Thought for the Summer
Lord God - Your holiness breaks our numbness,
Your holiness mocks moral control,
Your holiness opens life beyond our blame games.
We pause in awe before Your transformative power.
We move beyond our management.
We mount up with wings like eagles.
We run in eagerness and are not tired.
We walk in well being and do not grow faint.
We are made new well beyond our best selves.
It is no surprise that we break forth in loud praise,
lost in wonder at Your goodness,
lost in love for the new world You give,
lost in praise for you Lord, You alone.
Amen
Walter Brueggemann (1933-2025),
A scholar of the Old Testament, started every lecture he gave with this prayer.
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Tomorrow is the Second Sunday after Trinity and, also, the celebration of the Apostles St Peter and St Paul. There will be a Service of Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. at St Augustine’s, you are most welcome to join us.
On Thursday, we celebrate St Thomas the Apostle and there will be a Service of Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Please come along and join us!
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Changes to the Family Service
From Sunday May 5th the 8:00 and 9:30 a.m. Family Service, on the first Sunday of the month, will be replaced with a single service of Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m.
All are warmly invited.
From September 2024 all Benefice Services will commence at 10 a.m.
The Beneface Service on January 26th is at St Augustine's, Kirkby, followed by refreshments in the Church Hall.
PLEASE DO SUPPORT THE BENEFICE SERVICES, ALL WELCOME!
Midweek Services at St Augustine's
Please join us for our Thursday 10 a.m. Holy Communion Services on the first two Thursdays of the month.
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Confirmation
If any adult or child aged eleven and over would like to prepare for Confirmation please let Anne Heading know.
If you are unsure what would be involved then please do ask.
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Notes from The Parochial Church Council
1. When you come into the church porch, please do not forget the porch box for charitable donations.
These monies do not go for church funds but for some other charity nominated by PCC members.
2. If you would like to have your say in the Governance of the Church of England then the way to do it is by becoming a member of the Deanery Synod. This meets three times per year & is the local decision making body. Members of Deanery Synod can vote & resolutions may be passed to Diocesan & then further to General Synod, as the need arises.
If you would be interested please contact Anne Heading.
Members of Deanery Synod must be baptised and communicant members of the Church of England.
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Coffee Morning
Saturday August 16th any time between 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
Anne & David Heading warmly invite you
to come to 3 Holmemead, Gt Broughton
on Sat August 16th between 10 a.m. & 12 noon
for coffee, tea, cakes & refreshments.
Everyone would be very welcome,
come for as short or as long a time as you wish.
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Children’s Workshop
Childrens' Workshop for all children aged eleven and under 
Tuesday 29th July 1.30pm until 3pm
at St Augustine’s Kirkby in Cleveland
Sarah Weyell will lead the workshop
Please could you let Anne Heading (Tel 01642 710045) anneheading8@gmail.com or Sarah Weyell sarah.weyell@zen.co.uk
know if you would like to come or you can bring children along
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Coffee and Cakes
We would like to thank all those who have supported the coffee mornings since September.Thanks to your generosity, we had £450 in the kitty after the last coffee morning in April. It was decided to support three charities this year: Headway, RDA and Parlinson's. They will be receiving £150 each. We hope you enjoy the summer and we look forward to seeing you again when the coffee mornings resume again in September.
Alison, Anna and Sheila.
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Funeral Service
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Please follow our churchyard etiquette further down the page.
Thank you for complying with the graveyard rules.
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Steps
For babies, toddlers and those that look after them
8th July 1:30 pm
in St Augustine's Kirkby in Cleveland.
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Help needed to run the Church Hall
Could anyone, maybe recently retired, like to offer a few hours to the community by joining the small team who administer and run Kirkby Church Hall?
The Hall is an acknowledged asset to the village but needs another person to lend a hand opening and closing the hall for intermittent bookings, keeping an eye on tradesmen, maintenance jobs etc and ensuring everything is kept to a high standard for the many regular users each week.
Contact Anna 712797, Sheila 712321
Christian Aid
Many thanks to all who contributed to Christian Aid week by returning their donation envelopes.
The soup lunch was a smaller than usual event this year but everyone who came thoroughly enjoyed the heartwarming soups on offer - and it was a chilly day.
We raised a wonderful sum of £945. 
The money this year will go to Guatemala where gruelling heatwaves, savage storms and unpredictable seasons threaten the lives and livelihoods of indigenous communities.
With agricultural training they are learning to push back against the climate crisis to protect not only their farms but their futures.
Well done to everyone in the villages for their continued support.
Christian Aid Wine & Cheese KCH
The Christian Aid Cheese and Wine Evening will be held in the Church Hall on November 28th. Details to follow.
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Kirkby & Gt. Broughton School 
To keep in touch with what's happening in school our website address is http://www.kirkbyandgreatbroughtonschool.uk.org
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Primary School by the then Archbishop of York, a book has been published.
This A4 sized, fully illustrated 76-page publication looks back at life in the school over those 50 years as well as the history of education in the villages and the events leading up to the building of the school.
They are available at the price of £10 from the school or from John Davies davies@brackenway.co.uk
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Kirkby & Gt. Broughton School To keep in touch with what's happening in school the website address is http://www.kirkbyandgreatbroughtonschool.co.uk
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Kirkby and Great Broughton report on activities at school.
Once again, we welcome Year 5 pupil reporters bringing us news of school activities. Well done for providing such interesting news!
We look forward to your monthly contribution.
Thank you to Ms Ronsano for supervising this very welcome initiative.
If residents have suggestions of school information they would like to be included please tell our editorial team on kgbchurchnewsletter@gmail.com and we will advise the pupil reporters.
In Reception and Nursery, there has been lots of practice for the whole school sports day, the children can't wait to show us their skills on the track! Reception have had a wonderful trip to Monk Park Farm too.
Year 1 children have been learning about writing letters to characters and each other, lots of money skills in maths, and reading the book ‘Dear Greenpeace’.
In Year 2 the children have been learning about Judaism and habitats
In Years 3, 4 and 5, the children have been learning all about the Stone Age . This term they had a special Stone Age Day where they learned how to use bows and arrows, made cave paintings with chalk and charcoal, made arrow heads from string, flint, feather and a stick. Then they got to hold real artefacts such as scrapers which were used to get the animal skins off. They also looked at the horns and bones of real animals!
Y5 has also had an athletics tournament at the big school too in which they came second!
Two Year 13 pupils from Stokesley School came to work with Y5 to do a lesson on Chromatography which involved a ‘who done it’. We are hoping to have more lessons with the children from Stokesley School next year. Y6 have been busy filming school memories, painting new flags for sports day and creating contraptions to fly eggs whilst protecting them from breaking on impact – this has been particularly eggciting! In June they went away on an adventure to East Barnby for a whole week! We missed them but they were too busy to miss us doing activities such as body boarding, canoeing, dry-slope sledging, orienteering, and climbing!
The teachers were super proud of the children who all faced new challenges with enthusiasm.
Years 2, 5 and 6 had a visit from the NSPCC to learn about how to stay safe online and at home and the special Childline number 08001111 which can be called if we need help.
Year 5 and 6 also had a visit from the Newcastle Building Society to learn about money and savings.
Wild Cats' football is starting up soon for two sessions KS1 and then KS2and we can't wait to practice our football skills with them!
We are looking forward to the long summer days and hope to report back again in September
By Y5 reporters.
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Organist Wanted!
We need a replacement Organist at St Augustine's, starting as soon as possible. There are two, occasionally three, morning services per month; adding in the special services at Christmas, etc., this totals about 38 per year The organ is a Copeman Hart two-manual instrument; it was installed in 1998 and is one of the best in the area. There is a considerable library of both organ and choral music. We understand that a pianist of Grade 4 standard would have the right level of technical competence to be able to transition effectively to the organ.
Please contact Anne Heading for further details
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Our Eco Group Gains Bronze Award
St Augustine's is part of an initiative by the Church of England to Care for God's Earth called Eco Church. The aim is to engage Christians of all denominations with stewardship of God's creation, the earth we all share. At St Augustine's the green team have been working towards achieving the Bronze Standard through interaction with the local community especially the Primary School, increasing the biodiversity of the churchyard and encouraging involvement in green issues in the Benefice. Thanks to all who have supported us in any way as we achieved our Bronze Award on the 5th October. Many congratulations to the Eco Group on the Bronze Award!
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Church Flowers Love Flowers?
We would welcome anyone in arranging flowers once a year.
Please contact Gill Sockett 712432
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Friends of Darlington Memorial Hospital 
Stamps – Francobolli – Timbres – Sellos – Briefmarken – Stampaichean
I am still collecting used postage stamps for the Darlington Memorial Hospital voluntary drivers' expenses
Can you please save used stamps to help fund their Voluntary Car Service. Just post them through the letterbox of 46 Kirkby Lane, opposite Gt Broughton School or leave them in the Church Porch.
Also check their website for cheap postage stamps offer.
Thanks Heather Stamp
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Recycling at Gt Broughton Village Hall
Please use the allocated recycling bins in the entrance hall for stamps and plastic milk bottle tops (only)
Two charities are being supported by these recycling schemes:
Stamps - Parkinson’s UK
Plastic milk bottle tops - Marie Curie (Cancer Care)
Thank you, GBVH Committee
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The Churchyard
The Churchyard is a tranquil, peaceful and welcoming space for all who visit and we encourage the placing of floral tributes on individual graves in memory of those who are no longer with us. However, please do not use glass containers; biodegradable materials are preferable, where possible. Flowers (and their containers) should be removed when they are past their best and we are grateful to those who do this. We ensure that the grass is cut and trimmed regularly during the summer months and a small team puts a lot of effort to keep the whole area tidy and the paths clear of debris. We would only move containers if they obstruct grass cutting. Please could you ensure that any item that does not comply with these guidelines is removed. With many thanks. We are always happy to welcome volunteers to help us look after the Churchyard and keep it in good order for future generations in our parish.
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Kirkby Church Hall
Is there anyone living in Kirkby or Great Broughton with a few hours to spare who would like to join the small (but very friendly) team of volunteers who run Kirkby Church Hall? This is a well appointed hall that is popular with our regular hirers and we are only able to keep the rental charges down because it is administered by volunteers. Duties would include occasional opening up or closing the hall for one-off hirers, being a key holder, helping with Christmas decorations etc. If are interested please contact Sheila (01642-71232
Kirkby Church Hall is available for hire. Contact Sheila 712321
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Church Warden Needed.
The PCC is seeking a churchwarden - if you can serve as Warden then please contact Ros Tomlinson to discuss the role Tel. 01642 711796.
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(Church) Electoral Roll
There is occasional confusion between the Civil Parish and Church Parish. The Civil parishes of Kirkby and Great Broughton are quite separate and anyone on the national Electoral Register is entitled to vote in elections for the Civil parish, in which they reside, as well as County Council and General elections. The Church Parish of Kirkby, based on St Augustine's church, however, covers all the area of Kirkby and Great Broughton civil parishes. Anyone who is baptised and resident in that area and, subject to certain conditions, living outside the area may apply to be included on the church Electoral Roll, which entitles you to vote in annual meetings of the church.
The church Electoral Roll is renewed every 6 years and everyone who was on the previous roll must apply in the same way as those wishing to be included for the first time. Of course you can apply at any time during the currency of the Roll. This is the start of a new Electoral Roll 6 year period and you will find an Application Form enclosed with this news letter. If you wish to be included in the Church Electoral Roll please complete the Form and leave or send it as stated at the foot of the form in the newsletter.
Many thanks to our Gift Aid Secretary, Angus Sanderson for all his work for our parish
Electoral Roll Enrollment Form
Please consider joining the Electoral Roll for our parish, it gives a stake in the local Christian community and supports the wellbeing of the parish church. A person enrolled in this way may vote in our church meeting and is eligible to take on certain responsibilites such as that of Churchwarden. The criteria for joining the Roll and details of who to contact may be found in the Application Document (click on the link below.)
You are welcome to join us! Rev Dr Anne Heading, Vicar.
The Parish Newsletter for June 2025 has been published and can be accessed here
The Book of Psalms can be a great source of comfort and inspiration; Psalms 16 - Preserve me, O God, 23 – The Lord is my Shepherd - and 121 – I will lift up mine eyes to the hills – are commended.
The Church has a Facebook page - St Augustine’s, Kirkby & Great Broughton - which, like the website, is regularly up-dated