The first Ordination service to be held in St Stephen's church will take place on Sunday July 7th at when the Revd Dr Samantha Ann Justine Mawer will be ordained as a Priest. The service will also be the last service taken before his retirement of the Rt Revd Paul Ferguson, Bishop of Whitby.Sam will serve as Assistant Curate in the Benefices of Fylingfales with Hawsker cum Stainsacre and Lowere Esk.
On 15th May 1994 Tricia Davies was Ordained Priest at Newcastle Cathedral as one of the first women priests in the Church of England. To celebrate this event the Revd Canon Tricia Davies will celebrate Holy Communion at All Saints' Church Hawsker.
Fod many years the sanctuary floor has been uneven and with tiles loosening became dangerous. In 2023 we employed Repair and Restoration of York to investigate the cause. Luckily this was found to be nothing sinister so in 2024 they relaid the area for tiling. Isa Celik of Opus Tile Resoration in York retiled the area, using the original tiles. We are very grateful to all of them and the architect Jamie Holden of Tamacoco in York forthe work that went inot this project.We are also indebted to the Benefact Trust and the Archdeacon;s Discretionary fund for supporting this work.
