HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, BERWICK

APRIL 2-4 (Monday to Wednesday) 

7.00 3 RELECTIONS ON CHARACTERS ON THE WAY OF THE CROSS (including Simon of Cyrene, Joseph of Aramathea, The Centurion and the Thief etc) WITH COMPLINE

APRIL 5 (Maundy Thursday) 

10.00 and 7.00. HOLY COMMUNION 

APRIL 6 (Good Friday) 10.00 CHILDRENS SERVICE 

12.00- 3.00 CHARACTERS OF THE PASSION (Peter, Judas, Mary,Caiaphas,Herod and Pilate)AND (2.00 with the Choir) FROM OLIVET TO CALVARY

APRIL 7 (Easter Saturday) 7.00 HOLY FIRE AND RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL PROMISES

APRIL 8 EASTER DAY 8.15 and  10.00 HOLY COMMUNION 

6.00 EVENSONG

ST. PAUL'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, SPITTAL

8.00am Beach service (Graham Ferguson) followed by breakfast at the church

11.00am Easter Morning Family Worship with Holy Communion led by Graham Ferguson

6.00pm Evening Worship (informal) led by Revd Tony Ritchie

UNITED SERVICES

Maundy Thursday service at Berwick URC (St Paul's, Spittal) but led by Methodists 7.00pm

Good Friday Service at Methodist Church 10.00am- Preacher: Revd Rachel Poolman (Holy Island).

Easter Sunday Ecumenical Service (URC/Anglicans) 11.30am led by Revd. Rob Kelsey in Berwick URC Horncliffe Centre.

ST ANDREWS CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, WALLACE GREEN

Maundy Thursday communion: 7pm

Good Friday: 7pm

Easter Sunday: 11am

OUR LADY AND ST CUTHBERT RC CHURCH

Saturday Easter Eve Vigil at 8pm

Easter Sunday; Mass at 9am and 10.30am

PARISHES OF TWEEDMOUTH, SPITTAL AND SCREMERSTON

Monday at 6pm. Evening Prayer with a short meditation, Tweedmouth.

Tuesday at 6pm. Evening Prayer with a short meditation, Scremerston.

Wednesday at 10.00am. Holy Communion followed by coffee, Tweedmouth.

Wednesday at 6pm. Evening Prayer with a short meditation, Spittal.

Maundy Thursday at Tweedmouth. 6pm. Holy Communion and meditation, followed by a shared supper in The Parish Church hall.

Good Friday at St. John's, Spittal. 12.30- 3pm A service of reflection and hymns, during which The Revd Richard Ferguson will narrate his translation of Mark's Gospel by heart.

Easter Sunday 9.00am Holy Communion, St. John's, Spittal.

10.00am. Holy Communion, Tweedmouth.

10.45am. Holy Communion, Scremerston.

Tweedmouth Parish Church
24th December 6.00pm Carols by candlelight - singing traditional carols and Hearing the Christmas readings
25th December 10.00am Parish Communion
St John's: Spittal
24th December 3.00pm Instant nativity play with carols - children are welcome to come ready dressed to be part of the play - no rehearsals needed
25th December 9.00am Parish Communion
United Reformed Church: Spittal
25th December 9.45am Christmas Morning Service
St Peter's: Scremerston
24th December 11.30pm Midnight Communion - for the first Christmas Communion
St Andrew's Wallace Green & Lowick
24th December 2.30pm Christmas Eve Service (LOWICK)
11.15pm Christmas Eve Service with carol singing
25th December 10.00am Christmas Day Service
Methodist Church: Walkergate
24th December 11.15pm Candlelight service (MILLFIELD)
25th December 10.00am Christmas morning Celebration
Roman Catholic Church: Ravensdowne
24th December 10.00am Confessions
6.30pm Family Mass
12.00pm Midnight Mass
25th December 10.00am Christmas Day Mass
Baptist Church: Golden Square
25th December 11.00am Christmas Day Service
Salvation Army: Church Street
24th December 11.30pm Carols by candlelight
25th December 10.00am Come & Join the Celebration
Berwick Parish Church
24th December 6.00pm Crib Blessing & Carols for Families
7.00pm Candle lit Carols & Lessons
11.30pm Midnight Communion
25th December 8.30am Holy Communion
10.00am Family Communion

Back to Church Sunday is now the largest single local-church invitational initiative in the world. It is based on the simplest and shortest step in evangelism - that we should invite someone we already know to something we love; invite our friend to our church. The initial focus was to invite 'back' those who used to attend, but we want to ensure that anyone who doesn't currently attend can be guaranteed an especially warm welcome.

The main focus is on the personal invitation of one church member to one friend. Back to Church Sunday raises a high media profile as tens of thousands of Christians offer this invitation at the same time.

In Berwick-upon-Tweed some of the Churches are putting on special events. Others chose to continue with their regular services. Either way, the most important part of the day will be to offer a warm and honest welcome to people.

St Andrew's Wallace Green and Lowick Church of Scotland, Berwick-upon-Tweed will be open all day. Starting with a Family Service at 11am and concluding with Desert Island Hymns at 6pm, the Kirk will remain open all day offering a light meal (soup, bread and something sweet), tea, coffee or juice. There will be activities for youngsters and a quiet room set aside for prayer, or just a bit of peace. This is an opportunity to come and see what the church can be like not only during worship and also at other times. We are hoping that it will be a lively day with the buzz of members and visitors appreciating a small part of Christ's work in the town. If you have only half-an-hour or are prepared to stay all day, you would be made very welcome.

To be held in Berwick United Reformed Church on Main Street, Spittal, on Wednesdays, 9th 16th 23rd 30th March and 6th and 13th April from 12.00 noon.

Parking is available on Main Street and on Middle Street, Spittal.

Berwick United Reformed Church and Berwick Methodist Church extend a very warm welcome to all members of the community to join with them in this year's series of Lent Lunches.

Following the practice of previous years, invited speakers will give talks on a chosen theme. The theme for this series is 'Heroes for the Faith' -the subjects not necessarily being biblical.

The charitable organisation to be supported by the series is 'Help for Heroes'.

We begin with a light lunch from noon, costing £2.00 and the talk will begin at 1.00 pm.

Big Lottery Fund and ITV, with the approval of Buckingham Palace, are helping to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Jubilee People's Millions projects will inspire, involve or improve their local communities. If you've got an idea that could breathe life into your local area and improve the lives of the people who live there, why not apply for a grant of up to £60 000!

A new touring play that examines rural life in Northumberland is visiting Spittal later this month.

'A Village Life', commissioned by Northumberland Theatre Company, is described as a serious comedy set in the fictional village of Aldale, which is preparing for a Best Village contest.

The play was written by West Yorkshire-based playwright Mary Cooper, who visited the county while researching the play and spoke to locals about the issues that affected them, including high house prices, the loss of local services and venues, and disputes over the use of land.

The play is at St Paul's Church Hall, Spittal at 7.30 on Tuesday 16th March. Phone 01289 306387 for ticket information, and visit www.northumberlandtheatre.co.uk/ for more details and listings of other venues.

Read David Whetstone's Culture interview with Mary Cooper »

Music greeted the Archbishop of York as he travelled to some of the northernmost parishes in England yesterday.

The Most Reverend Dr John Sentamu called at Kirkharle, Wooler and Berwick as part of a two-day visit to the Church of England's Newcastle Dioceses organised by the Bishop of Newcastle Martin Wharton.

The archbishop saw regeneration work at Kirkharle Courtyard near Ponteland and went on to Wooler, calling at the Cheviot Centre where he was greeted by teenagers from a local school playing steel drums.

Churches in Northumberland have released dates for services to pray for unity across the world as congregations in Berwick and District come together for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2010.

This year, global organisers asked Scotland to host the week to mark the centenary of the first world mission conference that met in Edinburgh.

In Berwick and the surrounding area, there will be worship and fellowship over refreshments, and everyone is invited to join in.

A choir is performing two concerts in Northumberland this month.

Cappella Novocastriensis will play at St Cuthbert's Church, Norham, on June 13 from 8pm and at Holy Cross Church, Haltwhistle, on June 14 from 8pm. Tickets are available from Windows music store in Newcastle, at the door, or on the internet at www.wegottickets.com online.

A spiritual leader from the Brazilian Amazon is the special guest at an annual pilgrimage to Holy Island in Northumberland later this month.

The pilgrimage on Saturday, June 13 has been organised by CAFOD, the development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami has been dubbed 'the Dalai Lama of the Rainforest' after 20 years of international campaigning to secure Yanomami land rights and protect the rainforest from logging and mining operations.