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Contact
Details:
Priest in Charge:
Reverend Canon Peter Kenney
The Vicarage
Wansbeck Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 2LR
Tel:
0191 285 8792
Email:
peterkenney@btinternet.com
Assistant Curate:
Reverend Audrey McCartan
10 Meadowvale
Ponteland
NE20 9NF
Tel:
Office
213 6970 Home 01661
871056
Email:
amccartan@btinternet.com
Location:
Beside Wansbeck Road Metro station, Gosforth
Click here for a map
Services:
Every Sunday
10am Parish Eucharist
First and Third
Sunday each month
8am Holy Communion Book of Common Prayer
Every Thursday
Thursday 9.30 Holy Communion
Style of Worship:
Sunday 8am and Thursday are said services.
Sundays at 10am are from Common Worship. There are
hymns and a sung Gloria etc. - hymn singing is a
strength. The style of worship is moderately catholic.
Seasonal variations are included, using specially
prepared service booklets. A parish breakfast follows
this service.
Talking over Tea is a discussion based on the
forthcoming Sunday’s Gospel and incorporating any topic
as it arises – it meets about 20 times a year.
Services, including Holy Communion, have been held in
homes of the parish during the seasons of Advent and
Lent and this may become regular.
The congregation is mostly elderly. We use this as a
strength, e.g. special services, such as those of Holy
Week, and meetings, are held in the daytime. We
incorporate social activities with worship, e.g. Easter
Praise and tea in church, and Open Gardens Weekend,
including outdoor Songs of Praise. We try to find
physical, practical expressions of faith as this seems
really to engage our congregation.
Regular services are held in the care homes of the
parish.
The Church:
The building is 45 years old, red brick, incorporating
church and meeting rooms under one roof. The church is
simple in style, with a red brick east wall and statue
of Christus Rex in the sanctuary. Furnishings and
fittings are in keeping with the 1960’s architecture.
We hold special seasonal services e.g. Christmas Carol
Service. We celebrate holy days and feasts as
appropriate. The Christmas Lunch for the aged was held
in church for 20 years.
The Congregation eat lunch together on two or three
occasions during the year.
Mostly, members of the congregation are local and live
in the nearby streets, on Regent Farm. Many have lived
there since the estate was built, 40-50 years ago.
There is a network of family and neighbours for whom St
Hugh’s is their parish church. Parishioners are kept up
to date via the monthly newsletter, St Hugh’s News.
sthughschurch@btinternet.com
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