Sunday 26th January, The Third Sunday of Epiphany
11:00am Parish Communion
6pm Evensong

Sunday 2nd February, Candlemas
11:00am Parish Communion
6pm Come & Sing Choral Evensong
Preacher: Mary Yasini, Curate at St. Cuthbert’s Darlington

Mid-week service: Wednesday 10am Holy Communion

Please see the Calendar for the services during this season of Epiphany.

Evensong continues every Sunday, with Choral Evensong on February 2nd (Candlemas), February 16th, March 16th

Foodbank – Weekly message from Lynda Delf: On 17th January £30 and 10kg of food was donated in Church, this will provide meals for 12 people, the money is used to buy much needed food, many thanks for your continuing support.
In 2024 our 39 local foodbanks provided food and support for nearly 25,000 people including 16,000 adults and 8,500 children.
We are in need of long life milk and fruit juice, jam rice, sugar, biscuits, instant soup and noodles, as well as tinned meat, potatoes, spaghetti hoops, rice pudding and fruit. We always need household cleaning materials and toilet rolls. Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

Parish magazine
There are still a few copies of the current issue available from the back of the church at £1:50 each.
Thanks to those who have already submitted articles or ideas for the next issue. The copy deadline for the next issue is Sunday Jan 26th. Please let Sarah Knight or Stevie Taylor have any contributions by that date. Thank you.
Confirmation: The Deanery Confirmation will take place on Saturday 7th June 2025 (The Eve of Pentecost). At this service adults, including students, as well as children from throughout Durham Deanery will be confirmed. Please let Peter know if you would like to be confirmed next year. The venue for the Deanery Confirmation this year will be St. Luke’s Ferryhill.
Amongst the sick please pray for Angie Robley.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Julian Chadwick RIP. Julian died peacefully on Friday December 20th. His funeral will be on Monday 27 January at 1130 at Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3EQ
Dear family and friends - a note from Andrew Chadwick in regard to Julian's funeral.

The service will take place at 1130 on Monday 27 January. Should you wish to watch online, the link below will take you to the livestream. It will also be available for some weeks after the funeral.
https://www.youtube.com/live/qbBtX8JNowo

Barbara has asked that any floral tributes be replaced with a donation to Alzheimer's Society. This can be done by the JustGiving page below, which will collect any donations in memory of Julian.
https://www.justgiving.com/page/julian-chadwick

With many thanks again for all the many kind words of condolence and remembrance that have been sent in recent weeks. With best wishes, Andrew

Independent Safeguarding Audit: commissioned by the Archbishops’ Council in 2023, please see the attached document for more information about that, including a survey.

Retreat in Daily Life:

The annual Retreat in Daily Life will be starting at the Catholic Chaplaincy next Sunday, 26th January. The retreat is based on the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola, which is part of the Catholic tradition but in recent years has also gained a following across different Christian denominations.

Participants in the retreat are offered the opportunity to meet with a trained prayer guide for 30 minutes each day, Monday to Friday. The prayer guide will offer suggestions for prayer and Bible texts to reflect on, with the aim of helping the retreatants to deepen their prayer life. There are also evening workshops on different styles of prayer. The team of guides come from various Christian churches, including an Anglican priest. St Antony's Priory very kindly collaborates with us and provides rooms for some of the prayer guides.

Obviously, the retreat is mostly of interest to Christians, but it's open to anyone who may be exploring faith and spirituality. I've attached a flyer with some more information. Please share this with any students or staff who you think may be interested, and ask them to contact me on this email address if they want to find out more.

Thanks,
Andrew Rev Andrew Downie Durham University Catholic Chaplain

With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter
The Reverend Peter Kashouris
St Oswald's Vicarage, Church Street, Durham [email protected]