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A Prayer for ‘Living Christ’s Story’ God our loving Father, TheNews you have called your Church into being in your love and strengthened us for APRIL 2021 your service. Inside this month: Guide and inspire us as we seek to re-shape our approach to mission and Thanksgiving for Jabs! ministry in our diocese; ...Which means that we may be a joyful Church of missionary disciples, As the government's vaccination programme rolls ‘God saves’: one in heart and mind; for the sake of your kingdom, out across the country and protects a growing Archbishop Stephen through Jesus Christ our Lord, number of people from the COVID coronavirus P2 who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, that has made life so difficult for the last year, why one God, now and for ever. not take the opportunity to offer thanks to God for Jonny Amen. www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/living-christs-story your 'jab' in a practical way as well as in prayer? Hedges—new face at Christian Aid Stepping Up works with some P3 of the poorest Prayer and Challenge: remembering Sarah Everard and most vulner- Farewell Bishop The Bishop of Selby, the Rt Revd Dr able communities Humphrey— across the world, former Bishop John Thomson, has spoken about the Merciful God, where there may of Selby dies death of York-born Sarah Everard hear the cries of our grief, be little hope of a P4 and public response to it. for you know the anguish of our vaccine rollout. "Like many others I have been hearts. Ten years of These people already face a lack of water, food, shocked by the terrible news of It is beyond our understanding RPAs—much to and healthcare. Sarah Everard's death. and more than we can bear. celebrate "Sarah grew up and went to school Accept our prayer Christian Aid is already on the ground, helping P5 in York and so her family and many that as Sarah has been released keep people safe from coronavirus with practical from this world's cruelty, support – but with your gift of thanks can do of her friends are local people. People on so may she be received into your more. the Move: "I would ask everyone to pray for safe hands and secure love. If you or your loved ones have had your Comings & Sarah's family, and to challenge We pray that justice may be done 'jab', go to bit.ly/ca-jabthanks to make a Goings gender-based violence in our society and that we may treasure the donation, and in leaving your message feel P7 and the damaging climate of fear memory of her life more than the which limits free to mention that you're from the Diocese manner of her death. women’s of York. For Christ's sake, ...and there’s more! freedom of Amen. It’s something positive you can do choice and when life is quite austere anyway! personal © The Archbishops' Council safety." of the Church of England, 2000-2005 DIOCESE OF YORK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, CLIFTON MOOR, YORK YO30 4XT. [email protected] T:01904 699500 WWW.DIOCESEOFYORK.ORG.UK 8 1 To the Saints of the Diocese of York People on the Move The Archbishop of York, Comings and Goings in the Diocese of York Stephen Cottrell, faith. It is what we must The Revd Dominic Black, Priest in has been writes: declare before Charge of Kingston Upon Hull, Most Holy appointed as we declare and Undivided Trinity (Hull Minster) has Assistant Curate, SSM, of Sherburn in anything else: been appointed as Vicar of the same Elmet with Saxton. She will be licensed “He became what we are so that we God is with us. Benefice, known also as Holy Trinity and by the Bishop of Selby at 3.00pm on can be what he is” But there is designated Hull Minster. As Canon Sunday, 21st March 2021 via Zoom. St Athanasius (296-373 AD) something else Black (from the 25th April) he will be The Revd Fiona Robinson, Assistant “For our sake he made him to be sin as well. The only instituted by the Bishop of Hull in Hull Curate, SSM, of Sutton Park St Andrew who knew no sin, so that in him we reason these Minster at 4.00pm on Sunday, 6th June and Wawne St Peter, Hull, has been might become the righteousness of images endure 2021. reappointed and will be known locally God.” and why new Mr Matthew Burnell, Multiply Minister in as Associate Minister. She will be 2 Corinthians 5. 21 ones are made each year, is Drypool, Hull, has resigned with effect licensed by the Bishop of Hull at 7.30pm because the God who shared our life from 28th May 2021. on Thursday, 13th May 2021 at St in Jesus and who died on the cross Peter's, Wawne. Two images dominate western art. was also risen on the third day. God’s The Revd Dot Hicks, who holds the You can see them in every art gallery sharing in our humanity is for a Archbishop’s Permission to Officiate has The Ven Armitage Shanks has been re- and in the stained glass windows of purpose: so that our lives can be been appointed as Distinctive Deacon appointed Attendant of the Privy nearly every church. One depicts a united with the life of God and even (SSM) of Strensall for a period of two Chamber from Maundy Thursday. child in his mother’s arms. The other carried into glory. years. She will be licensed by the Bishop The Revd Canon Roger Simpson shows a young man dying on a cross. Jesus, by his death and resurrection of Selby via Zoom at 2.00pm on (Prebend of Givendale), retired with The Christian faith says this child and gives our lives and gives the whole Sunday, 21st March 2021. effect from 16th December 2020. The this man are the same person. They world a new direction. The inner The Revd Terence McDonough, Vicar of Archbishop has conferred the title of say that he is God come down to compass of our humanity is re-set. All Fulford, York, will retire with effect from Canon Emeritus upon him with effect earth. this is the achievement of the man Wednesday, 31st March 2021. from 17th February 2021. upon the cross. His purpose is to die This seems preposterous! It’s not how The Revd Angela Morrison, who holds The Revd Catherine Staziker, former and rise and take us with him. In his we think of God. Surely God is not a the Archbishop’s Permission to Officate, Minor Canon of Sheffield Cathedral death, death is destroyed. In his life, tiny child? Surely God doesn’t hang life is restored: sins are forgiven and has been appointed as Assistant and now part of the Clergy team, and on a cross? Surely God – if he is God humanity is reconciled to God. Curate, SSM, of Dringhouses, York. She holding Permission to Officiate in the at all – is ‘all powerful’, ‘unchanging’, will be licensed by the Archbishop of Diocese of Sheffield, has been and ‘all knowing’. His name is Emmanuel, which means York at 10.00am on Sunday, 28th March appointed as Priest-in-Charge (House God is with us. In this man, and especially in the 2021 in St Edward the Confessor, for Duty) of Cloughton and Burniston awful climax of his awful death, we His name is Jesus, which means God Dringhouses. The service will be live- and of Ravenscar and Staintondale. are invited to consider God as one saves. streamed via YouTube. She will be licensed by the Bishop of Hull in St Mary, Cloughton at 7.30pm on who is emptied of power, as one who The Revd Wendy Plant, who holds the shares the life of earth. This is always Archbishop’s Permission to Officiate, Wednesday, 2nd June 2021. the first message of the Christian +Stephen Ebor: 2 7 Email Scam—beware! 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