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R. P. Whaite
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collaboration & solidarity in DioceseNCL / moves🚲 @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social & in de bakfiets / kneels @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social & elsewhere / Stopfordian / cries@sport, esp. @ManUtdfc.bsky.social / He\Him

“Year of Seeking": https://t.co/5xQiBXtK
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Unaccompanied congregational singing this morning at St Aidan’s & St Hilda’s until Dorothy arrived with her Northumbrian Pipes to lead and accompany our voices. Her post-service playing seemed an appropriate accompaniment to this Aidan-themed window @northtyneside.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Today marks a decade since ordination to the priesthood at St Augustine’s Queensgate. Thanks be to God. Claire Shirley remembered to take some photos and Rachel Atwell Hudson designed the gift. A very special day.
A white plate is positioned on a wooden table. The plate has a date on it, Sunday 21st of June 2015. The middle of the plate as a design of a church logo on it. The church is All Saints Fulham. The logo has a text over the top of it. The text includes the words of Jesus: “ peace be with you. As the father has sent me, so I send you.” This is a low resolution image. A photo of lots of other photos in a montage the photos feature people gathered outside a church after a service of ordination. Many of the figures in the photos are wearing clerical clothing, including cassocks, albs and white stoles. Some of the figures in the pictures are kneeling down receiving a prayer of blessing from the new priests.
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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More #bloomscrolling
Aeonium flourishing in a little black plant pot, on a wooden bookshelf against a white washed wall. Small basil plants are growing in three reused coffee cans adjacent to the dark red and black aeonium plant. Pale purple hydrangeas in a pale/sage green pot. Pansies planted in a vehicle tyre mounted on a wall and painted sage green Pansies planted in a vehicle tyre mounted on a wall and painted sage green
May 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Clematis Montana in tiny yard #bloomscrolling
Climbing plant clematis Montana in flower with pale pink petals across a white-washed wall in a rear yard of a house. The plant is growing horizontally. There is also a step ladder and a wheelie bin in the shot.
May 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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“May the Fourth be with you…”
(Anglican siblings respond)
“…and also with you”

(Photo credit: unknown, but courtesy of FB. Let me know and I’ll add it with thanks)
The image is of the Spanish City buildings in Whitley Bay on North Tyneside. It is large white arcade fronted building with an arch and nine large windows on the first floor which are separated by pillars. The roof is a large dome with a prominent flag pole. For Star Wars Day, May the 4th, this image has replaced the dome with a superimposed Death Star.
May 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Our Holy Saturday and Cargo Bike crossover
A sticker of a picture of the three women bearing spices and oils to the tomb of Jesus on holy Saturday. The image is black-and-white. The three women have red coronas around their heads. At the bottom of the sticker are the words ride or die. Red Dutch cargo bike situated in a yard. The cargo container which is brown wood is covered in various stickers and artworks.
April 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Lenten joys shared as we joined @helenannhartley.bsky.social in welcoming Canon Dr Kelly Brown Douglas to the college of canons @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social this morning. If you’d like to watch the service you can find it here: www.youtube.com/live/BzO5UEF...
Photograph of an order of service for a sun Eucharist at Newcastle Cathedral on the 23rd of March 2025. There is an image of a cross overlaid with a crown of thorns indicating the service takes place in the season of lent. A photograph of the space in front of the nave altar at Newcastle Cathedral. The bishop of Newcastle, robe in purple for the season of length, is stood in front of the African-American theologian and priest Kelly Brown Douglas. Kelly is kneeling in prayer as the bishop reads out Her license. The dean of Newcastle, Lee Batson, is standing to Kelly’s left as part of the presentation. A photograph of Kelly Brown Douglas preaching during the Eucharist. She is gesturing with her left hand as part of her sermon. The bishop of Newcastle is sat in the background listening to her. Kelly is dressed in a white alb and a purple stole. A photograph of members of the College of cannons at Newcastle Cathedral, along with guests, at the conclusion of the Eucharist in which the Cathedral welcomed Kelly Brown Douglas to be one of its non-residentiary canons. Kelly is to serve as an ecumenical Canon, also known as the Anglican communion Canon.
March 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Laughter and energy with Canon-designate Very Reverend Kelly Brown Douglas @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social alongside colleagues from the College of Canons this morning. Exploring a crucified kenosis that attends to justice and privilege
Kelly Brown Douglas, an African American priest and theologian, is stood and speaking in a well-lit room with small tables around her. A male and a female colleague are listening to her.
March 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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An evening of luminous laughter observing living between eyes open and eyes shut at The Stand this evening courtesy of @robauton.bsky.social - bravo! Including art merch for punters!
March 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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In a Saturday morning juxtaposition (distraction?) I am stood in the chill of Whitley Bay ice rink listening to warm cycling vibes from Collignon collignon.bandcamp.com/album/bicicl...
Photo of the roof of an indoor ice rink. Silver reflective panel are visible, along with empty green spectator seating at the far end of the rink. There is a screen with the local time on it. In the foreground is a protective netting. It occupies the left half of the photo
March 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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JOB ALERT!
The @BishopNewcastle wishes to appoint a full-time Mission Priest-in-charge for five years to the Benefice of Byker St Michael’s. More / apply 👉 bit.ly/3EWJzSo #ChurchJobs #ClergyJobs #ChristianJobs #NEJobs
February 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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My morning has been enlivened by a phishing scam in which my colleagues and I at the Diocese of Newcastle are the recipients of a grant from the (non-existent) Pontifical Missoi (sic) Society. Lots of typos! Not really my brand of ecumenism!
February 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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This greeted us on our street the morning after Valentine’s Day last week.
February 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A damp evening at the coast enlightened by Fiesta & St Paul’s church via the community event “light waves” fiestawb.com/2025/01/29/l... (3/3)
February 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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A damp evening at the coast enlightened by Fiesta & St Paul’s church via the community event “light waves” fiestawb.com/2025/01/29/l... (2/3)
February 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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A damp evening at the coast enlightened by Fiesta & St Paul’s church via the community event “light waves” fiestawb.com/2025/01/29/l... (1/3)
February 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Got to visit the excellent Shieldfield Art Workshop this week. A witness to Methodist engagement in this part of Newcastle enabling local people to create, share and reflect on shaping their community
February 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Sr Corita Kent insisted that “ordinary things shall be signs for us”. Those participating in authorised lay ministry formation are using Corita’s work to consider how prayer as attention (noticing where God is with us and others) might help our diocese’s discerning prayers in our “Year of Seeking”
February 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Came back from Holy Island with this beautiful painting looking south towards Bamburgh at sunrise from Lindisfarne. By the gifted eye of Mary Fleeson
February 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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It was a very calm ride this morning wasn’t it? Can’t wait for the remaining sections to be completed (it will enable the family bike bus to and from school). Got to the Fish Quays at the same as the DFDS Princess Seaways
January 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I am not as experienced (or determined) as @fatherhilarious.blog in this regard but morning prayer on the way to work this morning included moments of challenge, congruence & beauty (The Fish Quay and the Salt Quay, North Shields).
A red cargo bike is leaned against a low wall. Behind the low wall is a small sandy beach leading to a still flat sea. In the middle distance are two sea walls with lights on the end of each. Passing between the sea walls is a large passenger ferry. The scene is lit by a sunrise into a clear blue sky. A dilapidated wooden window pane has been fitted onto a green pebble dash wall on an industrial estate. Where the glass used to be in the window someone has posted some art. The artist composed of torn pieces of paper. The largest shape seems to resemble a person with their arms in the air. in front of this large shape Phrases and words torn and placed on the left side and on the right side. The words memento mori are repeated between other phrases. It seems to be expressing the importance of limitation and finitude.
January 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Clearly our language tuition app decided when I opted to begin learning some basic phrases for work with one of our partner/link dioceses to start me on vocab that a Christian minister should care about…
January 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Joyous gathering of congregation and community in the parish church of Cresswell last weekend to give thanks for building and bells restored after storms across the region. Bells, baptism, prayers of blessing in South-East Northumberland.
January 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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“It was evening…” Genesis 1, the first reading for @churchofengland.org evening prayer, Whitley Bay at low tide
A view looking out to sea, at night time with a bright waxing moon in the top right hand corner of the photo. The light of the moon is partially reflected in the receding tide and partially reflected in the shore which is a mixture of long sections of sand, dark rocks and seaweed. The light of the moon is diffused by cloud cover
January 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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This is my favourite representation of the Magi at #Epiphany 2025 in the Diocese of Newcastle - St Gregory the Great, Kirknewton
Icon depicting the early Christian theologian Gregory the great above and diagonally right of a mediaeval niche in a church wall in Northumberland A depiction carved in stone of three figures, probably the Magi, presenting their gifts to the infant Jesus and his mother Mary. The stone carving has been preserved whilst the wall of the church has been covered over and whitewashed. A candle stand in a mediaeval church, lined with small white votive candles in red holders. On the top row of the votive stand one of the candles is lit. Beyond the candle stand there are rows of pale oak pews facing Eastwood in the church toward the altar A highly decorative stain glass window in the porch of the church of Saint Gregory, the great, KirkNewton in Northumberland. The glass itself expresses a dedication to the memory of Josephine Butler, but the window glass is combined with wrought iron work rendered as a plant growing by a stream.
January 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM