St George's United Reformed Church, Morpeth and Ron Forster, its minister played a prominent part in the BBC Songs of Praise broadcast on Sunday May 18th.
As the church celebrated a weekend of special events under the title Through all the Changing Scenes of Life, the television programme focused on a journey through the county by Aled Jones in which the presenter learned of local heritage and traditions as seen particularly in the recent Morpeth Gathering.
St George's featured prominently through a thoughtful interview with Ron Forster and in a sequence in which he baptised baby Aydon Dixon, who will be known to many in our churches as the grandson of Carol and Donald Dixon. A number of URC members were also part of the Hexham Abbey congregation that led the hymn singing through the programme.
The final Northumbrian prayer was specially written for the occasion by St George's lay preacher Carol Dixon:-
Wor Fither God, ye encorcle us with your greet love, Wu thank ye for aall your goodness tiv us – As membors of your family on orth, May wu thrive in the Holy Spirit |
Our Father God, you encircle us with your great love, Thank you for all your goodness to us – As members of your family on earth, May we grow in the Holy Spirit |