New sermon from St Mary’s Stapleton on 19th December, continuing the Christmas theme of the Story of the Incarnation, where God becomes ‘meat’ (in-‘carn’-ated) in order that we [..]
An extended morning prayer due to the long narrative detailing Cuthbert’s last few days on earth. There is nothing romantic here. The pain and the suffering are not [..]
A new page has been added under the Parish item on the main menu to allow anyone interested to hear sermons recorded at church services. The first one [..]
The benefice newsletter for December is now available to view or download here
At 52 years of age, and after just two years as bishop, Cuthbert’s harsh lifestyle begins to take its toll and he knows the end is approaching. He [..]
Cuthbert visits a monastery of women on the north bank of the Tyne, where, like Jesus at the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, Cuthbert asks for some [..]
After only a couple of years, Cuthbert is about to retire as bishop due to failing health, so he can finish his days in solitude and prayer on [..]
The October benefice newsletter is now available to view or download from here. We have our annual apple-pressing community day at Greenholme, Bewcastle on Saturday 9th October from [..]
Other videos in the series can be found here.
0 Our first swallows arrived today, Thursday 16th April, exactly the same date as last year (2014), and 3 days earlier than 2013 (19th April). Today also heralded [..]
0 There is a mother on a hill. Her brow and back are bent like haggard wiry grass on a wild, wet moor. She stands in a dark [..]