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Cross Roads Weekend

Posted on September 25. Archived.

If you'd like to join the HBC family on a weekend away to Scarborough on November 27 to 29, download the booking form here, and return to the church office.

Farewell Sir Bobby

Posted by Mark Elder on September 21. Archived.

I found myself profoundly moved by the outpouring of affection, when Sir Bobby Robson recently died, after his brave and courageous battle with cancer. Indeed, this afternoon, I joined a few thousand Geordies at St. James', where the memorial service from Durham cathedral was beamed live. » more

Words and deeds

Posted by Andy Carlisle on September 15. Archived.

I came across this from one of Bishop Lesslie Newbigin's books, which I though was worth posting: 

Words without deeds are empty, but deeds without words are dumb. It is stupid to set them against each other. It is, for example, stupid to say: “The one thing that matters is to go everywhere and preach the gospel; all other activities such as schools and hospitals and programs for social action are at best merely auxiliary and at worst irrelevant.”