EASINGWOLD and RASKELF PARISH NEWS. March P

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1 1 EASINGWOLD and RASKELF PARISH NEWS March P

2 2 PARISH OF EASINGWOLD WITH RASKELF Vicar: Reverend Margaret Young Assistant Curates: Catherine Toase Charlo(e Cranfield / Churchwarden: Ian Peel Re.red Clergy assis.ng in the parish: Deacon Chris Peel Revd Beryl Bowes Revd Dr Peter Bowes Revd Robin Davill Revd Steve Jarra( Revd Canon Barbara Wilkinson Contacts: PCC Secretary Sue Thorn PCC Treasurer Alfred Boddison Raskelf Secretary Graham Bingham Flowers -Easingwold Geraldine Boast /Pat Brooks Raskelf Julie(e Jennings Mothers Union Margaret Summerscales Bible Reading Fellowship Joan Green Children s Society Boxes Gill Wansborough Choir & Organist Co-ordinator Alfred Boddison Bell Ringing Alizon Lees Half Yearly Boxes Janet Boddison Parish Rooms Bookings Doreen Hayes Parish Rooms Caretaker Lizzie Stewart Magazine Editor Barbara Twigg barbaratwigg361@b.nternet.com Magazine Distribu.on Margaret Summerscales THIS SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR ADVERTISING Contact: barbaratwigg361@btinternet.com b y l a n d m e d i a h(p://

3 3 From the Vicar Weddings None Bapsms None Funerals None Registers Mother s Union Thursday March 23rd Communion & Coffee in Parish Church 10.00am MARCH 1st Joel Ch.2 Vv.1-2,12-17 ASH WEDNESDAY 2 Corinthians Ch.5 Vv.20b-6:10 Matthew Ch.6 Vv.1-6, th Genesis Ch.2 Vv :1-7 LENT 1 Romans Ch.5 Vv Matthew Ch.4 Vv pm Deuteronomy Ch.6 Vv,4-9,16-25 Luke Ch.15 Vv th Genesis Ch.12 Vv. 1-4a LENT 2 Romans Ch.4 Vv 1-5,13-17 John Ch.3 Vv pm Evening Service at the Methodist Church 19th Exodus Ch.17 Vv 1-7 LENT 3 Romans Ch.5 Vv John Ch.4 Vv pm Joshua Ch.1 Vv. 1-9 Ephesians Ch.6 Vv th Family Service MOTHERING SUNDAY 1 Samuel Ch.1 Vv Luke Ch.2 Vv Evening Service at the Methodist Church Lent begins on Ash Wednesday March 1st. There will be a service at with Ashing and this is followed in the evening with a service at with Ashing. Lent is a.me for self-reflec.on. Recent news has given us a lot to think of and reflect on. There has been a new President of America bringing in new rules and regula.ons which are affec.ng many people. This is a country that prides itself on freedom but is now threatening to close its doors to various groups of people. Our own Government has axed a refugee scheme that was helping 350 children, leaving them more vulnerable than ever. General Synod voted not to take note of a report by the House of Bishops on Marriage and Same Sex Rela.onships which has hurt many people and lei those outside the church seeing the Church of England as an exclusive club. All of these things have one thing in common which we can think about in Lent. How do we as individuals accept people who aren t quite like ourselves and have different opinions and beliefs from us? What do we think about banning groups of people from a country or withdrawing aid to children who are in a far worse situa.on than our own grandchildren, or making a gay couple feel unwelcome in church? What does that say about a person who claims to be a Chris.an? These are just three issues that have come up recently in the news, I am sure that we can all think of other examples. Lent, our prepara.on for the death and resurrec.on of Christ, is not meant to be an easy.me. We need to challenge ourselves. Do any of the above issues make us feel annoyed one way or another? There may be people reading this who have views both for and against the arguments. There was a.me in this country when slavery was accepted. Thankfully this happens no longer but there is s.ll a legacy of racism throughout the country where white people see themselves as superior to blacks. In ci.es with a diverse popula.on such as Manchester, mostly people get on well together but occasionally people are singled out for abuse. When this has happened on a tram for instance, thankfully people have recorded the incident and the vic.m supported with evidence when the perpetrator was taken to court. What would we do on that tram?..s.ck up for the vic.m or be pleased that someone else is saying what we are thinking? Jesus didn t teach hatred, Jesus taught love. This season of Lent is a good opportunity to think how we can apply His teaching. It doesn t necessarily mean that we have to agree. So if a gay couple came into church, we might not agree with their way of life but we can agree to disagree and welcome them into the fold of God s love and accept them for who they are. If a refugee child came to Easingwold, he or she should be accepted and loved in the community as any other child. Jesus paid the ul.mate sacrifice for our sins with his death upon the cross, He died because we sin, and because he loves us, it is only fair that we look at how we can love others. 9 Every blessing for a reflec.ve Lent, Margaret 2

4 4 LENT LUNCHES 2017 Homemade soup, roll, tea/coffee in return for donaon Lunches are all from 12 noon 1.30pm Date Hosts Locaon March 10th Mothers Union Parish Rooms March 17th Raskelf Church Parish Rooms March 24th St John Evangelist R.C. Church R.C. Church Hall March 31st Methodist Church Church Hall April 7th Men s Group Parish Church Parish Rooms LENT COURSE 2017 The Lent Course this year is on music inspired by the Lamenta.ons of the Prophet Jeremiah. Lamenta.ons (2 Chronicles 35:25) wri(en by Jeremiah, is the story of the destruc.on of Jerusalem that he prophesied would take place if people did not repent. The course will look at the music that was inspired by the text star.ng with Thomas Tallis. The courses will be at on Thursdays during Lent. ELECTORAL ROLL The Annual Mee.ngs will be held on Tuesday April 28th at in the Parish Rooms. The Annual Mee.ng of Parishioners comes first & is to elect the Churchwardens. This is followed by the Annual Church Mee.ng when members of the Parochial Church Council are elected and reports for 2014 are received. Those eligible to vote and be elected at the Annual Parish Church Mee.ng have to be on the Electoral Roll, a copy of which is on the pillar no.ce in Easingwold Church and on the table in Raskelf Church. If your name does not appear on the Roll and you wish to be included, there are forms available at the back of both churches for comple.on and they should be returned to the same place for collec.on. Greenwich Mean.me (GMT) ends at 0100hrs on Mothering Sunday March 26th when the clocks will go forward one hour Bri.sh Summer Time (BST). Evensong at the Parish Church will be at in April onwards. On Sunday April 2nd Easingwold Deanery Choir will be at 5.00pm at St John s Priory (R..C) Music and Readings for Passion.de. See p.7 You are invited to our Sunday School, which con.nues at on March 5th, 12th & April 2nd for ages 3 11 Many acvies: Learning through the Bible in term me You are also very welcome on any Sunday ST MARY S CHURCH, RASKELF WEDNESDAY MARCH 1st 12 noon LITE BITE LUNCH, Old Black Bull, Raskelf SUNDAYS MARCH 5th & 19th COMMUNION 9.10am SATURDAY MARCH 25th AFTERNOON TEA Village Hall 3.0)pm-5.00pm MOTHERING SUNDAY MARCH 26th FAMILY SERVICE FRIDAY MARCH 31st 7.00pm & APRIL 1st 10.00am CHURCH & CHURCHYARD CLEANING PRAYER CORNER Prayer is at the heart of what the church is about and the prayer corner in St John s con.nues to be used regularly. Please write the names of people you would like to be remembered in the book there. We also have a prayer chain, where a number of people pray for those in special need. If you would like prayers for yourself or another, in church or on our confiden.al Prayer Circle, please contact Deacon Chris Peel on Please include in your prayers this month: 1. All who live within the area bounded by Spring Street, Uppleby, Back Lane and Crabmill Lane. 2. Those who use the cricket ground, tennis courts, bowling green and Memorial park 3. Those who work at or visit the Forget-me-not Day centre and the old Health Centre 4. Those who live in Westmoor Road and its associated roads in Raskelf 8 3

5 E Mail Telephone: Holly Garth, Thirsk Road. Easingwold, York YO61 3HU Easingwold Deanery Ecumenical Choir Music and Readings for Passionde 2 April 2017 All churches in the Deanery are invited to a(end a special service of medita.on for Passion.de, to be held at St John s Priory, the R.C. Church, in Long Street, Easingwold at 5.00.pm on 2 April It will be based on the RSCM publica.on The Cross of Christ with addi.on of the Magnificat sung to Noble in B minor. All singers in the Deanery are warmly invited to join the Choir. The rehearsals will be on the following dates: Thursday 16 March 7.30.pm 9.00.pm at Easingwold Parish Church Thursday 23 March pm pm at Easingwold Parish Church Friday 31 March 7.30.pm 9.00pm at St. John s Priory Sunday 2 April to 4.30.pm at St John s Priory (Tea available at 4.30.) I have a number of copies of The Cross of Christ available for loan. If you would like your own they are available from RSCM Music Direct (visit and cost You also need a copy of the Magnificat by Noble in B minor also available from RSCM, price 1.95 Please complete the reply slip below to help with planning. Peter Smith (Director of Easingwold Ecumenical Deanery Choir)... Please return to Peter Smith, Holly Garth, Thirsk Road, Easingwold YO61 3HJ or me at petersmith41@b.nternet.com Parish Contact name.. Tel no. We intend to provide the following singers for the Deanery Choir on 2 April: sopranos..altos.tenors basses Operaon Christmas Child Sue Hanson has wri(en on behalf of the Local Collec.on Team to thank us all for Easingwold s contribu.on to the Shoebox Appeal. Our area covers Harrogate, Ripon, Thirsk & Easingwold. This year 3,083 boxes were collected from churches, schools and businesses in this area. The boxes were then processed on the outskirts of Leeds before being shipped to their final des.na.on. The team in Leeds handled 17,109 boxes! The des.na.ons of these boxes were Liberia, Belarus and Ukraine. We have sent to Belarus and Ukraine before but this is the first.me our boxes have gone to Africa. In the last twenty years Liberia has suffered two civil wars in which half a million people were killed or displaced. Currently 85% of the popula.on live below the interna.onal poverty line and an addi.onal blight has been the recent Ebola epidemic! If you are able to watch any of the videos on the Samaritan s Purse website you will see what joy the boxes bring to deprived children, It seems that even in deepest Africa woolly hats are a great success!! Many thanks to all who have contributed in some way to this project. Gaynor Cole 7. 5 Annual Parochial Meeng...message from the Vicar something to think about before the mee.ng on Wednesday April 26th at in the Parish Rooms. Do you want to have a say in the running of the church? Are you on the church Electoral Roll (there are new faces in church)? Do you think that you could come on the Parochial Church Council and influence what is going on? Now is the.me to think and pray about what you can and would like to do Women s World Day of Prayer.is on Friday March 3rd at 2.15pm in the Parish Church. The theme is Am I Being Unfair to you? The service has been prepared by the Chris.an women of the Philippines, a group of islands in the Pacific near the Equator. Raskelf Church members are having a Mother s Day Treat on Saturday March 25th in the Village Hall 5.00pm. A full aiernoon tea for 6.00 adults & 3.00 children under 12 to include a small gii. All proceeds to Church Restora.on funds. Children s Society Boxes...these should be returned for coun.ng before March 25th either to Gill Wansborough in church or to Tempo (behind the Post Office) and exchanged for a new one. If you want to know how much you have saved, please make sure your name is on the underside. Children s Society Boxes... Gill has been coun.ng them and making a return to the Treasurer for some years and would now like to hand over the task. She would be very happy to hear from anyone who felt they could take it over. If you are interested, please ring her and have a chat It is a very worthwhile cause figh.ng child poverty and neglect and helping all children to have a be(er chance in life. Ebor Lectures... The next one is on Wednesday March 29th at York St John 7.00pm. The speaker will be Dr Timothy Walker, Shaykh Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge University, who will discuss Religion, Radicalism and contemporary Polics Admission is free but by.cket only. E- mail events@yorkssj.ac.uk. Chrisan Aid Week...May 15th 21st. The money collected at the Lent Lunches last year was (Catholic Churh goes to Cafod). It has a vision - an end to poverty- - and believe this can become a reality. They need our prayers but also our generosity Oasis Café..Coffee Morning at the Methodist Church on Friday morning March 24th. Fair Trade goods will be on sale. Hambleton Foodshare..the number to ring is The telephone is manned 24 hours a day 7 days a week calls will not be answered but you can leave a message and someone will always call you back to discuss your needs. 4

6 SERVICES AND EVENTS: March 2017 To contact the Revd Margaret Young Tel: or The Vicar s day off is Monday. Children are welcome at all our services Ash Wednesday Wed 1st Thurs 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th 12 noon 2.15pm 1.00pm Sunday 5th Lent 1 Mon 6th Tues 7th Wed 8th Thurs 9th Fri 10th 9.10am 12.30pm 3.30pm 9.45am 8.00pm 8.00pm 12.00pm Sunday 12th Lent 2 Mon 13th Tues 14th Wed 15th Thurs 16th 3.30pm 10.00am Ash Wednesday Eucharist with Ashing Women's World Day of Prayer rehearsal Lite Bite Old Black Bull Ash Wednesday Eucharist with Ashing Women s World Day of Parish Church Wedding: Lawson & Gough Raskelf Eucharist PARISH EUCHARIST & Church Mice Bapsm: Ada Leese Evensong Standing Commi(ee Mee.ng LYCIG Vicarage Inspire: Young adults young in Vicarage Lent Parish Rooms NO Raskelf PARISH EUCHARIST & Church Mice Evening Methodist Church Bible 11 Whiteoak Avenue - All welcome Springhill Court PCC mee.ng in Church 6 Thurs 16th.. Fri 17th 12.00pm Sunday 19th Lent 3 Mon 20th Wed 22nd Thurs 23rd Fri 24th Sat 25th 9.10am 3.30pm 10.00am 12.00pm Easingwold Deanery Choir Parish Church Lent Parish Rooms Raskelf Eucharist PARISH EUCHARIST Evensong Sunday 26th Mothering Sunday Mon 27th Wed 29th Thurs 30th Fri 31st 1st April 7.00pm 10.00am Sunday 2nd Lent am 5.00pm Mothers Union & Communion & Coffee - All welcome Easingwold Deanery Choir Parish Church Lent The Priory Contemporary Café Style Methodist Church AIernoon Tea at Village Hall Raskelf Family Eucharist Family Service Raskelf Evening Methodist Church Easingwold Deanery Ecumenical Choir St John s Priory Cleaning at Raskelf Cleaning at Raskelf Raskelf Eucharist PARISH EUCHARIST & Church Mice Easingwold Deanery Choir St John s Priory Easingwold Deanery Ecumenical Choir St John s Priory