Hold the candle high, let the flame rise in the silence Let our heartbeat fill the stillness as we lean into the dawn. Hear the laughter rise, bringing hope and expectation In the brightness of the morning, as the New Year comes in. Let us offer up a welcome, as we share a cup of […]
In this Advent contemplation, Jayne Bartholomew – a Companion in Community – reflects on incarnation. The contemplation is split into three, separate meditations and we would invite you to press pause at the end of each one for a few minutes. May God encircle you with love this Advent.
Each year The Northumbria Community celebrates Antiphon Day. The Advent antiphons are ancient prayers traditionally used from 17 to 23 December. On Antiphon Day (17th December) a pilgrimage walk would be planned, breaking the journey occasionally to say the next of the antiphons in turn, and saying or singing the accompanying verse of the popular […]
In December 2021, the Overseers recorded three, short videos at our Mother House, Nether Springs, in the wake of Storm Arwen. Catherine Askew reflects on the circle of life. Sarah Pillar reflects on key words from the prophecy about the coming of Christ this advent. All three Overseers gather at the site of the fallen […]
Sarah Pillar, Catherine Askew and Sarah Hay share from their experiences and observations during the last 15 months (within 2020-2021). Reflecting on the core questions we seek to live from – Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? – they […]
St Oswald’s Day Celebration – 5th August As a dispersed network Community, it is not possible for us to gather together under one roof and, indeed, many of those who might usually make the journey to Heavenfield, Northumbria, UK, on August 5th, to remember St Oswald, are not able to do so this year. So […]
This week, we invite you to join Companions in Community, Heather and Daniel, for a midday prayer in, and around, their local town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. (Click HERE or on the video image below)
Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Today’s Midday Prayer comes from Evesham and we join with Sarah & Edward Pillar, accompanied by the song of a robin and the whine of a drill! They are on the site of Evesham Abbey, dismantled in […]
Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Join Northumbria Community Companions, Sarah and Alan Berry, in Troy, New York, for midday prayer.
Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Join Northumbria Community Companions, Di and Vince Smith, along with Bergen the cat and ‘the chucks’, for midday prayer in rural Lancashire, UK. You can find the words for this liturgy on the Northumbria Community website – https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/midday-prayer/ […]