Well, the summer holidays are over and it's time to knuckle down to work again.Revd. Christine Gillespie has written about the dangers of social media this month - a subject close to my heart.Barbara Richard reports on the Dorcas Dress Project, a charity that supports people to escape from financial hardship. We also learn about Robert Seager's personal challenge to grow, and then remove, his hair, in aid of a Little Princess Trust initiative to supply wigs for children undergoing chemotherapy. I'm looking forward to the photographs Margaret!Ace reporter Revd. Roy Shaw rescues Connected with some interesting articles on Shakespeare and Kintsukuroi, and Ruth Breeze keeps us up to date with PCC matters.
It's only two weeks since I printed the July Connected, and not much has happened that might fill these pages. However with help from Revd. Roy, and by squeezing my supply of 'just in case' articles' very tightly, I have just about managed to fill the magazine with texts that you might find interesting.Revd. Roy has supplied the Dear Friends text this month, and in so doing, allowed me to print a photograph of a narrow gauge locomotive on the Llanberis Lake Railway. Almost 50 years ago I lived in Llanberis and the railway has come on in leaps and bounds.Mrs Clarke writes about the recent admission of Selby Deanery Churchwardens service that took place in St Wilfrid's, and I have another crack at getting gardeners interested in Churchyard Tidying. I'm a 'trier' if nothing else...
This month we record the final service taken by Revd. Phil before he moved to be Associate Priest for the Parishes of Ferrybridge, Brotherton, Knottingley, Kellington with Whitley, and Womersley in the Diocese of Leeds. Our very best wishes to him, and Charlotte and Archie, as this new chapter opens in their lives.Revd. Roy writes the Dear Friends text and bids us to keep God close in everyday life: don’t box God into only speaking to you in prayer, or as you read scripture... Roy also found time to write about the 1944 Education Act, an endeavour deserving of a metal of some sort.Lynn Allan reports on a recent Mothers’ Union meeting where they were introduced to Fiddle Pinnies; a simple piece of fabric that helps dementia sufferers. We congratulate Doreen and Len Carpenter on their 70th Wedding Anniversary, and Jill Clarke seeks volunteers for Open the Book.Finally, I write some nonsense about the recent St Wilfrid’s Beatle Drive.
Welcome to the June 2024 edition of Connected. In May St Wilfrid’s held its annual Spring Fair on a gloriously sunny and warm Saturday afternoon. It was good to see the church filled with people enjoying the occasion. During the Fair the Yorkshire Rotters attended, distributing leaflets on garden composting and recipe cards that demonstrated tasty and healthy ways to ‘use up’ food to avoid waste.There is a brief report on the Churches Together Quiz held in the Portholme Church, and news from the Fairburn Singers who have a fund-raising concert planned for 22nd June in The Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster, where they will be joined by the Featherstone Male Voice Choir. Should be a great evening!
