Author: Sarah Hay

Leadership Reflections: After the Storm

In December 2021, the Overseers recorded three, short videos at our Mother House, Nether Springs, in the wake of Storm Arwen. Catherine Askew reflects on the circle of life. Sarah Pillar reflects on key words from the prophecy about the coming of Christ this advent. All three Overseers gather at the site of the fallen […]

Leadership Reflection: Living the Questions through 2020 and 2021

Sarah Pillar, Catherine Askew and Sarah Hay share from their experiences and observations during the last 15 months (within 2020-2021). Reflecting on the core questions we seek to live from – Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? – they […]

JOIN IN WITH ST OSWALD’S DAY – AUGUST 5th

St Oswald’s Day Celebration – 5th August As a dispersed network Community, it is not possible for us to gather together under one roof and, indeed, many of those who might usually make the journey to Heavenfield, Northumbria, UK, on August 5th, to remember St Oswald, are not able to do so this year. So […]

IN EVERY PLACE WHERE WE ARE – WITH THE PILLARS

Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Today’s Midday Prayer comes from Evesham and we join with Sarah & Edward Pillar, accompanied by the song of a robin and the whine of a drill! They are on the site of Evesham Abbey, dismantled in […]

IN EVERY PLACE WHERE WE ARE – MIDDAY PRAYER WITH THE SMITHS

Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Join Northumbria Community Companions, Di and Vince Smith, along with Bergen the cat and ‘the chucks’, for midday prayer in rural Lancashire, UK. You can find the words for this liturgy on the Northumbria Community website – https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/midday-prayer/ […]

Kyrie Eleison – a special song of lament for these days…

‘Times are troubled… people grieve…’ We are delighted to be releasing this special song of lament today. It is the culmination of a project that Martin Neil – a long-time Companion in Community – has been working on from his studio in Wales, over the past couple of months. It brings together voices, photographs, percussion, […]

IN EVERY PLACE WHERE WE ARE – MIDDAY PRAYER with the Hays

Each Wednesday during Lent we will be bringing you midday prayers from across our dispersed Northumbria Community network. Join Northumbria Community Companions, Dave and Sarah Hay (and their 7-month old border collie puppy, Tess), for midday prayer on the snowy moors near their home in County Durham, UK. It has been a special place of […]

JOIN IN WITH A HOLY COMMUNION FOR Ash Wednesday

We are delighted to be able to bring you the first of a series of Wednesday ‘Come and See’ midday prayers, recorded ‘In Every Place Where We Are’ which will appear on our main website, social media and Youtube channel over Lent and Easter. This first offering is a special one and involves a Holy […]