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Welcome to the June 2020 edition of Connected.

This month we focus on the 75th of Prayer to help build hope & ’s, but only to subscribers. anniversary of the end of the confidence in the world. It is easy to subscribe on the war in Europe that occurred on Yvonne Green reflects on Easter website, so why not use this 8th May. The celebrations were in lock-down, and in particular method of staying up-to-date most welcome; everyone did not playing the organ, and we also on news in the Parish? It is of what they could under the lock- hear from Fred the spider who course free. down and I think that the event lives beneath the keyboards at St In normal times printed copies was wonderfully colourful. Francis. of Connected delivered to your Once again The Directory is I report on the VE celebrations door cost £5 a year (£4 for missing, but fingers crossed that and the excellent generosity pensioners) by subscription, or we might start to see events of Christine Sample and The you can pick up a copy for 75p being planned again shortly. Fox pub in supplying lunches in Brayton Post Office or from Jackie Jackman provides the Dear for people in lock-down. I any of the Churches mentioned Friends ‘walking with God’ text this also report on the Saint Day within these pages. Subscriptions month, and Tony Service updates of William of that also run from June each year. You us on the Methodist Circuit. occurred on the 8th May. may also download Connected Once again Tony has helpfully let Finally I report on the on-line free from the St Wilfrid’s me have some additional poems services that have been created website www.StWilfridsParish. and prayers to help fill the pages, by a small dedicated team at com. Contributions are always and very welcome they are too. I St Wilfrid’s in response to the gratefully received, by the 11th of particularly like Edith Stell’s poem Covid virus. the month please. about the Rainbow (page 8). The Brayton Parish Website Barbara Richardson writes about (www.StWilfridsParish.com) John Clarke the Mothers’ Union’s support sends out notices of Services 01757 708646 to NHS staff, and the MU Wave and events in St Francis and St [email protected]

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Parish Pictures...... 2 Domestic Abuse...... 16 Dear Friends...... 4 Custodian of the Organ...... 17 Methodist News...... 6 Parish Notices...... 18 The Rainbow...... 8 St Wilf’s Online...... 19 Mothers’ Union...... 9 Methodist Clergy...... 20 YouTube Services...... 10 From the Registers...... 20 VE Celebrations...... 12 St Wilfrid’s Clergy...... 21 If Jesus had Never Come...... 14 St Francis’ Clergy...... 21 William of York...... 15

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Dear Friends My friend just emailed me. activities like playing with friends from university, to suggest a few. Anything exciting happening? Yes, etc? There are so many scenarios, These kinds of events usually I replied. I’ve just put three pieces far too many to mention here, leave us looking into the future, in the jigsaw, (it’s a very difficult some extremely traumatic. Life but we’re uncertain what that one) and I’ve washed the kitchen probably isn’t ever going to be the future will be. We are left in a floor! And my green bin has been same again for any one of us since space between two ‘happenings’. emptied. No excuse now not to covid19 became a fact of life. Theologians call this liminal space. do more gardening. A friend of mine sometimes Liminal comes from the Latin Like many other people who says she doesn’t know how I ‘limin’ or ‘limen’ which simply have had to cancel a holiday, can believe in a God who allows means threshold. (I only know I’ve had to cancel my holiday to suffering, especially if it involves this through reading about it, I’m Wales where I stay with friends children - that if he’s almighty, not a Latin scholar!) and where I usually celebrate why doesn’t he intervene. Because of covid19 many my birthday. Now it feels like a Rather than almighty, I see God of us will have this feeling of holiday when I drive to friends as all-vulnerable because of his uncertainty at the moment, I in Kellington about once a week love for us. God will be hurting know I have; we’re standing at either to take over some food right now. Which leads me on the threshold of something new for them that I’ve included in a but we’re not there yet, we don’t delivery, or, if I’ve not been able “A friend of mine know how long it will take to get to book a slot, to pick up what there, and we don’t know what they’ve ordered for me! They sometimes says it’ll be like when we finally arrive. are on complete isolation at the Our destination is frequently moment, shielding I think it’s she doesn’t know being called the ‘new normal’. called; hence I get my regular This could be seen as something holiday drive! how I can believe exciting, or as something to fear. Tonight, being Thursday, I’ll Try exciting! be going out to the gate to in a God who Now then, this is where I find applaud, with my neighbours, the idea of liminal or threshold the wonderful, courageous work allows suffering, space so comforting and even of all the carers, NHS staff, exciting, because it’s within this supermarket staff, and the many especially if space in our lives that God can others, who are all putting their work with us even more so than own safety at risk for the sake it involves usual, while we are feeling less of others. A sense of humour is self-sufficient. good, but standing alongside my children... Entering this space isn’t neighbours applauding (always something we normally seek out, observing social distancing!) puts because it’s suffering that usually things in perspective, once a to something I’ve been learning takes us there. But God is always week at the very least. about recently, firstly through waiting for us, and here where As it’s been repeatedly said reading about it and then through our defences are down his love is that these are strange times. I’m some recent experience of it. even more available for us to take fortunate in that I’m used to living It’s something which I’ve found hold of, be comforted by, and led on my own, so lock-down isn’t both enlightening and helpful at by. much of a problem. There are this time and I hope you’ll find the It may be that it is only in many though, who are finding it same, so bear with me! retrospect that we suddenly increasingly difficult. How do you We must all have experienced realise that God was there and keep young children occupied life changing events during our working with us all the time. This for weeks on end, especially if lives; loss of a job, a devastating reminds me of the well known they’re too young to understand diagnosis, death of a loved one, story/poem ‘Footprints in the why they can’t do the usual the birth of a child, graduating Sand’. In case you don’t know it www.StWilfridsParish.com 4 Extended Online Version

- two sets of footprints - we are world will we unlock to? We as ‘new normal’ is to be fuelled by walking with God on the sand individuals are in this threshold the generosity, courage and love - then there is only one set of space at the moment, but so also which we’ve seen so much of in footprints which turn out not to the last few weeks and months. be ours, as we had thought, but are God’s at the times when he is “Just one last God bless, carrying us. I hope you don’t think this thing for you letter has turned into a sermon, Jackie Jackman but I so wanted to share with you to think about. something which I have recently understood a little better through What kind of the very fact of the current situation. It’s been to me very world will we helpful, a comfort, and a great challenge. There is also much unlock to? more to it than I’ve had time to delve into here, so perhaps one is our community, the country, day.... and the rest of the world. God Just one last thing for you is at work in all these spaces, but to think about. What kind of he needs our partnership if the

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Methodist News A few days ago, I turned the calendar page in my office room from April to May and thought again about the passage of time this year. It’s good to see the days lengthening. You can get up during the hours of rest and find daylight streaming in through the windows. It’s getting much later in the evening before curtains have to be closed. Yet, without wishing away the time we have, when you read this at the beginning of June, there will be only three weeks to the longest day and the year will be half over. The calendar in May also told time of “normality” but what will There is a regular communication me that we are at the end of the that normality be? We are told around the Circuit when a Christian year. Pentecost, when that it is unlikely we will return certain person emails loads of we celebrate the coming of the to the normality we previously people in all our local churches Holy Spirit, is the last Sunday in knew – that our future lives with news, information, items May and the Sunday following, now will be inevitably changed to share, reflections, and lots of June 7, is Trinity Sunday, bringing in many ways as and when we other stuff. the Christian year to its glorious move on from this virus situation. A new style of worship conclusion. In the Methodist I intended having a haircut on the It’s the in-thing to offer live stream Calendar, we now have lots of day I received the letter telling services. Like St Wilfrid’s, we Ordinary Sundays (the Anglican me to stay in but Jill told me that too are providing live streamed Church calls them Proper would have to wait (the haircut, services every Sunday at 10.30 am. Sundays) until the next Christian not the letter). Boris is no longer Philip is using Facebook to stream year begins again on Advent in the same league as I am now. inspirational and encouraging Sunday, November 29. My mop puts his to shame! services which are later, thanks Ordinary Sundays? What would we do without a to one of our clever IT people, Ordinary Sundays! Since the telephone - or the internet? transferred to YouTube. It middle of March, this year has So how is Brayton Methodist seemed strange at first, just Jill turned into anything but an Church dealing with this and I, sitting in my office room in ordinary year! Unprecedented situation? Our minister, Rev Philip front of a computer screen and is a word that may have been Macdonald, has been regularly enthusiastically singing hymns overused but it certainly sums telephoning people to ask how together, instead of with our up 2020. Everything we are they are and how they are usual congregation, and sharing doing is so different to what we coping. For those in care homes, in prayers and other aspects of knew as a normal way of living. Philip has been sending letters of worship. But we soon got used Coronavirus and social distancing greeting when telephoning is not to it and it has soon become were words that were never in possible. Our members are also a normal part of our Sunday the vocabulary until a few weeks regularly telephoning round to morning. If you want to share this ago, now they are used daily. talk to our folk, again to provide worship time with us, link into Rev Never before did we have the TV contact, to tell people that Philip Macdonald on Facebook or news and the newspapers giving they are not forgotten, to ask click on the YouTube link: https:// us a daily summary of the number if they need help, to check that www.youtube.com/channel/ of deceased people in the nation. everything is ok as far as these UC97ubqTuFbibnOqLCb7SWgw How we are looking forward to a circumstances allow. At the same time, at 10.30, www.StWilfridsParish.com 6 Extended Online Version our Children and Family Work and shared. If anybody would like Since our normal Sunday worship Enabler, Lydia, is providing a copy, please get in touch. packed up due to the Coronavirus from her living room an all age One aspect of this on-line situation and coming together in worship service which can be worship is the way in which we fellowship was prohibited, our accessed via the link www. are now reaching people who prayer time has been also been huntingtonmethodistchurch. would not normally be joining put on hold. That concerned co.uk/stream. At the time of us in our chapel building on a many of us so we decided we writing, it has been announced Sunday morning. Philip’s services would resurrect it. We are not that Lydia has been selected by are being accessed by a whole yet into video conferencing the Methodist Church to work variety of people – partners/ (Zoom is the in-thing and we as part of a team on the Children spouses who are not usually seen might get round to using it when and Families section of the next with us on a Sunday, people from technology catches up with us!). Bible Month material. We offer outside the church, people from A prayer list is circulated on a our congratulations to Lydia to the areas where Philip ministered Sunday morning and we “meet” be chosen for this work. before he joined us. I heard from at 9.30 to spend time praying for Bible Month those on our prayer list. We may Bible Month is an opportunity “Boris is no not be together physically but we when we are encouraged to are together in spirit. If anybody study a four chapter book of the longer in the reading this would like us to Bible. It originated in 2017 when same league as pray for them or somebody they the Letter to James was used. know, please get in touch with This was followed in 2018 with I am now. My any chapel member. Jonah, 2019 with the Letter to Rainbow reflections the Philippians and this year with mop puts his to In recent times, children have Ruth. Normally, June is suggested shame! been encouraged to draw pictures as the Bible Month but we, as a of rainbows as a sign of a promise Circuit, have used August. one of my colleagues in a local of hope and they can be seen in Instead of the recommended church how her husband, who many windows. My neighbour’s Bible readings for specific Sundays, rarely goes to a normal church children drew a lovely rainbow we have asked our preachers in service, has become a regular image in chalk on their driveway. August to use the Bible Month reader of the Worship sheet and Edith and Donald Stell came book for their services, using an enthusiastic watcher of Philip’s to Thorpe Willoughby from chapter 1 for the first week, services. When “normality” Cleckheaton in West then chapters 2, 3 and 4 on the returns, I’m sure we will need and later moved to Brayton successive weeks. In Brayton, to review how we can continue where they were both members our house fellowship group has this internet resource. It’s often at the chapel. Edith (who died preceded this when we have been said that the hardest part 18 months ago) was a lovely, used the relevant book for our for some people is to go through committed Christian who had a group Bible study. As far as I can a church door. Using the internet wonderful ability to write lovely, ascertain, there are now only two overcomes that problem. reflective poems, compiled into more books with four chapters Prayer Fellowship resurrected small booklets, all of which are – Malachi and 2 Timothy. Not I may be wrong with my guess but I still on our bookshelf. She wrote sure what will happen after that? am guessing our Prayer Fellowship a poem about rainbows which I It will interesting to read Lydia’s has been meeting every week for would like to share because I think contributions. at least 25 – 30 years? It started on it resonates with the situation in Back to worship a Friday evening but later moved which we find ourselves. (See For people who do not have an to Sunday morning where a group page 8) internet facility, the Methodist meets at 9.45 and we spend 15 – Church provides every week 20 minutes in prayer. The topics two different worship sheets will vary each week but we always Tony Service with prayers, bible readings and spend time praying for those who reflections with can be printed we know need prayer that week.

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The Rainbow Sometimes our days are dark, the skies are grey, The sun forgets to shine upon life’s way, Though clouds may hide the sun, and rain may fall, God’s rainbow of promise is still over all. For God has set the rainbow in the sky, A pledge of love and faith to you and I, A thing of beauty, a symbol of His grace, God’s mercy sign hanging suspended in space. God’s rainbow arch is put there as a sign, His blessings and mercies are yours and mine, A covenant made between earth and heaven, A pledge God to all his children has given. Although some days are dark and rain may fall, The rainbow holds a promise for us all, Reminding us when all is said and done, There can never be a rainbow without the sun.

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The news from around York caravan site in is closed so world. Our five link dioceses are Diocese is that members have we are unable to offer families Aru in the Democratic Republic been involved with a number of the planned holidays in our MU of Congo, Kigezi in Uganda, projects to support our NHS caravan. Ikeduru in Nigeria, Ho in Ghana, workers. Our President Hilary Guyana and Suriname in South Caste received a request from a America. medic in York asking for laundry This time helps us to remember bags for their work clothes so our members in countries with that they could be kept separate many challenges but whose faith at the end of a shift. Well over sustains them and helps them 250 have been produced from to support families around the sheets or pillow cases. world. We pray that we may be A member of the ICU staff united in prayer and worship and asked us to knit small pink hearts, in love and service reach out as one is given to the patient and the your hands across the world in other to a member of the family Jesus’ name. not allowed to visit .They are sent in polythene food bags which are then put into the freezer to kill Barbara Richardson any bacteria. We have also had requests for toiletries shower (on behalf of Brayton gels, shampoo, hand cream, and Mothers’ Union) moisturisers as they have to take very thorough showers. Some have produced scrubs too in an effort to help the MU Wave of Prayer amazing staff working in our Building Hope & Confidence local hospitals. Many of our On 14th May our Brayton branch members are keeping in touch kept our time of prayer on the with those who are isolating, and day when we usually meet. Each younger ones are shopping and diocese in the UK is linked with collecting prescriptions. Sadly the a number of dioceses around the

Time & Motion Studies I once noticed that Mrs Clarke’s method of making breakfast involved many trips between the refrigerator, the kettle and the cupboard where the cereal is kept, each time carrying only one item. So, I said to her, “Mrs Clarke, you are making too many trips back and forth carrying one thing at a time. If you carry several things at once you would be much more efficient.” And do you know it worked! It used to take her 15 minutes to make my breakfast. Now I get my own in seven minutes!

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St Wilf’s on the t’interweb Covid-19 has led many churches times so far mid service, and with you is certainly strange, to online services, and St Wilfrid’s I always have my wonderful but there is also something has followed suit. Those familiar ‘Go to Techy Gurus’ on incredibly humbling about with Revd. Pete’s IT prowess will standby to assist me when I having a space in which we be amazed* how easily this means panic! A huge thank you to can worship together, apart; of delivery has been adopted by Hannah and Rob. sing in unison, separately; the parish. Yet the provision of On a personal note, a big and share the peace even services via YouTube is so radically thank you to those of you who though we cannot see those different from the traditional get in touch with me to say we share it with. church service that I wonder how how much the services mean Before Rob and I record a parishioners feel about worship to you. Your encouragement service we pray, just as we in front of a screen. So I thought is enormously appreciated” would if we were leading that I would ask them. Starting Revd. Pete. that same service in a church with Revd. Pete. building. We ask that the Holy “As you can imagine, Spirit would lead and guide leading services and “there’s still that us, and that the same Spirit preaching on YouTube has would meet with each and taken some getting used to! slight “flutter” every person joining in from Not least leading services I’ve their home, whether they’re been taking for years, but now as I watch the doing so on the Sunday from my study! Recording morning or at another point live, and so knowing, that lap top telling in the week. It has reminded unlike a physical service in me just how amazing it is church, what you say and me “you’re going that God can and will meet do is “out there” for ever, with each of us wherever we does focus the mind rather, live...you’re live!” are, whenever we seek him, I can tell you! And definitely and that words someone adds to the levels of stress has preached or prayed on a involved! I think that Pete’s note gives us Sunday can be used by God The first few were a tad a real insight into the tensions at different times and in nerve wracking, but it feels less that online delivery entail. different places depending intense now, though there’s Superficially I had assumed that it on the need. As the disciples still that slight “flutter” as I would be easier that face to face discovered when Jesus watch the lap top telling me services; no worries about having appeared to them in a locked “you’re going live...you’re enough bread & wine, no issues room, we worship a God for live!” Alongside the nerves with the microphone cutting out whom walls are no barrier, has been a wonderful sense or the coughing & sniffing of the and in him we can remain of the privilege of ministering congregation to speak over. Pete united despite the current in this new way, a deep sense also gives us a clue as to how he need for us to be physically that, whilst, yes, there are overcame the technical issues, so apart. So, whilst preaching to good national online worship let’s hear from Revd.’s Hannah & a camera lens is strange, and opportunities to tap into, Rob next… certainly not the way I would actually, there is something “It is always a privilege choose for things to be, I am very special about enabling to lead God’s people in so grateful for the way God the local family of God to worship, and it is particularly moves beyond that lens into meet together each week. so at this time when we our homes and hearts by his Local connectedness, I think, find ourselves unable to Spirit, and as I said at the is so important at this time. meet together in one place. beginning, it is a privilege Thankfully, my internet has Not being able to see those to play a small part in that” only let me down a couple of worshipping in a service Revd. Hannah and Rob * Gob-smacked in my case! www.StWilfridsParish.com 10 Extended Online Version

But what about actual However there were many more to hand! Wouldn’t it be great if parishioners? For me I found responses that spoke of inclusion this was always available to those that worship with Mrs Clarke involvement and prayerfulness; a unable to get to St Wilfrid’s? was a little awkward. No one typical response being… But perhaps the final word was meant to hear my singing “My own experience has should go to Pete, Hannah and voice without ear protection, and been that the live YouTube Rob’s boss… whilst Mrs Clarke was happy to services have had much more “I think one of the big sing the hymns I preferred to run of a sense of occasion than I effects is there’s a renewal of through the words in my head. thought they would before the sense that we all belong It was the same with the service I tried it, and really do feel to Christ… I’ve been deeply responses – I treated these like we’re ‘going to church’ moved by the services I’ve exactly the same as prayer. After even though it’s not in the participated in; they’ve all, the Lord hears my prayers way we’re used to. As far as reached out in a way that and thus he would understand my possible we make sure to be surprised me and that is, I responses in the service. ready to start the service so think, a sign of the work of the

However a few people felt that we’re watching in real time, Spirit… We’re finding this all they were perhaps too isolated and lighting our candle when over the country. There are within the service… everyone else is, and enjoy so many clergy streaming “I find that there is less knowing that other people from really basic facilities, involvement when the around the parish are doing finding huge numbers of bread & wine are blessed the same thing too. Because people online with them, and only Pete can partake, the services are just one or and making a huge impact” also I miss the “inside two people, talking straight Archbishop Justin Welby church” environment and to camera from a room in meeting the folks I know. their home, they feel very If you haven’t attended an online When hymns are sung I calm and prayerful, and I St Wilfrid’s service yet, why really do miss the sound find them a valued, peaceful not give it a try? Point your of organ accompaniment. point in the week. (Comfy browser at www.youtube.com/ Consequently I have started chairs and a cuppa during the BraytonParishSelby watch Sunday Worship on service are also quite nice!)” TV from Bangor, Hereford & I think that there is something St. David’s cathedrals as well quite wonderful in people joining John Clarke as Songs of Praise.” together to ‘attend’ the service I tend to agree about missing from the comfort of their homes, the sound of the organ. in their jimjams and with a cuppa

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T’Wars Ower! Covid-19. How tiresome the pandemic has become. It’s been almost 10 weeks since lock-down began – when will this all end? When will life return to normal? When it does we are going to have a party! Another lock-down of a different kind ended 75 years. The war in Europe, a conflict that claimed an estimated 70 million to 85 million lives worldwide — in the UK 450 thousand people died with another 671 thousand military personnel wounded — finally started to come to a close. The war had dragged between September 1939 and May 1945, almost 296 weeks; people were not so afraid of coughs and sneezes but bombs, bullets, and invasion. Although food was still rationed it’s no wonder they had a massive knees up when it was all over. The 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) was celebrated on the 8th May this year. There are still many people living today who can remember the end of the war; Albert my mother-in-law, vividly recalls travelling up to London to mix with the happy throngs on the Mall. In Thorpe Willoughby The Fox pub is renowned for its food & hospitality, and usually they would have put on a spread to celebrate VE Day. However Fox pub landlady Christine Sample wasn’t to be put off, and in discussions with Revd. Pete it was decided that The Fox would provide lunches for those people who would have experienced VE Day first hand. Of course these folks were also in lock-down as part of the Government’s Covid instructions on isolation. The Parish already had a

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volunteer network established to distribute support those in lock-down. Co-ordinated by Pat Jarvis these volunteers were called upon to distribute the packed lunches. The lunches were to consist of homemade sandwiches, pork pies & pickles, Victoria sponge cake, scones with jam & cream and delicious tea. Some 54 lunches were prepared by Christine, Jennifer, Sam and Tracy. The volunteers observed social distancing in the Fox car park — I have to say that this was the most orderly queue I have ever seen in a pub! And the atmosphere was just brilliant. Several people had dressed up in red, white and blue. Lis Middup had even decorated her bike! Mrs Clarke & I distributed seven lunches to people within and Brayton. All were very pleased to receive the packs, and the community spirit was fantastic. My photographs of the event really do not do it justice. Massive thanks to Christine for the idea and generosity in providing the lunches, and of course her team at The Fox for putting it all together. It was a wonderful gesture and a splendid way to put something back to the community whilst celebrating the lives of those who lived through the war.

John Clarke

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If Jesus Christ had Never Come

What would this world have been No era of church Fathers, if Jesus Christ had never come? no Reformers suffering jeers, No Bethlehem, no manger, No Puritans, no Evangelists, no birth of God’s dear Son, no revivals through the years; No wise men, star, or angel - No “Morning Star” of Wycliffe, no shepherds on the hill no Huss, no Luther’s “stand”, To hear the heavenly chorus when No Tyndale, Knox or Calvin, all the world stood still; no Cranmer’s “burning hand”;

No Christmas, no Palm Sunday, No Wesley and no Whitefield, no Easter’s conquered grave, no Spurgeon, , No cross, no dying Saviour, No Fry to reform prisons, no “God so loved He gave”; no Nightingale to soothe; No miracle of healing, No Barnado’s home for orphans, no water into wine, no open door for all, No feeding of five thousand No “poor man’s earl” called Shaftesbury when He sat them all to dine; to help the children small;

No story of Zaccheus, No knowledge of a Heaven, no woman at the well, no assurance and no thrill, No one saved from demons and No confidence that God then sent home to tell; would have the “whosoever will”; No James, no John, no Peter, No pardon and no cleansing, no Paul, no martyred throng, no sinful robes washed white, No dying thief upon the cross No crown, no palm, no joy, to cause angelic song; no sunshine and no light;

No Gospels, Acts or Letters, No “Lamb” who went to Calvary, no book of Revelation, no “Lamb” upon the throne, No Bible we can cherish, No “Lamb” who’ll come in glory, no advent expectation; to take to Heaven His own; No Handel’s sung “Messiah’, “No end” to all the awful length no Holmann Hunt’s famed “Light”, this tragic list could run, No Pentecostal graces This world would be in such a mess if renewing cultural blight; Christ had never come!

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William of York, a Victim of Injustice

Have you ever been the victim of someone else’s looked good for him – and he made a triumphant malice and ambition? Then William of York (d 1154) return to York in 1154. But then – disaster struck is the saint for you. William Fitzherbert was born again: a few days later William was dead - poison into a noble family, with royal connections. He was was strongly suspected. He was buried in his also smart – appointed treasurer of York at a young cathedral, miracles were reported at his tomb. He age, and also as a chaplain to King Stephen. But was regarded as both the victim of grave injustice none of it went to his head - he was loved for his and as a saint. In 1421 the famous St William window kind, amiable and easy-going personality. was made; depicting his life and miracles and death Then in 1140 Thurston, the , in 62 scenes. died. The canons of York knew whom they wanted, William’s Saint Day occurs on 8th June and with royal support William was made Thurston’s successor. Yet all was not well: a disappointed minority hated him and had the support of powerful John Clarke men. William was accused of , and of being unchaste. The row brought in the Pope and several bishops, and William was cleared. Yet still – all was (With thanks to Parish Pump) not well. That Pope died, and the new Pope was a Cistercian, who preferred the enemies of William. And so he was deposed. Yet William seems to have taken all this malice and power-grabbing in his stride. He simply retired to Winchester to live as a devout monk until 1153. Then that year several of his key enemies died, and he was restored as archbishop to York. At last all

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Domestic Abuse and Mental Health Support

The national media has reported a significant The National Centre for Domestic violence, aims increase in domestic abuse incidents over the last to help people identify the early signs of domestic few weeks as the country responds to life in lock- abuse, and to make decisions for a better life and down. The charity ‘Refuge’ has said The National to make domestic abuse socially unacceptable. Domestic Abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase 0800 9702070 or text: NCDV to 60777. in calls and online requests for help since the new www.ncdv.org.uk/ measures have been in place. Refuge operates a UK wide 24-hour We recognise that domestic abuse can helpline: 0808 2000 247 • Police: via 101 or occur in any community and can impact 999 (press 55 when prompted if you can’t on anyone regardless of gender, faith speak). www.refuge.org.uk or background. It is important that we recognise this period will be a pressurised The church is committed to responding well to time for some and it is likely that access to domestic abuse. The national policy and practice services who can support and advise may guidance can be found here : be hugely welcomed and important for the www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/ individuals and families affected by this. files/2017-11/responding-well-to-domestic-abuse- formatted-master-copy-030317.pdf There are a number of organisations, both national and regional, who can offer specialist advice and Equally, and just as importantly, many support to those who are experiencing, or are at people will find they are struggling with risk of, domestic abuse. Support is available via their mental health as we all attempt to telephone, and some services offer discreet, easy adapt to social distancing and isolation ways to access help, including via text messages, measures. This may include having to stay online web chat services or mobile apps. at home and avoid other people.

If someone you know from your church, This might feel difficult or stressful, but there are parish or community has concerns lots of things you can try that could help your regarding domestic abuse, or you are wellbeing. For those looking for support with worried they may need access to specialist their mental health, the following services can be support, the following agencies are there accessed quickly and with confidence. to offer help: Samaritans The National Domestic Abuse Helpline, contact www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/ 24-hours a day, for free and in confidence. contact-samaritan/ Telephone 0808 2000 247 or contact them online Telephone 116 123 www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk Mind Independent Domestic Abuse Services – www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines/ IDAS - is the largest specialist charity in Telephone 0208 215 2243 Yorkshire supporting anyone experiencing or affected by domestic abuse or sexual Childline violence. Call the helpline www.childline.org.uk/get-support/ on 03000 110 110. Alternatively, IDAS offer Telephone 080 0 1111 an extended Live Chat from 3 pm - 6 pm for anyone who is worried about their relationship or for someone they know. www.idas.org.uk/contact/

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Custodian Of The Organ What a strange Easter this has to me, & I thought carefully as Christ grant us the joys of eternal been. I have not had to prepare to how I could prepare myself life. Let us bless the Lord Alleluia music for services, or dash from for Easter this year. Some years Alleluia! organ stool to organ stool. ago, whilst on a MU retreat at We all probably approached it Music preparation takes some Wydale, I bought a book by Clay in a different way, but this year, time, deciding what to play before, Rowntree, an Anglican priest at with no services to play for,

during & after the service, & , called ‘The Daily it all seemed very strange. In although I have worked on these, Prayer Rosary’. I have met him these difficult days, I found my sometimes it can change, as the several times & thought that he preparation unusually calming, message of the service leads me was Evangelical, but that aside, I but very uplifting when Easter in another direction. The main dug out my rather cheap rosary Day arrived, and to proclaim HE difference for me at Easter is that from my school days. It has IS RISEN, ALLELUIA! I’m not playing the same thing psalms & canticles from Common over & over again, unlike one Worship & I used the ones set for Christmas when I played Silent Holy week, until I reached Easter Yvonne Green Night 16 times! Sunday, this ended, as you would Holy week is always very special expect, with ‘may the risen A Spider Speaks... Can someone please tell me just & then it would start up again. as they are not used to being what is going on? My Uncle had warned me outside. Their mates who live I took over duties from my about this, but all in all it is a in sheds are also having a torrid Uncle Fred: you may remember good place to live. time, they have lived there for that he sadly died last year. He years & years, & it is hard to had trained me so that I would lose their homes. know what to do when he passed Meanwhile I will make the on. If all was quiet, I could come most of the quietness, although out a bit, but not too far, as my I understand that it won’t be main job was to look after a very much longer, & then I will have noisy thing, which I think that to resume my duties. humans call an organ! One day My friends outside are having a in the week was always worst, wonderful time as I am told it everything would be quiet & is so quiet, but my friends who Fred the Spider then the noise! Oh, the noise! I live in houses are suffering badly. couldn’t get back quickly enough. They are being chased out from (From under the organ, and It went quiet again, so I would under furniture & cupboards, & named after my dear departed tentatively put my front legs out just don’t know where to go, Uncle Fred)

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St Wilfrid’s Parish Notices

Thanks

We wish to express our thanks and gratitude for the expressions of sympathy and sadness of friends and fellow parishioners at the deaths of our relations who died so suddenly recently. Our love to you all

Lynn and Melville Allan

Supporting Brayton Parish Online

Please support our mission and service in the local community. Giving financially to our churches is as valuable now as ever. Although we may not be able to gather physically in worship at the moment, our mission to serve our communities here remains constant, and continues to need resourcing.

As churches we are seeking, as always, to be beacons of Christ’s love and hope, offering prayer and various forms of support to meet people’s needs during this difficult time. Examples of this include the wonderful work of our Volunteer Support Team; the various fellowship and support groups that are meeting online; and the worship resources we are making available both on and offline. It is the generous giving of others that will enable this mission to continue.

In addition, we continue to have to meet the ongoing costs of maintaining our buildings, paying our utility bills and considering longer term needs (e.g. tower restoration and heating repair) We recognise that, like us, many other people and organisations are facing financial challenges at this time, but if you are in a position to give something towards enabling our mission and service of our local community to continue, we would be very grateful.

On-line donations are coming to the St Wilfrid’s website very soon.

St Wilfrid’s PCC

Sylvia Place

You may not be aware that Sylvia recently suffered a heart attack and, at the time of printing Connected, is in hospital. Please pray for Sylvia and husband Rodger during this difficult time.

Distribution of Connected

Again we are only able to print, collate and deliver lower numbers of the paper form of Connected this month.

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Online Services in St Wilfrid’s Parish

Whilst St Francis and St Wilfrid’s are closed Up-to-date information on the on-line for services we have endeavoured to keep services and resources may be found on in touch with the Parish via a series of the St Wilfrid’s & St Francis A Church Near YouTube videos of Services, and ‘Pete in You websites, or on the Parish Website Touch’ programmes for families & children. www.StWilfridsParish.com. Alternatively With the Covid-19 lock-down expected to use Google or similar to search for Brayton continue throughout June the planned list of Parish Selby. Services is presented below.

Wednesday 3rd 12noon Pete in Touch with Revd. Pete Sunday 7th 10:30am Morning Prayer with Revds Hannah and Rob Wednesday 10th 12noon Pete in Touch with Revd. Pete Sunday 14th 10:30am Family Communion with Revd. Pete Wednesday 17th 12noon Pete in Touch with Revd. Pete Sunday 21st 10:30am Celtic Communion with Revds Hannah and Rob Wednesday 24th 12noon Pete in Touch with Revd. Pete Sunday 28th 10:30am Holy Communion with Revds Hannah and Rob

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From the Parish Registers Funerals We offer our love and sympathy to the relatives of:

28th April Geoff Chambers (86) at Brayton Cemetery 7th May John Leedham at Selby Cemetery 14 th May George Bates (82) at York Crematorium 18th May Laurence McGroarty (69) at York Crematorium

Floodlights The Church floodlights were illuminated on:

24th May In Loving Memory of Ian Young

“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”

Victor Hugo

Methodist Clergy

Brayton and Burn Methodist Ministers Revd. Philip Macdonald 1 Olive Grove, Goole, DN14 5AD [email protected] (01405 765154) Revd. Peter Barnett 5 Lynwith Close, Carlton, Goole, DN14 5RR [email protected] (01405 869701)

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St Wilfrid’s, Clergy & Officers Clergy Revd. Pete Watson The Rectory, Doncaster Road, Brayton, YO8 9HE (01757 704707) Revd. Rodger Place [email protected] Revd. Roy Shaw [email protected] Part-time Assistant Curate Revd. Hannah Suekarran [email protected] (07538 813079) MULTIPLY 20s-40s Leader Revd. Rob Suekarran [email protected] (07901 359208) Reader Jackie Jackman [email protected] (01757 706475) Church Warden Claire Nutt [email protected] (01757 712206)

Ministry Team Mel Allan (01757 706068) Treasurer Lynn Allan (01757 706068) Jill Clarke (01757 708646) Sue Beevers (01757 229515) Electoral Roll Officer Pat Griffiths (01757 705793) Margaret Seager (07840 817005) Joan Howden (01757 700942) Junior Church Sheila Newsome (01757 705497) Martha Harrold (01757 291254) Claire Nutt (01757 712206) Friday Fun Club Carol Sowden (01757 703590) Cathy Rodgers (01757 704303) Gordon Tute (01757 707123) Parish Safeguarding Representative Sacristan Cathy Rodgers (01757 704303) Sheila Newsome (01757 705497) Craft Group Officers Linda Crackles (01757 704944) PCC Secretary Mothers Union Ruth Breeze (01757 701911) Lynn Allan (01757 706068) [email protected] Book Club Rosalind Wilson St Francis’ Clergy & Officers Clergy. Thorpe Willoughby Methodist/Anglican Church Revd. Christine Gillespie 24 Tomlinson Way, Sherburn in Elmet LS25 6EQ [email protected] (01977 682695) Revd. Pete Watson The Rectory, Doncaster Road, Brayton, YO8 9HE (01757 704707) Revd. Rodger Place [email protected] Revd. Roy Shaw [email protected] (The Revds. Rodger Place and Roy Shaw have the Archbishop’s permission to officiate and we are very grateful for their help in the parish) Reader Jackie Jackman (01757 706475) [email protected]

Officers ECC Secretary Child Protection Representative Jan Tetley (01757 707987) Jan Tetley (01757 707987) [email protected] [email protected] Acting Treasurer Church Coordinators Joy Piper (01757 292531) Shirley Croft (01757 707380) Electoral Roll Officer Fiona Richards Shirley Croft (01757 707380)

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