Welcome to the home of the Northumbria Community online

We hope you'll enjoy your visit, and find what you're looking for.

hetton1 Welcome to our all-new website, filled with news and information about the Northumbria Community. We're adding new stuff all the time, and if you're 'just looking' then you're welcome to come in and browse around. If you're looking for something in particular, then we hope you'll find it here! You can receive notifications each time pages are updated, by using the 'rss feed'. You can click the rss link at the bottom of any page, whenever it's present, to receive notifications of changes to that page. The rss icon is the orange square with the white dot and two squiggles in it.

You may want to make use of the icons above the Search box in the top header, which can adjust the font size up or down for you, depending on your screen resolution (and how good your eyes are!)

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..

Contact Us

ellen_sm Here's some information about the different ways you can get in touch with the Northumbria Community:

Crucible Course

We have some information here about the Crucible Course, an intensive three-weekend course (October 2010, February and July 2011) which starts from the following premise:

Upcoming Conference

Roy Searle is speaking at a conference alongside Stuart Murray-Williams of the Anabaptist Network, in Manchester on October 23rd.

Sing to the Well

Our good friends and Community Companions Martin and Bekah Neil have been intimately involved in a project to record the Wagogo people in Africa, in order to provide wells in their villages. Trust me, you need to buy this CD and DVD set. It may well change your life, and it will certainly change theirs... You can order it from Cloisters,

Reflecting on our Rule: Week 35

A prayer that is
quiet and contemplative
with a faith that is
active and contagious

'Heart, Home, Hospitality, Hope' Contribute to the new Mother House

Kettle Join with Companions and Friends in developing the gift that God has given us in Acton Home Farm into the next Nether Springs. To find out more click here

Artist's impressions

To help people have some idea of how the new Mother House will look, the architects have kindly given us some artist's impressions based on their drawings. The details of the buildings are as they will be when the work is complete, but the trees, benches, and other 'add on' details are just to give the buildings some context as you look at them.

Message in a portal...

overseers On the new site we've created blogging-spaces for both Roy Searle and Pete Askew. Pete is blogging about the 'moving the Mother House' project, at least for the next few months. Roy does a lot of travelling out and about in the Community, and so he's always full of stories and reflection. And he likes to write! So we should find these pages fill up nicely... Remember that the newest items will always appear at the top of the page.