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Sheep Tales & Spinning Yarns will be touring their final Exhibition at the following locations :

The Village Hall @ Kirknewton Show Sunday 19th August 2012

Wool related stalls and demonstrations, stick dressing display, felt hangings, AV display of archived photographs with oral history sound clips and Sheep tales exhibition panels.

Etal Show Sunday 2nd September 2012

Felt hangings, AV display of archived photographs with oral history sound clips and Sheep tales exhibition panels.

The Barracks @ Berwick Slow Food Festival Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th September 2012

Felt hangings, AV display of archived photographs with oral history sound clips and Sheep tales exhibition panels.

Belford Show Saturday 29th September – Belford Middle School

Felt hangings, AV display of archived photographs with oral history sound clips and Sheep tales exhibition panels.

Wooler Easter Hillside Dawn 6.30 am ( take the bridle path off Cheviot Street, and walk along for 5 mins to join the crowd on the hill) followed by Easter Breakfast in the Glendale Hall. Led by Rev P Ward 11 am Easter Holy Communion led by Rev Rachel Poolman

Spittal/ Berwick 8 am worship on the beach at spittal. 11 am Easter Worship Led by Mr Graham Ferguson & 6 pm Rev Tony Richie.

North Sunderland 9 am Holy Communion led by Rev David Herbert

Chatton – the URC are not holding a service today, but there is an C of E service at 9.30 am

Belford 10.30 Worship with Holy Communion, Children’s worship with Egg Rolling and Egg Hunt. Refreshments in the Ferguson Hall. Led by Rev Dave Herbert

Horncliffe 11.30 Holy Communion led by Rev Rob Kelsy.

Crookham 3 pm Easter Worship with The Crookham Cuckoo singing and Easter Egg Hunt, and refreshments. Led by Rev Dave Herbert

Newcastle’s Bare Toed Dance perform their playful aerial dance show themed around sleep, dreams and bedtime. Serenaded by sounds from a musical bed, dancers run with the moon, snooze in the air and fly to the top of the stairs of a purpose made, interactive set designed to encourage little ones to dance, fly, play and make music. A show for pre-school/ young primary children and their families.

Professional performers brought to Spittal by the local church working in collaboration with Spittal Development Trust and Highlights Rural Touring Scheme funded by the Arts Council.  More details and  the full list of performances in Northumberland can be found at www.highlightsnorth.co.uk

Thursday 26th April 2pm Berwick United Reformed Church £7.50/ £3.50 Child 84 Main St. Spittal, Berwick TD15 1RD Bookings: 07752 403 409 (3pm free workshop. Advance booking required)

With his new trio of guitar, mandolin and bass, “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fRoots) performs an evening of boundary crossing music – English, Scottish, Irish, Swedish, American and Quebecois traditional to country, ragtime, Latin, African, swing and modern jazz – interspersed with warm and witty anecdotes delivered in his trademark laid back style.

Professional musicians brought to Spittal by the local church working in collaboration with Spittal Development Trust and Highlights Rural Touring Scheme funded by the Arts Council.  More details and  the full list of performances in Northumberland can be found at www.highlightsnorth.co.uk

Saturday 17th March 7.30pm Berwick United Reformed Church £8.50/ £3.50 Child 84 Main St. Spittal, Berwick TD15 1RD Bookings: 07752 403 409

Wooler 5.45 on the hillside above Wooler, walk up Cheviot street past the church, turn right along the footpath until you see the vista, and the dawn.  15 min walk from Glendale Hall.  Followed by breakfast and communion in Glendale Hall.  11am Easter morning worship.

Berwick St Paul’s 8 am on the beach at Spittel Ecumenical Easter Praise.  11 am Easter Communion.

St Cuthbert’s North Sunderland  9.am Communion

Erskine Belford 10.30 family worship and communion with traditional egg rolling and Easter egg hunt.  Followed by refreshments in the hall.

Crookham 3 pm Easter Worship with the Crookham Cuckoos Singing Easter praise.

Berwick United Reformed Church is an active member of Berwick Churches Together, and values our ecumenical connections.  Further details of sister denominations events and the activity of the whole Christian Church in Berwick can be found via the Berwick Churches Together website – www.berwickchurches.org.uk