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For Your Prayers
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As part of Churches Together in Hexham we pray for the
people of Hexham Community Church and their Pastor,
Neil Strike.
Within Hexham Deanery we pray for the parishes of
Haydon Bridge and Beltingham with Henshaw and their
Vicar, Revd Benjamin Carter.
Within our Diocese we pray for our link Diocese of Møre
in Norway and its service to its community.
Within our Parish we pray for all who organise and are
involved with our music and choirs, our outreach work
including our ministry to schools with our Children’s
Education Project.
We pray for Andrew and Lizzie, giving thanks for their time
at the Abbey and all they have given us over the last 3
years, and pray for this new beginning for them both.
We pray for Anne Aikman and Roger Wilson who are to
be married on Saturday at the Abbey.
We pray for our world, especially for the people of Nepal,
Syria and Yemen, and for the work of the West
Northumberland Food Bank.
For those who are unwell or who have asked for our
prayers including, Elizabeth Clarke, Ken Norton, Malcolm
Hare, Edna O’Neil, Stan Batey, Joyce Christie, Alice Yates,
Dorothy Grieveson, Norrie Leah, Doug Vigor and Sheila Smith.
For those who have died, especially Karen Wells, Pam Bolt
and all those who mourn.
HEXHAM ABBEY
The Priory and Parish Church of St Andrew
Sunday 24th May
Pentecost
Welcome to the Abbey today as we gather for worship and
fellowship on this special day. The feast of Pentecost is one of
the three great times of the Church’s year, when we celebrate
the coming of the Holy Spirit – the power of God’s love and
the way by which Jesus is with us always. During communion all
are invited to come forward for bread and wine or a blessing –
if for a blessing simply keep your head bowed.
Cloister Club is meeting today – please gather at the back of church
during the first hymn.
TODAY'S SERVICES
8.30am
- do stay for refreshments after the service
10.00am
The Parish Centre Office is open Monday – Friday
10am-1pm. Tel 01434 602 031
Interim Minister:
Assistant Priest:
Retired Clergy Contact:
Reader:
Readers Emeriti:
Director of Music:
Assistant Organist:
Administrator:
Canon Dr Dagmar Winter
Tel: 01434 604 580 (except Monday)
Revd Michelle Dalliston
Tel. 0191 281 6554 (except Monday)
Revd Alan Currie
Tel. 01434 607614 (except Saturday)
Canon Frank Dexter
Tel 01434 601759
Ken Newitt (394 352)
Roger Milton and Douglas Vigor
Marcus Wibberley (602 031)
Andrew Wyatt
Sally McRobie
Volunteer & Events
Manager:
Jane Musto (611 904)
Finance Officer:
Vergers:
Rachel Ogilvie
Derek Iles & Austin Winstanley (607 090)
Education & Community
Officer:
Toni Bush (611 905)
Hexham Abbey PCC:
Parish Visiting:
Hexham Abbey Heritage
Trading Ltd (HAHTL)
Lay Chair of the PCC: Canon Gill Alexander
Churchwardens: Paul Binks, Fiona Finnon,
Fiona Kelsey, Helen Milner, Chris Wilson
PCC Hon. Treasurer: Susan Robson
PCC Secretary: Michelle Mackie
Fiona Kelsey (600 372)
Shop Manager:
Hugh Fearnall
Café Manager:
Sally Oliver
Business Manager: Clare Daltry (611 908)
Parish Eucharist - Abbey Choir
President:
Dagmar Winter
Preacher:
Ken Newitt
Reader:
Margaret Massey
Intercessor:
James Arkless
Setting:
Motet:
Voluntary:
Mozart Krönungsmesse, K.317
Tallis O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
Duruflé Choral varié sur le Veni Creator, Op.
4
Hymns:
102, 578, 106, 144
Pew Bibles:
Acts 2:1-21 page 115
John 15:26-27;16:4b-15 page107
- do stay for refreshments after the service
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hexhamabbey.org.uk
Rector:
Holy Communion
President:
Michelle Dalliston
Preacher:
Ken Newitt
6.30pm
Choral Evensong – Combined Abbey Choirs and Chamber
Choir – with Farewell to the Assistant Organist
Officiant:
Michelle Dalliston
Preacher:
Dagmar Winter
Reader:
Richard Snow
Canticles:
Stanford in G
Anthem:
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord
Voluntary:
Parry Fantasia and Fugue in G major, Op.
188
Hymns:
233, 36
Pew Bibles:
Ezekiel 36:22-28 page 819
Acts 2:22-38 page 115
NEXT SUNDAY'S SERVICES
31st May – Trinity Sunday
8.30am
Holy Communion
President
Michelle Dalliston
& Preacher:
10.00am
Parish Eucharist
President:
Preacher:
Reader:
Intercessor:
6.30pm
Dagmar Winter
Michelle Dalliston
Owen McArdle
Nora Horne
Said Evensong with Hymns
Officiant &
Doug Vigor
Preacher:
Reader:
Lindsay Graham
At Hexham Abbey we have a vision of a world in which God’s love is
enjoyed, celebrated and shared.
Services, Meetings and Events in the Abbey this week
Monday 25th May – Bank Holiday
9.00am
Morning Prayer
- A reflective 20 minute service to start the day
5.00pm
Evening Prayer
- A reflective 20 minute service to end the day.
Tuesday 26th May
9.00am
12.00pm
5.00pm
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Evening Prayer
9.00am
9.30am
10.15am
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Tots’ Praise – Songs, stories and fun for babies, toddlers and
Wednesday 27th May
pre-school children and their carers.
5.00pm
Evening Prayer
9.00am
9.30am
Morning Prayer
Prayer Group – St. Wilfrid’s Chapel, a group that prays the
Thursday 28th May
Parish Notices
Pentecost – today! We celebrate
Pentecost with extra special refreshments
following the 10am service, including cake
and fizz! It’s also the last Sunday for our
Assistant Organist Andrew Wyatt and
Lizzie Wyatt as they prepare to leave
Hexham and embark on the next stage of
their life. And tonight, at 6.30pm for Choral Evensong the
combined Abbey Choirs with the Chamber Choir will bid a
fitting farewell. Do come along.
Christian Aid – a massive £3082.42 was raised this year.
Thanks go to all who were involved in any way with the
organisation, distribution and collection of envelopes. This is
the best total ever – well done to everyone! Envelopes are in
the South Transept for all those who took part in this great
team effort.
petitions left at the Prayer Board. Contact: Elizabeth Fish, 601 142
10.30am
5.00pm
Holy Communion
Evening Prayer
9.00am
5.00pm
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
9.00am
1.00pm
5.00pm
Morning Prayer
Marriage of Anne Aikman & Roger Wilson
Evening Prayer
Friday 29th May
Family Fun during May Half Term – why not come along
and get hands on in the exhibition this half term. Or try out
the family audio guides in the Abbey (small charge) or give the
art carts a whirl and release your family’s artistic potentials!!
Saturday 30th May
* It is school half term this week, therefore no choral evensong.
Evening prayer at 5pm instead.
Sung Responses to the Gospel:
Taize for Tynedale - A summer series of 4
worship events on Sunday afternoons using Taizé
songs, with readings and a time of silence, offered by
Riding Mill Churches Together to anyone interested
in reflective worship. Sundays: 19 April, 17 May, 21 June, 19
July. All at 5 pm in Riding Mill Methodist Church (Broomhaugh).
Preceded at 3.30 pm by music practice for anyone wishing to
help lead music/singing. Followed by bring and share supper at
1 Ford Terrace, Broomhaugh, NE44 6EJ.
The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England has
begun a process of consultation across the country for Reform
and Renewal, visiting every Diocesan Synod to discuss the
proposals set out during the February sessions of the General
Synod. The dedicated web page is available at:
www.churchofengland.org/reform-renewal. The website also
has discussion forums for each report, along with videos and
blogs from the leaders of each area of Reform and Renewal, and
copies of each report. (more details can found in June’s News
and Views when it comes out later this month)
Prayer for Pentecost:
Come Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful people
and kindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit
and we shall be remade,
and you will renew
the face of the earth.