St Nics is a church for everyone. We seek to be a blessing to the city through loving Jesus, loving our neighbour and loving one another.
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Diary Dates
Weekly:
Morning Prayer - Weekdays 8-8:30am
Coffee Lounge -Monday-Saturday 10am-12pm
Light a Candle - Leave a Prayer - Tuesday 12:30 - 2:30pm
Holy Communion Service - Wednesday 12:30pm
Amigos - Wednesday 7:30 - 9:30pm in the Upper Hall
Tiddlywinks - Wednesday 10am. Will be meeting at Hardwick Park. This is open to all families including those with primary aged children.
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Church Office Closed
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the church office will be closed from 29th July - 12th Aug. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
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New Car Park on Sundays
For the 11am service, we have a car park down near our Youth Centre in The Sands (DH1 1RS). There will be someone on duty from about 10:35am to welcome you into the car park. After our service, you can leave the car park via the exit that has a barrier (the way you entered the car park will be locked, but you can exit via the barrier at any time).
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Contact a Curate!
If you'd like to contact either of our curates please use the emails below:
Maeve Sherlock: curate.maeve@stnics.org.uk
Claire Elwood: curate.claire@stnics.org.uk
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Kids Work Over the Summer
Kate Swann is looking for only 5 more volunteers each Sunday to help with kids work over the summer to give our regular volunteers a well-earned rest! Everything will be planned and prepared for you. If you're interested in helping, please email Kate. If we can't find enough volunteers, then children will be in the services with their parents!
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Summer Meet-Ups
St Nics families and Tiddlywinks group will be meeting every Wednesday at 10am during the school holidays in various locations in Durham. To stay up to date, "like" the Tiddlywinks or St Nics Families Facebook pages and read the notice sheet for more information.
14th August - Hardwick Park
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Prayer for Christian Camps/Festivals
- Jacob Curry is going to soul survivor on August 18th
If you, your family, or children are going on Christian camps or festivals this summer and would like to be prayed for, please let Kate Swann know.
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Discovery at Nics is a space to learn, explore, and discover more about God, your neighbour, and yourself. The first Sunday will be our family service and the third we will continue our Theology for All series.
Not meeting in August
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St. Nics Daily Prayer Diary
Sunday – For all those who serve the church as volunteers. For those who welcome, set up, clean up and enable events and services and others who serve in a myriad of ways.
Monday – For Philip, Susan, Alison, Mary Anne and Claire who lead our Pastoral Team and the members of our congregation who are in particular need, especially those with long term
illness.
Tuesday – For our leaders that they may carry the weight of responsibility with wisdom and grace. For the leaders of the nations, for our Archbishops, for Bishop Paul, Bishop Sarah and the diocesan leadership team.
Wednesday – For those in physical or spiritual poverty. For the homeless and rough sleepers in Durham. That we may recognise Christ in them and have both the wisdom and courage to respond with love and justice.
Thursday – For the work of the Recovery Group. For Tim & Fay Biddlecombe who lead it, those who attend and for Dick Swarbrick and others on the support group. For those who suffer from and battle with addiction.
Friday – Pray for Joyce and Jeff Hattan and the work of the Coffee Lounge and all the volunteers and guests who attend.
Saturday – Pray for The Gateway Shop & Trust, for Hazel and Ruth and the others who work in the shop. For those who are supported through the work of Gateway and for the ongoing discussions
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Prayer Requests
- Pray for healing for Jenny Guilder, Jack Winskill and Wendy Rogerson
- Pray for our staff team and all of the new people who will be joining us over the next few months.
- Please pray for the Timmins family as they mourn the detah of Janice's mother, Diana Ranken.
Special note: Due to GDPR regulations, if you would like a prayer request to be in our written weekly newsletter, then we need your written consent to do so. Please click the button below to submit your request and written consent. Thank you!
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If you have a pastoral care issue, please click the button below to contact Philip Brooks, one of our pastoral care team members.
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