Change: challenge or opportunity?
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Change: challenge or opportunity?

By Kay Bellhouse

St Mary Magdalene’s church spire can be seen for miles around Newark, a beacon welcoming us to the market town of Newark.

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Taking Up the Pen for St. Mary's
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Taking Up the Pen for St. Mary's

By Barry Richardson

Earlier this year, I read this St. Mary's Re-Awakening blog and saw the call for a new blogger…

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On Place and Space
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On Place and Space

By Revd Danny Marshall, Curate

It’s an exciting time to join us.” I remember these words from the Autumn of 2022 when I was first asked to consider the possibility of a curacy at St Mary Magdalene with St Leonard.

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A Blossoming of Ideas
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A Blossoming of Ideas

By Clare Taylor

Whilst St Mary Magdalene undergoes extensive revitalisation works inside and out, various craftspeople, artists and storytellers are taking their time to add to this beautiful church’s ‘Reawakening’.

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The Ultimate Reawakening
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The Ultimate Reawakening

By Rev. Peter Hill, Honorary Assistant Bishop

As I write in 2025, St Mary Magdalene’s historic church building is literally in bits…

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A Journey towards Reawakening
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A Journey towards Reawakening

By Andrew Fearn

I started to mentally prepare this blog yesterday whilst I was out walking, as practice for a pilgrimage. Later this month, Peter Hill and I are undertaking one of the Camino walks to Santiago de Compostela…

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Mosaics and More: Inspiring School Children
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Mosaics and More: Inspiring School Children

By Anna Herbert

This year we have been visiting Hope House School, a SEND school, and Wellow House School to deliver heritage inspired activities to their lovely pupils.

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Supporting Newark’s Communities
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Supporting Newark’s Communities

by Anna Herbert

The Reawakening of St Mary Magdalene is officially subtitled “Supporting Newark’s Communities”, and that is one of our key aims…

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What is “Reawakening”?
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What is “Reawakening”?

By Dr Stephen Bullamore

I hope that by now, the readership of this blog have some idea of what is meant by “Reawakening” in relation to the works at St Mary’s…

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Behind the Scenes: Exploring a Historic Restoration on a Hard Hat Tour
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Behind the Scenes: Exploring a Historic Restoration on a Hard Hat Tour

By Natalie Thomas

Last week St Mary’s hosted keen visitors embarking on our monthly hard hat tour. These tours offer a unique experience to see the church while it is closed to the public and see the progress firsthand. I joined a group on our hard hat tour to share it with everyone in this latest blog!

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A Busy Week at St Mary’s
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A Busy Week at St Mary’s

By Natalie Thomas

Over the last week there has been plenty of activity at St Mary’s, both in the church and behind the scenes in the office.

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Excavation, Education, and Excitement
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Excavation, Education, and Excitement

By Natalie Thomas

Over the last two weeks there has been a lot of new exciting changes within the Church, as part of our ongoing restoration efforts. The site looks very different to our last update and in this blog, we are very excited to share these recent updates with you!

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Stained Glass Window Workshop
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Stained Glass Window Workshop

By Natalie Thomas

Last Saturday St Mary’s held a stained glass workshop at the Hope Community Methodist Church, Barnby Gate. This event welcomed around ninety members of the local community, all eager to learn about and engage beautiful stained glass inspired craft.

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