What a sad autumn this has been - we lost amongst others, Tony Service, Brenda Nicholson (a warm, bright, vivacious, bubbly and warm hearted member of our church family...) and Revd. Rodger Place. Despite this sadness, as Revd. Christine Gilespie writes in a timely fashion, we must take comfort and support from God’s love that will never fail us.There is an article on Revd. Rodger Place, and I have included Revd. Pete’s Reflection that was spoken at Rodger’s funeral.There are also items on the embroidery exhibition at Selby Abbey, and the opening of St Wilfrid’s for people to experience the building as a source of inspiration.Jane Graham reports on the Stage Reading of the play Country Dances that Martin Pearson organised recently.Keith Fossey, of the Swaziland Schools Project thanks us for helping the charity improve the lives of young people in Eswatini.Finally I am delighted to share photographs of Revd. Rob Suekarran’s final service before moving to Hull, and also of Monica Oddy’s 90th birthday celebration in St Francis.
Thursday 9th December7.30/8pm in St Wilfrid’s Parish Hall.Relax, chat, reflect….A chance to get away from it all in the busy run up to Christmas.Join us for a relaxing evening in the company of friends.Really hope you can join us. Love Charlotte and Cathy.
Hi everyone It’s Alive@5 this Sunday 28<sup>th</sup> November, 5pm in St Wilf’s Parish Hall! This month we’ll be thinking about how we can prepare for Christmas! There will be snacks, games, songs, family craft, a bit of thinking time and saying ‘hi’ to God together…and of course, lots of fun for all the family! Really hope you can join us! Bye for now Rev Pete & the Alive@5 Team
This month Revd. Philip Macdonald reports on the passing of Tony Service, a much-loved member of the local Methodist family and long-time contributor to the parish magazine. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jill and the family at this sad time.Guest contributor Revd. John Tyler donates the Dear Friends article and calls upon us to pray and work for justice in the world.There are also pieces about Afghan refugees in Selby, the Diocese of York Safeguarding Week, El Greco, and Faith in Science.I witter on about an award granted to Connected recently, and finally I report on my further exploration of the culinary arts, viz. the production of parkin.
