The latest newsletter includes, - A welcome from the Acting Area Dean, Revd Canon Tony Kaunhoven, - An update from the Lay Chair, Mrs Christine McMullen,- Raise your voice with a come and sing workshop at Baslow,- Derbyshire Rural chaplaincy update,- News from around the deanery including pictures of Well Dressings with the Rev’d Adele Barker out and about amongst the villages of her White Peak and Youlgrave benefices. This year the theme was ‘journeys’, - Gaia artwork exhibition at Derby Cathedral,- Safeguarding update,- Training news, - Deanery announcements,- Ordinations,- Generosity Week 2022,- Harvest 2022.
The music will include works by well-known composers Bach and Handel as well as a few surprises. And you will have the chance to hear harpsichord, violin, cello, recorder and 18th century French bagpipes (!). Tickets can be obtained from Baroque In The North event tickets from TicketSource with ticket prices on the site ranging from free (children up to age 16 as well as carers' - free with an accompanying adult ticket) to £15 but please note discount code HARTINGTON22 will reduce this to £5! Directions to St Giles church can be found here About Baroque & Beyond Baroque & Beyond is a project initiative of Baroque In The North, a Manchester-based, performing arts charity specialising in music from 16th-18th centuries, played on period instruments. This concert series has been generously supported by Continuo Foundation. Baroque In The North formed in 2003, initially as a chamber ensemble (Northern Baroque). Over the years their success led to requests for them to provide music for choirs and so Baroque In The North developed the flexibility that enables them to perform small- and large-scale choral works by composers such as Bach, Handel, Purcell and Vivaldi. Since 2018 they have developed several new strategies in line with their charitable aims of accessibility and knowledge exchange. These include Music in Schools (access to and participation in live music-making for KS2 children) and Come and Play! days for Music Teachers, amateurs, students and young people. Their Baroque & Beyond Summer concert series (aimed at improving access to live music for all) will take place in venues across Derbyshire in 2022. This concert series has been generously supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation. Across their programmes, Baroque In The North is committed to offering professional work experience and further training opportunities to early career performers, most of whom have completed their education in the North West. For further information, or to join their mailing list go to their website baroqueinthenorth.com. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
We are delighted to welcome the Halmstad Chamber Choir from Sweden to Youlgrave. Their performance will consist of beloved choir music from the 11th to 19th centuries, and all are welcome to attend for what promises to be an enjoyable evening.A retiring collection will be held.Directions to the church can be found here
Rev’d Adele writes:I am delighted to have been called to the people, churches and communities of the Youlgrave and White Peak Benefices. At the licensing service on 24th May at All Saints, Youlgrave I was warmly welcomed as Priest in Charge - it was such a wonderful service attended by many across the benefices. I feel privileged to be called to such a wonderful place and have a sense of anticipation about all that God will do with us and through us in the years ahead.Jeremy and I have moved from Kent and the Rochester Diocese. We have lived in North West Kent for all our married life, having met at University; Jeremy is from Kent but I have deep Lancastrian roots! We have four adult sons – Freddie, Alex, Ed and Nic, and Nic will be joining us in the Vicarage in Youlgrave when he finishes his last term at Lancaster University.My first degree from Reading University is in Biochemistry and Physiology. After that I trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London and after qualifying worked as an analyst at Cazenove and Co.. I then worked for OMF International, where I remained until I started my training for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.I served both my curacy (St Philip and St James Church, Walderslade) and first post (The Parishes of Fawkham and Hartley and Longfield) in the Rochester Diocese before sensing the call of God to ‘move North’ and after a period of discernment and prayer I applied for this post…and the rest you know.I am passionate about God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the transformative encounter that enables life to be lived in all its fullness (John10:10). I am very interested in the links between spirituality and mission and enjoy exploring creativity in prayer, worship and mission.I love walking and am often accompanied by our two dogs, Milo and Stella. I enjoy travelling, good food and wine and enjoy the creative arts; theatre, opera, music and art, and I keep chickens! Most of all I enjoy spending time with close family and friends.Over the next months I am very much looking forward to getting to know you all and hearing your stories. I am excited about all the future holds for us together and to see God’s Kingdom come more and more amongst us and within our communities.
