Come and join the fun this summer at “Animal Antics”, packed full of animal themed activities for 5-11 year olds. Runs from Monday 25th July to Friday 29th July between 10.00am and 11.45pm. For more details please contact Joan Blanchfield on 0191 2961931 or Margaret Varley on 0191 2532237.
Job Advert – Director of Music and Organist
Thank you for your interest in the role of Director of Music and Organist at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church. Full details of the position and contact details are included in the attached document. Monkseaton URC – Director of Music and Organist
re-lite: Prisoners of Conscience
Around the world, people are held captive for holding to their conscience and refusing to act against their deepest convictions. In our next re-lite session we will explore what it means to hold to your convictions, even if that means being put in prison, and we will consider how we can respond in support of […]
Christian Aid 2016
We’re conducting a series of events and services in conjunction with St Peter’s Church, our Anglican neighbours, in support of Christian Aid Week 2016. Granny’s Attic @ St. Andrew’s URC Friday 13th & Saturday 14th May, 10:00-14:30 each day Bargains galore for all ages (entry donation/refreshments for CA) Joint Service @ St. Peter’s Church Monday […]
Voices of Holy Week: The Gardener
Reading: John 20.11-18 It wasn’t unexpected. She would surely not recognise me. She would almost certainly think I was someone else. And anyway, the situation would not lend itself to understanding. Having come to the tomb to grieve, what a confusion it must have been to find the body she was looking for was not […]
Voices of Holy Week: Joseph of Arimathea
Reading: Luke 23.50-56 You never expect to bury your friends. Who’d have thought that the day would end up like this? To find yourself making arrangements to bury a friend who only last night was celebrating the festival with his followers. What a shocking day. The trial had been a shambles. He shouldn’t have been […]
Voices of Holy Week: Peter
Reading: Luke 22.54-62 What would you do? I mean, who would behave any differently? Put in that position everyone would have been the same, right? He’d told me that I’d do it too. But I didn’t believe him. I said I’d be there for him. I said I’d go to prison and even death. But […]
Voices of Holy Week: Jesus
Bible Reading: Luke 19.41-44 I couldn’t even hold back the tears today. There was just too much at stake as I looked out over the city. It wasn’t enough just to sit back and look. I had become so overwhelmed there was no other response. The city of Jerusalem was becoming somewhere that I was […]
Voices of Holy Week: Scribes and Pharisees
Bible Reading: Luke 19.45-20.8 We have become all quite familiar with how things operate, and even though we might not be entirely comfortable with it all, we put up with it. It might not be the best example of the way God’s people should be, but it keeps the books balanced and seems to get […]
March 2016
It probably doesn’t surprise you to know that when I’m driving around – in fact quite often at other times too – I like to have music playing. Music has always been a passion for me and there is something about having music in the background, as ambience or to join in with, that has […]