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Issue Number 444 December 2017, January 2018 From the Rector Do your wurst In the middle of November the bakery chain Greggs launched an OUR MISSION Advent Calendar. Its publicity campaign included an image depicting A community seeking to live well with God, the three wise men gathered around a crib containing a sausage roll. gathered around Jesus Christ in prayer and fellowship, It is fair to say that reaction was mixed: the social media group and committed to welcome, worship and witness. Christians on Twitter described the advert as ‘disrespectful’; the The Church Office Freedom Association (curiously one might think, given its name) Bolton Abbey, Skipton BD23 6AL called for a boycott of what it described as a ‘sick, anti-Christian 01756 710238 calendar’. On the other hand a member of the clergy commented in [email protected] The Rector a national newspaper that ‘the ability to receive (the calendar) in The Rectory, Bolton Abbey, Skipton BD23 6AL good part is a sign of grace’. 01756 710326 Personally I was mildly amused that a bakery chain was marketing [email protected] an Advent Calendar in the first place (though I was astonished at the Curate 07495 151987 price of £24). As to being offended, I couldn’t really see what the [email protected] fuss was about: I simply do not consider a parody of a nativity scene Website a threat to my faith. A few days before Greggs launched the www.boltonpriory.church advertisement, news began to emerge of the extent and violence of SUNDAY recent attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt. This is the true face of 08.00 Holy Communion persecution. By comparison, a rather vulgar advertisement is hardly life threatening. 09.15 Liquid Family Worship First Sunday of month The time when Christians in the United Kingdom should really start 10.30 Sung Eucharist to worry is when a major retailer’s advertising campaign can no 18.30 Evening Prayer (said) April to September longer rely on the traditional imagery of the Christmas story to sell 16.30 Evening Prayer (said) October to March its goods because nobody any longer knows the story. Keeping that WEDNESDAY story alive is the real, urgent, and long-term challenge for our faith, 10.00 Holy Communion not a rather gimmicky and ephemeral marketing ploy. Anne joins me in wishing you all a blessed 18.45 Choir Practice Christmas and peaceful New Year. All regular services are according to the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), except for the Family service, an informal service for young and old. WEDDINGS and BAPTISMS: By arrangement via the Church Office. 1 2 RECTOR’S NOTES If Christmas comes can Lent be far behind? Advent: There will be three bible studies during Advent after the As there will not be another magazine until February, I hope you will 10.00 Eucharists on Wednesdays 06, 13, and 20 December from forgive very advance notice of the dates of our Lent Study Groups for 10.45 – 12.00. The first of these will be in the Rectory, the latter two 2018. Ash Wednesday will fall on 14 February, and there will be five in the Boyle Room. On Thursday 14 December from 14.00 – 16.00 parallel study sessions on Monday evenings (19, 26 February; 05, 12, I shall be offering an Advent reflection at Parcevall Hall in & 19 March) and Wednesday mornings (21, 28 February; 07, 14 & 21 Appletreewick, BD23 6DG. This is a free event and all are welcome. March). More details will be published in February. Christmas: Anne and I will once again be holding an open house Congratulations before Christmas. We’ll be serving tea, coffee, and mince pies on Shelagh Marshall OBE, a member of our worshipping community and Friday 22 December between 10.30 and 12.30. All are very welcome. former county councillor, has been elected an honorary alderman in The Priory Christmas services: These are listed in full elsewhere in recognition of her ‘eminent service’ to North Yorkshire. We offer the magazine, and on the magazine insert. The insert is an ideal Shelagh our warm congratulations on this well-deserved honour. means to communicate to friends and neighbours the good news about what the Priory is up to at Christmas. I am delighted that this LIVE NATIVITY year we are once again cooperating with our friends from the Bolton The live nativity will take place on 09 December in the Priory grounds, Abbey Estate in a live ‘promenade’ nativity play on Saturday 09 with two ‘shows’ at 11.00 and December, complete with brass band. Details of the Christmas 13.30. I’m hoping that the majority services are also on our website and will feature as regular Facebook of the cast will be drawn from the posts throughout December. Boyle and Petyt School. Come The New Year: We will celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany at the along, hear the story, get close to Priory on Sunday 07 January, and Candlemas (which marks the end of the animals, sing carols, and enjoy the Christmas and Epiphany season) on Sunday 28 January. seasonal refreshments at the The Flowers: The consistent care and skilful attention to detail Friends of Beamsley School shown by our flower arrangers adds a significant dimension to our Christmas Fayre which is being held ministry at the Priory, and this is especially true at major festivals such in the Village Hall between 10.00 as Christmas. All of us who visit, and worship at, the Priory owe a and 16.00. huge debt to Lorna Freegard and her wonderful team for their There are still opportunities to get unstinting dedication throughout the year. involved. Our Musicians: Every Sunday of the year, and at other major Contact me on 07495 151987, or festivals, our choir under the direction of Tim Raymond support our email [email protected] worship with great dedication and skill. At a very busy time of year for If you’re interested to help, welcome. them it is both good and important to thank them publicly for the Many thanks immense contribution they make to our witness as a living community Jonathan of Christians. 3 4 PARISH CHURCH COUNCIL, 31 OCTOBER 2017 PAT JOLLY RIP Our mother may have been small in stature but she was certainly not As part of his curate’s training, Jonathan chaired this PCC meeting to be trifled with. She was born in Lytham St Annes in 1921, the with true professionalism. youngest of four sisters. Their mother died when she was just four The PCC agreed to a request received from the Commonwealth War years old. She was brought up by an aunt and her father. Her sisters Graves Commission to erect a sign alerting visitors to the presence of no doubt had their say too. She left school at 16, having passed the grave of Lt William Sutton Smeeth in the Priory graveyard. matriculation, to look after the house in Heaton Moor near Stockport Lt Smeeth died on 17 July 1917 at the age of 22. where they all lived. Apart from the housekeeping, I think life was lots Tony Cantlow reported that he had attended the Skipton Deanery of fun. We have wonderful photos. Synod on 12 September at St Mary’s Kelbrook, where they had WW II was to change everything. Mum joined the WAAF and became resurrected the church community which was heart warming and a plotter, deploying the counters across a map to show incoming air encouraging. raids and fighter deployment. One particular air raid headed for their The electoral roll is now standing at 220 following the death of Pat station, and although Mum was safe in the underground Ops Room, Jolly. there were casualties topside. Tragically at about the same time The Rector and Margaret Cody now have the benefit of new lighting in Mum’s then fiancé, Bill Abrahams, was killed in a tank battle. Our their offices, which will make their lives more illuminated. parents, who had known each other for some years, were married in Unfortunately a lady visitor fell backwards in the Priory after catching 1944. After I was born we moved to a house in Cheadle Hulme. Dad her foot on a column. The ambulance took over one hour to arrive. played golf at Heaton Moor Golf Club and Mum played tennis at the We also had an abandoned stolen 4 wheel drive vehicle on the Club in Bramhall. My sister Carole was born and in 1957 we moved to driveway of the Priory. The police initially thought that the culprits Ilkley. In 1959 Dad set up Alan R Jolly Ltd. Getting the company going may have been in the Priory. This was not so but everyone must be was hard work and Mum became Dad’s secretary for a couple of aware of the rising crime in the area. If someone suspected of criminal years, and the company began to prosper. activity does seek to hide in the Priory the police must be called. Socially, bridge, golf and holidays flourished. Mum became the Ilkley After a lengthy and useful discussion on the progress of the heating Ladies Golf Captain and then President. On a more global scale she system Matt Hey, chairman of the Works Committee, proposed to was made President of the Harrogate and District Society of Lady Golf petition the Chancellor for a Faculty to undertake the works for the Captains. new heating system as recommended by the Works Committee. A Mum was also involved in fund raising for the RNLI.