The Forest of Galtres Benefice

The Forest of Galtres Benefice encompasses 5 beautiful historic rural churches in the Easingwold Deanery, north of York:
All Hallows, Sutton on the Forest and Huby
St Nicholas, Stillington
St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton
St Leonard, Farlington 
St Mary's, Marton in the Forest (Marton with Moxby).

Rev Steve Whiting has recently retired and we are preparing to appoint a new priest-in-charge.
During this time, all five churches remain open for services and events, including baptisms, weddings and funerals.
For enquiries, please use [email protected] or click on the link of each church for further contact details.

What's on

See the individual church links for services and events within our Benefice

Occurring
Every Sunday at for 2 hours
Venue
Address

Click on the tab 'News and notices' to see a summary of services this month, and a weekly update from our Vicar.
You may also find the following links useful to help find out more about services and events:
Sheriff Hutton Village News (Sheriff Hutton and Farlington) https://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/village-news
Sutton Parish Mag (Sutton and Huby) https://www.suttonontheforestvillage.org.uk/parish-council/newsletters
Stillington News (Stillington and Marton cum Moxby) https://www.stillingtonvillage.org/news.htm

Our churches

Safeguarding

As a Benefice, we offer a warm welcome to all visitors to our churches. We support the Church of England's commitment to create Safer Churches. It is now compulsory to display safeguarding information on our websites to provide useful links and to signpost where help and support can be sought if you have any concerns about your own safety or the safety of others.

Our parishes are committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSOs). Our Diocese’s safeguarding pages at https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/safeguarding contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSOs.

If you are concerned about a safeguarding issue relating to your local church please contact either of our Parish Safeguarding Officers (Caroline Hunt 01347 878242; Mandy Smith [email protected]) or the Benefice Office ([email protected]). You can also contact the York Diocesan Safeguarding Team directly for advice on 01904 699524 or email them at [email protected]

Please note:
If you have immediate concerns about your own safety, or the safety of someone else, you should contact the police on 999.
If the matter is not an emergency, but you want to report concerns about neglect or abuse, you can contact York Social Care Services on their 24-hrs helpline on 0300 13112131 https://www.york.gov.uk/ChildrensSocialCare
https://www.york.gov.uk/homepage/27/adult-social-care.

Read more here.