Jesmond Parish Church
| Clayton Memorial Church, Jesmond | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Conservative Evangelical |
| Website | www.jpc.org.uk |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Jesmond, Clayton Memorial |
| Deanery | Newcastle Central |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Northumberland |
| Diocese | Diocese of Newcastle |
| Province | Province of York |
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| Vicar(s) | David Holloway |
| Minister(s) | Jonathan Pryke |
| Assistant | Jonathan Redfearn, Rev Ian Garrett |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Dave Dowling |
Jesmond Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England situated in Brandling Village in the Jesmond suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The church's official name is the Clayton Memorial Church and is unusual among Anglican parish churches in not being named after either a saint who appears in the church's calendar or a person of the Trinity. This reflects the church's conservative Evangelical roots.
The church had a slightly unusual beginning. 1856 saw the death of the Revd Richard Clayton, Master of St Thomas' Church in Haymarket and a local Evangelical luminary. In his place the church authorities wished to appoint a high church successor who was out of sympathy with Clayton's Reformed Evangelical principles. A large number of the congregation of St Thomas's were deeply unhappy. A committee was formed with the intention of planting a new church nearby, which "will form a central point for the maintenance and promulgation of sound scriptural and evangelical truth in a large and populous town." At the time, much of the land around the site was open fields; the building was designed by the architect John Dobson and consecrated in 1861.
The church houses a pipe organ by the notable builder James Jepson Binns of Leeds which dates from 1913. It contains pipework from an organ by T. C. Lewis of 1895. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Jesmond Parish Church is a conservative evangelical Anglican church of approximately 1,100 people. Currently the leadership team of the church includes David Holloway (vicar since 1973), Jonathan Pryke, Jonathan Redfearn, Ian Garrett and Alan Munden. The church is noted for its preaching, which aims to be expository and evangelistic.
Liturgically the church is conservative, adopting the north side position at services of Holy Communion. ASB Rite A (Prayer Book Pattern) is used. Services of Morning and Evening Prayer are based on the Series 3 forms. Hymns are from Hymns for Today's Church, published by the evangelical Anglican "Jubilate" group.
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