The Priory Church, St. Bees

Here are some photos following our 8am Christmas Day candlelight communion service.  We hope you have a blessed Christmas and a joyful new year.

St Bees Parochial Church Council 

Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 7^th September at 7.30pm in New College Hall.

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St Bees Parochial Church Council

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council Meeting held on Monday 6 July 2009 in the New College Hall.

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One of the moral low points in my time as a pre-teen involved buying a Christmas present for my parents.  One of the frustrating things I have encountered throughout my life is that it is often the case that people close to me do not realize how beneficial it would be for them to enjoy the same things I enjoy.  I certainly found this frustrating as a child.  I loved board games, though as a family we rarely played board games.  So, I thought I would do my parents a favour by educating them regarding the enjoyment of board games.  I bought them a present which I knew I would like and I knew that they should like (if they knew what was good for them).  I bought them the board game Risk.  The expression on their faces (I particularly remember my dad’s face) was something like tired disappointment.  They knew what I was up to and knew that I gave no thought to their interests whatsoever.  But they also knew what I was capable of as a child and so were not entirely surprised.  It did not spoil our Christmas, because they were parents of immense patience and grace (they had to be…).   Needless to say, we did not experience long nights of family bonding playing Risk. I was not too young to feel a tinge of regret by acting so selfishly.
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