WHAT'S NEW

Details of the new 2008/2009 Programme are available in the What's On at Nether Springs pages

Want to see some of our photos?
We've been experimenting with quick and easy ways to post photos to the web, without having to get into lots of batch processing and preparation, and we've set up a Flickr account. We might not stick with it, but whilst its there, we thought you might like to see some of the ones we've posted. The most recent ones are from our Community Gathering in Leeds on Saturday 12th...you can take a look at the collections here - but please be aware that you are leaving our site (the Flickr page will open up in a new window) and that I'm not sure how 'secure' it is from people who might want to call themselves our friends. You know what I'm saying...

Anabaptist Network/Northumbria Community Conference 3 May 2008
Check out reports and notes from the conference, by clicking this link to the Anabapist website, here

What's a Missional Order?
Pete Askew went to Seattle in October, to be part of a gathering hosted by Allelon, looking at what a 'missional order' might look like in North America. He said it was a really inspiring time. Allelon have posted a short video summary of the gathering - Pete even got a speaking part - and it's available to view here.

Roy spoke recently in Whitby on the subject of 'Church and Community in the 21st Century' and we've posted the text of his talk here.

Post-Presidency reflections...
Roy has written another chapter for Easter in his post-presidency Waymarks articles, which you can read here.

The page which carries his 52 relections during his Presidential year are still here, but that page was becoming awfully long...

'Sing to the Well' is now available
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 here, and if you want more information it's here

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!

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.

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...