2010 September

  • 03/09/2010Deacon Eunice Attwood – Part Time Diaconal Tutor at WSC

    The Revd Alison Tomlin is President of the Methodist Conference for 2010-2011, and Deacon Eunice Attwood is Vice President. 

    26 June 2010 

    Methodist Vice-President speaks of God’s transforming love

    In her inaugural address as Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Deacon Eunice Attwood called on the Church to recognise the transforming power of God’s love.

    Speaking at the annual Methodist Conference in Portsmouth, she said, “Tonight I want to remind you all here of a very simple message, aware that there is nothing new about this wisdom; the message is old and it is ancient; it has been there from the very beginning. God loves you, he thinks you’re absolutely amazing. The awesome God who created and sustains this universe thinks you’re fantastic. God loves you.”   For more see the link below

    http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.newsDetail&newsid=448

    Eunice Attwood works as part of a team of lay and ordained ministers in a busy city centre church in Newcastle. She has been instrumental in establishing the Newcastle Street Pastors Project and supports work with asylum seekers, street workers and teenage runaways. Eunice spent 12 years working as an Intensive Care Unit nurse and brings experience of hospital chaplaincy and 10 years of serving the Church as a member of the Diaconal Order. She is a Methodist Local Preacher and a part-time diaconal tutor at the Wesley Study Centre in Durham.

    Please watch The President’s and Vice-President’s blog to find out what they are up to!

    http://methodist-presandvp.blogspot.com/

  • 01/09/2010Chapel Choir Director – Shaun Turnbull

    St John’s is delighted to announce the appointment, from September 1st 2010, of Shaun Turnbull as our new Chapel Choir Director. Shaun will combine his work at St John’s with his position of Music director at St George’s Cullercoats. He is a dynamic church musician with considerable experience in choir directing, both in church settings and secular contexts. He is passionate about motivating and inspiring a wide range of singers. Shaun is a professionally trained and experienced organist. We look forward to having him work amongst us both with undergraduates and ordinands, and to all he will bring to the musical life of our community.