Author: Sarah Hay

Kyrie Eleison – a special song of lament for these days…

‘Times are troubled… people grieve…’ We are delighted to be releasing this special song of lament today. It is the culmination of a project that Martin Neil – a long-time Companion in Community – has been working on from his studio in Wales, over the past couple of months. It brings together voices, photographs, percussion, […]

IN EVERY PLACE WHERE WE ARE – MIDDAY PRAYER with the Hays

Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Join Northumbria Community Companions, Dave and Sarah Hay (and their 7-month old border collie puppy, Tess), for midday prayer on the snowy moors near their home in County Durham, UK. It has been a special place of […]

JOIN IN WITH A HOLY COMMUNION FOR Ash Wednesday

We are delighted to be able to bring you the first of a series of Wednesday ‘Come and See’ midday prayers, recorded ‘In Every Place Where We Are’ which will appear on our main website, social media and Youtube channel over Lent and Easter. This first offering is a special one and involves a Holy […]

Come and See Wednesday Prayers – MIDDAY – 3rd November 2020

This week we are delighted to invite you to join in with this gem from our archives – Midday Prayer recorded above Lake Cle Elum, in Central Washington State, with Dan Hazen, a Companion of Northumbria Community. A timely reminder, too, to pray for all of our Companions, Novices and Friends in the US during […]

Come and See Wednesday Prayers – 21st October – 5.30pm BST

This week we are welcomed into the home of Community Companion, Jonathan Tillin and his wife, Viv, from Belper, Derbyshire, England. This month’s readings are from Finan and are entitled ‘Parting and Planting’. You can find them in Celtic Daily Prayer Book One (see below) or as a download from our Community shop – https://shop.northumbriacommunity.org/product/celtic-daily-prayer-1-daily-readings-finan-october-pdf-download/ […]

Come and See Prayers – Wednesday 7th October, 5.30pm BST

COME AND SEE WEDNESDAY PRAYERS – 7th October 5.30pm BST This week it’s wonderful to be joining in with a group of people, led by Rosemary Burke, who are alone together in a Zoom room, in every place where they are, across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Please follow the link below, which will become […]

Come and See Prayers – Wednesday 30th September 5.30pm BST

COME AND SEE WEDNESDAY PRAYERS – 30th September from 5.30pm BST This week we join Susan and Paul Moore, Companions of Community, as they say Evening Prayer from Leigh on Sea, England. (The link below will become available from 5.30pm on 30th September) https://youtu.be/UyQwlD1fdMI This evening’s reflection is taken from Celtic Daily Prayer Book 2 […]

Come and See Prayers – Wednesday 9th September 5.30pm BST

This week it is lovely to be with Norma and Norman Charlton, long-time Companions in Community, who live in Gateshead, just outside Newcastle-upon- Tyne, England. This evening’s reflection is taken from Celtic Daily Prayer Book 2 and the Eata readings for September, entitled ‘Celtic Footprints’. Tonight, we focus on a story connected to the the […]

Come and See Prayers – Wednesday 2nd September from 5.30pm BST

This week we are delighted to join Tim Halpin and the rest of the folk at Nethergrove House, North Devon, for Evening Prayer. In September our main readings are from Colman, in CDP Book 2 and are on the theme of ‘Hospitality’. We are aware that, for many of us at the moment, hospitality might […]