Churches September 2024

Services in September

1st                 Holy Communion                                                       10am

8th                 Morning worship                                                       10am

15th         Coffee and prayer in Longhorsley                       10am

15th         Holy Communion at Netherwitton St. Giles    10.30am

                        Please meet at St. Helen’s Church at 10am if 

                        you need transport, or if you can offer transport.

22nd & 29th Morning worship                                                       10am

Refreshments served after the Service. Everyone is welcome.

PLEASE NOTE - From the 15th September, there will not be a Service at St. Helen’s Church on the third Sunday of the month. We will be worshipping at St. Giles, Netherwitton, at 10.30am on this and subsequent third Sundays, for service of Holy Communion.

PCC Meeting 

The next meeting of the PCC is on Wednesday 25th September at 7.00pm with a parishioner slot at 7.30pm.

St Helen's Contact Details

During the Interregnum the Area Dean will be responsible for the Parish.

Rev. Chris Groocock  01670 813358      www.achurchnearyou.com

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Thought for the Month

Dear family,

As we come to the end of August we celebrate our one year anniversary since the Spiritans (Holy Ghost Fathers) arrived in Northumberland. We are working in the two parishes of St Aidan’s, Ashington and St Thomas of Canterbury, Longhorsley. For our history we share our mission with those we work with. We are a religious congregation with a pontifical right. We live in a community. We accept work for which the church finds it difficult to get workers.

At the moment we work in parishes, as chaplains in hospitals, in prison ministry and youth ministry. We also work with refugees and asylum seekers, with inter-religious dialogue, issues of justice and peace and the integration of creation. Our superior in England is referred to as Provincial Superior. He makes contact and contracts with the local churches, especially with the bishops. We are grateful to the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle for giving us a place to share our charism and apostleship. 

We have not only been here in Northumberland. Before we came to Ashington and Longhorsley we served for two years in the diocese in the Washington and Penshaw area. Therefore, we have now been three years in the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. We thank the Bishop for his support. We thank the Vicar General and all the priests in the diocese. 

To our family in Longhorsley and Ashington we wish to thank you for your strong and unwavering faith. We wish to encourage all to protect our common home, the earth. We are in a very beautiful area. We need to keep our environment free of garbage and take care of the elderly and weak.

In September we will start a second year locally. We wish to deepen our commitment to hospital and prison ministries. We call on everyone to continue to support our ministry as Spiritans (Holy Ghost Fathers).

Fr. Ascensio Vincent Waiga CSSp

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Other Sunday services by arrangement, information thereof being available from our Contact below.

For our other group meetings, please see the Group Activities sections.

Visitors are always very welcome to all our events.

Contact Ian Pagan 788263 idpagan@btinternet.com

Website: www.longhorsleymission.org.uk

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