Published on: 8 December 2022
Our staff will gather to mark the Trust’s first carol services since the pandemic – and we are looking forward to welcoming our communities to join the celebrations too.
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is hosting the events at St Gregory’s RC Church in South Shields and St Gabriel’s Church in Sunderland.
The service have been cancelled in recent years due to COVID-19, with this year marking their return.
Both are open to everyone as the Trust looks to bring friends, families and staff together to celebrate this festive time.
The services will feature readings, carols and messages of reflection and each will be followed by refreshments, including mince pies.
The first will be at St Gregory’s RC Church, in Borough Road, close to The Nook in South Shields, on Tuesday, December 13, from 7pm.
It will be led by Reverend Pat Bealing with music by Spiritus, which features members of the church’s choir, and a performance by Sarah Fenwick, who is the church’s musical director.
She works for the Trust as Divisional Deputy Administration Manager in the Division of Theatres under her married surname Anderson.
The service will be followed by another on Monday, December 19, at 6pm in St Gabriel’s Church in St Gabriel’s Avenue, a short distance from Sunderland Royal Hospital.
Led by the Trust’s Lead Chaplain, Cannon Reverend Remi Omole, it will feature performances by the Vessels of Praise choir.
The group is based at the RCCG Living Praise Church, in Pallion Road, and includes several members of the Trust’s staff, with other colleagues to also support the musical arrangements for the evening.
