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N O T I C E
From
Monday 1st June, The Church of St Lawrence in Warkworth will be
closed for internal repairs associated with the stabilising and
securing of the North Wall.
The main Sunday morning Parish Eucharist will be held at 10.30 a.m. at
The Church of St John the Divine, Acklington. Baptisms, Weddings and
Funerals will also take place at Acklington until the repairs are
completed and St Lawrence Church is cleaned and ready for habitation,
hopefully in good time for the Patronal Festival on Sunday 9th August.
Sunday Evensong at 6 p.m. and Thursday 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
services will continue to be held at Abbeyfield House, Dial Place,
Warkworth. If you have problems with transport or if you could help by
giving someone a lift please contact the Vicar. Extra parking space
will be available in the School yard.
During June and July we hope to use this opportunity to share in our
Children's work as we did for the recent Good Friday Workshop. Most
weeks we will be using the Village Hall at Acklington as a base during
the service time and for coffee, juice and biscuits afterwards. Parents
will be issued with a programme of dates as soon as possible.
Dear Friends,
Where has this year gone? It doesn't seem two minutes since the year
2009 started and here we are nearly halfway through, and what a lot we
have done in the past few months.
In March at St Lawrence Church in Warkworth, we were preparing for
the advent of the builders on site, following on from the visit of the
archaeologists earlier in the year. Excavating skeletons and the
re-burying bones came as no surprise, but what we had not
bargained for (and neither had the builders) were the amazing
geysers of mud which accompanied the pile driving for the new
buttresses! Go to the album for
pictures of that and current progress.
In June at Acklington we were planning for the invasion!
Following the closure of Warkworth Church, so far our two congregations
have squeezed like a quart into a pint pot into St John’s Church
each week with an average attendance of 85 adults and 15
children. It has been a great opportunity for our two Sunday
schools to work and plan together.
On Sunday 19th July we shall be welcoming Bishop Martin for the
Confirmation Service which will be at 10.30am at Acklington. We
have two candidates from Warkworth and Acklington and Chevington Parish
are also bringing one candidate. There will be a crèche in
the Village Hall for our younger members and coffee and biscuits
afterwards.
Warkworth’s Summer Fair this year will have to be held in the
Church grounds - so please pray for fine weather! We will be
holding all the usual stalls so donations for Raffle and Tombola can be
left at The Vicarage but Cakes, Bric a brac etc, please bring on the
day.
By the time we all get to August, we will be ready for a long lie
down! But whilst Acklington folk will be heaving a great sigh of
relief, Warkworth folk will be cleaning and dusting as we aim to be
back into St Lawrence Church for the weekend of the Patronal Festival
Sunday 9th August. The service will be at 10.30am followed by
lunch in Church - tickets will be available soon.
In the meantime, have your eyes and ears open for the ‘Bush
Telegraph’ to keep us all up to date.
Revd
Canon Janet
Brearley, Vicar
1 July 2009.
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