Sea Sunday is held every year and is a special day to remember all those brave men and women who work at sea.  It was held this year on Sunday July 14th. On the same day our four churches (Chilton Moor, East Rainton, Great Lumley and West Rainton) all met together at St Mary's, West Rainton.

We were entertained, instead of a sermon, by the acting of the story of Jesus calming the waters by our 'Open The Book' group who take Bible stories to the schools in West and East Rainton.

The collection that day was dedicated to the Mission to Seafarers.

Our Treasurers had the pleasure of taking the collection to the South Shields mission to hand it over and take the opportunity to have a look at the wonderful chapel.

Please go to the Missions' website, https://www.missiontoseafarers.org/ and have a look at the wonderful work that do.

For example, they meet ships on the Wear and Tyne and transport Christians to and from the chapel for rest and prayer. They help with the aftermath of incidents on ships and keep records in the chapel.

The staff and volunteers at South Shields were very welcoming and we are sure that they would welcome more visitors!