July 2024 was quite an eventful month for us in Taiwan ~ and was marked at the end of the month by the arrival of Typhoon Gaemiš ~ from which Taiwan is still recovering. The worst typhoon to hit Taiwan … Continue reading Welcoming Katherine & the Lovely Cooper Family from the UK to Taiwan! šā¤ļøš
Yes, it was quite a weekend! Full of church visits and meeting lots of great people in Co. Durham, starting on a very autumnal murky day at St. John’s Church, Neville’s Cross, on the west side of Durham…. The church … Continue reading Bumper Weekend of CMS Link Visits @ Co. Durhamā¤ļø
Autumn is well and truly here! Yes! Haughton and Hurworth village greens are lined with gorgeous trees, which at this time of year are turning the most beautiful colours of yellow, orange, red and brown. If you’re in the area, … Continue reading CMS Link Visit @ Haughton & Hurworth, Darlington, Co. Durham ā¤ļø
Cross the meandering River Tees from N. Yorkshire into Co. Durham at its southernmost point, before the river starts to head north again on its way to Teeside and its arrival at the North Sea, and the first village you … Continue reading With All the Saints at All Saints Church: CMS Link Visit @ Hurworth, Darlington, Co. Durham!
Itās true. Yes, some of the congregation told me that St. Andrewās really rocks! St. Andrewās is Darlingtonās oldest church, built around 1125, and is now linked up with Sadberge, another of my link churches. My previous visit to them … Continue reading Really Rockinā it @ St. Andrewās, Haughton, Darlington, Co. Durham!
Heighington, ah, Heighington! Just spent the weekend in my home church of St. Michael’s, Heighington, near Darlington, Co. Durham. Ah, what memoriesĀ šĀ what friendsĀ šĀ what experiences!Ā šĀ Here I was, from 1985-89, living here, working here and worshiping here.Ā All in Heighington.Ā And in … Continue reading St. Michaelās, Heighington and St. Matthew & St. Lukeās, Darlington, Co. Durham @ Home Church Visit!
So said Bill Bryson, famous author and chancellor of Durham University – describing Durham as ‘a perfect little city’ and ‘one of the most beautiful little cities in the world’. So if Bill Bryson said it, then of course it … Continue reading St. John’s, Neville’s Cross & St. Edmund’s, Bearpark: CMS Link Visit @ Durham: ‘A Perfect Little City’!
Just spent an amazing – and very refreshing – six days on Holy Island, āThe Holy Island of Lindisfarneā no less, my first ever visit!Ā It’s a real 5-star place, though not in the usual sense, of course.Ā For many … Continue reading The 5-star Holy Island of Lindisfarne āāāāā!
You just can’t beat the north of England for mountains and moorland.Ā Ā All of the high roads can be spectacular – well, either spectacularly bleak in the middle of a snowstorm or spectacularly beautiful on a sunny day.Ā This weekend … Continue reading And a Very Warm Welcome to Northern England!
Catherine Lee 