News & Notices 13th April 2025
- Vicar
- Apr 10
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St Mary's Monkseaton # 257 April 2025
Vicar: Rev Nigel Taylor email: vicar@stmarysmonkseaton.org.uk
Curate: Rev Claire Lewis email: ctfairgrieve.lewis@gmail.com
Please note: Nigel and Claire are not available on their day off which is Friday.
Find out more about our upcoming Services here.
If you missed last week's service, or can't make this Sunday, you can catch up online.
Services: Lent 6 Palm Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion
9.30am Palm Procession
10.00am Holy Communion
4.00pm Choral Evensong
Wardens and PCC Trustees
At the APCM on 6th April the wardens for this current year were approved as:
John Appleby who will be in his third year of serving and Elizabeth Hayes who will be in her first year of serving.
The APCM recorded its gratitude for the hard work Carol Nesbitt has put in over the past years.
PCC Trustees for the current year are:
Chair: Rev. Nigel Taylor
Vice Chair Kate Stobart
Treasurer: Andrew Potter
Parish Safeguarding Officer Sue Johnson
Secretary Mike Green
Ex officio Trustees: Rev. Claire Lewis, Elizabeth Hayes, John Appleby, Margaret Evans, Nicola Denyer, Emma Doran.
Elected Trustees: Pam Miller, Pat Bottrill, Kate Stobart, Carole Lax, Cheryl Savage, Andrew Potter, Sue Johnson.
Carol Nesbitt and Dorothy Clarke elected at APCM.
Food Bank Plea
The majority of us at St Mary's are fortunate in that we don't have to go without food.
Sadly the Bay Food Bank are very short on supplies with demand outstripping what is available. Any donations of dried or tinned food and toiletries would be appreciated please. If you can put them in the food bank box under the table in the lobby.
Lent Reflections
Following the success of last years joint Lent reflections with St Paul's and St Peter's, we have put together another joint series of reflections based on reconciliation. These will be on Thursday evenings and so Bible Study will be postponed during Lent. The series will be concluded with a joint Eucharist at St Paul's Whitley Bay on Saturday 12th April at midday with lunch.
Holy Week
Palm Sunday Procession
We will meet at Whitley Lodge by Tesco and begin processing back to church at 9.35. The route will be along Claremont Road and then up Davison Avenue to church. We are happy for people to join us along the way and we will be passing out palm crosses to people we meet.
Come and Sing Choral Evensong
Palm Sunday 13th April
Our choir will be hosting a Come and Sing Choral Evensong for Palm Sunday. All singers are welcome regardless of experience or church background.
Music will include:
Hosanna to the Son of David - Arthur Hutchings
Preces and Responses - John Sanders
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C - Charles Villiers Stanford
Solus ad Victimam - Kenneth Leighton
Copies of music can be provided in advance.
Rehearsal: 2pm
All are welcome to the service at 4pm
For more information or to reserve a place, contact music@stmarysmonkseaton.org.uk
Tuesday 15th April
A morning of children's activities including Easter Bonnet and Easter Garden making, from 10.30am.
Maundy Thursday Chrism Eucharist
All are invited to Newcastle Cathedral, 11am.
Maundy Thursday Evening
The last two years we have had a meal prior to the Maundy Thursday evening Eucharist. It is our intention to do so again this year, so are looking for volunteers to cook and serve. If you can help, please speak to Nigel or Claire.
Please also sign the sheet in the lobby if you would like to join us, so we have an idea of numbers.
Following the Eucharist there will be a Watch from 9pm to midnight. We need a minimum of two people in church at any one time and there is a list in the lobby for volunteers to sign up to be stewards.
Good Friday Walk of Witness
From Whitley Lodge to St Pauls, gathering at Whitley Lodge at 11.15am and leaving 11.30am.
Sunrise Service 5.30am
We will be holding a Sunrise service on Easter Sunday, meeting at the Rendevouz café in preparation to light the bonfire for 5.30am. It will be a joint service with Whitley Lodge Baptist church and will include the Easter acclamation, renewal of our baptism vows and Holy Communion. It will be followed by breakfast in St Mary's. If you wish to attend please sign up at the back of church to provide guidance on numbers needing to be catered for.
Dressing the Cross: Easter Sunday
You are invited to bring flowers to our 10.00am service on Easter Sunday to dress the cross as part of our celebration of the Risen Christ.
Parish Walk
There will be no Parish Walk in April, as it would fall on Easter Saturday. Join us for the Good Friday Walk of Witness (above) instead!
100 Club April Winners
£50 Ella Walker
£30 Diane Scorer
£20 Marelyn & David Bell
Church Window Replacement
There is now information at the back of church regarding the replacement of the church windows.
We need to replace all the windows (except the stained glass ones) for several reasons. The two main reasons are:
- Safety. There is a real risk of the current windows breaking and causing damage or injury.
- Heat. New windows will provide much better insulation as we move towards ‘net zero’.
The total cost is going to be between £75,000 and £85,000 depending on the VAT status of the work.
The PCC have agreed that the work should be funded from reserves, grants and the church community.
Please look at the display and the website:
Following our meeting of the PCC on 19th March, we are reviewing how people are able to donate to the windows fund. If you would like your donation to be recorded, then please pay by cheque, payable to "The Parochial Church St Marys Concerts".
Saturday 12th April
5.00pm: Marianum
Sunday 13th April: Lent 6 Palm Sunday
8.00am: Holy Communion
9.30am: Palm Procession
10.00am: Holy Communion
4.00pm: Choral Evensong
Monday 14th April
9.00am: Morning Prayer
7.30pm: Holy Week Reflections
Tuesday 15th April
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.00am: Craft Group
10.30am: Children's Crafts
7.30pm: Holy Week Reflections
Wednesday 16th April
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.30am: Holy Communion
12.00 midday: Introduction to the Bible
6pm: Choir
7.30pm: Holy Week Reflections
Thursday 17th April Maundy Thursday
9.00am: Morning Prayer
11.00am: Chrism Eucharist at Newcastle Cathedral
6.30pm: Maundy Thursday Meal
7.45pm: Eucharist
9.00pm: The Watch (until midnight)
Friday 18th April Good Friday
11.15am: Good Friday Walk of Witness
1.30pm: Stations of the Cross
Saturday 19th April
5.00pm: Marianum
Sunday 20th April Easter Day
5.30am: Dawn Eucharist at the seafront
10.00am: Holy Communion
Prayers
Your Prayers are requested for:
Martin Cooper, John Hughes, Suzanne, Jennifer Stephenson, Jill, Graham Cooper and Dorothy Cowen
Recently deceased:
Ron Stobart, Ian Rutter, Marilyn Longstaff
Remembering also those whose anniversaries of death fall at this time:
Kathleen Henderson, David Bottrill, Desmond Percy Cedric Fletcher, Susan May Hart
We also pray for Brierdene View
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