News & Notices 28th September 2025
- St Mary's Parish Office
- Sep 26
- 4 min read
St Mary's Monkseaton # 277 September 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: Trinity 15
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
Service Times Review
It has been over 20 years since the service times at St Mary’s have been reviewed, so the PCC have agreed to survey our congregations about their preferred service times.
Please complete the survey by following the link to an online form, or you will find paper copies in the vestibule.
Season of Creation 2025 Events
Saturday 27th September: Bike ride along the new coastal path
10.30am Meet at St Mary’s. We’ll join the path on the sea front and head towards Tynemouth. Any children to be accompanied by an adult please.
Sunday 28th September: The Great British Beach Clean
1.30 -3.30pm St Mary’s Island Nature Reserve – meet at the mainland end of the causeway
Sign up to attend on the Marine Conservation Society website
Saturday 4th October: Pet Blessing Service at St Mary’s 3pm
Sunday 5th October: Harvest Festival
Eco Tip for the Week
This Sunday on the C of E environmental calendar, is World Rivers Day.
Joining a river clean up helps to remove litter and reduce pollution that harms river ecosystems. By reducing single use plastics, avoiding pouring fats, oils, or wet wipes down drains, and supporting local conservation groups, these actions help protect our waterways. Anything in the rivers feeds into the sea. As a seaside parish we could join a local beach clean.
Harvest Festival
Sunday 5th October will be our Harvest Festival and we will be collecting for the Bay Food Bank. Donations of non-perishable food and toiletries can be left in the box in the vestibule anytime over the coming week, or brought along on the day.
A representative from the Food Bank will be with us at the 10am service to tell us more about their work.
Abby and Beth
We have been praying for Abby and Beth for a few weeks and they have had a tough journey. This week we were able to celebrate meeting Beth for the first time.
Abby would like to thank everyone at St Mary's for their thoughts and prayers.
Parish Administrator Vacancy
As Mike will be moving on in January, we are currently advertising for a part time Parish Administrator.
Anyone interested in the role should have a look at our website where there is full information and a downloadable application form.
OWLS
Following our summer break we will be meeting again on Friday 10 October.
I’m hoping we will have a speaker for the meeting but there will also be lots of news to share including details of our venue for the Christmas meal.
I look forward to seeing you all. Details are the same as usual, meeting at 12noon, £6.50 for a sandwich lunch. Please feel free to bring along a new friend, but if you do please sign them up on the sheet for lunch. The sign up sheet will be on the table in the vestibule from this coming Sunday. Do phone or text me if you have any queries.
Beryl Austoni
Tel 07808 078894
Older, Wiser, Living Spiritually
Spiritual Care Course
Beryl Austoni has been involved in delivering the Spiritual Care Series, a highly regarded, comprehensive eight-week course for individuals and churches who want to provide good-quality spiritual care to older people in their local community.
If you would like to learn more about this course then please speak to Beryl or click the link below.
Christmas Fair
I’m really excited to announce that planning for St Mary's Christmas Fair is well underway!
The fair will be on Saturday 29th November and we are planning lots of stalls, raffle, tombola, cakes and hopefully a visit from Santa!
We are beginning to reach out to the congregation for 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
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 27th September
5.00pm: Marianum
Sunday 28th September: Trinity 15
8.00am: Holy Communion
10.00am: Holy Communion
Monday 29th September
9.30 Toddlers
Tuesday 30th September
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.00am: Craft Group
7.30pm: Church in the Kittiwake
Wednesday 1st October
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.30am: Eucharist
Thursday 2nd October
9.00am: Morning Prayer
7.30pm: Bible Study at Ron's
Friday 3rd October
Saturday 4th October
3.00pm: Pet Blessing Service
5.00pm: Marianum
Sunday 5th October - Harvest Festival
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, Abby and Beth, Monique Hughes, Jemma and family, Ian Davies.
Rest in Peace
Sophia Lily Evans
Those whose anniversaries of death fall at this time
Janice Hudson
We also pray for
All young people going to university or college this week
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