News & Notices 16th November 2025
- St Mary's Parish Office
- Nov 14
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20
St Mary's Monkseaton # 284 November 2025
Vicar: Rev Nigel Taylor email: vicar@stmarysmonkseaton.org.uk
Curate: Rev Claire Lewis email: ctfairgrieve.lewis@gmail.com
Please note: Nigel and Claire are not available on their day off which is Friday.
If you missed last week's service, or can't make this Sunday, you can catch up online.
Services: Second Sunday before Advent
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
Nigel's Installation as Canon
Nigel will be installed as a Non-Residentiary Canon at Newcastle Cathedral in a service at 4pm on Saturday 6th December. All are welcome to join in this celebration, and it has been suggested that we may be able to arrange a bus for the St Mary's contingent if there are sufficient numbers wanting transport. Please add your name to the list in the vestibule if you would be interested in travelling to the cathedral by bus.
Eco tip of the week
Swap the complacency trap, that we all fall into, for that positive sustainable action that we've thought about, but never quite achieved.
Toast Church is a new venture for children aged 4 to 11. It's an afterschool club on Thursdays, consisting of songs, stories, crafts and prayers to give insight into what the Christian faith is all about. Younger children are welcome but parents will need to stay with them whereas older children can be dropped off and picked up. If you would prefer to wait, coffee and biscuits will be available in an area where you can observe your children. If you need any more information, contact clergy on either vicar@stmarysmonkseaton.org.uk or ctfairgrieve.lewis@gmail.com
Social Events This Weekend...
Please enter your team on the form in the vestibule to give us an idea of numbers.
Tickets available by clicking the image above, or see Mike.
Mothers' Union
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 18th November at 2.30pm.
100 Club
Many thanks to the 60 people who have subscribed to this year’s 100 Club. If we could find another 40 it would be ideal. Forms can be found in the vestibule.
October winners:
£50 Diane Scorer
£30 Molly Pole
£20 Dorothy Pickering
November winners:
£50 Pat Bottrill
£30 Patrick Pratt
£20 Andrea Windass
Kathleen Dales RIP
A memorial service will be held in church for the late Kathleen Dales at 2pm on Friday 21st November, followed by refreshments in church. All are welcome.
Christmas Fair
Our Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 29th November.
Anyone who wants to be part of the fair, whether to help, whether to have a stall, whether to donate raffle or tombola prizes or whether to bring in cakes! Please contact Andrew Potter (andrewpotter@hotmail.com) for more details.
Church Windows Update
Contributions continue to come in to the fund, which is great news.
Unfortunately grant monies are well below what we’d hoped for which means we face a challenging position.
We’re faced with increasing costs and a much higher than originally estimated scaffolding figure when we do the upper windows. So we definitely need to phase the work, and have to decide our priorities.
The PCC will be discussing the Windows this coming week and will be making decisions about how to proceed. We hope to then start the first phase of work in the next few months.
In the meantime, many thanks for everyone’s generosity and patience.
You can contribute by:
- cheque payable to "St Mary's Monkseaton" or cash (envelopes in church, with Gift Aid slips, into the wall-safe)
- by bank transfer to: Sort Code: 403418, Account: 04502086 Please give your surname as the 'reference'.
Please also email office@stmarysmonkseaton.org.uk if you are able to Gift Aid your donation
Saturday 15th November
No Marianum
7.00pm: The Big Quiz
Sunday 16th November Second Sunday before Advent
8.00am: Holy Communion
10.00am: Holy Communion
4.00pm: An Afternoon with the Hop Pickers
Monday 17th November
9.30 Toddlers
Tuesday 18th November
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.00am: Craft Group
7.30pm: Church in the Kittiwake
Wednesday 19th November
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.30am: Eucharist
7.30pm: PCC
Thursday 20th November
9.00am: Morning Prayer
3.30pm: Toast Church
7.30pm: Bible study at Ron's
Friday 21st November
Saturday 22nd November
5.00pm: Marianum
Sunday 23rd November Christ the King
8.00am: Holy Communion
10.00am: Holy Communion
Prayers
Your Prayers are requested for:
Martin Cooper, John Hughes, Jennifer Stephenson, Jill, Janet Minto, Don and Helen Bulmer, Monique Hughes, Ian Davies, Colleen and Stephen, Sheila Jones, Stuart Colter, Jill Horn and Beth
For those who have died recently
Kathleen Dales
Jan Porter
Mary Weir
Michael Scorer
Those whose anniversaries of death fall at this time
Norman Searle
We also pray for
Cragside
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