of Hexham Mart where I spent a shift on Thursday at the Tourism Fair when Bellingham Deanery had a stall showing the Eternal Horizons video and brochures from our "Tourists > Pilgrims" programme.)