In Northumberland, it’s hard to not miss how busy the while agricultural community have been recently, gathering and storing the harvest for another year. So it’s only fitting that we, as part of the rural community in Upper Coquetdale, join together to celebrate and thank God for another safe and successful farming year. As in […]
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Kids Club Barbecue 2019
At the beginning of the school year each year, Kids Club and Midway take a trek up the hill to Cartington Castle for the annual barbecue. First of all the older children play rounders whilst the younger ones have a treasure hunt. This is followed by some well deserved hot food, and finishes with some […]
Prizegiving 2019
As we approach the end of the school year, we have reached the final Kids Club for this term. As always, the children have been busy preparing songs, dances and little plays to showcase some of what they have learnt over the past months. Prizegiving starts at 1900 in the Thropton War Memorial Hall and […]
Mothers’ Day 2019
At Armstrong Hall, we try and share Mothers’ Day with as many mums from our local community as possible. For the last few years, that has meant inviting all of the Kids Club mums to join in an activity with their children, sample some of the fun of a Friday evening, and have some cake […]
Armstrong Hall and United Reformed Church combined service
One of the great traditions of the past few years has been for the congregations of Armstrong Hall and the United Reformed Church in Rothbury to join together for a service on the last Sunday of the year. Latterly the service has taken place in the Coquetdale Music Centre (the former Thropton URC church), with […]
Christ is Born
On behalf of everyone at Armstrong Hall, may I wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas. This post is accompanied by some photos from our Nativity Service last Sunday. Why not join us at 1115 for a brief service to welcome the newborn King? Also remember that our service next Sunday (30th December) is […]
Advent and Parties
As we reach the end of Autumn and look to welcome December and the start of Advent, Midway has ended for 2018 with a party! 21 children came to join the fun, kindly bringing snacks to share and their best Christmas jumpers and hats. They enjoyed group games involving ping pong balls, hats, playdough and […]
Tis the season to be Jolly, fa la la la la la la la
It is Christmas party and Carol service time! Dates for your Diary 30th November – Midway Advent party (7-8.30) 7th December – Kids’ Club Christmas party (4– 5.30pm) 8th December – Christmas Ceildh (6.30pm) – Thropton Memorial Hall 14th December – Youth Group Party – Cartington 22nd December – Carols in the Mart (11am) 23rd […]
Harvest and Half Term
With the majority of the harvest safely gathered in, this Sunday gives us an opportunity to share our thanksgiving to God with our local farming community. Firstly we will have a Harvest service at 1115 in Armstrong Hall and then another special service at 1830 in the Thropton Music Centre, including music by the Wannie […]
Kid’s Club Barbecue
Well, it’s been a rather windy week with trees being blown down all around the valley. Then today we caught the tail end of another heavy weather system, bringing cold winds and heavy rain. But hey – this is Northumberland – why should we cancel a barbecue? Despite rainfall so heavy that it extinguished the […]