Please see the attached document for details.Further details also from Fr George 07388507282
The Church was a busy place over the weekend, with many coming to visit on the Saturday to see the displays, learn about St Saviour's present day, and be greeted by members of the congregation. Who we are is as important as who we have been, and it was gratifying to help visitors make connection again with us, as they found the details of their marriage in registers, met folk with whom they had sung in the choir and recalled school memories or found names in the war memorial.The stained glass windows at the East end of the church were featured as they are about 100 years old this year, and Dewsbury Sacrifices volunteers were able to help with the Memorial Chapel and our famous pictures of young men fallen in the Great War. After such information gathering, there was a change to swop stories in the Vestry over a cup of tea and legendary parish baking.Fr John Gribben of the Community of the Resurrection preached at the Sunday morning sung mass, which was followed by the traditional raffle and fuddle lunch. In the afternoon representatives of community groups and community leaders joined the congregation, along with a sizeable cohort from North United Reformed Church. Fr George, priest in charge, had dotted umbrellas around the church, and spoke about how, against a backdrop of a very diverse community in which Christians were a minority, the Church could nevertheless be an 'umbrella organisation', drawing people of goodwill together from every quarter for the common good. Corny but true!We heard from the Romanian Church who meet in St Saviour's on Sunday afternoons, and from the Ravensthorpe Community Centre celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. There was also a presentation from the Ravensthorpe Residents Action Group. Hymns were chosen by the Action Group, Churchwardens and Tony Ellis from North Toad URC, who spoke about why he had chosen a particular hymn.At the start of the service the community representatives came to the front of the church to light candles to place on the altar. The same people came forward and collected the same candles and processed out with them, symbolising taking the light of co-operation and kindness out into the world.
