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Knaresborough Anglican Team
ACCORD
November 2019
Dear Friends,Dear Friends,Dear Friends,Dear Friends,
Well, I’m delighted to say that only two Sundays into being your Team Vicar
I’ve heard those three precious li�le words from a parishioner “More tea
vicar?” I feel complete and it was definitely something to celebrate!
Celebra&on seems to be a theme over these last few weeks: my licensing
was a real blessing to me and my family and we thank you all for the hard
work that went into it. Then we have had all the amazing Harvest Fes&val
services and feasts within the churches and also celebra&ng Harvest Fes&val
at all the four primary schools and the quizzes and concert; it’s been richly
joyous and has shown me what a welcoming community this is. I am
looking forward to ge0ng to know you all, finding out about all the gi1s
and talents you have and the ways in which you bless and serve the wider
Knaresborough community.
Alongside all my colleagues I’m looking forward to suppor&ng and
encouraging you and in par&cular to look at the ways in which we are
missional people and communi&es and how we can grow. Growth is a big
word for the Church at the moment, but growth is missional, numerical and
spiritual. Some have likened this to an equilateral triangle.
As Church we grow ‘UP’ to God, we grow ‘IN’ to each other as church family
and we grow ‘OUT’ into our communi&es and we need all three elements for
us to be balanced as Chris&ans and balanced as Chris&an communi&es.
Over the next few months we have lots of opportunity to celebrate and
remember the threefold work of the Trinity- God the Father sending His Son
by and in the power of the Holy Spirit. The God who is UP who chose to come
DOWN, to be OUT in the world but desiring to be IN rela&onship with all
humanity, and for all humanity to be IN rela&onship with one another. It is
for that la�er hope that we will remember all those who gave their lives for
our hopes during our Remembrance services.
So my hope and prayer is that together we will all be drawn closer to God, to
each other and be bold enough to invite and encourage those OUTside to
take a risk and come IN, to join us, to find a warm welcome and a new home
and to hear for themselves the three precious li�le words God longs for them
to hear “I love you”.
BlessingsBlessingsBlessingsBlessings
StromaStromaStromaStroma
From the Parish RegistersFrom the Parish RegistersFrom the Parish RegistersFrom the Parish Registers
We welcome into our church family….We welcome into our church family….We welcome into our church family….We welcome into our church family….
Katie Ruth Metcalfe
Katie Ashbridge
We celebrate the marriage of….We celebrate the marriage of….We celebrate the marriage of….We celebrate the marriage of….
Nicholas Harper and Laura Jo Mottershead
Nicholas Wallace and Frances Hellowell
Gemma Coote and Thomas Severs
Jamie Chestnut and Annie Cooper
Sarah Coles and Scott Beckett
Lindsey Shepherd and John-Paul Warner
We give thanks for the life of…….We give thanks for the life of…….We give thanks for the life of…….We give thanks for the life of…….
Michael Smith
Rosemary Frayne
Peter Frayne
Jaqueline Fowler
Gwilliam Owen
John Scruton
To book a baptism To book a baptism To book a baptism To book a baptism for children living in the parish for children living in the parish for children living in the parish for children living in the parish or or or or a a a a weddingweddingweddingwedding please please please please contact the Parish Office. contact the Parish Office. contact the Parish Office. contact the Parish Office.
email [email protected] email [email protected] email [email protected] email [email protected]
Tel. Faye Wright 01423 869209Tel. Faye Wright 01423 869209Tel. Faye Wright 01423 869209Tel. Faye Wright 01423 869209
Knaresborough Team Ministry
SAFEGUARDING
‘We are all responsible’ Who’s who
Incumbent Revd Garry Hinchcliffe - 01423 202092
Parish Safeguarding Officers
St John’s Catherine Jeary 01765 676501 Holy Trinity Simon Sarmiento 01423 868239 Goldsborough Lance Ogden 01423 866086 Nidd David Andrews 01423 504373 Brearton Susie Lindley 07710 357012
Who should YOU talk to if YOU observe or are told about any safeguarding concerns?
Revd Garry – 01423 202092
The Safeguarding Officer from YOUR Church
The Diocesan Safeguarding/ Ripon Area Adviser:
Narinder Lyon – 07872005309
North Yorkshire Safeguarding - 01609780780
Childline - 08001111
Churches simply could not func&on or survive without those unsung
heroes who clean, open-up, prepare and generally ‘po�er about doing
things’, every day of the week, o1en en&rely on their own. However, we
need to be aware that doing so some&mes comes with risks a�ached.
Ecclesias&cal Insurance has published guidelines about ‘Lone working’ in
church and a copy is now pinned up in each of our church vestries.
Below are some bullet points for us all to be aware of:
Carry a personal a�ack alarm – There are five of these available for
regular lone workers in each of our churches and we will get more
when needed.
Carry a mobile phone
Tell somebody where you are going and how long you might be
Turn on all the lights
Be aware of concealed spaces such as church porches
Do not engage with those exhibi&ng any type of ‘odd’ behaviour
Do not go to church in the dark on your own
Lock doors behind you
Be aware of your points of exit
Do not carry heavy objects on
your own
Be aware of trip hazards
KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE
WORKING ALONE
PARISH LADIES
The next meeting will be on Wednesday 13th November at 6.30 pm at Carriages for the annual dinner.
(please note earlier time)
Christine Cope 01423 868545
KNARESBOROUGH MOTHERS’ UNION
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 12th November at 2.15pm in the Hub at St John’s
The Speaker will be Mary Marshall giving a follow-up to MULOA (which is MU Listening, Observing, Action).
Contact Christine Cope
01423 868545
Visitors always welcome
Macmillan Coffee Morning 2019
ANOTHER WONDERFUL RESULT!
Once again, I am able to tell you that the final total made at the Macmillan
Coffee Morning this year was £1439.75p – isn’t that amazing?
Thanks must go to all those who helped in any way – moving tables and
decorating the outside of the hall and the arch, making coffee and doing all
the washing up that is involved, preparing and manning stalls, baking for the
cake stall, and then at the end helping to clear everything away. I would like
to say a special thankyou to June who prepares all the floats, does all the
counting of money and then takes it to a bank somewhere (?!). All this is
done quietly and efficiently and is a great help to me.
I mustn’t forget to thank all those people who support this event regularly.
Without you there would be no Coffee Morning and certainly not the great
result we made this year. I must also thank the shopkeepers of
Knaresborough who are so willing to provide raffle prizes every year.
If you feel you might like to be more involved with the Coffee Morning, please
let me know as we could do with a few more helpers next year.
Again, many thanks to you all, Christine Cope
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal We are once again collecting shoeboxes to send to needy
children around the word. If you would like to take part,
please take a leaflet from one of our churches, wrap and
fill your shoebox according to the instructions, and return
it to church by Sunday, 18th November at the latest.
Thank you
For more information, please contact: [email protected] 07759 619780
Do join us on Wednesday 27th November at 7pm in
St John the Bap�st church followed by fellowship
at the Mitre
A short contempla&ve and reflec&ve service open to all. We offer you the
&me and space to encounter God. To find s&llness, to find rest. To pause
in all the busyness of life and to find the meaning of that life. To reflect
and refresh. An opportunity to respond to God’s love and to be renewed.
To give that love back to the everyday.
All welcome
Café church
Coffee, Cake and Prayer @ the HUB
OPEN TO ALL ACROSS THE
PARISH
All welcome to come and enjoy free tea/coffee, cake, chit-chat and led prayer
Friday November 1st 10.30am - 12noon
Come with friends or simply on your own We look forward to seeing you there.
SUNDAY MORNINGS
SEEKERS AT
ST JOHN’S
Come and join our Sunday School Group for primary age children (4+) as we learn more about our faith, the church calendar, and the Bible through fun activities with friends (joining the congregation for the end of the service).
Contact the leaders for more information
Natalie Atkinson: 07919 927623
Carli Bean: 07855 559974
Look us up on Facebook: Seekers at St John’s
We look forward to meeting you soon!
TERM DATES
17th November
24th November
1st December
8th December
15th December
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
CHURCH
VICARAGE LANE
KNARESBOROUGH
HG5 9AE
10.30—11.45
(or when the service ends)
HARVEST FESTIVAL All good gifts around us
Harvest Festival is one of those regular and reassuring fixtures on the church calendar which occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of many people. For me it conjures up memories of heading off to Castle Junior School clutching an array of tinned food for the Harvest assembly and later, as a young chorister, singing the annual Harvest service which always began with ‘Come ye thankful people come’ and ended with ‘We plough the fields and scatter’. It was therefore with some disquiet that I heard Garry begin his Harvest sermon this year with the announcement that it would be our last Harvest Festival. What on earth is he thinking I thought to myself, this had better be good! Thankfully I wasn’t disappointed. Indeed, it was one of the most eloquent, passionate and persuasive sermons I have ever heard and I have sat through quite a few! So where was Garry coming from? Yes, of course it is right to acknowledge our agricultural past, and to give thanks for all those who work on the land and the bounty of the Harvest that provides our daily bread (around 12 million loaves a day in the UK). However, it was time to talk about the elephant in the room – before there were no elephants anywhere. Our planet currently faces an ecological disaster on a massive scale which will impact upon our lives and those of our children and grandchildren and could ultimately lead to the extinction of the human race, not to mention a myriad of other species along the way. There are always those who will dismiss such talk as scaremongering and sadly those in government and big business have been painfully slow to act, but the scientific evidence is overwhelming and only now are people waking up to the fact that something needs to be done and done quickly. Garry used the word ‘stewardship’ to describe our responsibility for the care of the planet, both individually and collectively. In essence, stewardship is taking care of something which is valuable and what could be more valuable than the planet upon which we all depend for our very survival? This is why millions of our
St John’s News & Events
young people have recently joined the global climate strikes around the world, including many from our choir and why, as I write this, Extinction Rebellion are protesting outside Westminster. But surely this is a global problem that requires global solutions I hear you say, what difference can I possibly make? Well, I believe that it is the little things that we can all do which will ultimately make a big difference. It was great to hear Anne Morley speaking about the brilliant work being done by Knaresborough Sparks to raise awareness on environmental issue and encourage recycling, so why not get involved in one of their initiatives or simply pick up that discarded plastic bottle you see in the street and put it your own recycling bin? From a personal perspective, as a lover of wildlife in general and butterflies in particular, I spend many hours out in the countryside and can testify first hand to the decline of numerous species which were commonplace when I was a child. Pollution and litter are choking our countryside and rivers and great swathes of habitat around our town are under threat from new housing developments. Our native wildlife needs our help now more than ever before and our gardens and communal green spaces can be a vital oasis for a multitude of species, so why not let an area grow wild, cultivate some insect friendly plants, put in a small pond, provide bird house/feeders or install a hedgehog shelter? Over the course of the last twelve months I have transformed a small area of land from what resembled a building site to a wildlife garden, so it can be done and the results are incredibly rewarding. As a young chorister I was particularly fond, as I still am, of Psalm 104 which includes the verse: ‘O Lord how manifold are thy works: In wisdom hast thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches’. The wonder of creation and the marvels of the natural world are a blessing that we take for granted at our peril. Yes, our farming heritage is important and the harvest as vital as it has ever been, but as responsible stewards we need to look to the future and take positive action to nurture and care for all the good gifts around us. Whatever form our Harvest celebrations take next year, let us hope that we can listen to Garry’s sermon secure in the knowledge that we have done our bit for the planet and future generations and will continue to do so - and if you miss singing those traditional Harvest hymns, there is always Plough Sunday!
Mark Hunter
………From the Flower Guild
As we were putting the finishing touches to our harvest flowers and the church was glowing with warm Autumn colours mingling with the paintings and crafts of Henshaws exhibition, we learnt that a funeral was shortly to take place. Early arrivals, some mourners from far away were delighted at seeing so much warmth and colour. We hope our efforts may have made their ordeal a little easier. Harvest Festival is a favourite time for our team because the vibrant colours of flowers, fruit and vegetables are so plentiful and so accessible, a bounty that makes us realise how much we have to be thankful for. And not only flowers but a thanksgiving service with the rector telling us that in future this service will not only be based on an agricultural harvest alone, but will be celebrating all the resources our world has to offer. All of this followed by delicious home baked cottage pies and vegetables, then fruit crumbles and cheesecake to finish. A sight to behold…… the hall with tables invitingly laid and a row of smiling ladies waiting behind the pies brandishing outsize spoons with the rector controlling the queue. A great finale to a harvest thanksgiving!! Usual contacts Bernice 866539 and Antje 860463.
Pat Hewitson
…………….From the Belfry Up your tower – St John’s Bell news, October 2019 On the first of October, we took a party of Scouts up
the tower. We were able to explain the principles and technicalities of bell ringing as well as showing them the bells close up. We also showed them ropes, the various knots we use and examples of splicing and whipping. We finished by letting them chime the bells. They seemed to enjoy themselves and we are looking forward to another visit soon. The Christmas tree festival will soon be upon us. I assume that other
groups and individuals are thinking about their designs and decorations and the bell ringers are no different. As you may recall, the bell ringers are the annual recipients of a sum of charity money. We pay this money to charity, but we choose a charity for which we can design the decorations on the Christmas tree accordingly. Last year we supported a charity called Mary's Meals, which provides school lunches in the developing world. Our tree was therefore decorated with knives, forks, spoons and cups. You will have to wait until the festival to see this year's charity!
The bell ringers also contribute something else to the Christmas Tree Festival. We will soon be practising ringing Christmas carols on hand
bells, ready to perform during the festival. Tunes on hand bells are fun to perform and beautiful to listen to. We are happy to welcome anyone to help us. If you would like to join us, please contact me (phone number and e-mail address at the end of this article). You don't need to be a great musician. If you are interested in trying your hand at bell ringing, we will be happy to give you a taste of the exercise. Feel free to come to practices at 7:30 pm Tuesday evenings or contact Matt Curl, Tower Captain on 868104 or [email protected]. You don’t need to be big or strong or musical. You just need to be able to count to 8. All welcome, young or old or in-between.
Matt Curl, Tower Captain
………….From the Choir Stalls
THANK YOU A big thank you to our friends from the choirs of Holy Trinity and St Mary’s, Goldsborough, who joined with us to sing at Stroma’s licensing service early in October. The fabulous sound of the massed choirs really enhanced this wonderful occasion and received much positive feedback, so very well done to everyone involved.
CHORAL EVENSONG Our last Choral Evensong of the autumn term at St John’s will be on Sunday 24th November at 4.00pm when we will be celebrating the Feast of Christ the King. Visiting singers are always very welcome. Please contact me for details of music and rehearsal times. CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL This year we have more choirs and music groups than ever before performing at the Christmas Tree Festival, including live music in church on both Saturdays. Look out for full details in the next edition of Accord. CEREMONY OF CAROLS Our Christmas Concert this year will be on Sunday 8th December at 6.00pm and will feature a performance by our upper voices of Benjamin Britten’s ‘Ceremony of Carols’ with Georgina Wells on Harp. This is a magical event, not to be missed, so please put the date in your diary now. CAROLS AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY On Saturday 14th December at 2.00pm the Choir will be singing carols in the wonderfully atmospheric setting of the Cellarium at Fountains Abbey. YORK MINSTER The Choir will once again be singing the services in York Minster over the last weekend in December. It is always appreciated when we spot familiar and friendly faces in the congregation so please come along and support us at one of these services if you can. Service times are as follows: Saturday 28th December 2019 – Choral Evensong at 5.15pm Sunday 29th December 2019 – Choral Eucharist at 10.00am Choral Matins at 11.30am Choral Evensong at 4.00pm
For more information regarding any of the above, or music at St John’s in general, please email me on: [email protected].
ST JOHN’S CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2019
NOVEMBER 30TH - DECEMBER 8TH
OPEN MONDAY – SATURDAY 10am – 5pm SUNDAYS 12pm- 5pm
SEASONAL REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED IN THE HUB @ St JOHN’S EACH WEEKEND
LIVE MUSIC, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY, RAFFLE, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE SANTA WILL BE VISITING ON BOTH SATURDAYS
PLEASE BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALONG TO SUPPORT US. ALL MONEY RAISED WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND CHARI-
TIES OF ITS CHOICE
FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER – PREVIEW EVENING 7.30pm
Why not avoid the crowds and enjoy a glass of wine and nibbles as you marvel at the lights and creativity of the trees in the magical setting of our church.
Tickets £8
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WOULD LIKE TO ENTER A TREE THE DEADLINE IS
13TH NOVEMBER
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
email Joyce [email protected]
Mark
…………...From the Rector
Vision 2020 With Stroma now in situ we can, as a team, move forward with our Mission & Outreach.
We will be pu0ng a ‘working party’ together from this month, with a view to carrying out
a Team wide Mission Audit early 2020.
This will be the first step in se0ng our priori&es for Mission going forward. Key elements
will be: Nurture Courses (for those already a�ending church) Enquirers Courses (for those
interested in learning more of our faith) Confirma&on (in June) and Youth & Schools; to
name but four.
20/20 Vision, or Vision 20-20 as this ini&a&ve will be named, will put us in-line with the
Diocesan Strategy.
We offer this prayer, composed by the Archdeacon of Halifax, the Ven Anne Dawtry,
which we shall use as our mantra during 2020.
A Prayer for Our Vision and Strategy
Living and loving God,
send upon us your Spirit of learning,
that we may grow ever closer to you
in knowledge and understanding,
in commitment and explora&on,
in work and in leisure,
in city, town and dale.
May we learn to be confident Chris&ans,
growing our churches and transforming our communi&es
that we may join in your promise of making all things new;
for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ,
risen, ascended and glorified,
now and for ever. Amen.
Fire assembly points and prac�ce
There was recently a fire-drill carried out a1er church, during coffee, in The HUB. We will
be giving instruc&ons as to what to do in the event of a fire in the pages of the Accord.
HOWEVER, PLEASE REMEMBER:
Leave all valuables behind
Do not return without expressly being instructed to do so
Assemble on the grass in front of the church
Take care to no&ce if there appear to be friends missing
Calligraphy
St John’s have been blessed by the ar&s&c endeavours of Mr Peter Kearney over a number
of years to beau&fully insert the names of the deceased into the Book of Remembrance.
However, Peter now feels that it is right to pass on this important ministry to another.
Calligraphy is a wonderful hobby that many people enjoy - would you all very kindly have a
think about whom you may know who might take on this very light but very important task.
Thank you, and an especially hearLelt thank you to Peter.
St Luke’s, Holbeck
I am delighted to say that the lovely people of St Luke’s, Holbeck have accepted our
invita&on to visit with us again the first Sunday of Advent (1st
Dec). However, we will be
doing things a li�le differently this year.
Their coach (the cost of which they have received in a grant), will drop them off near
Gracious Street at 2.00pm and they will make their way to Holy Trinity for a light lunch and
to enjoy the Christmas Fayre. They will then make their way down to St John’s to enjoy the
Christmas Tree Fes&val, followed by a cup of tea and piece of cake at 5.15pm and then into
the Chris&ngle service at 6pm. They will be leaving for home immediately a1erwards. I know
that everyone will make them very welcome.
Environment Policy
Following my sermon on Harvest Sunday at St John’s and linking in with the excellent le�er
wri�en by Mark Hunter published in this month’s Accord, the PCC will be looking at
implemen&ng an Environment Policy for all our churches. We will be publishing our policy in
due course, but please remember to think GREEN… it is good prac&ce and a biblical
impera&ve.
Garry
HARVEST AT HOLY TRINITY A colourful display of autumn flowers in the entrance porch, skilfully arranged by Jan, greeted us for our annual service of thanks and Praise for the Harvest. Other arrangements were inside the church, enriching the scene offering warmth and welcome to all. Childhood memories of autumn spring to mind, kicking through fallen leaves with gay abandon, mouth watering parkin made with black treacle and those scrumptious toffee apples followed by the obligatory brushing of teeth.
The service was in thankfulness; we ploughed the fields, and metaphorically scattered good seeds in holding in our thoughts and prayers the unfortunate ones, the ones who have little and struggle to put food on the table. Into the hall we assembled, attracted by the tempting aromas of food, and Denise’s warm and smiling welcome on the door. The kitchen a hive of activity, “staff” in their colourful aprons eager to serve a hungry throng. Tables beautifully set -cider and apple juice keeping the salt and pepper company—invited us to take a seat. Anticipation is a wonderful thing! Revd Stroma offered greeting and prayers of thankfulness for a happy occasion before, in orderly fashion, we were invited to the serving table and served with generous portions of cottage pie accompanied by mixed vegetables. To follow was apple pie and custard: what bliss for an empty tummy! Dot, ready with top ups, chatting to guests along the way. The clatter of knives and forks onto cleared plates and pudding bowls made a satisfying sound. Coffee and tea was served with opportunity to circulate and chatter, which is lovely especially with people one hasn’t seen for some time. Thanks were offered to the hardworking folk behind the scenes who made it all possible, the raffle was drawn and the floral arrangement auctioned. £394 was raised for our CMS mission partner, Azaria Spencer , for her work with the street children in Guatemala. A joyous and thankful occasion; isn’t that what harvest is all about? Yvonne Spencer
Spotlight on……………Ken Gambles Tell us a bit about yourself I was born and brought up in Barnsley in a coal mining family. From Barnsley Grammar School I went to London where followed a degree, teacher training and two years teaching. I met Pat there, married and moved back to Yorkshire, to Knaresborough, where we have lived for the past 46 years and never regretted it. Both our daughters were christened and later married at Holy Trinity and my granddaughter was christened there too. I was head of English at St John Fisher in Harrogate for over twenty years and when appointed was one of only two non-Catholics on the staff. What do you consider to be your greatest achievement? Giving up eating meat some 40 years ago. My father couldn’t believe it as I was such a carnivore at the time. How would you describe yourself in one sentence? Easy going and rumpled. What is your motto? In a disagreement always try to stand in the other person’s shoes (not while they are wearing them obviously) What is your food heaven? Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy (as a separate dish, not as part of the meal). I’m also a sucker for fish and chips and I love a Madras strength curry. And food hell? Sauerkraut and roll mops (not together!)
Who is your greatest inspiration? Probably my grandad, my mum’s dad who had infinite patience (unlike me) and who, despite a hard life working down the pit since the age of thirteen, loved learning and was interested in life especially the natural world. He took me to my first football match, now over sixty years ago, and I’ve loved the game ever since, both playing and watching. If you had to go and live on a desert island, what would be your luxury item? My i-Pod which has about thirty days full of music on it to keep me entertained. What is your favourite hymn? Hills of the North (original version) for Advent. Ding–Dong Merrily on High for Christmas, and Will you not watch one hour with me? For Easter. What are you most thankful to God for? For a healthy, happy life and for having retained an eagerness to keep on learning. I am grateful too for the lovely people I have met through sport, work, and in the pub. Most of all I have been so fortunate to have a loving, close family and I must mention my lovely grand-daughter Charlotte.
Holy Trinity’s Sunday School
meets on the 3rd Sunday of
the month, starting at 10:45 in
church. Children of all ages are
welcome to come and learn
about the love of Jesus in a fun and friendly way.
Contact Penny Wren 01423 864157 for more information or
just come along on Sunday 17th November
Friday 29th November
7.30 p.m.
In Holy Trinity Church Hall,
Briggate
Light refreshments provided
All are welcome
Admission £5
Raising the roof at Holy Trinity
No, not another building project to fit in the
crowds….although some 120 people experienced a
fantas&c evening of rousing music and song on Saturday
19th October in Holy Trinity Church. A big thank you must go to Nick
Garre� and the Knaresborough Silver Band and to Carmel Wake and her
growing group, the St. Mary’s Singers, with a varied programme of some
well-known emo&onal pieces. Band soloists and solo singers made a
wonderful atmosphere and I think we all le1 “on a high” (back to the
roof!) with tunes and lyrics buzzing through our minds for the rest of the
evening. A big thank you to all performers, helpers and an enthusias&c
audience who jumped to their feet on several occasions. A net £771 was
raised towards the improvement of the church and
grounds…..so that we can hold more events like this.
Brian Jelbert
HOLY
TRINITY CHURCH
Christmas Fair
Saturday 30th November
10am to 4pm Sunday 1st December
12noon to 4pm
Delicious lunches, Cakes and Preserves, Raffle
Tombola and bottle stall Books, bric a brac
And a visit by Santa himself at 3pm on Sunday with free gift for
the children
Christmas in November?
For many years now, Nidd Church has started its Christmas celebra&ons
in November. Why? Because Nidd Hall Hotel offers three-day fes&ve
breaks star&ng in November each year. As part of these, the church
mounts a series of seven Tuesday carol services or concerts, open to
hotel guests and the wider public. With space for 100 people, we usual-
ly have 60-90 a�ending each week.
These breaks are extremely popular and comprise Christmas Eve,
Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve all rolled into a three day span of
hotel events. To regular church-goers this could seem very odd but it
might be the only &me the guests a�end a church service in the whole
year.
The content is simple: six Bible readings from the Authorised version
(Handel’s Messiah language) telling the na&vity story from the Old and
New Testaments, interspersed with congrega&on carols accompanied
by organ. There’s a lot of fun included, like drama&zing Good King
Wenceslas with male and female voices, and singing While Shepherds
Watched to On Ilkla Moor baht’at. Some of the guests return year a1er
year and will point out “You used that joke three years ago!”
The series starts on Tuesday 14 November 4.00-4.45 and ends on
Christmas Eve. Do join us on any Tuesday and add your voice to the
60+.
David Andrews
The Harvest Supper held on Saturday 5th October at Goldsborough Cricket
Club was a lovely social occasion with almost 50 of us enjoying jacket
potatoes with a choice of fillings and a wonderful spread of desserts.
We were amply served by Jackie’s team of cooks and servers and were
very grateful for all the contributions made to the feast. Graham organised
a family quiz and T’Ringers Team emerged as victors after a nail-biting tie
break.
The event raised a healthy £426 thanks to the
tremendous support of our congregation and
friends. The money will go towards the
maintenance of our Grade 1 listed church.
Graham Shaw
St Mary’s Children’s Society House Boxes I am now collecting boxes in for counting.
If you have already returned your box or had it emptied, that’s great.
If not, please could you bring your box to the 9am Sunday Service, or drop it off at 1
Princess Mead Goldsborough. If that is not convenient please phone/text me and I
will arrange to collect it - 07730 942751
Please phone me before dropping off a box, to make sure someone is in to receive it.
Thank you all for working to raise money for some of the most vulnerable children in
our country.
Your contribution makes a real difference.
Let’s make it a record year!
Best wishes
Sue Michael
St. Mary’s Church, Goldsborough presents
The Ardann String Quartet in a concert of
Christmas Music Sunday 1st December 2019
at 2:30pm
Corelli, Handel, Bach and more
Tickets £10 including a Welcome Drink & Refreshments Children free!
Come, enjoy and celebrate the start of the Festive Season
The Concert will end with your favourite sing-along Carols
Reserve your tickets from Sheelagh Fowler 867 410 Lance Ogden 866 086 Laura Lindsay 863 793
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Please enjoy reading my latest blog, how God challenged me to step out and my
hopes for what he will do in a group of young women as a result. And please be
praying for this new girls group and these precious girls. 'A Space of their own.'
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A Space of their own
For those who do not already know my journey into bilingual life has not been easy.
Recently I was feeling sorry for myself and I said to God, ‘why can’t you just divinely
give me the gi1 of fluent Spanish? I have been trying really hard and it would be great
if I just woke up one day and was fluent.’ Now, I s&ll fully believe that God could do
this. His response however was exactly what I needed to hear. ‘Azaria, why don’t you
start using it more.’
Ah, okay God, touché. That put me in my place.
Of course, I have been speaking Spanish every day, more and more, but I had also
been pu0ng off star&ng a new girl’s group for a few reasons, one being my fear
because it would be in Spanish.
I had a lot of self-doubt and worried that I would struggle to lead a session with a
group of children in Spanish for over an hour.
But God’s challenge was the push I needed.
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A1er spending some &me in prayer and preparing myself to take the jump I talked
with our centre coordinator and she thought it was a great idea, she too had felt that
a group for the older girls was necessary and something God had put on her heart, but
wasn’t sure who could lead it. God’s gentle confirma&on gave me peace about star&ng
the group and helped take away some of my fear and self-doubt.
The girls are aged 12+, a very delicate age for any girl but even more so for ones living
in their context and with their family situa&ons and backgrounds. I see it as a privilege
to be able to create a space for them where they will learn about God and have
ac&vi&es just for them and get to talk about relevant topics and issues.
We are s&ll in the early stages of crea&ng a space where they feel completely
comfortable and I have their confidence, but I know God has big plans for these
young women.
One thing that has been very special to see so far is them being able to be quiet in a
place away from responsibili&es, other children, the noise of life. Able to just relax,
listening to praise and worship and engaging in crea&ve ac&vi&es. I have felt God’s
peace res&ng over them, enabling them to rest and opening their hearts li�le by li�le
to Him.
I have big hopes and dreams for this group, for each one of the girls represented in it.
And very quickly the fear surrounding my own self-doubt and ability with Spanish was
stripped away as God reminded me again, that it isn’t about me. How marvellous. I
couldn’t be more pleased to know that it isn’t about me at all, not even a li�le bit. It is
about what God wants to do in the lives of these girls and Him using me, and others,
to create space for Him to work.
Love and blessings
Azaria
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Sunday
November 3rd
All Saints
and All Souls
8am Holy Communion
10:30am
Holy Communion
Baptisms
10:45am Sung Eucharist
Sunday
November 10th
Remembrance
Sunday
8am Holy Communion
9:30am
Service of Remembrance
10:57am War Memorial
10:45am Sung Eucharist
Sunday
November 17th
2nd Sunday
before Advent
8am
Holy Communion
10:30am Choral Eucharist
10:45am
Sung Eucharist With
Sunday School
Sunday
November 24th
Christ the King
8am Holy Communion
10:30am
Holy Communion
4pm Choral Evensong
10:45am Sung Eucharist
St MarySt MarySt MarySt Mary the Virginthe Virginthe Virginthe Virgin
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St Paul & St Paul & St Paul & St Paul &
St MargaretSt MargaretSt MargaretSt Margaret NiddNiddNiddNidd
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the Baptistthe Baptistthe Baptistthe Baptist BreartonBreartonBreartonBrearton
Sunday November
3rd
All Saints and All Souls
9am
Holy
Communion
10:30am
BCP Mattins
Sunday November
10th
Remembrance Sunday
9am
Holy Communion
10:50am War Memorial
10:30am
BCP Holy
Communion
Sunday November
17th
2nd Sunday before Advent
9am
All age Holy
Communion
10:30am
BCP Mattins
9am Holy
Communion
Sunday November
24th
Christ the King
9am
Holy
Communion
10:30am
BCP Holy
Communion
Holy Communion Services are held
every Wednesday in Knaresborough
Holy Trinity at 10am
St John the Baptist at 11am
Knaresborough Team Ministry - Benefice Diary
Sunday 27 October 4.00 pm Team Service of Light at Holy Trinity
4.00pm Choral Evensong at St John’s
Saturday 2 November A1ernoon Tea Dance at the Hub
Wednesday 6 November 7.00 pm Core Youth Group at Holy Trinity
Sunday 10 November Remembrance Sunday services at usual &mes except
9.30am Remembrance Service at St John’s (No 10.30 service) followed by
10.57am at the War Memorial, Knaresborough Castle grounds
10:50am Service at War Memorial, Goldsborough
Tuesday 12 November 2.15pm Mothers’ Union Mee&ng at the Hub
4.00pm Carol Service at St Paul and St Margaret, Nidd (and every Tuesday
un&l Christmas Eve)
Wednesday 13 November 6:30pm Knaresborough Parish Ladies group
Annual Dinner at Carriages
Sunday 17 November 9.00am Holy Communion at Brearton
Sunday 24 November from 1.00pm Come and Sing Nidderdale Messiah at
Holy Trinity
4.00pm Choral Evensong at St John’s
Wednesday 27 November 7.00pm Encounter at St John’s
Friday 29 November 7.30pm Quiz night at Holy Trinity
7.30pm Preview evening for Christmas Tree Fes&val at St John’s
Saturday 30 November to Sunday 8 December Christmas Tree Fes&val at St
John’s
Saturday 30 November 10.00am Holy Trinity Christmas Fair with lunches
Sunday 1 December 12.00noon Holy Trinity Christmas Fair with lunches
2.00 &ll 7.00pm Visit from the congrega&on at St Luke’s Holbeck
6.00pm Chris&ngle and Carols at St John’s.
Monday 2 December 7.00 pm Parochial Church Council mee&ng loca�on
TBC
Wednesday 4 December - no 11am service at St John’s
7.00 pm Core at Holy Trinity
Sunday 8 December 4.00 pm Chris&ngle Service at St Mary’s Goldsborough
6.00 pm Candlelit ‘Ceremony of Carols’ Concert
Tuesday 10 December Mothers’ Union Christmas Lunch at the Dower House
Sunday 15 December 6.00 pm Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Holy
Trinity
Sunday 22 December 4.30 pm Christmas Carol Service at St John’s Brearton
6.30 pm Lessons and Carols Service at St Mary’s Goldsborough
Monday 23 December 4.00pm Carol Service - sacred and secular - at Nidd
Church, including young singers from Stagecoach.
Tuesday 24 December CHRISTMAS EVE
11.00 am Crackers @ Christmas at St John’s
3.00 pm Na&vity Service at St Mary’s Goldsborough
4.30 pm Crib Service at Holy Trinity
6.00 pm Knaresborough Town Na&vity in Market Square
7.00 pm Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at St John’s
11.30 pm Midnight Mass at St John’s, St Mary’s, Holy Trinity, & St Paul & St
Margaret Nidd
Wednesday 25 December CHRISTMAS DAY
8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) at St John’s
9.00 am Holy Communion at St Mary’s Goldsborough
10.00 am Christmas All Age Service at St John’s
10.00 am Sung Eucharist at Holy Trinity
Knaresborough Team Ministry - Benefice Diary
On Sunday 24th November, the last Sunday before Advent, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. Jesus was no ordinary King, he wasn’t born in a palace but in a stable. He didn’t have servants, but came to serve, and his crown was a crown of thorns
St. Andrew the Apostle
St Andrew was the brother of St. Peter , and like his brother,
he was initially a fisherman on the Sea
of Galilee. Andrew was one of the four
disciples closest to Jesus. He was one
of the first followers of Jesus. In fact,
he discovered Jesus before his brother Peter did.
As the patron saint of Scotland, St. Andrew was not Scottish.
In fact, the saint was born in Bethsaida, Israel. More so, whilst
alive, St. Andrew never stepped foot in Scotland. He was
crucified in Greece on 30th November 60AD and according to
folklore he asked to be tied to an X shaped cross because he
did not feel worthy of dying on the same shaped cross as
Jesus.
St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on
30th November. By law, all buildings in Scotland are required
to display the Scottish National Flag that bears the image of
the Saltire, or St
Andrew’s cross.
Can you colour St Andrew’s cross in?
November is a dull month in every way. It is ge0ng darker, but Christmas and the winter
sols&ce are s&ll far away. However, on a good sunny day
foraging in the hedgerows will provide one with a harvest of
sloes, to prepare sloe gin, and hazelnuts for chocolates or
marzipan or to roast. You may also come across sweet
chestnuts – the trees have a peculiar twisted bark – which are
excellent for roas&ng. Many people forage for fungi, but I have
never had the confidence to do so. If you do, make sure you have a clear guide to what is and
is not edible. The clergy would hate to see their congrega&on decimated!!!!
Sloe Gin
Take a clean glass jar with a well-fi0ng lid
Wash your sloes and then prick each one with a darning needle. Put into
jar un&l full.
Shake granulated sugar into the jar un&l all the inters&ces are full.
Pour in gin, allowing all the trapped air to escape.
Shake the jar and put the lid on firmly. Turn and shake gently to allow the
sugar to dissolve.
Put the jar in a coolish dark place but every week give it a shake un&l all
the sugar is dissolved. Drink at Christmas.
And in the veg patch
November is a dull month in the garden. There are some essen&al jobs however.
Leaves need to be collected and put in a wire cage to form leaf mould. (If you don’t have a
cage and only a few leaves they will rot down sa&sfactorily in black bin bags if given a bit of
water and placed in a sheltered area). Leaf mould can be used to enrich and aerate flower and
vegetable beds.
Provided there is s&ll no severe frost perennials can be divided (use two forks) and re-planted.
Once there has been enough frost to blacken them begonias can be li1ed, cleaned and placed
in a frost free place to go dormant. Dahlia corms also need to be li1ed, cleaned and stored.
On a sunny day it can be pleasant si0ng in the sun on a sheltered bench to clean and sharpen
all your tools ready for the new season.
Flower and vegetable beds need to mulched and put to bed for their period of dormancy.
Culinary and cropping Curiosities By Sophy Potager
Comfrey has proved to be controversial this month. I advocate making a
final brew of comfrey to have it ready to encourage new growth in the
spring. However, when this was discussed
on the radio (Gardeners’ Ques&on Time) it was strongly suggested that
the brew loses its potency if le1 for several months. I have also been
challenged by Phil Skeels who feels that comfrey is too valuable medically
to be used on plants. He recommends a poul&ce of boiled leaves on
severe bruises and even broken bones and tells me that he made a rapid
recovery from a footballing injury using comfrey which he also knew as “Knitbone”. I
have checked with Culpepper, and Phil is quite right. Comfrey poul&ces are
recommended by Culpepper, though he claims that the roots are more efficacious than
the leaves. It can also be used as a decongestant, by decoc&ng it, and will soothe
haemorrhoids, infected kidneys and breasts “sore from an abundance of milk”. Wow!
What a useful herb. I shall grow more of it.
As we are talking about fer&lizer it might be worth men&oning use of commercial
fer&lizers and applica&on of horse manure. Like many gardeners I have at this &me of
year applied a thick layer of manure in the winter months, o1en beginning in November.
Others apply chemicals at this &me. I have recently found out that this is rather a waste
of labour as the winter rains (and snow) will wash much of the nutrient straight through.
Far be�er to hold off un&l February or even March.
It is also a &me to remember the neighbours who share our garden spaces. They are
going to have a tough few months even if they are hibernators. So leave some of the
flower beds uncared for to provide cover especially for invertebrates. A hedgehog box
stuffed into a quiet and secluded spot may mean your reward of a family of slug eaters
next summer. No need to buy an expensive commercial model. Just make an L-shaped
box with a small opening in an end wall. The hedgehog will drag in his/her own bedding
and sleep round the bend out of the draught. Do put a bit of bent pipe as ven&la&on into
the end furthest from the opening to avoid your tenant suffoca&ng in the bedding. I
have had the privilege of having a hedgehog box used once by a female stoat to raise six
kits. I do hope she found the box untenanted but maybe she started by ea&ng the
hedgehog.
You can also make a winter home for invertebrates like
lacewings and lady birds. Just make a bundle of short pieces of
cane and put them in a sheltered corner that gets some sun to
keep it reasonably dry. When they emerge they will pay you
rent by ea&ng aphids.
Stepping More Lightly On Our World
Encouraged by my children initially and more
recently by world events I have found myself
increasingly aware of the environment and our
impact on it. I wish to step more lightly on our
world than I have in my life to date.
To this end I began to seek out small steps I could
take towards better care for our environment. I
would like to share some of these ideas with you
over the next few months. Are you drawn along this
path also?
I came across this Hierarchy of Buying when I
attended Pebblefest, a sustainable living day in
London with my daughters. It is a great way to
start. I think this must be an American version, so
for Thrift read, Charity Shop!
Abigail
Live Lectures at St Mark's Church at 09.30hrs
23 Nov 2019 Revd Dr Jeremy Duff Today is the day—for everyone! Growing church in Luke and Acts 7 Dec 2019 Dr Elaine Storkey Gender and Justice
At Mowbray Community Church
25 Jan 2020 Rt Revd James Jones The spiritual and moral imperatives in the life of Christ 28 Mar 2020 Revd Dr Malcolm Guite Christ and the Poetic Imagination
Bible Track DVD Seminars at Mowbray Community Church at 09.30hrs
15 Feb 2020 Dr Jane Williams Luke & Acts part 2 25 Apr 2020 Dr Chris Tilling St Paul's letters part 1 9 May 2020 Dr Chris Tilling St Paul's letters part 2
Forest Room, Gracious Street 9.30-12.00
Wonder if you could write for pleasure? Wanted to try creative writing but can’t seem to get started?
Worried that what you do won’t be “worthy”?
Yes? Come on, shine, and smile at yourself!
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
Fun...Words...Challenges...Collaboration...Space… Inspiration plus refreshments and breaks
WHO IS LEADING?
The morning will be facilitated by Hilary Hughes, Sue Walkington,
Sue Whalley and Elizabeth Ali (CCW)
COST
The workshop is free but donations for the cost of the room are welcome on the day.
Hilary is a published author, English teacher, speaker, and is passionate about accessible poetry. Between us the CCW team has written hundreds of prayers, poems, reflections and produced 3 collections of our work
THE POWER OF
Writing CREATIVE WRITING
WORKSHOP
NOVEMBER 2nd 2019
If you’re interested and wish to book a
place, please contact Hilary on
07814 237738 or e mail her at
as soon as possible.
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