‘The Circular’ Copy deadline for the next edition October 18th 2020 The Benefice of Harton This will cover: November December 2020 January 2021 Unfortunately it may not be possible to include anything received after the deadline. Rector of the Benefice of Harton The Circular Revd. Chris Wingfield 01904 468418 Email: [email protected] Members of the Ministry Team Lay Pastor Rachel Baker 01904 468809 Reader in training Ian Lyall 01904 468209 P14Me Coordinator David Fletcher 07900 998378 Youth and Children’s Coordinator Rachael Harrison 07847 329015 For occasional offices please contact: Funerals Revd. Chris Wingfield 01904 468418 Marriages Rachel Baker 01904 468809 Baptisms Delyth Harran 01759 372215 Lay Vice Chairman of the Joint PCC Delyth Harran 01759 372215 Autumn Edition 2020 Editor Fiona Le Masurier News and views in our benefice and communities Crambe House, Crambe, York YO60 7JR Tel: 01653 619368 A special edition reflecting the circumstances of Email: [email protected] The Corona Virus Covid 19 Pandemic Circular Printing Group members Rachel Baker 01904 468809 August September October Michael Harran 01759 372215 Peter Stott 01904 468404 Sand Hutton Claxton Flaxton Fiona Le Masurier 01653 619368 Gate Helmsley Upper Helmsley Bossall Buttercrambe Howsham Harton www.sandhuttongroup.org.uk Whitwell-on-the-Hill Crambe Foston Use this QR code to link directly to the Benefice website Barton-le-Willows Thornton-le-Clay where you can read The Circular in full colour NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOLS………….. FOSTON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL With one more week to go of the strangest year of my teaching career I just wanted to extend my thanks to staff and parents across our federation. Their support during these strange times has been amazing. Their dedication to do the best for our children has been second to none. We recognise that this has been an extremely challenging time for everyone and that all have faced varying personal and work challenges. I cannot thank all of them enough for their positivity and can do attitude throughout it all. Whilst we have a large number of our children already back in school we cannot wait to welcome all of our Foston and Terrington Federation family as they return to school in September. Despite restrictions of the Covid situation all children whether at home or in school loved taking part in our sports day. A huge well done to our PE coordinator Miss Cooke for organising this and making it such a fun event. We are lucky to have had all of our year 6 children in school to give them a good send off as they leave us to embark on their secondary education. We wish them all so much success. They have worked so hard throughout their primary years and I know they will flourish in whatever they do. We are also excited to be welcoming another school into our flourishing collaboration. Stillington Primary School will join us from September 2020 and we look forward to working with the new team at the school. Please get in contact if you require a nursery place for the next academic year as we have very limited spaces available due to the growing popularity of our setting. We also have available places at our federated school Terrington. Please contact us at [email protected] for further information. concept of seeing and speaking to a friendly face on a laptop was a little too much! From the Vicarage The staff team continued to work throughout to exacting standards of infection control procedures, and our recent Covid tests have been negative which we are Dear friends really proud of. We have remained Covid free thus far. The period has caused much Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee O Lord anxiety and stress with many sleepless nights along the way, for the safeguarding responsibilities have been enormous. Just a few weeks ago we began to reopen some of our churches for private prayer, and now we’ve started After reviewing the situation with the national easing of restrictions we were able Sunday worship in some of them as well. It has been a th to re-open the care home for limited visits for residents’ families again from the 6 long wait for us all, so thank you for all your patience July 2020, some 16 weeks after the initial lock down. and understanding. Holman Hunt, ‘The Light of the world’ Although the visiting is still restricted it has meant that families have been able to Our online Zoom services at 10am on a Sunday morning have been so popular, that see and spend time with loved ones again – something which we all appreciate. It is our tentative and appropriate approach to using our churches again has started in also a time to pause and reflect on the unprecedented demands brought during the August with a 5pm Evensong service using the Book of Common Prayer. This once past 16 weeks. common mainstay of church life has fallen out of fashion over the past few years – but it seemed an appropriate starting point in our journey from darkness back to The visits are still on a restricted basis and take place either in the converted light. summerhouse in the garden or in a dedicated room in the building. Since visiting One of the prayers that we say (a Collect) is about illuminating the pathway ahead: started it is evident that residents are much happier and look forward to their relatives visiting again. For the moment, this is the new “norm”, and no one knows Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us yet how long it will continue. from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. For us at the care home, as we continue to manage the residents’ daily living I often use the symbol of the light of Christ at our Baptism ceremonies. The candle throughout this pandemic, we have seen first-hand how the support and good we give the candidates is to remind them that the light of Christ can often wishes from the wider community actually makes a positive difference and illuminate the pathway ahead when times seem dark and worrying. When we walk enhances what we do. On the plus side Covid 19 has shown that true community into a dark room, we turn on the light – not to stare at the light bulb, but so we can spirit exists, it is strong and will always prevail throughout times of crisis. see what it shows us in the room, creating a safe passage. A sincere thank you for your support from Debra, Keith and all staff at Prospect And so it is with the prayer above – inviting Christ to lighten our darkness – that we House. hope we can see a way ahead more clearly. That is why it seemed very appropriate to start our venture into the re-opening of our churches for Public Worship with a service on which the foundation blocks of church life were built and which includes such a prayer. WHITWELL Whether you can join us on Zoom in the morning or wish for a more reflective Our annual village get together is scheduled for Sunday September 13th but please afternoon service then you are very welcome. check the notice board in Whitwell for any changes. At the end of the day, my prayer will always be that Christ will lighten our darkness – so that we can lighten the darkness of others. During these COVID times, If anyone wishes to go into the church, please contact Janie Bell 01653618270 or Anthea Mitchell 01653618514 Yours in Christ Revd Chris Wingfield Services for the Benefice of Harton Everyone was initially being overwhelmed nationally with the increased demand for such essentials. A limited number of services are to be held in the Benefice in August as we work our way towards fully reopening our churches with a normal We had to quickly develop alternative suppliers, which often involved extended schedule of services, until then the following will apply. trips by managers to Hull and Leeds, and other exotic locations to collect items to ensure our continuous supply needs were met. It was at this crucial initial stage August 202 that we received support from the wider residents and community of Gate Helmsley and the church, who rallied and regularly brought items of shopping and Sunday 2nd August Trinity 8 other essentials to the care home – leaving them at a social distanced drop off 5.00 pm BCP Evensong Bossall point! This help was most welcome and certainly eased the pressures around this time. Sunday 9th August Trinity 9 All sorts of innovative lines began – there were regular parcel drops, a friend of the 5.00 pm BCP Evensong Sand Hutton care home living in a nearby village began making items of PPE which included face masks and scrubs for staff to use. These were of a very high standard, and her skills Sunday 16th August Trinity 10 were soon recognised within the wider area and she started supplying items of PPE to York and Scarborough Hospital as well. 5.00 pm BCP Evensong Crambe We sourced visors from an aeronautical company, and a relative’s daughter, who is rd Sunday 23 August Trinity 11 a teacher, had pupils make visors as well for the staff to use. Amazing quality and workmanship. 5.00 pm BCP Evensong Foston th Rachael Harrison’s superb cakes were Sund ay 30 August Trinity 12 eagerly looked forward to by the residents as well as the excellent daily 5.00 pm BCP Evensong Gate Helmsley quiz prepared by Mike, and there were many other supportive and welcome I’ve chosenth these venues as they are the churches we had down for Sunday Worshipay 30 thatAugust day in the 2020 Service Schedule.