 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
Welcome to the home of the Northumbria Community online. We hope you'll enjoy your visit, and find what you're looking for. Use the navigation panel to the left, or at the bottom of the page, to explore the site and find your way around! If you want to catch up on what you've missed since you were last here, you can click here to visit the What's New page |
|||||||||||
|
If you arrived at Hetton Hall, the Mother House of the Northumbria Community, the first thing we'd probably do is put the kettle on and have a blether... so what's the online equivalent of that? Just come on in and make yourself at home, and you'll find the answers to some of your questions about the Northumbria Community... eventually... probably... | ||||||||||
WHAT'S NEW Changes to the Rhythm of the Day of the Mother House Following a period of consideration it seems the right time to make some changes at our Mother House. These changes affect the pattern of the monastic day. If you are planning a retreat please check the 'vital information' page for the update. See details of the Crucible Course: Creating Church on the Margins. Here's news of an opportunity to hear Brian McLaren, speaker, pastor and author in Edinburgh. Brian is in Scotland by invitation of the Evangelical Alliance and Scottish Network Churches, and will be in Edinburgh on Saturday 6th, developing themes engaged in his writing of such notable works as ‘A Generous Orthodoxy’ and ‘A New Kind of Christian’. It's a public meeting with Brian at 8pm on Saturday evening December 6th, at Morningside Baptist Church’s Braid Centre. Ticket information is here or on 0141 3328700 Details of the new 2008/2009 Programme are available in the What's On at Nether Springs pages 'Sing to the Well' is now available |
|||||||||||
First and foremost, this site is a tool to help us, as Companions and Friends in the Northumbria Community, to build community. We are a dispersed group, and the website can really help us to communicate, stay in touch, share news, ideas, prayer requests... possibilities limited only by our vision and imagination. So let us know any ideas you have for improving and developing the site. And please let us have any stuff you want to post here. Over to you... If you'd like to receive an email to tell you when this site changes, then tell us here. We should even be able to tell you what's changed! |
|||||||||||
| If you're a visitor, you might be wondering 'just what IS the Northumbria Community?'. Well, it's not easy to summarise in a few sentences... but if you click the 'Who are we' link, we'll have a go! |  |
||||||||||
The Nether Springs is the Mother House of the Northumbria Community. Read about what that means here. We are seeking to explore a new form of monasticism, and you can read about that here. |
|||||||||||
 |
One of the things which binds us together as a Community is our Daily Office. It's a pattern of daily prayer which helps us to bring a rhythm to our day, wherever we are and whatever we're doing. Explore it here. | ||||||||||
The Community's trading company is called Cloisters, and it's one of the ways we put 'bread on our table'. Cloisters is a vehicle for the creativity of Community people to find an outlet, and to help others understand and explore some of the things which create the distinctives of the Northumbria Community. Click here to have a look... |
|||||||||||
| Nether Springs, the Mother House of the Northumbria Community, is in Northumberland in the far north of England. We run retreats, and also offer private space for reflection. Have a look to see what's on at Nether Springs. |  |
||||||||||
| You might want to jump to the Archive page, where there's all sorts of stuff you can download, or listen to. | |||||||||||
 |
If all else fails, and you really can't find what you're looking for, then send us an email, and Ellen will get on to it. | ||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
