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To proclaim Christ in our worship and in our community and make disciples of all generations
Welcome to St Cuthberts Ormesby
Always know you will be very welcome and we hope that you find us open and friendly people who can provide you with relevance and meaning in your daily life. There has been a church here for over a 1000 years and we want St Cuthbert’s Church to be here for all future generations.
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Life Events: Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
Christening and Wedding booking Sessions are held between 11am and 12noon each Sunday morning.
No need to book, just come along.
If you cannot make one of these Christening and Wedding Booking Sessions, then please use the online enquiry forms found on the Life Events pages of the church website (Life Events) or contact us by email or phone 01642 050687 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday 10am to 5pm). Please note that we will still need to meet you in person at one of the Open Sessions.
For Funerals please contact Revd. Robert Opala by phone 01642 050687 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday 10am to 5pm) or email him here.
For all other parish enquiries, please call one of the Church Wardens (see details under Contact menu) or email the church administration.
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Online offerings
We are all using contactless methods more often, it is easy to make an offering using the Give a Little link if you are unable to attend a service in church or make a donation to our JustGiving appeal and wish to support your local church.
Give A Little online offerings
The work of our church in the community, and its future, is reliant on people’s generosity, a generosity that is a hallmark of a lived-out faith and a testament to it. Now more than ever, please consider giving generously to support our mission and ministry.
- Donate using your credit or debit card via the the Give a Little link below. If your donation is below £30 we can claim extra money under the Small Gifts Scheme. You can choose to receive a receipt by email.
Non-Gift Aided offerings - please note that only donations below £30 can be used to claim extra money from HMRC under the Small Gift Scheme (GASDS).
Click on the give a little button
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Macmillan Coffee Morning – 30 September 2016
4th Cleveland Matters Address – 7pm, Wednesday, 12 October 2016
The Rt Rev James Jones, formerly the Bishop of Liverpool and Hull, and is now an Assistant Bishop in this Diocese will give the 4th Cleveland Matters Address, titled ‘Faith and the Future of the Earth‘ on Wednesday 12 October 2016, at 7pm in St Peter and St Paul Church, Pickering (Refreshments at 7:00pm, address starts 7:30pm).
Bishop James is currently Adviser to the Home Secretary on Hillsborough, and is a regular contributor to Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day‘.
We are promised a stimulating and informative evening.
A poster is displayed on the Church Notice Board and can also be viewed here.
Transforming Our Diocese – Roadshows
The Diocese is holding a consultation (PDF document) about how to address our mission opportunities for the future, as well as some of our present challenges.
There are Roadshows around the Diocese to help people understand the issues, and to glean experience and ideas. The Archbishop, bishops and archdeacons very much hope that all parishes will be represented at the Roadshows — everybody’s insights are important, and the things we are discussing will affect every church, large and small. Our shared thinking and decisions now will have a big effect on the life of the Diocese for a long time to come.
Roadshows near us:
Friday 16 September at 7.30pm: Northallerton Methodist Church (opposite All Saints’ Church)
Thursday 29 September at 7.30pm: Trinity Centre, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough
There is a booking form on the diocesan website where you can select a venue and book a place. The Roadshows are open to everyone.
Ormesby Library’s 50th Anniversary
The Library and Parish Church are important, trusted civic institutions at the heart of the community. Places of safety, comfort and hope.
On the 11th July 2016, the Friends of Ormesby Library and Staff held two commemorative events to celebrate the Library’s 50 years serving the local community. Over that time the Library has changed significantly. It still provides books, but now provides Information on Council Services, Internet access to jobseekers and for those wanting to research their Family History. It’s a meeting place for various groups and assists local Schools. You can even drop in for a coffee or hot chocolate drink.
On the morning of the 11th, current and previous staff and long-time users of the Library got together with the Friends Group to celebrate and reminisce about the 50 years the Library has been here. The Mayor and Mayoress of Redcar and Cleveland, Councillor Barry Hunt and Mrs Olwyn Peters, and local Ward Councillor Irene Nightingale attended. Three classes from Overfields Primary School told the Mayor and Mayoress how they envisioned the Library will change over the next 50 years, including massage chairs and holographic authors reading you their latest book. Afterwards the Mayor and Mayoress cut the Anniversary Cake and then joined everyone for tea, coffee and food provided by the Friends Group.
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- Overfields Primary School pupils tell the Mayor and Mayoress about their vision of the library over the next 50 years
In the afternoon Tom Rolfe entertained children and their parents with a magic show featuring balloon modelling and circus skills. This event had its own celebration cake.
The Friends Group thank the Local Ward Councillors for their continuing support and financial contributions to holding this and other events for school children in the school holidays.