Diana Hall 🕊️

@turtology 1. Open the church 365 days a year, with good signposting and prayer resources inside; and make it clean & tidy 2. Get involved at local schools 3. Be present, in clericals at every event you can in the local community and walk the High St regularly, saying ‘hi’ and smiling.

You’re an Anglican cleric put in charge of a small parish that has been in decline for a solid decade now. In the hope that you can turn the place around, what are 3 things you’re going to immediately implement (outside of Sunday morning)?

@BishopNewcastle YES! ❤️

@maggidawn @BishopNewcastle @NclDiocese Absolutely this. 👍

@BishopNewcastle @NclDiocese Thank you for so bravely reflecting the light this year. You are an inspiration.

@BishopNewcastle We had a family lament about this last night. Many a happy trip there, buying music and instruments. 🎶❤️ Very sad.

Incredibly sad to hear J G Windows in Newcastle has closed. A Tyneside musical icon, along with The City Hall, Mayfair, The Club a'Gogo... Its almost philanthropic approach to many of the region's performers and our culture was unique. The region lost a bit of its heart today.

@OSacrumCorIesu One of our young people agreed to do the dismissal - sending the older folk out to stand for the Truth to make the world a better place the next generation!

In the spirit of endurance, of persevering and giving thanks ‘midst toil and tribulation, can you share one element of being at church this morning that gave you joy? For me, it was singing Crown him with many Crowns!

@fjtweedie Sorry to hear you had a tough day. Nice thing to come home to!!

Which is nice as I’ve had a tough day.

It’s here!! @dav1dmiller @BishopNewcastle

I think there’s now enough of a head of steam on a less awful platform. I’m there: bsky.app/profile/pausin….

@stevejones1702 @BishopNewcastle @WATCH_ACT She did. 🤷‍♀️

@BishopNewcastle @WATCH_ACT All you had to do was tell them that you were not prepared to accede to their request.

@BishopNewcastle @NclDiocese @UKHouseofLords @churchstate Fantastic! So important for faith to be modelled in this way.

@sunpath2 @maudegonne @SChurchesTrust @pgkepfidra It is. It’s just down the road from my parish. Sadly it’s not open very often.

@maudegonne @SChurchesTrust @pgkepfidra Church is Grade A Listed. Stained glass by Karl Parsons, 1916. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_w… portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB…

We have in our archive a small collection of unlabelled 35mm photographic slides showing exteriors and interiors of Scottish churches and some stained glass, like this one. Does anyone out there recognise this beautiful piece and know where it is/was located? #StainedGlassSunday

@fjtweedie 🤣🤣🤣

@pausingplace Oh heck, glad no one thought of me doing that…..

Muscular Christianity… weight training in a cassock. facebook.com/share/r/mpnqs6…

Rev Diana Hall @pausingplace is currently in training for a 10 day run across Iceland. It’s called The Great Norse Run, & she is raising money for Rock2Recovery, a charity aiding in stress recovery. Find out more below! Good luck Diana! 👟 rb.gy/s9zxev

@_DeiGloria @OurCofELike I was priested in 2015 and I am still learning- we always are. During curacy you are still basically an apprentice, so there is teaching. Looking back, I wish there’d been more leadership training in my curacy, because the demands of f/t ministry in a changing context are huge.

What are other curates' IME programmes like? Is ours unique in having no Bible? Does any diocese make their curates study the pastoral epistles as part of IME, for instance?

@MrsEmmaJacko Pink here!

I went for red, what colour are you getting?

@fjtweedie @BoothsCountry I’ve been geeking out on Lakeland social media & podcasts! I love the Lakes but I can’t hack them in peak season!

@pausingplace @BoothsCountry Holiday! Convention still on this week though. And spotting many Lakeland etc T-shirts

Got to love @BoothsCountry in Keswick. Not your usual supermarket book selection!

@LizzieSwarbrick Wow! This is gorgeous! 💚

My embroidery of the White Horse was quite admired here - but usually I make micro landscapes like this mossy confection made for my little sister’s upcoming wedding (the rings will nestle in it).