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Serving and loving the communities of Boldon Colliery, East Boldon and West Boldon, part of The Church of England.

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Our Benefice contains three parish churches working together to serve the whole community

of The Boldons, in South Tyneside in the North East of England.

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St George East Boldon

27 Front St, East Boldon NE36 0SF

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St Nicholas Hedworth

Hedworth Lane, Boldon Colliery
NE35 9JA

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St Nicholas West Boldon

Rectory Bank, West Boldon
NE36 0RF

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East Boldon

Hedworth

“As Christians in our community we are here to share the light and love of God in The Boldons.

The Benefice of The Boldons is a community of faith rooted in the love of God. We believe being a church is not just about meeting together for services, but a community of people working together to bless our communities. We strive to being a place of welcome and love for everyone.

Thank you for stopping by our website, I look forward to meeting you soon."

Reverend Paul Barker
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Grace Church Christmas! This Sunday at 2.30pm at St Nicholas Hedworth, Boldon Colliery (opposite Hedworth Lane Primary School).

Come along from 2.30pm for mince pies, cheese scones and tea and coffee. Plenty of parking in the school yard opposite. We’ll be thinking about the joy of Christmas.

#gracechurch #youreinvited #churchforeveryone

Details of Remembrance Sunday this weekend. There will be only one morning service at 9.30 at St George East Boldon, followed at 10.30 by the Remembrance Service in church and the act of remembrance at the war memorial. Refreshments will be available in the Scout Hut afterwards.

No services at either church of St Nicholas this Sunday.

There is also a Remembrance parade in Boldon Colliery led by Boldon Independent Methodist Church. It starts at 10.25 at the Methodist Church and will then move to the memorial opposite ASDA.

Loving the dog friendlyness of your Morecambe branch. Maisie feels most welcome. 🐾

Just leaving this here on #WorldMentalHealthDay

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/world-mental-health-day

Did you or a loved one celebrate your wedding at St Nicholas West Boldon?

As part of our Heritage Open Day this year, we're collecting wedding photos from across the years to display in the Parish Hall. We'd love to add your memories to our exhibition.

If you have a photo you'd like to share you can either take a scan or a good quality photo with your phone and send them to hello@boldonsbenefice.com. Or give Rev Paul a call on 0191 536 7705 or message us through this page, and we'll collect, scan, and return your photos.

🧽🧹👀 Guess where is getting a face lift? Volunteers hard at work today renovating the church hall in West Boldon to make it a brighter and more welcoming space for use by our community. Find out about all our spaces to hire across the Boldons here: www.boldonsbenefice.com/roomhire

Today in a joint Benefice service we said a fond fairwell to Reverend Kath as she prepares to move south to start her new role in Milton Keynes. It has been such a blessing to have Kath with us for the last few years, to see her grow and to grow with her. We pray for her every blessing in this new chapter of her ministry. 🙏

Kath, may the peace of the Lord Christ go with you where ever he may send you. May he guide you through the wilderness protect you through the storm. May he bring you home rejoicing at the wonders he has shown you. May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

Congratulations to Revd Ben who was ordained priest today at Durham Cathedral. It was a joy to have Ben on placement with us a few years ago and we couldn’t be more proud of him today… he is a gift to the church. 💒 Every blessing to Ben and Emily in this new chapter of their lives.

In church this morning we celebrated the feast of Pentecost 🔥❤️ Rev Kath spoke about the different images of fire which are symbols of Pentecost and encouraged us to be thankful for the Holy Spirit. Good to be together 💒

Please note next week we are all together for our Benefice Service and celebration of the year at 10am at St Nicholas Hedworth

We seem to be heading towards Christmas at great speed now… have you got all your wrapping done? All the food bought? Have you thought about how you can take a moment during all the celebrations to pause and remember the reason for all our festivities and celebrations?

We can help, come along and join one of our special services on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Everyone is very welcome! So come along and follow the star ⭐️

Here’s a reminder of our advent and Christmas services coming up during December.

If you’re planning on joining us for church tomorrow morning then we have cleared and gritted this path so please come up this way, don’t use the gate with the steps. We have also done some of the surrounding area, but do be careful as it’s still slippy out there ❄️

Don’t forget tomorrow is our Christmas fair. Everyone is very welcome to come along to our Christmas fair and begin to get into the Christmas spirit. 🎄 Hope to see you tomorrow.

We are delighted to share with you our Christmas Programme for 2023. There is so much happening and we’d love to invite you to “follow the star” and be part of the journey through advent to Christmas. We have things for all ages and everyone is welcome. If you have questions then please drop us a message. 🌟

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…!”

Diocese of Durham
South Tyneside Churches Together

Join us at Messy Church for stories, craft, songs, food and fun today from 11.00 at St Nicholas Hedworth Lane. Loads of parking in the school yard opposite. We're hearing the story of "The Big Spender" and thinking about how God is always ready to welcome us home. See you there!

Arrangements for Remembrance Sunday.

There is one Benefice Eucharist service at 9.30 at St George East Boldon, immediately followed by the Remembrance Service at 10.30 and the procession to the Cenotaph for the 2 minutes silence at 11.00. There will be no other morning services.

You can join online for a Remembrance Service from St George's Church and the war memorial in East Boldon from the different to usual time of 10:55am. Link here: https://youtu.be/RIoWepCEsP8?si=WvYvj9c_ahQJuw8c

Online worship has been moved to a later time to coordinate with the 11am 2 minutes silence - however you can watch the service at any time of the day.

The 4.30pm service of Celtic Evening prayer will take place as usual at St Nicholas, Boldon Colliery.

Please find details below for Remembrance Sunday Services in the Boldons. #WeWillRememberThem

Tonight is our service for All Souls, and everybody is warmly welcomed. We will remember the names of people who we have loved who have died. We will light candles, and reflect on the memories that we hold of the people we have loved.

We'll be holding our service of remembrance, All Souls, in a little under a fortnight's time, at St Nicholas West Boldon on the 2nd of November.

At this reflective service we remember and pray for those we have loved who have died and who now rest in peace.

Please consider yourself very welcome to come along and if you would like the name of your loved one remembered in the service then please send a message to our Facebook page.

This Saturday we are open for our Heritage Open Day. This is a great opportunity to have a look around St Nicholas Church, the Parish Church of West Boldon and a Grade I Listed Building. The church will be open for visitors on Saturday 9 September, between 10am and 4pm.

Last year we welcomed over 100 visitors through our doors on the Heritage Open Day and it was wonderful to be able to show people, young and old, around the often hidden gem which is St Nic’s. It is good to remind residents in the area that even if they don’t come to church on a Sunday this is their church and it will always be a place of welcome to them.

This year there is a special opportunity to have a go a ringing the ancient church bell. The bell is used to let people know services are happening but also to help celebrate occasions like weddings. The bell can be heard for miles around the village and visitors are welcome to give it a try.

The church is of historical interest as a great deal of the original Saxon stonework is still visible, but the majority of the structure dates from the 13th century. The windows were all enlarged in the late Victorian period, so all of the beautiful stained glass dates from that period. There are several memorial tablets commemorating the fallen of the Boer War and the two World Wars. A memorial tablet traces the Rectors of Boldon back to the 13th century.

On the day the church will be open and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions. Visitors can light a candle for a loved one. For children there will be a special scavenger hunt trail around church to learn more about the building.

To find out more about Heritage Open Days please visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk (http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/)

You, me, all of us, together, sometimes...

Hey @dalton_park Maisie loves the fact you’re dog friendly these days. We had a great time shopping, having lunch and getting strokes off so many shop assistants 🐾 #pawsome

At the band in the park today, with our messy church activities… It was great to chat to so many of you… Before the rain came!

This Sunday we are looking forward to having a stall at Band in the Park, an event organised by West Boldon Residents Association. Alison, Joy, Brenda, Nicholas and Emma have been preparing some craft activities for the day which you will be able to try (for free!) - can you guess what our theme is? 🤔 We look forward to seeing you there, do come and say hello.

We will also be on hand to answer any questions you might have about our churches including information on baptisms, weddings and Messy Church in the Boldons and anything else!

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Coming up next weekend is our summer fair. We would love to invite everybody along. Events like this are really important to fund the work of our churches and care of our buildings. They are also a great opportunity to come together as a community. We really appreciate your support. 💒

Last weekend, Rev Kath joined Bishop Paul, Bishop Sarah and a delegation from our diocese went to visit our friends in our partner Churches, the Nordkirche, in Northeast Germany. This is what she got up to…

The delegation were based in Lübeck, 64 km north east of Hamburg. The group were joined by a group of pastors from the Nordkirche and Bishop Gothart Magaard. During the visit the groups had a talk from Bishop Paul about the King’s Coronation, discussed the Kingship of Christ and other found out about each other’s cultures.

On Sunday morning we visited churches across the Lübeck, and Revd David Lucas from Darlington, Pastor Christofer Klaas and myself joined Pastor Wolfgang at St Gertrud’s Lutheran church, receiving a very warm welcome from Pastor Wolfgang and the congregation and participating in the German service.

On Monday the whole delegation visited the coastal town of Wismar, visiting a church school in the morning and finding out about the life and work of the school. We then went to the town centre when we were greeted by the Mayor of Wismar, Thomas Beyer, who talked to us about the town and the challenges that they face, rebuilding the town after decades of Communist Control by the Russians (many people in the area had Russian as their second language as a result of having to learn Russian at school in the GDR).
On the final day we joined together for communion in St Marien-Kirche, just opposite our hotel, and then were given a guided tour of Lübeck and Willy Brandt’s house, before being given a short period of time for some marzipan shopping.

It was a wonderful visit and many friendships and partnerships were made, and we hope that the relationship between our Nordkirche friends continues to grow.

This weekend we have THREE baptisms taking place! Isabella, Madeleine and Oscar will all be baptised as a celebration of how much they are loved by God 💖

Each one of them will be given one of our beautiful handmade sheep. The sheep are a reminder that we are all part of Gods family, and that Jesus is the good shepherd who takes care of all of us.

We are so blessed to have wonderful knitters in our church family who make these beautiful gifts 🐑 Please pray for Isabella, Madeleine and Oscar and their families ahead of this special weekend.

Polls are open and it's time for... #DogsAtPollingStations 🐶 We’d love to see your polling pups!👇

Also, heres all the information you need about casting your vote. Remember, being able to vote and take part in a democratic process is such a privilege so make sure you cast your vote today 🗳️ www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/4998/How-to-vote-at-a-polling-station

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Reverend Paul BarkerPriest in Charge

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Your church in
The Boldons

Reverend Paul Barker
Priest in Charge