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Welcome to the April Edition of Yorsay. It is good to be back-Thank you to all the enquiries about my health, Although still in recuperation I feel able to take up some of my previous duties. During the enforced absence of Yorsay I have come to re- flect that it is becoming more of a “What’s On” magazine instead of its original inten- sion of being a “newsletter” about the fellowship within our churches { realizing that a good part of that are the events. However it would be good to receive items that are about the churches—their outreach , mission etc. [ rant over]
In this edition P2 Ripley Ripon & Rome P4 Songs Of Praise P6 Circuit Vacancy & Sound of Music P7 Trove P9 Mind the Gap newsletter P10 Humber Bridge Cross P11 Easter Survey P12 onwards General Adverts
1 Ripley, Ripon and Rome
Day Event 25th June 2016
Come and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome on a summer Saturday around Ripley and Ripon
We hope that this event Ripley, Ripon and Rome, will promote understanding of how we are now in ecumenical relations and also encourage interest and support for the Anglican Centre in Rome. The Associate Director of the Centre plans to be pre- sent.
The Centre is a permanent presence in the heart of Rome and contributes to the peace and unity of Christian life and love in the city. The current Director, Archbishop Sir David Moxon, is also the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Vat- ican. The Centre offers a ministry of worship, hospitality, meeting, courses and study in an atmosphere of dialogue mutual resect and friendship. The 50th Anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome will be celebrated in Westminster Abbey in June and Rome itself in October 2016.
Meanwhile you are invited to join us on this Pilgrimage of Understanding and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary.
Please meet us at Ripley Castle in the cafe (post code HG3 3AY) Here we will find out about the experience of the Ingilby family, who have lived there for seven hundred years. This is a story of costly divided loyalties over the Reformation period.
In Ripon at Thorpe Prebend House there will be a lecture on current and future Roman Catholic/Anglican relations given by Revd Dr Jamie Hawkey (see profile below) We very much look forward to his joining us at this event.
In Ripon Cathedral we shall visit the memorial of Bishop John Moorman, who was one of the founders of the Anglican Centre in Rome and the leading Anglican observer at the 2nd Vatican Council. We shall close the pilgrimage day with Evening Prayer in the Cathedral.
The Revd. Dr. Jamie Hawkey is very qualified to speak to us and inspire us about the future of ecumenical relationships. He is currently the Dean and Director of Studies in Theology at Clare College, Cambridge. His research interests focus around ecclesiology and ecumenical theology, and in addition to his work at Clare he serves on the International Anglican-Reformed Dialogue, as a member of the Malines Conversations Group, and chairs the UK Appeal Committee of the Anglican Centre in Rome. He is married to Carol, and is passionate about the arts, history and the countryside
Pilgrims are asked to contribute the day’s expenses of £25 The cost includes admission to Ripley Castle coffee on arrival and for the use of Thorpe Prebend House. Some of you may have “Historic Houses” cards which entitle you to free entry at Ripley Castle. If so please bring them with you on the day and then deduct £9 from your contribution.
Please fill in your booking details on the enclosed form and email to :
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10.30 Ripley Castle Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 3AY (01423 770152) Meet promptly in the Tea Rooms for Coffee, Introduction and Prayer
Car Parking at Ripley is free either in the Castle Visitors’ Car Park or in the Village Car Park. Please consider car sharing from here or a bus to and from Ripon as parking in Ripon may be restricted. Maps of Ripon will be provided at this point.
11.15 Talk with Guided Tour in Groups
12.30 Thorpe Prebend House, High St Agnes Gate, Ripon HG4 1QR for lunch
Please bring your own sandwiches. Tea, coffee and cakes will be provided
2.30 Lecture by Revd. Dr. Jamie Hawkey with an opportunity for questions and discussion
4.00 Tea and biscuits
4.45 Short visit to Ripon Cathedral with moment of reflection at Bishop Moorman’s Memorial
5.30 Evening Prayer in the Cathedral
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Come and sing with us! Songs of Praise invites you to two recordings in Leeds.
We would like to invite members of your church to join us for two afternoons of traditional hymn singing at St Aidan’s Church, Leeds. These will be recorded for BBC One’s Songs of Praise and will be broadcast in future editions of the pro- gramme.
We are especially keen for enthusiastic singers to join us for these recordings, as they will become a specially-formed ‘combined choir’, who will lead the viewers at home in the singing.
The details are as follows:
Songs of Praise Recording 1
Combined Choir Rehearsal: Thursday 28th April, 7.15pm – 8.30pm
Television Recording: Saturday 30th April, 2.30pm – 5.45pm
Songs of Praise Recording 2
Combined Choir Rehearsal: Thursday 28th April, 8.30pm – 9.45pm
Television Recording: Sunday 1st May, 2.30pm – 5.45pm
All rehearsals and recordings take place at St Aidan’s Church, Roundhay Road (at the junction with Elford Place West), Hare- hills, Leeds LS8 5QD.
People are welcome to take part in one or both recordings, and are also welcome to attend as part of the congregation. Congregational singers are not required to attend the rehearsal.
Admission will be by free ticket and we encourage people to apply directly to us for tickets. To apply please use the at- tached ticket application form, and e-mail it to [email protected], or you can post it to:
Songs of Praise Tickets (Leeds), 1st Floor, Dock House, Media City UK, Salford M50 2LH.
The deadline for all ticket applications is Tuesday 12th April 2016. Tickets will then be posted after this date. In the event that we are oversubscribed we will allocate on a first-come, first-served and/or a pro-rata basis.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to e-mail the team at [email protected], or call us on 0161 335 8429. If you would like to opt-out of future invitations, please e-mail: [email protected]
After over fifty-four years, Songs of Praise continues to be enormously popular and these recordings promise to be wonder- ful events. Thank you for your support; we look forward to hearing from members of your church.
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Ticket Application Form St Aidan’s Church, Harehills, Leeds
You are invited to apply for tickets for Songs of Praise’s music recordings at St Aidan’s Church.
Name
Address To Send Tickets
Post Code
Contact Telephone Number(s)
Email Address
Church / Choir / School Name
Position
(e.g., Parishioner, Pastor, etc.)
FIRST RECORDING SESSION– Saturday 30th April, 2.30pm to 5.45pm
Please indicate the number of tickets you require below:
Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Congregation
SECOND RECORDING SESSION– Sunday 1st May, 2.30pm to 5.45pm
Please indicate the number of tickets you require below:
Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Congregation
SONGS OF PRAISE ‘COMBINED CHOIR’ REHEARSAL: We’d like to encourage ticket holders to attend the rehearsals, especially if you sing in a choir, to help prepare for the recordings.
Rehearsals will take place on Thursday 28th April, at St Aidan’s Church.
Timings listed below:
Please return this form as soon as possible via post or email: Post to: Songs of Praise (Leeds), First Floor, Dock House, MediaCityUK, Salford M50 2LH. Email to: [email protected].
Application Deadline: Tuesday 12th April 2016
5 "A Vacancy for a part time Presbyter
JOB DESCRIPTION. .
Part-time Presbyter for the Beverley Methodist Circuit.
This is a part-time stipendiary appointment for a Methodist Presbyter as the Sectional minister for Walking- ton Methodist Church and Tickton Church: Anglican/Methodist LEP. The role is supervised and supported by the Superintendent Minister. The appointment to start 1st September 2016 and is initially a two year appoint- ment [reviewed after 6 months]
Areas of responsibility.
To be a member of the Circuit Meeting, the Circuit Leadership Team and the Circuit Staff. To lead worship in the whole Circuit but principally Walkington and Tickton. To lead and participate in the Pastoral Care of the Membership and Community Rolls of Walkington and Tickton including visitation, social and fellowship events and groups, and conduct rites of passage. To support the work of the Children’s Worker in the Section. To enable and support the churches’ mission and service within the communities including schools. To develop your own gifts and interests and use them across the Circuit and, as appropriate, wider. To chair Church Councils and equivalent, and Church committees as requested. To participate in Ministerial Development Review. To lead services in Retirement Homes as part of a team rota.
Working Arrangements.
Part-time is four Sessions or 16 hours spread over a five-day week including Sundays. Up to an addition- al 4 hours a week may be taken with agreement – payment for these is reimbursed in the next Quar- ter. Leading Worship is principally morning services six weeks in thirteen and no more than one evening per Quarter. This excludes five holiday Sundays per year. Holidays are arranged in liason with the Superintendent.
Opportunities.
There is the opportunity to be part of the Three Circuit Ministers’ Fellowship, the Beverley Ecumenical Ministers’ Group and the Spiritual Leadership Team of Toll Gavel. There is the opportunity to be involved in Children and Youth work in the Section including schools and the churches’ ‘Youth Kaf’.
Enquiries to the Superintendent – [email protected]
Saturday 23 April at 4-5 pm Singalong a Sound of Music—Northallerton Methodist Church This year is the 50th anniversary of this wonderful musical. The world fa- mous Sing-a-long-a format has been delighting audiences since 1999 and we are planning our own ‘songs only’ event lasting about an hour, and to be followed by refreshments. The important thing about Sing-a-long-a is that it’s complete- ly inclusive – you join in as much or as little as you want. It’s not compulsory to dress up but many
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discipleship resources for everyone
About us
What is Trove? Trove (www.discipleshiptrove.com) aims to be a one-stop shop for digital discipleship resources. We know that there are lots of great resources out there, produced by a huge number of different Christian organisations, but we also know that if people don’t already know about a resource, it can be very difficult to find something suitable. So our goal is to bring together a really wide range of high- quality resources from across the spectrum of British Christianity, and to organise them in a way that makes searching easy.
For individual Christians and church leaders we aim to provide a well-curated site where you can come and find discipleship resources that suit your particular context, with a shop built in so that if resources aren’t available for free you can still get hold of them directly from our site without spending ages trawling across the internet. For individuals, churches and other Christian organisations who are producing resources, we want to provide an excellent and easy-to- use platform where you can make your resources more readily available to Christians in the UK. One of the goals of the site is to identify the areas where more or better resources are needed. This project is funded by the Jerusalem Trust, who also fund Christian organisations to develop new resources: if you’ve got an idea for a new resource that meets a need that isn’t currently being met, get in touch with them!
Inaugural Methodist Research Conference & Methodist Studies Seminars
Wednesday 27 April 2015 The Leech Hall, St John’s College, Durham University
The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University, and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre have worked in partnership for several years. In 2012, the centres established a bi-annual seminar series that has now extended to include the Wesley Study Centre, St John’s Col- lege, Durham University and Wesley House, Cambridge. The seminars provide an opportunity for es- tablished and emerging scholars of Methodist Studies to present the findings of their research. We conceive of Methodist Studies broadly and aim to provide opportunities for students of history, theolo- gy, literature, art, material culture and other fields related to Methodism.
This seminar in Durham is jointly hosted event with the Methodist Research Conference, part of the Scholarship Research and Innovation work of the Discipleship & Ministries learning network
Livestreaming?
The seminar will be livestreamed at?
Registration:
There is no cost for attending the seminar or for lunch; however, registering in advance is required.
Please register by 28 March by emailing [email protected]
Venue:
St John’s College, 3 South Bailey, Durham DH1 4EB
The 2016-17 seminars will be in Cambridge on Saturday X December 2016 and Oxford on Saturday X April 2017.
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09.45– Welcome: Revd Drs Calvin Samuel & Stephen Skuce 09.50 09.50– A Conversation on Doctrine – Leech Hall 11.00 Professor Tom Greggs, The University of Aberdeen &
Professor Mike Higton, Durham University (Chair: Dr Stephen Skuce)
11.00 am Tea & Coffee
Tristram Room Etchells Room Wallis Room Leech Hall Scripture/Holiness Wesley Studies Mission Ecclesiology Circuit Ministry
11.20- Catrin Harland Da- Helen Boyles Jill Marsh Neil Cockling
11.50 vies Cosmopolitan Methodists Has Stationing within Circuits become a Legal Spreading priestly Fiction? holiness
11.55– Julie Lunn Christine Seal Simon Sutcliffe Chris Collins
12.25 Resignation in the theolo- Methodist Local Preachers Venture FX: experimen- Dancing in Dementia: gy of Charles Wesley and in the North East: did they tation, Community Edu- Seeing ourselves more the influence of four sig- contribute to the growth cation fully in the dementia th nificant spiritual writers of Methodism in the 19 diagnosed Century? and the reinvigoration of a learning church 12.30– Tracey Hume Deborah Caulk Simon Edwards Phil Drake
13.00 Potential difficulties faced Agnes Collinson Bulmer Something Fresh? - Boundaries in relation to by teenagers with Asper- and the “Symmetry of Methodist circuit minis- Can an emerging eccle- ger's Syndrome in reading Grace”: Reclaiming a Re- try siology of Methodist and engaging with the gency-Era Methodist fresh expressions be Bible. “Christian Poetess” as an revealed? Eco-Theologian 13.00– Lunch 13.45 13.45– Peter Doble Daniel Morris- George Bailey Tom Osborne
14.15 Luke’s uses of Israel’s Chapman Messy Wesleyan Theolo- The Methodist Covenant gy for Messy Church scriptures John Wesley and the lati- Service – a seasonal lit- tudinarians of the seven- urgy without a season? teenth century
14.20– Richard Firth David Palmer Martin Clarke Alison Wilkinson
14.50 What’s it ALL About? Wesley’s Explanatory Understanding and Inter- Growing Leaders for Notes Upon the New Tes- preting the Significance Contemporary Method- The Four Alls of Method- tament and the use he of Hymnody in British ism ism, posited by made of J.A. Bengel’s Methodism W.G.Fitzgerald charts and ‘excellent
notes’ 14.50– Theology in flight mode: thoughts on Jesus’ resurrection and the theological task 15.45 Rev Dr Andrew Stobart - Leech Hall 15.45– Concluding Remarks & Dismissal 16.00
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Bishops to meet over the Humber Crossing for Christian Aid set for 7th May 2016
The Rt Revd Dr David Court (The Bishop of Grimsby) and The Rt Revd Alison White (The Bishop of Hull) are set to take part in this year's sponsored crossing of the Humber Bridge for Christian Aid. The cross- ing, which will take place on Saturday, 7th May 2016 from 2pm, will see the bishops set off from either side of the bridge and meet in the mid- dle. For those wishing to join in the sponsored walk, further infor- mation, sponsor forms Contact your local Christian Aid representative
Methodist Women in Britain York & Hull District
with Revs. Mark & Deana Button of Pioneer Ministries at Lidgett Grove Methodist York, YO26 5NH Thursday 21st April 2016
Coffee from 10.00am : Bring Lunch All Welcome Come and enjoy sharing together
10 FOUR IN EVERY FIVE SAY 'KEEP EASTER ON OUR EGGS'!
A NEW survey suggests that the British population want to keep the word 'Easter' on their festive eggs – with 79% disagreeing that the term should be avoided on packaging.
More than 80 million chocolate Easter eggs are sold every year in the UK but over the past five years many manufacturers have either re- moved the word Easter from their boxes, calling them just chocolate eggs, or reduced the word in size and put it on the back of the box.
The YouGov survey was commissioned by the Meaningful Chocolate Company, which makes The Real Easter Egg, the UK’s only Fairtrade, charity egg to include a copy of the Easter story in the box. David Marshall, CEO of Meaningful Chocolate said: 'We are not sure if other man- ufacturers feel the word 'Easter' is too religious to be used on their products and so are trying to remove it or hide it away. But it is clear that the general public want their eggs to be Easter eggs – a bit of a relief given the name of ours!'
Across Britain, Scotland (84 per cent), the South of England (85 per cent) and Yorkshire and Humberside (85 per cent) had no problem with Easter on their eggs. Students (87 per cent) and families with children (80 per cent) also wanted to keep the festival name.
The Bishop of Salisbury, The Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam (pictured), said: 'It is interesting that there seems to be a real resistance to removing the word Easter from these gifts. Perhaps people understand that the festival is religious and do not want to see it turned completely secular. Whatever the reasons it is important to remember that at Easter we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.'
For billions of people Easter is the name given to the festival which marks the resurrection of Jesus following his death on Good Friday. It is the most important date in the Christian calendar. The tradition of exchanging eggs goes back hundreds of years, representing hope and new life. For others, the hollow egg represents the empty tomb.
Launched in 2010, more than a million Real Easter Eggs have been sold in the past five years and thanks to the quality of the chocolate, in a recent public poll, the product was voted the UK's favourite Fairtrade Easter Egg. The Real Easter Egg is available from Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, independent and online retailers. Details of stockists can be found at http://www.realeasteregg.co.uk/
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Humber Bridge Cross
7 May 2016 (2pm – 5pm)
A great day out … bringing change around the world
This year’s walk started by Bishop Alison of Hull
Forms and further details from… Gill Dalby 01482 504203 [email protected]
14 15 Elaine is willing to get tickets for London event if people wish. There are good train deals to London at the moment.
16 Further details from Rev Janet Whelan [email protected]
17 18 19 Yorsay is sent on behalf of the York & Hull Methodist District by the Communications Office
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