News & Notices 7th September 2025
- St Mary's Parish Office
- Sep 5
- 3 min read
St Mary's Monkseaton # 274 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 12
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Service of the Word for Creationtide led by the Justice and Peace Group
4.00pm Escape
Season of Creation 2025 Events
Saturday 6th September: Litter picking
Join the Whitley Bay Community Clean Team for litter picking in Shiremoor.
10.00am Meet in the car park of Shiremoor Resource Centre.
Saturday 13th September: Walk the stations of creation – a walk by the sea and in Brierdene.
Meet at St Mary’s at 10.30am
Friday 19th September: The Great British Beach Clean
12.00-2.00pm Litter picking with the Marine Conservation Society
Meet at 12pm on the beach directly opposite the Beefeater pub. Bags and gloves will be provided.
Sign up to attend on the Marine Conservation Society website
Saturday 20th September: Art and Eco Fair (see poster below)
Friday 26th September: Ceilidh (see poster below)
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
During this time of Creationtide we are invited to renew our shared commitment to caring for the earth. We can engage with environmental issues by taking personal action, participate in community initiatives and use our voice to bring about systemic change.
Public engagement can greatly influence decision making processes and policies. Please add your voice to Christian Aid's campaign asking the government to act against polluters and greedy lenders who contribute to the climate crisis and poverty. Petition in the church vestibule, or link below.
100 Club
August winners:
£50 Alex Allport
£30 Jean Magowan
£20 Grace Morgan
September winners:
£50 Ron Noble
£30 Penny Green
£20 John Charlton
Giving
Have you reviewed your regular giving recently? An increase of just £2.50 per week would make a massive difference in the face of rising costs. Click the button for more information.
If anyone requires a Gift Aid certificate for their accounts, please contact our treasurer at stmarysmonkseatontreasurer@gmail.com
Eco Fair
Following the success of last year's event, our 2nd Arts and Eco Fair will take place on Saturday 20th September.
Please come and support the impressive gathering of local eco-friendly artists/crafters, sustainable makers and environmental exhibitors.
Ceilidh
Dust off your dancing shoes for an evening of fun, food and music, raising money for the new windows we need to reduce energy loss and lower St Mary’s carbon footprint, and celebrating 70 years of Monkseaton Morris.
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
Please support our next fundraising event, the Ceilidh on Friday 26th September.
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
Sunday 7th September: Trinity 12
8.00am: Holy Communion
10.00am: Service of the Word
4.00pm: Escape
Monday 8th September
9.00am: Morning Prayer
6.00pm: Prayers for Peace
Tuesday 9th September
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.00am: Craft Group
7.30pm: Church in the Kittiwake
Wednesday 10th September
9.00am: Morning Prayer
10.30am: Eucharist
Thursday 11th September
9.00am: Morning Prayer
7.30pm: Bible study at Ron's house
Friday 12th September
Saturday 13th September
5.00pm: Marianum
Sunday 14th September - Trinity 13
8.00am: Holy Communion
10.00am: Holy Communion
4.00pm: Choral Evensong
Prayers
Your Prayers are requested for:
Martin Cooper, John Hughes, Jennifer Stephenson, Jill, Janet Minto, Johan Gordon and family, Don and Helen Bulmer, Amelia Moyano, Abby and Beth.
Those whose anniversaries of death fall at this time
Eric Dodgson
Dorothy Halliwell
Michael Charles Stoker
We also pray for
All schools in our parish
Comments