A special and fun afternoon for all ages learning about Christingles and looking forwards to Christmas Day. All welcome!

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A special fun time for all ages learning about the Crib and looking forwards to Christmas Day. All welcome!

A very special service for Christmas Eve.

Come and join us before Midnight Mass for some festive refreshments and conversations. You are most welcome.

A very special service for Christmas Day early morning as we greet our Lord and Saviour as a tiny baby.

A very special service for Christmas Day morning as we greet our Lord and Saviour as a tiny baby.

A very special service for Christmas Day morning as we greet our Lord and Saviour as a tiny baby.

A special service for St Stephen's Day. Come and find some space amongst all the busyness of Boxing Day. You are most welcome.

Our next gathering will be Morning Worship on 22nd December for the Fourth Sunday in Advent.

You are very welcome to join us - stay for a while for some tea or coffee, biscuits and conversation. We'd love to get to know you!
First and Fourth Sundays: Morning Worship.
Second, Third and Fifth Sundays: Holy Communion.

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Our next gathering will be Holy Communion on 29th December for the First Sunday of Christmas.

Holy Communion on the 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month at St. Hilda's Egton. Refreshments served afterwards. Do come and join us and stay for a chat. You're most welcome!

This project is run by a team of volunteers and all money raised goes to support the cafe. If you would like to volunteer to help with this please contact us.

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Our next gathering will be Holy Communion on Sunday 5th January for The Epiphany.

Holy Communion on 1st Sunday of month at St. Mary's Goathland.

Do hope you can join us. At Helen's house - The Hollins Institute , Institute Row, Grosmont YO22 5PQ. Parking on Front Street. Come along if you can, friends welcome , no need to reply.

Our January meeting will be on 5th January at 3pm and then on the first Sunday each month.

Helen and Chris

A new weekly contemplative time to share Holy Communion together. You are most welcome to come and share with us.

Midday, midweek in Goathland. Refreshments served afterwards.

A monthly meeting at 4 pm on the First Wednesday (or Second Wednesday as needed due to holidays) for the members of the benefice's Advisory Council. Refreshments will be provided.

This is the postponed Christmas Fun Night.

Quiz, food, bar, draw, singers! Tickets from the Post Office (01947 896200) £10 or £4 (under 16).

On 8th December we will have a very special time of Celtic Morning Worship for Advent, with refreshments afterwards.

Holy Communion in the Celtic tradition normally takes place on the 2nd Sunday of the month at St. Thomas' Glaisdale.

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Spend half an hour in the beautiful place that is St James Church, Lealholm, as we pray and worship together in the Celtic tradition. Our first time together for this new initiative will be Sunday 8th December.

We will meet on the Second Sunday of the month into 2024 at 7 pm.

Contact Jackie Newton for any details required; [email protected]

The language used by the church and occasionally by us all, to discuss faith, religion or belief can often be confusing, misinterpreted and for some alienating. The purpose of this small group is to create a space where language and concepts can be explored safely, and greater insight developed. The group meets every two weeks and is open to all, of faith and no faith. A space to listen, share and question.

This is one of a series of new and exciting experiments we are running this year: do come along and experience something a little different.

Please contact Reverend Anthony for further information: [email protected] or 01947 899843.

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All invited to breakfast as we chat, craft and prepare for Christmas.
Sat 21st Dec, 9 - 10.30 am.
St Thomas Glaisdale.
Xmas gift for all! 🎄

A chance to meet, have breakfast, worship, craft and chat.
Suitable for all ages from newborn to 102.
WAVE: Welcoming All Valuing Everyone.

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The next meeting will be on Monday 10th June, 6.30 in St Hilda's

The next meeting is to be confirmed.

A meeting of the Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Goathland in the Benefice of Middle Esk Moor.

The next meeting will be at the Ley Hall, Lealholm

The next meeting will be part of our combined meeting.

At this special meeting we’ll build on all the energy we’ve generated and hard work we’ve put in across Middle Esk Moor over the last year. Based on our discussions and survey feedback, we’ll launch four new Benefice teams focussed on Pastoral Care, Ministry, Sustainability and Fundraising.

Each of our teams, including people from across our villages, will agree three things they want to achieve over the next three months, taking the load off our four parochial church councils (PCCs) by working collaboratively on common priorities.

All are welcome to come along. There’ll be afternoon tea included. Please download our Agenda from the link.

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Our next gathering will be Morning Worship on 22nd December for the Fourth Sunday in Advent.

Refreshments afterwards - all welcome!

For further info please contact Reverend Anthony on 01947 899843 or [email protected]

4th Sunday of month at St. Matthew's Grosmont

Last Sundays 6-6.45 pm; all welcome! Please note the earlier time of 6 pm (previous sessions have been at 7pm).

Our next tome together will be on Sunday 26th January at 6pm.

Join us in the beautiful St Thomas’ Church for a special time of prayer using meditations and chants from the Taizé tradition. No need to be able to sing and no prior experience needed. For further information email:
[email protected].

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Join us and our friends from across Whitby Deanery for Evening Prayer in the Northumbria Community tradition, online via Zoom or at The Vicarage, Egton. YO21 1UT

Please let Jackie Newton or Reverend Anthony know if you would like to come to our next 'Revitalise' session.

This booking has been confirmed with Brenda Lealman and Reverend Anthony Bennett.

Village Cafe this Tuesday, 17 September, in our village hall from 10:00 o'clock till noon. Presentation by Capt Cook museum. Memorial Museum.
Coffee, tea and cake available. All donations to support the Museum.

Village Cafe - a warm space with a warm welcome! Come along for a chat and join us for coffee, tea, hot chocolate and delicious homemade cake.

If you would like to volunteer to help with this please contact us.

During Holy Week at 9:00 p.m.
Monday – Thursday inclusive; St. Hilda’s Egton,
Special Services of Night Prayer
Please see the link to our livestream, and download the attachment for the order of service.

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Not sure what to do over the Easter Holiday? There will be an Easter Trail for children, with their parents and carers, available from Monday 25th March - Monday 8th April, starting inside Egton Church. Make your own Dotty the Donkey and then follow the trail around the church and churchyard. Have fun! Happy Easter 🫏

The meetings will take place at Midday, after our Sunday 10:45 services, on:

14th April, St Thomas, Glaisdale and Lealholm

21st April, St Hilda, Egton.

28th April, St Matthew, Grosmont.

5th May, St Mary, Goathland.

Further information:

Dear friends,

Our church community comprises four parishes, each connected together into the Benefice of Middle ESK Moor. We have four Parochial Church Councils (PCCs), one Churchwarden, one Interim Minister (here for at least the next two years), and an overall Advisory Council that was established last year to collaboratively oversee our development. Over the next six months our Community Forum will continue to meet to work out together the best way of reconfiguring our parishes. We are seeking to make our work more enjoyable, giving everyone the opportunity to contribute their passions and skills to help build and grow a more sustainable presence in this place.

Over the next month our APCMs are coming up. At those meetings Churchwardens are normally elected, and PCC members appointed to each parish. Whilst we have to hold the Churchwardens’ elections as part of the APCMs, this year we won’t be actively seeking to appoint any Churchwardens. Instead, we will be developing new ways of fairly distributing the Churchwardens’ responsibilities amongst those in our community willing to undertake aspects of the Churchwardens’ role. A similar approach will apply to the administration parts of the Interim Minister’s role, as we continue to build a more centralised and systematic approach to the day-to-day running of the parishes and their church buildings. We will be using the responses to our recent survey alongside our community forum discussions, and our involvement with John Day and the ‘Revitalise’ team from the Diocese, to begin to re-design our approach to how our parishes are managed.

Thanks to everyone currently involved in the many aspects of running out church community – all your work is very much appreciated!

Please do come along to one of our APCMs if you can. There will be opportunities to become elected to one of our PCCs or to help one or more of our PCCs to develop our work across the benefice. The meetings will take place straight after our Sunday morning 10:45 services, and they will be as follows:

Midday Sunday 14th April, St Thomas, Glaisdale and Lealholm

Midday Sunday 21st April, St Hilda, Egton

Midday Sunday 28th April, St Matthew, Grosmont

Midday Sunday 5th May, St Mary, Goathland

With love and all good wishes,

Anthony

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The Reverend Anthony Bennett

Interim Minister – the Benefice of Middle ESK Moor

PLEASE LET IS KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE 12 AUGUST EVENT - email [email protected] ASAP!

Our special events for new (from September) Year 6 and Year 7 children and their families are taking place on Tuesday 23rd July and Monday 12th August,

1 pm to 3 pm at Egton Village Hall,
Free lunch from midday onwards.

To book your places please email [email protected] as soon as possible!

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Heritage Open Days, St Mary’s Church, Goathland.
All welcome.
Sat 14 & Sun 15 September 10am-4pm
- Displays including historic photos
- Follow church or churchyard trail
- Hunt for carved mice
- Climb the spiral staircase in the tower
- see the clock
- ring the bells
- Light Refreshments

We have decided not to run the Advent Group this year, but instead we will be reflecting on Julian of Norwich's writings at a Lent Group, starting in February. Details to follow.

So, the sessions on 4th, 11th and 18th December will not be taking place. Apologies if you were planning to come.

However, you can still begin to explore Julian of Norwich's writings. Reverend Anthony has some materials about her, which you would be most welcome to borrow and read ahead of the group starting next year.

For further information please contact via [email protected] or 07484 735285.