In an environment of so many organisations turning to AI slop for their graphic design, *this* is how you do it. Be more cathedral. 🕍👏🏼
Helen-Ann Hartley
@helenannhartley.bsky.social
Bishop of Newcastle. Runner. Broadcaster. Member UK House of Lords. Fan of Belted Galloways 🖤🤍🖤 NUFC & NBSFC 🖤🤍💙⚽️ Personal views 🏴🌈🎶
In Byker today at St Michael’s church / home of the Lighthouse project, reflecting with urban and estates clergy. Good to be here in this transformed space 🙏
Lunchtime pizza making shift at St Thomas’s in Newcastle city centre. Welcoming students back to the Toon! 🍕🫶🙏🏾🥳
Yeah. #Churchwardens are largely unsung heroes of the #church. the ministry of cake, it should never be underestimated
Helen-Ann Hartley@helenannhartley.bsky.social · 7d agoChurch warden Sue baked an absolute unit of a sponge cake for this evening’s magnificent Confirmation service in Stamfordham #inpraiseofchurchwardens 🙏🎉🫶🏾🍰
Lovely afternoon celebrating 80 years of Shepherds Dene retreat house 🥳🍰
Church warden Sue baked an absolute unit of a sponge cake for this evening’s magnificent Confirmation service in Stamfordham #inpraiseofchurchwardens 🙏🎉🫶🏾🍰
Why am I lying here awake in the back of my car at 4:20am on a Saturday? Because soon I will watch aa a few hundred runners seek to prove themselves at the Barkley Fall Classic. #BFK50k
So many memorable crowd cheering moments during yesterday’s Great North Run but a stand out was the young lass who shouted ‘do it for the Church’! as I ran past 🙏💕🏃♀️
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Good to see. After church this morning, conversation turned to the GNR. Had anyone around the table ever done it? "Eee, never, pet. We leave that sort of thing to wor bishop." 😂
More photo highlights from today’s Great North Run! 🥳🙏🫶🙌🏃♀️
Running the country, running the Great North Run! Fantastic to have our PM running and raising funds for the Changing Lives charity. Great day! 🙏🙌🏃♀️🥳
I’m running the Great North Run tomorrow in person AND as a mini LEGO figure on the Tyne Bridge that’s being carried along the course by GNR Tyne bridge raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust 🫶🙌🙏 #bishoponthebridge 😂😍
Flat lay for today’s Great North Run fringe showing of the Barkley Marathons #BM100 film in Tyneside cinema @keithdunn.bsky.social 🖤🤍🖤🤍🏃♀️🗻 (with HUGE thanks again to Sandra from St Michael’s Newburn for #knittedlaz) 🫖
does this make her leader of HM’s op-purr-sition..? (Sorry…)
Ebba aka The Abbess aka #episcopuss came second in the Battersea Purr Minister vote. She accepts this outcome and wishes to thank everyone for their votes in what was a fur-midible campaign to get the nation mewv-ing. After a pawse for reflection she will be back… 😻
…the Milk Bar in Wooler. Probably the best milkshakes in the land 🥛😍🙌
Today I’ve been up in the borders. Worship in Branxton followed by an orderly procession of humans and four legged companions to the Flodden memorial. 513 years since the Battle of Flodden on September 9th 1513. Somehow the marking of this event feels remarkably contemporary 🙏
Footballing activity no.2! Newcastle Blue Star away to Whitley Bay ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️💙⚽️🫶🙏
Footballing activity no.1 today. Collecting for the NUFC fans foodbank before the match ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚽️🙌🫶 beautiful day in the Toon for a walk into the city centre @nufcfansfoodbank.org @nufctrust.bsky.social @keithdunn.bsky.social 🙏☀️
A joy to welcome and license the Rev’d Stasi Tregartha as the new Rector of the Upper Coquetdale Benefice this evening in a service in All Saints’, Rothbury. A wonderful evening. Welcome Stasi! 🙏🥳
Newcastle United (@NUFC) Best of luck, Nick 💪 Nick Woltemade has completed a season-long loan move to Serie A side Juventus. https://t.co/eyqY1fnDKA
Newcastle Blue Star here we go! Off to the footy (vs Bishop Auckland, of all places #episcopalrivalry 😭🫶) ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️💙🙏⚽️
From my new Newcastle city centre office window. Wise words! 🫶⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚽️🪩🧑🩰
