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St Mary Magdalene Belmont – celebrates roof-completion
The grand old lady – St. Mary Magdalene Church, Belmont – stands even more proudly in 2016 in the junction of Broomside Lane and Carrville High Street. She boasts her newly repaired roof and rainwater...
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Historic church stages year of events to celebrate renovation
Historic Holy Trinity Church in Darlington is to stage a year-long programme of exciting events to celebrate renovations designed to grow its congregation and increase its community involvement....
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Statement from Bishop of Durham on George Bell
Taken from the Church of England blog written by Bishop Paul “Recent media comment regarding Bishop George Bell has focused on my recent contributions made in the House of Lords in response to a...
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Bishops take to the streets to mark the start of lent
Two Bishops and an Archbishop were amongst those that took to the streets of Sunderland in NE England today (Ash Wednesday 10th February) to celebrate the start of Lent by offering to Ash and pray for...
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Generous Giving Project Officer
Do you have a clear understanding and passion for mission in today’s Church coupled with a desire to walk alongside local churches in all their breadth and diversity? Could you enable a cultural shift...
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Bishop in support of reimagining Europe
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham has declared his support for a new blog designed to engage people in Christian discussion and open debate on Britain’s future relationship with Europe ahead...
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THE BLESSING OF GOD The way this Lent Series works is that each talk stands on its own, but if you are at all three you will get a lot more out of it than if you are only at one. The sum of the three...
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BLESSING GOD Let’s begin with a very quick catch up from the first talk. The word that’s used for blessing in the Old Testament in Hebrew, ‘barakh/berakhah’ means literally to ‘bow the knee’ and it’s...
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LENT TALK 3 – Blessing Others So we come to the third and final talk on exploring blessing. If you want to follow up on the previous two they are here: Lent 1, Lent 2. In the first talk we were...
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Talking Jesus – Bishops in Mission 2017 Launched
The Diocese of Durham is delighted to announce the start of build-up activities for Bishops in Mission 2017, which will be held over the long weekend of the 2nd – 5th March 2017, and with be titled...
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Call to Prayer for Burundi
A call to raise a wave of prayer for Burundi around the world from Holy Week through into the Easter season has been issued by the Church Of England supported by The Bishop of Durham, The Right Revd...
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Historic church prepares to celebrate Easter
The historic church of St Paul’s in Jarrow on South Tyneside, which can trace its history back to the Venerable Bede, is preparing for its Easter celebrations. Picture By: Keith Blundy Revd Gilly Maude...
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Bishop of Durham Easter Message 2016
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham has today (Monday 21st March) issued an Easter messages talking about the smells of Easter, those that remind us of people, places and events. Bishop Paul...
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Ancient Viking Artefacts Missing From Closed Darlington Church
POLICE are investigating the possible theft of three nationally-important early Medieval sculptured stones from the remains of a church on the outskirts of Darlington. One of the missing artefacts –...
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Royal Invite for Durham people
Four remarkable volunteers from the Diocese of Durham are being recognised for their outstanding community service by being invited to the Royal Maundy Service to receive Maundy Money from Her Majesty...
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Children see new community artwork unveiled for Easter
A Durham church is celebrating this Easter with a new piece of community art depicting the first person to witness Jesus’ resurrection. Picture: Keith Blundy Jean and Revd Miranda with Children from...
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Bishop attends Passover meal
Bishop of Durham the Right Revd Paul Butler helped a historic County Durham church community mark the Passover story with a special meal and Holy Communion on Thursday March 24 at the Escomb Saxon Inn....
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Bishop Paul’s first sermon for Easter
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham gave his first sermon of Easter at the Dawn Vigil service in Durham Cathedral. Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul prepares to light the Easter Paschal...
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A Sermon for Easter
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham – gave the sermon at the Sung Eucharist in Durham Cathedral on Easter Day (Sunday 27th March 2016). In his sermon he reflected on the darkness and light in...
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Bells to ring out over North East community again
The sound of bell-ringing will ring out over a North East community again when a Service of Rededication for a unique set of church bells is held later this month (April). Among visitors to the event...
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