Posts by Robb Sutherland
Maundy Thursday with Holy Nativity’s Youth Group
On Maundy Thursday, many churches keep a vigil all through the night and into Good Friday. At Holy Nativity, this important task is always given to our Youth Group who have an annual sleepover in the church!
Holy Week
Holy Week is well under way as Christian communities around the globe make a spiritual pilgrimage towards The Cross of Good Friday and the eventual joy of Easter Day. In the modern world, it is easy to forget that the Christian faith is an ancient spirituality that we enter into as we ourselves become disciples thousands of years later. Here at Holy Nativity our week began with quiet reflective services each night accompanied by the music of Taizé. Holy Week…
Ash Green Learn About Holy Week
Lots of fun at Holy Nativity as Ash Green pupils come to find out about Holy Week!
A New Role For a Familiar Face
Thanks to funding from the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)* Holy Nativity is about to embark on a three year project to develop our church building and expand the activities and community services that we provide. Holy Nativity turns 70 this year and the building has been at the heart of the community for all of that time, being originally funded by public subscription and arriving as a ‘flat pack’ church back in 1954. The funding will enable us…
Meet The Curate | Revd Fern
Greetings my name is Fern and I am looking forward to serving as your new curate from Sunday 2nd July. I have moved down from Durham with Jemima, my cat, where I have been studying for the last couple of years. Prior to my training I worked as a chemist in the hop industry, in Kent. In my spare time I enjoy scale figure modelling and painting, table-top gaming, reading (science-fiction, fantasy and history predominantly), and music – generally, the…
Summer Fair 2023
The weather may not have been in our favour but this year’s summer fair was a fantastic event.
Youth Group Hit The Beach!
For the final day of 2023’s Holy Nativity Youth Group Camp, we hit the beach! Having looked at the long range forecast we decided that Friday was the best day. After a hearty breakfast we filled our day sacks and hiked to Runswick Bay. Digging holes, burying each other in the sand and learning to float in the sea was the order of the day. After a steep climb up the hill to the minibus, we went to Beacon Farm…
Youth Group vs the Knights!
What a day we had as we battled against the elements and won! With a shaky looking weather forecast we got into the minibus with our waterproofs and headed to Scarborough Castle!
Youth Group Hit Whitby
After a good night’s sleep and a full English breakfast, youth group had sufficient energy to tackle Whitby!
Graeme Heads to Pastures New
Recently I’ve been wondering whether it is possible to fall in love with a whole community. It’s a rhetorical question, really, because I already know the answer. Around three years ago I found myself at the very start of my ordination training, looking for a church placement where I could learn more about what it means to be a vicar in the Church of England, and what it means to be a community of people in service to and with…