St Cuthbert Walk

Saturday 5th September was blessed with perfect weather for walking. Seven of us set off from St Cuthbert's Elsdon. The aim was to walk across country to St Cuthbert's Corsenside for lunch, then on to St Cuthbert's, Bellingham. I managed the seven miles to Corsenside I was certainly ready for lunch. Next year maybe the whole fifteen miles! At certain spots we stopped and Susan, the Team Rector, told a story from St Cuthbert's own travels through this part of the world. We heard how Cuthbert's needs were provided by his horse, an eagle and two sea otters. 

Elsdon Village Fete

A great at Elsdon Village Fete and the weather was good too, sunshine and no bank holiday rain. Spent much of the day working with a great team serving at the barbecue. Then found myself 'volunteered' for tug of war. A different way to spend my birthday!

Preparations for Elsdon Village Fete

What some churches will do to draw people in! This was what I discovered  the 'kitchen' at St Cuthbert's, Elsdon when I arrived to take the service. Actually there was nowhere else to store them prior to the Village Fete. Looks like it might be a good day. Why not come along. 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm Bank Holiday Monday, Elsdon Village Green. 

Horsley Wedding

Congratulations to Jessica and Jeffrey on their wedding on Saturday 22nd August at Holy Trinity Church, Horsley. We wish them a happy life together.

Lindisfarne Gospel display at Elsdon

Visit St Cuthbert, Elsdon and see the display on the Lindisfarne Gospels. 

Abba, Father

Today's meditation from the Northumbria Community:

"The cry to God as 'Father'

in the New Testament

is not a calm acknowledgement

of a universal truth about

God's abstract fatherhood,

It is the Child's cry

out of a nightmare.

It is the cry of outrage,

fear, shrinking away,

when faced with the horror

of the 'world'

- yet not simply, or exclusively

protest, but trust as well.

Abba Father

all things are possible

to Thee

(Rowan Williams)

Punctured

Well, if you will go visiting up hilly stony tracks, dodging wayward sheep .....