Hello everyone,<div>As you know, Sunday marks the start of Advent in the Church calendar, and as with everything this year, it's going to look a little different. We wanted to find ways to mark this season despite the restrictions we are all living with, and one of those ways is with a calendar of reflections, some written by people from our Parish and others by those further afield, one for each day of Advent.</div><div></div><div>These reflections will be posted on our Facebook page each day, but we have also put them together in a booklet for those of you who would prefer to engage with them that way. The booklet is attached, and we hope and pray that it will be a blessing to you. We are also delivering paper copies of this booklet to those who we know don't have internet access, so that we can all take this journey through Advent together. </div><div></div><div>Advice on printing (saving ink and paper)</div><div>If you want to print the booklet rather than look at it on your computer/phone, you can do so in black and white or colour (there are a few images, but you shouldn't lose too much of the effect by printing in black and white if you want to save ink). If you print from page 2 rather than page 1 then you will also save ink as the cover page is quite dark. To save paper, when you go to print if you select 'layout' and 'print two pages per sheet' then this will use half the amount of paper and the text should still be big enough to read.</div><div> If you are able to print double-sided on your printer that will use even less paper. I hope this helps! </div><div></div><div>with every blessing for this Advent season, </div><div></div><div>Hannah</div><div><div></div><div>The Revd Hannah Suekarran</div></div>
Lord Jesus Christ,in these dark and difficult days, we turn our hearts to you.In ages past, you have delivered our nation from disaster.Do it again, we pray.Give wisdom beyond human wisdom to our leaders,Give strength beyond human strength to the NHS and all our frontline workers.Give comfort beyond human comfort to the elderly and all who grieve.Lord Jesus Christ,in these dark and difficult days,turn your face towards us,have mercy upon us,and heal our land, we pray.Amen.
Hello allVery sadly, because of the current Covid restrictions, we are unable to host our annual Christingle/Gift Service at St Wilf’s on the first Sunday in December as we normally do. You will be receiving information shortly about a Christingle Service we are organising by Zoom in December, which I’m very excited about!Although we can’t meet physically to receive your gifts for children and young people in need in the Selby area, their need has, of course, not disappeared. As you can imagine, given the increasingly difficult economic circumstances at present, the need to ensure that children and young people from homes really struggling at this time do receive a gift on Christmas day is greater than ever.So, here at St Wilfrid’s and with Captain Richard Cooke of the Church Army in Selby, we’d be hugely grateful if you would feel able to donate a gift/gifts this year.This is what we’d love you to do by Sunday 6th December:-Wrap a gift, marking clearly on it whether it is suitable for a boy/girl/both, and what age group it would be most appropriate for e.g. 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-15, 16+ etc.-Bring your wrapped and marked gift to Rev Pete’s house, St Wilfrid’s Rectory, leaving the gift/s in a plastic bag on the front veranda.Directions to the Rectory:-Come down the lane to the left of the St Wilfrid’s churchyard.-You can park in the car park at the bottom on the left.-There is a green garden gate over the lane from the carpark, which will take you to the front of the house.-It’s the door facing the garden and churchyard and under a veranda. Many thanks, indeed!BlessingsRev Pete
<font color="#000000" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-original-attrs="{"style":""}">Loving Father God,</font><font color="#000000" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-original-attrs="{"style":""}"> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">be with us in our distress;</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">be with our families, friends, and neighbours,</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">our country and our world.</font></font><font color="#000000" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-original-attrs="{"style":""}"><font data-keep-original-tag="false"> </font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">Give health to the sick,</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">hope to the fearful,</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">and comfort to mourners.</font></font><font color="#000000" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-original-attrs="{"style":""}"><font data-keep-original-tag="false"> </font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">Give wisdom to our frontline and key workers,</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">insight to our Government,</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">and patience to us all.</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false"> </font></font><font color="#000000" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-original-attrs="{"style":""}"><font data-keep-original-tag="false">Overcome disease with the power of your new life,</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</font> <font data-keep-original-tag="false">Amen.</font></font>
