This month Revd. Rodger Place shares a poem by Arnold Kellett and implores us not to leave Christ out of Christmas.Tony Service writes about all matters Methodist, and includes a piece about the annual Bridge Walk which this year involved structures in the Selby area.This month we say hello to Pat Jarvis who has been appointed as Churchwarden at St Wilfrid’s (no doubt from a host of applicants) and we mark the soon-to-end period of Revd. Hannah Suekarran’s term as Assistant Curate, also at St Wilfrid’s. We wish them both good wishes for the future.Karl Jarvis provides a helpful update in the hopefully soon reopening of the Parish Hall. The Churchyard Tidying Team are with you on this one Karl!Finally there is news of the St Wilfrid’s Advent Calendar Window Trail that is being organised for the month of December, and I update everyone on the sale of goods by the St Francis & St Wilfrid’s Crafty Folks.
Hello everyone,<div>As you know, Sunday marks the start of Advent in the Church calendar, and as with everything this year, it's going to look a little different. We wanted to find ways to mark this season despite the restrictions we are all living with, and one of those ways is with a calendar of reflections, some written by people from our Parish and others by those further afield, one for each day of Advent.</div><div></div><div>These reflections will be posted on our Facebook page each day, but we have also put them together in a booklet for those of you who would prefer to engage with them that way. The booklet is attached, and we hope and pray that it will be a blessing to you. We are also delivering paper copies of this booklet to those who we know don't have internet access, so that we can all take this journey through Advent together. </div><div></div><div>Advice on printing (saving ink and paper)</div><div>If you want to print the booklet rather than look at it on your computer/phone, you can do so in black and white or colour (there are a few images, but you shouldn't lose too much of the effect by printing in black and white if you want to save ink). If you print from page 2 rather than page 1 then you will also save ink as the cover page is quite dark. To save paper, when you go to print if you select 'layout' and 'print two pages per sheet' then this will use half the amount of paper and the text should still be big enough to read.</div><div> If you are able to print double-sided on your printer that will use even less paper. I hope this helps! </div><div></div><div>with every blessing for this Advent season, </div><div></div><div>Hannah</div><div><div></div><div>The Revd Hannah Suekarran</div></div>
Lord Jesus Christ,in these dark and difficult days, we turn our hearts to you.In ages past, you have delivered our nation from disaster.Do it again, we pray.Give wisdom beyond human wisdom to our leaders,Give strength beyond human strength to the NHS and all our frontline workers.Give comfort beyond human comfort to the elderly and all who grieve.Lord Jesus Christ,in these dark and difficult days,turn your face towards us,have mercy upon us,and heal our land, we pray.Amen.
Hello allVery sadly, because of the current Covid restrictions, we are unable to host our annual Christingle/Gift Service at St Wilf’s on the first Sunday in December as we normally do. You will be receiving information shortly about a Christingle Service we are organising by Zoom in December, which I’m very excited about!Although we can’t meet physically to receive your gifts for children and young people in need in the Selby area, their need has, of course, not disappeared. As you can imagine, given the increasingly difficult economic circumstances at present, the need to ensure that children and young people from homes really struggling at this time do receive a gift on Christmas day is greater than ever.So, here at St Wilfrid’s and with Captain Richard Cooke of the Church Army in Selby, we’d be hugely grateful if you would feel able to donate a gift/gifts this year.This is what we’d love you to do by Sunday 6th December:-Wrap a gift, marking clearly on it whether it is suitable for a boy/girl/both, and what age group it would be most appropriate for e.g. 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-15, 16+ etc.-Bring your wrapped and marked gift to Rev Pete’s house, St Wilfrid’s Rectory, leaving the gift/s in a plastic bag on the front veranda.Directions to the Rectory:-Come down the lane to the left of the St Wilfrid’s churchyard.-You can park in the car park at the bottom on the left.-There is a green garden gate over the lane from the carpark, which will take you to the front of the house.-It’s the door facing the garden and churchyard and under a veranda. Many thanks, indeed!BlessingsRev Pete
