PARISH BROCHURE the United Parish of Aldborough & Boroughbridge with Roecliffe, Minskip and Dunsforth
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PARISH BROCHURE The United Parish of Aldborough & Boroughbridge with Roecliffe, Minskip and Dunsforth Contents Page PART ONE 3 Our Church Community 4 Our strengths and challenge 6 Your Support Team Page PART TWO 7 The Parish in more detail 8 Aldborough 9 Boroughbridge 10 Dunsforth 11 Minskip 12 Roecliffe Page PART THREE - Appendices: 13 Current monthly Services & attendance 14 Finance and Administration 15 Churchwarden’s Contact Details & Further reading - websites 16 Map www.boroughbridgechurches.uk !2 PART ONE all the richness, diversity and Craven. The Bishop of Ripon is the complexities of a changing world. Rt Rev’d Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. Our Church Community – an overview The Diocesan Bishop Our vision as the Diocese is about (The Rt Rev’d Nick confident clergy equipping confident The Anglican Diocese of Leeds Baines) is assisted Christians to live and tell the good comprises five Episcopal Areas, by five Area Bishops news of Jesus Christ. For all of our each coterminous with an (Bradford, appointments we are seeking clergy Archdeaconry. This is now one of Huddersfield, who have a joyful and confident the largest dioceses in the country, Kirkstall, Wakefield faith which has inspired a track and its creation is unprecedented in and Ripon), and five record of church growth, both the history of the Church of archdeacons numerically and spiritually. England. It covers an area of (Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, Pontefract, The future for our United Parish is around 2,425 square miles, and a exciting and we invite you to be Richmond & population of around 2,642,400 part of it. We’re a very welcoming people. Craven). The United Church community based in North Parish of Aldborough Yorkshire, across five communities. The three former dioceses were with Boroughbridge and Roecliffe created in the nineteenth and early lies in the Ripon Deanery of the twentieth centuries to cater for Ripon Episcopal Area, in the massive population changes Archdeaconry of Richmond and brought about by industrialisation and, later, mass immigration. The diocese comprises major cities (Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield), large industrial and post-industrial towns (Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury), market towns (Harrogate, Skipton, Ripon, Richmond and Wetherby), The historic town of Boroughbridge and deeply rural areas (the Dales). lies at the geographical centre of the The whole of life is here, along with five communities, and is also where !3 the Vicarage is located, a short walk We would welcome new ideas on the skills and experience in this area from the High Street. From here the ways in which we worship and will be invaluable – not least by other four parishes radiate, with develop spiritually. invigorating the links with the Dunsforth being the furthest, but Whilst we have some United three schools in the Parish. One of that’s only about three miles away. Services, and we all get on well the roles of the Vicar is to be a There’s a lot more information together and support each other, we Foundation Governor at Roecliffe C about the villages and churches in are also mindful of the needs of our of E Primary. part two of this document. There’s separate communities: town and Music is important in our services, also a handy map of the local area villages. We see ourselves as we are generally traditional in our on page 16. churches that get on well together music choices but we are open to but serve our communities and not exploring new suggestions, and we merely as a congregation that are fortunate to have great support worships in the five churches in from three organists who are part of turn. our congregations. We recognise that we need to We love to sing! We have an adult attract more people into the choir, well supported and willing. church from our local community We’d like to enhance this aspect of and communicate the Christian our worship by reinstating our message effectively. We need your Junior Choir, to help enliven our help to do this and to encourage and Services through music. develop Lay Leadership. But here, we wanted to tell you a bit Presently we communicate with our more about our Church Community monthly Parish Link which is – some of our strengths, challenges available in all our churches and is and where we need you to help lead distributed to those who subscribe. us. W e h a v e a w e b s i t e www.boroughbridgechurches.uk We’re a committed group that as well as a FaceBook page. genuinely cares for the church, but recognise there is a need to In particular, we want to encourage growth in Christian reach out to children, young people and discipleship throughout our families. We need to attract them to communities. Church, welcome them, and keep them coming back for more. Your !4 We have five beautiful • Look towards a new MAP for church buildings to share the UPCC. with you. We feel that they are under-utilised in some We are asking a lot from you, so cases at present. We’d like here is what we can offer you in to share them for the return: benefit of the whole • We’ll welcome you with open community and look to arms into our homes & you to lead us in this families. aspiration. • We’ll support you through prayer. In summar y, we are • We’ll help out where we can The numbers at our weekly services asking you to: and utilise the diverse skills are fairly steady in all five churches. of the members of the UPCC • Support and strengthen and congregations. At key events, the congregations closer working of our five • swell and our churches are full to You’ll have support from the churches. the rafters – which is wonderful and T h e R e a d e r , W a r d e n s • Inspire the ways in which we reflects the importance of the A d m i n i s t r a t o r & worship. church in people’s hearts. We look Congregations. • H e l p c o m m u n i c a t e t h e • to you to tap into this. We need you We’ll help you settle in and Christian message to all in get to know the wonderful to reach out to those ‘occasional’ the wider community. area in which we live. church goers and share with them • Grow Christian worship and • We’ll provide you with a large, the wonder of regular Christian i n c r e a s e r e g u l a r r e c e n t ly u p g r a d e d , 4 worship and spirituality. congregations. bedroomed, comfor table • Develop strategies to engage One of the challenges of having five V i c a r a g e . I t b o a s t s a children, youth and families. communities in your charge is being comfortable study looking out • Enliven our services through visible and known in the town and onto a beautiful garden - music. the four villages. Whilst we know perfect for pastoral meetings • Reach out to occasional you can’t be in two places at once, or work, and conveniently church goers. located adjacent to St James we appeal for your approachable • Share your presence. Church. presence w i t h i n t h e w h o l e • Help us utilise our churches • community. We’d like our church to We will remain positive, and better. support community projects better. provide endless coffee & cake (or whatever you prefer)! !5 I've always felt very Meet some of Your Team much welcomed by the Caroline Leachman Punter - congregations of the different Parish Administrator churches in this beautiful rural John Francis area. Moss - Reader I can be found in the Admin Office each Tuesday and Thursday Revd Wilf Gowing I feel privileged morning from 10-12 noon and look to have shared forward to welcoming you. Wilf is an Associate Minister at Holy the Word of God Trinity Ripon but lives closer to within this Boroughbridge. He has helped us community for Bishop Clive out for the last 10 years. At present the past 25 he is available for Services here one years. I As a retired Sunday a month. thoroughly bishop living enjoy nearby in Kirby preparing, leading and assisting at Hill I count it a services, as well as having an privilege to be academic interest in the able to help performance of liturgy and church when needed in music. I also enjoy pastoral aspects the of ministry – despite it frequently Boroughbridge involving the consumption of tea, group of coffee or something churches. stronger… Revd Marjorie Warner I'm a recently retired priest, Churchwardens living around 10 miles Your Churchwarden’s details are on away who's been page 14, most of them appear in the enjoying helping photo on the cover page! out on a monthly basis. !6 Part Two of Aldborough, Minskip, Roecliffe facilities with the exception of their and Dunsforth. There is planned pubs. Our Parish...in more detail g r o w t h i n a n d a r o u n d The Church has a presence in an Boroughbridge. office in Hall Square shared with the The United Parish of Aldborough & Boroughbridge Town Council and Boroughbridge with Roecliffe, We have three schools in the Parish; To u r i s t I n fo r m a t i o n C e n t r e .