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Issue Number 459 May 2019 from Revd Issue Number 459 May 2019 From Revd Nicholas Mercer The tragic events at Notre Dame Cathedral captured the attention of the Western World as we all stopped and watched the flames destroy the roof of the eight hundred year Cathedral. OUR MISSION In a peculiar way, it seemed an appropriate metaphor for Holy Week A community seeking to live well with God, when we remember the death and destruction of our Lord alongside gathered around Jesus Christ in prayer and fellowship, his Resurrection three days later. We know that the Cathedral will and committed to welcome, worship and witness. rise again from the ashes just as our Lord rose again from the tomb over two thousand years ago. The Church Office One interesting part of the discourse was the discussion which Bolton Abbey, Skipton BD23 6AL emerged about the evolution of our churches. We were reminded of 01756 710238 the fire in York Minster in 1984 and the beautifully restored south [email protected] transept today. It is also interesting to hear that there have been many fires throughout the centuries at York Minster and that the The Rector church is always evolving. It all seemed so relevant to Bolton Priory The Rectory, Bolton Abbey, Skipton BD23 6AL which emerged from the ravages of the Reformation to the beautiful 01756 710326 church we have today. As we now consider our own improvements, it [email protected] reminds us that we too are in a process of evolution. Website However, the other unexpected aspect of the Notre Dame fire was www.boltonpriory.church the public discourse that emerged about our faith and its place in the life of the nation. Admittedly, Notre Dame is the national Church of SUNDAY France but the desolation felt at its loss showed that France, despite 08.00 Holy Communion its secular Constitution, is still a sacred society at heart. Furthermore, 09.15 Liquid Family Worship First Sunday of month the people clearly want the Church in their midst and Christianity to play a part in the life of the State, even if they live secular lives 10.30 Sung Eucharist themselves. This public discourse is a valuable reminder to all church goers about the role of the Church in our lives. Like France, we have our National WEDNESDAY Church but we also have our own Church here in Bolton Abbey. This 10.00 Holy Communion is something we treasure and wish to preserve at the heart of our community. We too are a sacred community and this treasure is 18.45 Choir Practice something we too wish to preserve, not only for our generation, but for generations to come. All regular services are according to the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), except In this Eastertide, when we remember the death and Resurrection of for the Family service, an informal service for young and old. our Lord, let us also remember his bride, the Church, here on Earth. WEDDINGS and BAPTISMS: By arrangement via the Church Office. Nicholas 1 2 BLESSING OF THE LAMBS PARISH CHURCH COUNCIL , 07 APRIL 2019 Our new Rector, Revd Nicholas The Annual Parish Church Council AGM was chaired by our new Mercer, conducted his first Rector, Nicholas. Matt Hey and Paul Middleton, who had been re- Blessing of the Lambs service on elected as our Churchwardens, then made three presentations. Firstly Sunday 14 April 2019, when we to Stephen Murgatroyd for all his help over the years leading the celebrated the role of our local team of Sidesmen, to Lionel Goodenough for all his unsung work in farming community in nurturing preparing signage and lastly to Margaret Cody for all her help and God’s creation, and in particular expertise during the interregnum. the many flocks of sheep and We then went on to the Annual Meeting of the Parishioners. The lambs in our parish. The service new Rector naturally had not done a report but thanked everyone was well attended by several for the overwhelming welcome that he and his family had received. generations from each family James Laycock has retired and Jill Holme and Lorna Heatley were present. elected on to the PCC for three years. I am sure they will be warmly Nicholas himself is very familiar welcomed and enjoy the ‘experience’. with sheep farming communities. All the statuary reports had been received and it was noted that His previous parish, the Falkland Rosemarie Fisher had replaced Margaret Cody as Electoral Roll Islands, has 3,000 humans and officer. The Parish Reports were next and because of the retirement 500,000 sheep! of Stephen Murgatroyd, Susan Whitaker is to be the leader of the Sidesmen Team. Jean Crawford has kindly taken over the Safeguarding policy. All Sidesmen were re-elected for one year and Barry Cody and Susan Barker offered to be Deputy Churchwardens for one year. Tim Barker was elected as independent examiner; he is the son of our previous independent examiner, Alan Barker, who will be able to keep a fatherly eye. Liz Higgins very kindly gave a vote of thanks to the Churchwardens, Administrator, Treasurer and PCC Secretary; not forgetting the Verger and his deputy for all their hard work during the interregnum. After the congregation had left we then had the formal PCC meeting where Nicholas proposed we had six meetings a year instead of ten. On this basis all the dates were agreed, these are on the notice Thank you once again to Andy board together with the new Parish list. and Lucy Carr, with the able It was then time for Nicholas to go home and have a well deserved assistance of Matt Hey, for lunch. His first full day consisted of early Communion, Liquid ‘lending’ us their week old lambs Worship, Sung Eucharist and three meetings: What a Baptism of and their mum Tallulah who Fire!!! behaved impeccably throughout the service. Sandra Stubbs, PCC Secretary 3 4 BARBARA HOBBS RIP Barbara was kind and generous. If there were any charity appeals Barbara would be sure to get her cheque book out; she made coffee on Sunday mornings and for meetings; she laundered the Priory towels; while she could still drive she was always ready to give people lifts. Barbara was a member of the Priory Welcome team. She belonged to several clubs and societies and was out at meetings almost every evening: musical concerts in Ilkley and Bradford, plays at Ilkley Playhouse, the History Society, the Geological Society, Ilkley Naturalist Society and probably others that I don’t know about. She loved doing the Telegraph cryptic crossword and won the prize for the weekend Barbara with Liz and Simon at Wakefield Cathedral crossword more than once. She was an intelligent and very busy woman. However, when Barbara started having falls two years ago her life changed drastically. She could no longer drive but managed to continue living in her flat with the help of many friends who did her shopping for her and brought her to church. But a few months ago she realised that she was so frail that she needed constant care and reluctantly went into a home. With no relatives apart from her brother-in-law, Barbara’s ‘family’ was the Priory community whose love for her was shown by the large numbers who came to her funeral. Wearing bright clothes, as Barbara had requested, they made it not only a moving, but also a festive, occasion. She would have loved it! Liz Higgins 5 6 ORGAN RECITAL BY DR ROGER WILLIAMS, MBE Arabesque: Postlude L Vierne 1870-1937 A timely tribute to the THE PRIORY CHURCH FRIDAY 31 MAY, 19.30 TO 21.00 parishioners of Notre Dame in Paris (of which Vierne was a ADMISSION £10 ON THE DOOR celebrated organist) after the devastating fire earlier this year. The first is a slow and beautifully calibrated cantilena, while the second, Roger was born in Swansea but educated in Yorkshire, Cardiff as its title suggests, is more active and works up to a fine climax. University, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London and King’s Chorale Preludes on: O wie armen Sünder Herzlich tut BWV 727 College, Cambridge. Organist, harpsichordist, conductor, composer J S Bach 1685-1750, O Mensch bewein H.Walcha 1907-1991 and singer, his distinguished career encompasses work with the BBC Singers, performances at many London concert venues, and as Chorus Though blind, Walcha recorded the complete organ works of Master to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. After retiring from J.S.Bach. The two Chorale Preludes, either side of the ‘Passion’ the post of Master of Chapel and Ceremonial Music at the University Chorale by Bach, explore a distinctive colourful organ sound. of Aberdeen, he is now the Music Director and Organist to the Sortie in E Flat: L J Lefebure-Wely 1817-69 A frankly enjoyable piece, Cathedral Church of St Machar in Old Aberdeen and Music Adviser to more redolent of the circus than the cathedral, but none the worse the National Trust for Scotland. He was appointed MBE for services to for that! music in 2009. Recent recitals include St Stephan’s Cathedral Vienna, Tim Raymond and Paisley Abbey. In November he will make his debut in Russia in St Petersburg. Roger’s typically thoughtful and wide-ranging THY KINGDOM COME : THE 2019 DIOCESAN EVENT programme, below with brief excerpts from his notes, contains a Ripon Cathedral; Sunday 02 June 15.30 Marian theme, appropriate to the Priory. Bishop Nick and Dean John are pleased Ave Maris Stella: J Titelouze 1563-1635 ‘Hail, O Star that pointest to invite you to this year’s diocesan Thy Towards the port of heaven’.
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