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.
A pilgrimage to Holy Island and Bamburgh will take place this summer.
The trip will be led by Anglican priest Rev Rob Marshall and takes place on July 16. For more details, telephone 01482 662721.
Pilgrims walking along the beach to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne on Good Friday.
A Spittal church is hosting an egg-orientated day when visitors can show off their colourful bonnets.
The Easter Festival takes place at St John's, Spittal, at the end of Easter Week on Saturday April 18, between 11am and 1pm.
Churches Together in Berwick-Upon-Tweed and District has released the programme of Holy Week and Easter services for this year.
CHURCHES TOGETHER SERVICES:
Good Friday, April 10 -- 11.15am 'Cross of Witness', Guildhall Steps
Easter Sunday, April 12 -- 6am Sunrise Service, Meg's Mount. Breakfast at Walkergate Methodist
-- 8.00am Sunrise Service, Spittal Point. Breakfast at Berwick URC, Spittal
BERWICK PARISH CHURCH (HOLY TRINITY AND ST MARY), The Parade:
Maundy Thursday, April 9 -- 10am Holy Communion
-- 7pm Holy Communion 'Stripping the Altar'
Good Friday, April 10 -- 10am Children's Service with Hot Cross Buns
-- 12-3pm '3 Hours by the Cross' Choral (2-3pm 'Cross of Christ')
Easter Day - Sunday April 12 -- 8.30am Holy Communion
-- 10am Family Communion
-- 6pm Choral Evensong
Crowds lined the streets of a Northumberland town yesterday to witness a 'local' regiment exercising its freedom rights.
Around 100 troops from the Coldstream Guards marched through the streets of Berwick in full black bearskin cap regalia, with band playing, colours flying and bayonets fixed.
The guardsmen from number seven company, based in Woolwich, left the barracks in Berwick town centre and marched past the crowds on Walkergate and Marygate.
Today marks a special day on the North East calendar as we celebrate the life of the patron saint of Northumberland, St Cuthbert.
Often regarded as the most popular saint of medieval times and one of the most important, March 20 sees people celebrate the anniversary of the death of the region's own patron saint.
Pilgrims make their way across the causeway to Holy Island on Good Friday, 2006
Born in 634 AD, Cuthbert was born in the Lammermuir Region where he grew to work as a young shepherd.
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