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The Messenger February 2016

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Vicar Revd Stuart G Hill BTh (Oxon.)

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Reader Mrs Pat Wood

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Organist Mr Terry Cartlidge

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Church Wardens St Stephen, Snainton

Bob Williams

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St John Harris

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All Saints, Brompton

Don Jones

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Mark Evans

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All Saints, Wykeham

Robert Sword

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Anthony Tubbs

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St Matthew, Hutton Buscel

David Knowelden

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Beverley Waldie

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St Peter, Langdale End

Dianne Collins

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The Archbishop’s pilgrimage visit

The day began with Morning Prayer led by the Archbishop at Hutton Buscel Church. Those who attended were given a gift of prayer beads that the Archbishop had specially made by the Coptic Monks in Egypt, and the form of prayer he used was based around these.

For those who found it hard to hear what the Archbishop said, or just want a reminder, the instructions and explanation is here:

There are three types of beads: the cross bead, the small beads and the large beads. Each of the beads are held in the hand in turn as each prayer is prayed. The cord between the beads represents a pause for silence.

1) To begin hold the Cross bead in your hand and say this prayer:

I adore you, O Christ and I bless you;by your Holy Cross, you have saved me; and you have redeemed the world.

2) After a pause hold the small beads in your hand one at a time as you say the Kyrie Eleison:

Lord, have mercyChrist, have mercyLord, have mercy

3) After a pause hold the large bead in your hand and say The Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father,who art in heaven,hallowed by thy name.Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom,the power and the glory,for ever and ever. Amen.

4) Repeat these prayers for each time you hold the Three small beads or the large bead.

5) When you reach the cross bead again end we ended with the Archbishop’s pilgrimage prayer, but you could also end with the grace.

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Pilgrimage Pictures

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Left: The Archbishop”s impromptu baptism of little Amelia Florence Jones at Ruston.

Above: The Archbishop visits Glaves Butchers in Brompton by Sawdon.

Left Accompanying the Archbishop on his pilgrimage as part of his support staff was Revd Joanna Udal, who trained for the priesthood with me at Cuddesdon, and who I had last seen 18 years ago at our graduation ceremony in Oxford.

Below: The Archbishop at Wykeham School. He managed to visit all three primary schools in our Benefice as part of his pilgrimage

Above: The Archbishop and Vicar at Snainton School

Above: Walkers preparing to brave the mud!!

Above: The Archbishop meets with Snainton’s Church Wardens to discuss the roof repairs


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Wydale Hall

Renewal DaySaturday 5 March 2016Arrival 10am for 10.30am start Depart 3.30pm (or whenever God has finished with you!)

Renewal Days are opportunities for people to come to Wydale and spend a day worshipping, receiving quality Bible teaching, praying and being prayed for.

There is no charge for this event but we would welcome donations for lunch, which will be provided.

Men@Wydale11-13 March 2016Arrive 5pm Friday, depart 2pm SundayA whole weekend of teaching, worship, banter and quiet for men of all ages. teaching will be led by Rev Ben Doolan, Curate at St Michael le Belfrey in York.

Also, for the sporting types it’s the 6 Nations Rugby that weekend so we will be screening the match on our large tv in the conference room. The bar will be open.Cost: £140.00 fully inclusive (en-suite room) or £113.50 (shared dormitory)

A Quiet Day for Holy WeekTuesday 22 March 2016Arrive 9.45am, depart 4pmLed by Joan Sargent, an experienced retreat leader and Barbara Joyce, a spiritual director.A day to reflect and contemplate the journey that Christ made to the cross.Cost: £25.00 to include refreshments and lunch.

A Holy Week Journey to the Cross: An Easter experience in the grounds of Wydale HallTuesday 22 to Sunday 27 March 2016Open daily from 10am to 4pmThis is an interactive, prayerful journey to help you reflect personally on the Easter Story.This is for all ages with a special activity sheet for young people.

Come and enjoy the grounds of Wydale Hall and be inspired this Easter.Free of Charge – refreshments will be available. No need to book for this event – just turn up.

For more info www.wydale.org

Easter is early this year Look out for

Pancakes on Tuesday February 9th

‘Ashes’ on Wednesday February 10th

Eggs on Sunday March 27th

The start of the

LENT COURSE on Monday February 15th

and every Monday until Easter at the Downe Arms Wykeham

6.30 for 6.45 for a one course supper 7.30 for tea/coffee start of meeting

Studying and reflecting on The Psalms

(See January 2016 Deanery Magazine for more information) Each session stands alone Come to one or all Names for supper please Pat Wood 862227

BUDSBLOSSOM

Monday 8th February 2016 at the Downe Arms

6.30pm for 6.45pm Supper or 7.30pm for Study Group

Come and study / discuss the Ash Wednesday Readings

Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b - 6:10

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Know your Scripture before the Service

If possible please phone Pat Wood 862227 to book for supper or just turn up at 7.30

http://www.wydale.org

http://www.wydale.org


Brompton Blog

Our annual Shrove Tuesday Day Brass Clean has been brought forward by a day. You will now be rewarded with pancakes if you come along on Monday 8th February between 11am and 1pm. From an ecclesiastical point of view I’m sure that will be all right as the pancake tradition was established in order to use up flour, butter, eggs and sugar before the Lenten fasting. I won’t be there as I’ll be in Bavaria where they make doughnuts on Shrove Tuesday instead but others will be there to ensure it goes ahead. We cleaned the chandelier last year so will probably leave it this time. However hopefully by then it will have an electrical mechanism installed for raising and lowering. This will make both cleaning and lighting the candles easier in future. Martin Tubbs has supplied and fitted new carpet in the tower and sealed the edge so there is no longer a trip hazard for bell ringers and coffee makers. (The tower is our kitchen). Small things, but they all help to keep All Saints a bright and welcoming building.

Mary Jones

From St Matthew’s Hutton Buscel

We were very privileged to have our Archbishop Dr John Sentamu lead morning worship on a very wet and windy Thursday 7th January. It was really encouraging to welcome so many so early from around the Benefice and for so many stalwarts to join the Archbishop as he began his pilgrimage walk around the Benefice.

As we come together on our lead up to Easter St Matthew’s would love to welcome you to Rev Ian’s Birkinshaw’s performance of ‘The Gospel of Mark’ on Maundy Thursday, 24th March 7.30pm. The performance is free, tea/coffee and cake will be served. I have seen Ian perform part of this Gospel on the shores of Galilee, amazing, and also more recently in Sleights. No matter where the performance is, it is truly remarkable. Please if you have the opportunity to attend, do so, you will not be disappointed.

With best wishes

Beverley, David and MalcolmPrayer on Prayer

Dear Father,

Thank you that you want us, your children, to connect with you in prayer. Thank you that we can come to you, rest in your presence and spend time with you, either quietly or crying out our thoughts and concerns from open hearts. Help us to trust you; to be confident that you hear us and will answer our prayers, in the right time and in the right way for us, even if we don’t always understand. Thank you for the sustaining privilege of prayer, In Jesus name. Amen.

By Daphne Kitching

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The View from the Vicarage.

Good health is something the healthy of take for granted. Even if we have minor ailments and challenges, but are relatively fit and active we often don’t realise just how precious a gift it is. That is until we don’t have it anymore!!

Yes, I’m overweight. Yes, I have a dodgy hip that makes me limp. Yes, I have some hearing difficulties. But up until recently I thought of myself as relatively OK on the whole.

However a little while ago I discovered I have ‘Servere Obstructive Sleep Apnoea’ a relatively serious health problem. This revelation has been a life changing experience. Because of this medical condition I was required to notify the DVLA, and subsequently have had to surrender my driving licence (at least for the time being). For anyone who is used to driving this is a big deal. For someone in a rural setting like we are it is quite devastating!

It would be easy to become disheartened and disillusioned about life with such challenges radically changing your life in the space of a couple of days. Not only do I have the condition and its wide raging symptoms and effects to cope with but a whole paradigm shift in my life and lifestyle to contend with. And yet I feel calm and confident with God at my side.

Dear God,

Please help me to remember that there will be nothing I face today, that you and I together cannot manage. Amen.


Snainton Snippets

St Stephen’s roof renovation St Stephen's church is currently seeking funding to alleviate a serious damp problem that has been building up over a number of years. Our PCC has taken the decision to apply for a government grant, which will allow us to completely renew the roof (for the first time in its 180 year history!) and carry out substantial drainage work around the rear of the building. We were pleased that, on his visit to our Benefice, Archbishop Sentamu was able to meet us at the church, to offer encouragement and advice in our quest (see photo on page 3). Having paid our freewill offering for 2015, he assured us that the Diocese will do everything it can to assist us in meeting the cost of the work. We are very grateful to the Archbishop for giving us some of his precious time and assurance.

Pancake Day celebration Events such as our Pancake Day celebration on Saturday, 6 February in the Village Hall, Snainton (see poster) form an important element of our fundraising strategy to secure St Stephen’s for future generations. So please come along to lend your support and enjoy coffee, soup and delicious pancakes!

Other dates for your diary Friday, 13 May 2016, we have Kirkbymoorside Learner & Training Brass Bands playing in St Stephen's at 7pm, with a mixture of musical items. These two bands have members of all ages and are the feeders for the main band. Tickets, which will include half time refreshments, will be on sale nearer the time. Acoustically, we hope St Stephen's will provide a great local venue for the band.

Open Gardens on Sunday, 26 June 2016 Our annual concert of readings and music on Friday, 7 October 2016 has a different theme ..."All the fun of the Fair".

Bob and Jane Williams

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Wykeham and Ruston Update

Festival services and events planned for this year at St Helen and All Saints Church, Wykeham includes:

Mothering Sunday – 6th March, 9.30am Combined service with Hutton Buscel at Wykeham.

Commemoration of the Passion – Good Friday, 2pm on 25th March with the Benefice choir.

Piccalilli Opera (National Debut!) on Saturday 20th February, 7.00pm. Tickets £15/12 from [email protected].

Opera at Wykeham on Saturday 10th September. This is an absolute must so please put the date in your diary. Tickets from [email protected].

Wykeham Arts Festival (Music, art, textiles) in October, TBC.

As other bookings of events or Festivals are planned the dates will be announced in future editions of the Messenger.

The Organ Refurbishment Appeal is well underway with the PCC, Trusts and individuals donating £34,000 so far for a target of £70,000. The organ is 106 years old and requires urgent attention and the PCC have decided to restore the organ under the guidance of Geoffrey Coffin of Principle Pipe Organs. An easy method of making a donation is to sponsor a pipe. There are 600 of them, so a gift of £100 by a sufficient number of people (340!) will go a long way to meeting the target.

The Wykeham and Ruston communities were delighted to welcome Archbishop Sentamu on his Prayer Pilgrimage. Many people joined him on his walk from Hutton Buscel to Wykeham School, and a family in Ruston were shocked and delighted with the impromptu baptism of their child in Ruston village. (For this and other pictures see page 3.)

Pancake “Saturday”

in Snainton Village Hall

Saturday 6th February 2016

Coffee and Cakes from 11.00 am

Soup and a roll from 12 noon

followed by sweet pancakes

All in aid of St Stephen’s Church, Snainton.


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About prayer . . .

Some hints about prayer this LentPrayer is instinctive for human beings, even those who don’t regard themselves as religious. You are standing at a bus stop in the wind and the rain, thinking ‘I do hope the bus will come soon’. It’s an inner yearning. It defies logic: either the bus is coming or it isn’t. But we all do it. It’s instinctive and it’s the raw material of prayer. Hoping for something better is basic. Like all instincts, it needs to be trained.

To whom do we pray? What you pray and the way you do it will be shaped by your view of God. Christian prayers are fashioned by what we know of Jesus and what He taught about prayer.

We pray by invitation. Again and again, Jesus encouraged his companions to pray. A couple of his parables on the subject have been misinterpreted as instructions to persuade a resistant God to do what we want. Have a look at Luke 18, verses 1-8, about a widow whose perseverance finally persuaded an unwilling judge to rule in her favour. The lesson is that God is not like that! Similarly, an unwelcome neighbour who persistently calls for help in the middle of the night gets what he wants (Luke 11.5-13). The lesson? If tenacious lobbying can overcome human unwillingness, how much more our gracious God will heed his children’s cry.

Pushing at an open door. Jesus is already praying for us. So when we start to pray, we step on to an already moving staircase. Sometimes prayer seems tougher than it need be. Jesus invited us to be linked to him, in the way an inexperienced bullock is yoked to a mature ox. Have a look at Matthew 11, 28-29, which concludes “for my yoke is easy and my burden is light”.

“Not my will but yours” is the key. So when praying, don’t give God instructions, just report for duty.

The Brompton and Snainton

Mothers Union

invite you to an

OPEN MEETING at Snainton Methodist Church

Station Road Snainton

Monday 8th February 2016 at 2.00pm

Speaker Trish Kinsella (Manager)

Will talk about

THE RAINBOW CENTRE

Do you want to know more about why we need to

respond to the ‘cry for help’ from our poor and

needy neighbours?

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Developing Our Deanery Action Day - 13 February 2016

At the last Deanery Synod, we decided to develop our plans for the Deanery by holding an Action Day in which Deanery Action Groups would be established to further Christian work and witness in our Deanery.

The Action Day will be held at Middleton Village Hall on Saturday, 13 February starting at 11 am and finishing around 3 pm. Lunch will be provided. There will be a contribution plate to help defray expenses.

Your Standing Committee considers that the following Action Groups should be established and that the meeting should determine their membership and initial activities.

Justice. Engaging actively in issues of social justice (eg poverty alleviation, help for asylum seekers etc)

Worship. Creating and engaging in innovative and exciting worship (including music and the arts)

Telling Story. Reaching out and communicating the Christian message to all ages and faith or non faith groups.

Media and Communications. Developing the Deanery newsletter and web presence and using the media more to advertise and report on our work and events.

Social. Developing our social life – having fun together.

We seek your active involvement. Indeed we also seek the active involvement of those not on Deanery Synod but who have the enthusiasm and energy to get involved in God’s work. Please let me know either by post, telephone or email whether you will be attending and, if so, which Action Group you particularly favour. Also, we would be grateful if you could encourage non-Synod members to join us and also let me know if they will come and what group they would prefer.

These are exciting times for our Diocese and Deanery. Our Archbishop on his pilgrimage is setting an excellent evangelistic and prayerful example to us all and we look forward to him coming to the Deanery from 7-10 January. We also look forward to following his example and Christ’s commands to us more actively in the coming year.

Yours sincerely St John Harris Deanery Synod Secretaryfor Deanery Standing Committee

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Most popular Bible Stories: The Good Samaritan

This month’s Must Know Story is the familiar story of the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). The story tells of a man who is mugged on the road and rescued by a Samaritan. Jesus tells this story in answer to a lawyer’s question, ‘What must I do to inherit eternal life?’ or ‘What must I do to go to heaven?’

Jesus responds by calling for a life of total love towards God and neighbour. The lawyer responds with another question, ‘and who is my neighbour?’ to which Jesus answers with this story.

The story tells of a dangerous journey between Jerusalem and Jericho. The plight of the man and the indifference of the priest and Levite would horrify Jesus’ hearers. They assumed the hero of the story would be an ordinary Jew. Yet Jesus presents the Samaritan, a sworn enemy of the Jews, as a model of integrity and an example to follow. The challenge of the story is that often our neighbour can be our worst enemy, yet these are the people that we are called to love as ourselves.

Of course, all of us will be able to think of people who are Samaritans in our lives ie those we try to avoid and don’t want to help. If we are honest, we know that we do not have it in ourselves to love as Jesus says here. We need somebody who will be a Good Samaritan to us, to rescue us and enable us to love others as ourselves. Jesus is our Good Samaritan.

‘By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour.’ (Tim Keller).


Suffering? God knows why

“…Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them – do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? (Luke 13: 4)

It can be earthquakes… floods… terrorism, or – as in the case here - unexpected deaths resulting, first from the killing of innocent people by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, and secondly from a natural disaster. Like Jesus’ disciples, we tend to ask WHY? Our Lord’s answer to his questioners does not lessen our distress at calamities here on earth. But we are not completely shocked.

For Scripture teaches us that adversity is firmly built into our Christian understanding of how the world works.

1.We are all living in a fallen world.

Our present world-order is not as originally created. Basically we became a race of rebels, fallen from our custodianship over creation – so bringing both ourselves and the creation itself into the frustration of ‘bondage to decay’ (Romans 8:18-23). Even the ground was to be affected (Genesis 3:17,18).

2. We are all living in a temporary home.

In the face of a natural fatal disaster (Luke 13:4,5), Jesus said that those killed were no more ‘guilty’ to die, than anyone else. All will die one day. But his words give the warning: One day it will be your turn. Indeed, let us run to the aid of those who suffer - but tragedy reminds us all that centre stage is not this life; by repentance we must prepare ourselves at any moment for the next!

3. We are all living on borrowed time.

Jesus went on to speak of a fruitless fig tree (Luke 13: 6-9). Should it be cut down? No, Give it a year’s reprieve. The lesson is clear. If some people are cut off in a matter of seconds, those left should humbly consider how they will use the life that has been spared to them. This leads to a final truth:

4. We are all living as debtors to love.

People hung on Jesus’ words because they knew that He had solid answers for this world’s sorrows. Indeed He was the answer, for at the Cross we meet the love of the suffering God himself. One prayer must be that out of the experience of suffering, there will be some who see this, and respond.

Jesus encouraged his followers to look further ahead – to eternal realities. “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16.33

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All in the month of February . . . .

400 years ago:- on 26th Feb 1616 that Galileo was ordered by the Catholic Church to abandon his opinion that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun (known as the Copernican theory). He was banned from holding the opinion, promoting it, or teaching it.

200 years ago:- on 20th Feb 1816 that Rossini’s opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ was performed for the first time, at the Teatro Agentina in Rome, Italy. It was poorly received, but quickly became a huge success.

60 years ago:- on 11th Feb 1956 that two members of the Cambridge spy ring, British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, announced that they had defected to the Soviet Union. They had both vanished in mysterious circumstances in 1951.

40 years ago:- on 11th Feb 1976 that John Curry won Britain’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in figure skating. (It was also Britain’s first medal at the Winter Games for 12 years.)

20 years ago:- on 10th Feb 1996 that the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasporov in one of their six games. This was the first time a computer beat a world champion under tournament conditions.

15 years ago:- on 19th Feb 2001 that the first case of foot-and-mouth disease in the 2001 UK outbreak was detected at an abattoir in Essex. On 21st Feb the European Commission banned all British milk, meat and livestock exports.

10 years ago:- on 18th Feb 2006 that British rock band the Rolling Stones played the world’s largest free rock concert on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An estimated two million people attended.


Giving up for Lent

At the end of the vicar’s pre-Lent sermon he suggested, as an example to the rest of the community, that the congregation should worship in an unheated church for the whole of Lent. As they made their way into the chill Sunday air the vicar addressed one member of the congregation, asking what she had decided to give up for Lent. “Church,” she replied firmly.

Blessing

One Sunday when my grand-daughter was about two years old, her daddy and mummy made their Communion at my local church, and took her with them for a blessing. Arriving back in our pew she said in a loud voice: ‘Granny, the man has said his prayers on my head, and he has a lovely dress on.’

Judgement?

This true story concerns the visit of a visiting preacher to a little village chapel… ‘He was a few minutes into his sermon when, without warning, about twenty square feet of thick and decayed Victorian plaster fell from high on one wall and crashed into a group of empty pews below. As the dense fog of dust began to settle, and it became clear no one was in injured, the minister prepared to resume his sermon. Then he paused, and looked heavenward and in a slightly pained voice, asked: “Was it something I said?”’

Ladies

Notice in a church hall where a sale of second-hand clothes was in progress: ‘Ladies may have a fit upstairs’.

Poem: The Gift

Saved by grace lest any should boastSuch is His gift obtained at great cost,God’s Son was given to set men free,Redemption made ours as He hung on the tree.

In wonder the angels saw Him goFrom the glories of heaven to our world below,This earth once fair now corrupt from the fall,Fellowship broken and lost to all.

Bought back with a price that we could not payThe taint of our sin by His blood washed away,Reconciled to the Father, all this we have gained

Salvation His gift if we call on His Name.

By Megan Carter

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Just for fun!


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Benefice Diary - February 2016 Saturday 6th February11.00 am Pancake Saturday Snainton VH2.00 pm Wedding Wykeham4.00 pm Messy Church Hutton Buscel

Sunday 7th February8.00 am BCP Communion Snainton9.30 am Sung Eucharist Hutton Buscel11.00 am Holy Eucharist Brompton2.30 pm Evening Prayer Langdale End6.30 pm BCP Evensong Wykeham

Monday 8th February11.00 am Brass Cleaning & Pancakes Brompton

Wednesday 10th February 7.00 pm Ash Wednesday Service Brompton

Sunday 14th February 8.00 am BCP Communion Hutton Buscel9.30 am Holy Eucharist Wykeham11.00 am Holy Eucharist Snainton11.00 am BCP Matins Brompton

Monday 15th February 7.00 pm Snainton PCC Vicarage

Tuesday 16th February 7.00 pm Hutton Buscel PCC Vicarage

Sunday 21st February 8.00 am BCP Communion Wykeham9.30 am Holy Eucharist Brompton10.30 am Ecumenical service Snainton 11.00 am Holy Eucharist Hutton Buscel

Monday 22nd February 7.00 pm Benefice Council Vicarage

Sunday 28th February 8.00 am BCP Communion Brompton9.30 am Holy Eucharist Snainton11.00 am Holy Eucharist Wykeham6.30 pm BCP Evensong Hutton Buscel

Sunday 6th March 8.00 am BCP Communion Snainton9.30 am Sung Eucharist Hutton Buscel11.00 am Holy Eucharist Brompton2.30 pm Evening Prayer Langdale End6.30 pm BCP Evensong Wykeham

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Dates for your diary . . .

6th February11.00 amPancake EventSnainton Village Hall

Saturday 6th February4.00 - 6.00 pmMessy ChurchHutton Buscel Village Hall

Wednesday 10th FebruaryHoly Eucharist and imposition of ashes7.00 pm at Brompton Church

Saturday 13th February11.00 amDeanery Action DayMiddleton

Monday 15th FebruarySnainton PCC Special Meeting on Roof Works with Revd Tim Robinson7.30 pm at the Vicarage

Saturday 20th February7.00pm. Piccalilli Opera (National Debut!) Tickets £15/12 from [email protected].

Maundy Thursday, 24th March 7.30pm. at Hutton Buscel

Rev Ian’s Birkinshaw’s performance of

‘The Gospel of Mark’

Friday, 13 May 2016, Kirkbymoorside Learner & Training Brass Bands with a mixture of musical items.

St Stephen's at 7pm.

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