This is a photo of the first people arriving in Church who have walked the Camino from Finchale Abbey. They rang us on Monday 26<sup>th</sup> of April, from Ingleton, to ask if the Church was open so they could stamp their passports. They live in Chester-le-Street and had walked from Witton that day, about ten miles They had done 2 other parts of the walk last summer. There was a mum, Pat Gardner and her two sons. They were very pleased to be able to prove their accomplishment by stamping a record of their walk in their walk passport.. It was Pat’s birthday. She thought it was a good present and loved the riverside when we went down to St Mary’s Well. They stayed to say a few prayers. before leaving in a car they had left in the village.She has walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Santiago means St James. The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in north western Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the saint are buried. Many thousands of people walk the route each year for many reasons. In the Middle ages pilgrims from England had to walk to the English Chanel before getting a boat to northern Spain to reach Santiago. Now there is a plan to renew the route from Finchale Priory near Durham to the Chanel. The next section will be from Gainford to Ripon.We have attached an Information Leaflet which includes more details for those interested in exploring the Pilgrimage Trail for themselves.
Rev'd Eileen Harrop, Vicar of Gainford, leads the Celebration of Holy Communion on Easter Sunday at St Mary's, Gainford. We apologise for technical issues distorting the sound quality and visual synchronisation. Jean Coates read the first lesson Acts 10:34-43; the Vicar read the Gospel Mark 16:1-8; Canon (ret) Neil Russell lead the prayers of intercessions; and Brian Harrop was on the organ.Link to the Service
Rev'd Eileen Harrop uses reflections from the Archbishop of York the Most Rev'd Stephen Cottrell's book Walking the Way of the Cross, with reflections from Bishop Philip North and Dr Paula Gooder, and continues with the 7th to 15th Stations of the Cross, for the Parishes of St Andrew's, Winston and St Mary's, Gainford. Link to Holy Week Reflections - Part 2Grateful thanks to Peter Dransfield for production and editing. Music used to accompany the reflections:The Power of the Cross, K & K Getty 2005 Here I am Lord, J M Talbot 2008 Drop Drop Slow Tears, O Gibbons (1583-1625) sung by Voces8 Behold the Man, J Owens 1973, sung at Prom Praise 2013 by Kathryn Copeland Donaldson and Sean G. Donaldson God so loved the world (J Stainer) sung by St Paul’s Cathedral Choir 2009 Magnificat Acappella, Randy Gill 2003 sung by Alissa Day and J. Elliot Bowman Messiah / Part 2 - "Surely He hath borne our griefs" (G F Handel) · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields · Sir Neville Marriner 1976 The Crucifixion, J Stainer - Fling wide the gates · Richard Lewis · Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge1962 Up from the grave He arose, R Lowry (1826-1899) sung by Acapeldridge 2018
Rev'd Eileen Harrop follows the daily readings, prayers and reflections from the Archbishop of York, Dr Paula Gooder and Bishop Philip North in our Walking the Way of the Cross, adding her own reflections in music and word, for the Parishes of St Andrew's, Winston and St Mary's, Gainford in the Diocese of Durham. Grateful thanks to Peter Dransfield for production and editing. <div>Holy Week Reflections - Part 1The music used: Jesus Praying in the Garden - J Martin https://www.youtube.com/redirect?even... Is it nothing to you? Recitative from The Crucifixion, J Stainer sung by The Choir of Clare College Cambridge O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (piano) Passion Chorale, Hassler</div>
