REMEMBER REJOICE Was the Title of the Amazing Flower Festival Held at All Saints Pocklington 14-18 September

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Published by the Pocklington Group of Parishes October/November 2018

REMEMBER REJOICE was the title of the amazing Flower festival held at All Saints Pocklington 14-18 September. In October let’s turn it around and REJOICE for the harvest that we so richly enjoy.

In November let’s turn our thoughts to Remembrance Day, especially in this 100th year since the cessation of WW1.

REMEMBER and say

Index Are you a Son worshipper? 1 Index The first day of creation 2 Group of Churches personnel 3 Regular group events 4 Thoughts of Rodney 5 News from Londesborough Bootleg Buddy is coming…. 6 News of n old resident of Londesborough 7 News from Burnby 8 News from Warter: 9 October services 10 November Services 11 News from Nunburnholme Community room and a call for helpers 12 More from Nunburnholme Lots of events coming up COFFEE 13 Shiptonthorpe Guardians of our Heritage part 11 14 Shelagh Jones reporting a successful harvest supper 15 Link to Hope Shoe Box appeal—open to all villages 16 How to pack your shoebox 17 Thank you from Hannah, Rhiannon and Daniel 18 A Ceilidh and a thank you Remember 19 Dates for your diary St Arbucks! 20

Large print versions of ‘The Link’ are available on request Articles to be sent to Freda Bailey Rose Villa, Town Street Shiptonthorpe, YO43 3PE 01430 873318 [email protected] Deadline for next issue is Friday 16 November

Psalm 65:9ff You (God) take care of the earth and water it, making it rich and fertile. The river of God has plenty of water; it provides a bountiful harvest of grain, for you have ordered it so. You drench the ploughed ground with rain, melting the clods and levelling the ridges.. You soften the earth with showers and bless its abundant crops You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy.

The Pocklington Group of Parishes Combined Benefices of Londesborough Wold and Pocklington Wold Church Office T: 01759 306045 E: [email protected] WWW.pocklingtongroupofchurches.org Vicar Vacant

Ministry Team AJB Tony Burdon BS Brian Snelson MB Mike Bailey AH Annie Harrison DVR David Rumbelow PMB Pam Burdon BB Bronnie Broadhurst FB Freda Bailey RN Rodney Nicholson PD Pam Dean JH Joy Hadley SJ Shelagh Jones BM Barbara Myerscough LJS Les Slow VH Val Hewetson

BJ Brian James Pastoral Coordinator Bronnie Broadhurst 01759 307479. Group Safeguarding Representative Rev Les Slow 01759 303888

Home Visits The Pastoral Team are always pleased to visit at home and if desired to bring Home Communion. If you would welcome a visit or if someone you know would, then please do let us know, as we regard it as an important part of our ministry. Initially please contact the Pastoral Team Coordinator who will then make the arrangements.

Church Wardens St Giles, Burnby St Ethelburga, Great Givendale Mr Christopher Soukup 01759 306154 Mr Joe Goodhart 01759 368817 Mr John Hewitt 01759 302622 Mrs Michelle Stephens 01262 678153

St Martin, Hayton St Mary, Huggate Mrs Elizabeth Thackray 01759 304317 Mrs Ruth Braithwaite 01377 288422 Mrs S Dale 01377 288233

All Saints, Londesborough St Margaret, Millington Mrs Joan Fletcher 01430 873554 Mrs S Sheard 01759 304783

St James, Nunburnholme All Saints, Pocklington Dr Andrew Henworth 01759 302156 Mrs Hilary Slow 01759 303888 Mr Nigel Laws 01759 304307 All Saints, Shiptonthorpe The meadows are clothed with flocks of Mrs Freda Bailey 01430 873318 sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with Mr Steve Jones 01430 871612 grain. they all shout and sing for joy 3

Praise Gathering Prayers for Healing Fellowship Prayer Songs At All Saints Hymns Readings Refreshments Pocklington

At Barmby Moor Methodist Church In the Lady Chapel 26 October 30 November Every Monday 12 noon start at 7.30pm For about half an hour No charge superb supper All Welcome Please feel free to ask for prayer, and/or join us.

All Saints Church, Shiptonthorpe Every Friday morning at 09.30 am Morning Prayers Come and join with us for: 20 minutes of prayer for the parish, in the parish

Please call 01430 873318 for venue

Natterbox Coffee Mornings 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Tuesdays 9.30—11.30 Thursdays at All Saints Church Pocklington 10.30—12 Midday Proceeds to Mission At the Village Hall Shiptonthorpe Home Group is held Wednesdays, in Huggate , in Shiptonthorpe in November. 7pm for tea/coffee, cake and chat. At 7.30ish we get started. We would love to have you come along and join us. All are welcome. Ring 01430 873318 to confirm venue

Everyone is welcome at any or all of the meetings that are in The Link.

Harvest has a new urgency by Rodney Nicholson Following the heat wave, this year’s harvest season should include a wake-up call to limit our damage to the earth before it is too late. Whatever one’s views on Brexit, the tragedy is that Parliament is spending so much time on our leaving Europe and therefore so little time on environmental issues. There may be other reasons for leaving the EU, but it is hard to see any ecological benefits. It is thanks to European directives, for example, in the 1980s that Britain stopped pumping raw sewage into the sea. The Isle of Man, which is not in the EU, still discharges sewage that way. Planning for the earth’s future must be more effective if done in partnership with other countries. We had a heat wave in Britain in 1976 but this year’s hot weather affected the whole of the northern hemisphere, with devastating fires in California and Greece, and major floods in India and Japan. The temperature in the Arctic is 30 degrees above normal. This is very serious, as is the warming of the oceans. The heat we do not see is more worrying than the visible heat. We have always had extreme weather conditions but the extreme is now becoming normal, thanks to global warming. Biologists think we are living through the sixth greatest mass extinction, one example of which is the smaller insect population which has a knock-on effect on the whole cycle of life. 30,000 – 40,000 people die every year in this country through air pollution – again a subject of EU directives. If terrorists were causing a fraction of this number of deaths, it would never leave the headlines. As it is, we hardly bat an eyelid. The USA sees 200,000 premature deaths a year through air pollution, and China 350,000-500,000, yet Donald Trump pulled his country out of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Globally air pollution accounts for one in eight deaths. All is not bad, however. One third of electricity comes from renewable sources – far more than was ever imagined a few years ago. The government is alerting the public to the dangers of plastic waste. Yet it all seems too little, too late. The environment, not Brexit, should be grabbing the headlines. If Harvest Festivals play even a miniscule part in encouraging that balance, then we shall have done a good thing.. “The earth is the Lord’s and all that it contains”. He‘s got the whole world in His hand

News from Londesborough by Rodney Nicholson Buddy Holly evening On Friday October 12th at 7.30pm we are holding a Tribute to Buddy Holly evening in church, presented by Bootleg Buddy, for which tickets are £12.50, including quality refreshments. A lot of interest is being shown and this promises to be a first class event. For tickets, please contact Penelope Rowland on (01430) 873814 or Joan Fletcher on 873554.

Harvest Festival Bring and Share lunch Following last year’s successful event, there will be another Harvest Lunch in the Concert Hall on Sunday 21st October, following the Harvest service in church at 11.30am. All are welcome to the service, led by the Revd Les Slow, but anyone is also welcome just to come for lunch. Contributions of food are welcome, which can be brought on the day, although for co-ordination purposes it may be helpful to let Penelope know in advance (873814). There is a nominal charge of £2 to cover the hire of the hall.

Teas for walkers - a success story Mrs Barbara Ashwin writes: The August Reading Room refreshments raised just over £400. Very many thanks to everyone who helped in lots of ways. These money-raising events were suggested by Anthony Ashwin who, when working in London, used to walk from Henley to the village of Hambleden, along the Thames Path, where they did teas and cakes etc on a table in the churchyard. It made a very pleasant Sunday afternoon walk. As the Wolds Way was just starting, we decided to give it a go. The first time we sold out and had to rush home after Evensong to bake. 28 years later we are still baking! None of this could have happened without the help of dozens of people over the years, baking and helping in the Reading Room, and with all the other jobs which go on behind the scene. Without them the church would not be in such a good state as it is now.

Christmas Tree Festival Dianne Core writes: This ambitious event in All Saints, Londesborough will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, 1st and 2nd December from 11am to 3pm. Adult admission is £4 (payable at the door), with no charge for children, and this includes Christmas Fare in the Reading Room from 11am to 4pm. Come and enjoy the displays, Christmas music and reflect on the wonders of Christmas.

Mary Little is a woman of skill and spirit In early September I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Little through being asked to sit with her in Northgate House while her friend, June Johnson’s funeral service took place in York. The Revd Shelagh Jones, who used to take Communion to Mary, sat with her on a similar occasion when Mary’s sister, Jessie, died. This time, September 6th, we were joined by another friend, June Ball, and we talked about June and the past in general, as well as reading part of the funeral service with its hope of new life ahead through Christ. I was interested to learn that two sisters married two brothers. Mary married Peter Little after her older sister Peggy married Reg. One of eight children, Mary was brought up in a cottage in a country village and was well used to milking the cows and other farm duties. Peggy and Reg retired from farming to live in Top Street in the mid 1980s, then moved to Stable Court in the late 1990s. Following Peggy’s stroke, Reg lived in one of the alms-houses. For many years he was churchwarden and treasurer, dying in 2003. Mary (now 92) used to visit Peggy in Holme Hall, it was during this time she starting to support the residents craft activities, making bread and assisting residents sew, and knit, and crochet as part of the craft activities. She would buy the flour at Bell Mills in Driffield, then go the Sue Ryder centre fully equipped with dough and the necessary ingredients. She continued, after Peggy died in 2001, to visit twice a week until she was around 80, taking a sewing machine as well. She remained in good health but moved into Northgate House last December Mary never lived in Londesborough herself but liked to attend Londesborough church while living in Market Weighton. She was often accompanied by her niece, Janet Wheater, who now lives in Lincolnshire after 30 years in Market Weighton. A woman of spirit, Mary twice went against her father’s wishes. The first “disobedience” was to train as a nurse when dad believed that girls should stay at home and help with the farm. The second rebellious act was getting married to Peter, who served in the Fire Service. If a woman must be a nurse, then let her stay single, her father thought. Mary concealed her wedding ring under her uniform. Mary did midwifery training at what is now Hazlewood Castle, the hotel and wedding venue near Leeds, from where she and the other students had to cycle to Wakefield for lectures by the consultant. The journey took them about an hour and a half. Mary’s late husband, Peter, related how his feisty wife was the one person he knew who could run over a policeman’s foot and get away with it. She had delivered his wife’s baby the week before! Mary’s daughter Jane and two grand children live in Northumberland and her first grandson in Hull .

Coffee mornings October 4th The Old School with Diannne Holmes November 1st: Church View, with Terry and Dianne Core December 6th: The Old School, with Dianne Holmes

News from St Giles Burnby

We were pleased to welcome Carol Rutherford from The Leprosy Mission to our All Age Worship on 9 September. We had a lovely service led by Bronnie celebrating St Giles, patron saint of cripples and lepers. If anyone would like a collec- tion box for The Leprosy Mission there are some in the back of the church. We also enjoyed the trail Bronnie set up to help us learn more about the history of our church. We would like to pass on our thanks to Georgina Curry who has kindly donated a seat to enable anyone to enjoy a peaceful moment or a time of quiet reflection whilst visiting the church or churchyard. Bronnie was pleased to dedicate the seat following our service.

Sunday 7 October: Family Communion led by Tony Burdon, assisted by Bronnie. Friday 19 October (7.30pm): Harvest Festival service led by Bronnie and followed by refreshments. Sunday 4 November: All Age Worship led by Bronnie Sunday 11 November (10.45am): Short service of Remembrance led by Bronnie.

Details of the monthly coffee mornings will be circulated by email as usual.

Welcome to Warter News Welcome to a new school year at Warter. The new school year has begun with all the children enthusiastic to learn after a wonderful summer holiday. We have many new children in the nursery and reception who have settled in very well and are enjoying the range of experiences on offer. I always love the first few days of a new school year – lots of smiling faces and smart uniforms ! This term Warter has many wonderful opportunities planned for the children including our residential activity week at the Kingswood Centre along with visits to Murton Park for a Roman’s Day, a visit from a Tudor knight and an autumn adventure. I am sure these first hand experiences will consolidate the quality of the children’s learning and an enthusiasm for the wonders of the world. Later in the term we will celebrate our Harvest Festival in St. James’s Church with the Red Kites class leading our Worship on Friday 12h October at 9:00am. For the Harvest Festival we are encouraging the children to collect items for Christmas boxes supporting the Link to Hope Charity. At school we will create the boxes and send these on their journey after our Harvest Festival. If any members of the community would like to donate items for the boxes these would be very much appreciated. A list of the approved items can be viewed along with the website on: http://linktohope.co.uk/shoebox- appeal/best-buys. After the Harvest Festival on Friday 12th October the children in Year 1 to Year 6 will be continuing our annual Wolds Way Pilgrimage. So far we have completed three sections of the walk from Hessle to Londesborough. This year we will continue the fourth section from Partridge Hall along the Wolds Way to Nunburnholme with a visit to Nunburnholme church on route before climbing the steep hill through Bratt Wood to Kilnwick Percy Hill. This should be an exciting section to complete encouraging the children to explore one of our local villages. Please look out on our twitter feed for updates on the walk. Finally on Sunday 21st October the school will be joining the congregation at Nunburnholme Church for a service to welcome the new academic year with Canon Rodney. We will look forward to sharing your worship at 10:30am? 9

Services for October 2018

Date Time Parish Service President Preacher Assistant 8.00am Pocklington HC BCP VH VH

9.15am Burnby FC CW AJB BB BB 7 October 7 Trinity19 Hayton HC CW SJ SJ 10.45am Londesborough MP BCP BS BS

Nunburnholme FC CW VH VH

Pocklington FC CW LJS BB BB Shiptonthorpe HC BCP SJ SJ 4.00pm Huggate Harvest BS BS AH 9.15am

Gt Givendale MP BCP BB BB

14 October14 Trinity20 Huggate MP CW DVR DVR AH Millington HC BCP PMB PMB JH

10.45am Londesborough HC BCP PMB PMB

Pocklington SE CW AJB DVR DVR Shiptonthorpe AAW MB MB FB 8.00am Pocklington HC BCP RN RN 9.15am

October21 Hayton MP CW DVR DVR Trinity21 Huggate HC CW AJB PD PD 10.45am Nunburnholme AAW RN RN

Pocklington SE CW PMB PD PD

Shiptonthorpe MP BCP MB MB 11.30am Londesborough Harvest LJS LJS 9.15am Gt Givendale HC BCP PMB PMB

October28 Huggate MP CW AH Trinity22 Millington MP CW BB BB JH 10.45am

Londesborough MP CW BB BB

Pocklington SE CW AJB AJB BM Shiptonthorpe FC CW PMB PMB MB 4.00pm Pocklington Special BB DVR

Date Time Parish Service President Preacher Assistant 4 October 7.00pm Nunburnholme Harvest MB MB 5 October 7.15pm Millington Harvest SJ SJ 7 October 4.00pm Huggate Harvest BS BS AH 10 October 7.00pm Gt Givendale Harvest LJS +John 19 October 7.30pm Burnby Harvest BB BB 21 October 11.30am Londesborough Harvest LJS LJS

Services for November 2018

Date Time Parrish Service President Preacher Assistant 8.00am Pocklington HC BCP SJ SJ 9.15am Burnby FS CW BB BB

4 November 4 AllSaints Hayton HC CW RN RN Huggate AAW BS BS AH 10.45am Londesborough MP BCP BS BS

Nunburnholme AAW RN RN BJ Pocklington FC CW LJS LJS BB Shiptonthorpe Special Archdeacon Sarah /SJ/MB 9.15am Gt Givendale Special BB BB

Huggate MP CW DVR DVR Remembrance 11November~ Millington HC CW RN RN JH 10.45am Burnby Special BB BB

Londesborough HC CW AJB AJB

Shiptonthorpe Remembrance MB MB

11.00am Pocklington SE CW PMB DVR DVR 2.30pm Pocklington Special RN RN

8.00am Pocklington HC BCP VH VH

2 18November nd 9.15am

Hayton MP CW BS BS before Ad- before

vent Huggate HC CW PMB PMB AH

10.45am Nunburnholme FC CW AJB AJB BJ

Pocklington SE CW PMB PMB AH

Shiptonthorpe MP BCP BS BS 9.15am Christ the King the Christ Gt Givendale HC BCP SJ SJ 25November Huggate MP CW BB BB Millington MP CW DVR DVR 10.45am Londesborough MP CW DVR DVR

Pocklington SE CW AJB AJB BM

Shiptonthorpe FC CW SJ SJ

On 4 August 1918 King George V, the Queen’s grandfather, met to pray with members of the Houses of Parliament as part of a National Day of Prayer.. Many churches and indi- viduals are praying during the 100 days leading up to Remembrance. Will you join with us on November 11 to give your thanks for the great sacrifice that was made by many ?

News from Nunburnholme Community Room progress On Friday 7th September the Jubilee Committee held a meeting with its chosen architect, Gavin Garmston, who presented four proposed drawings of a single storey annex which would be connected to the church through the tower. He explained his reasons for the design, size and footprint of each drawing. He talked about the different type of materials: glass, wood and stone which could be used to complement the fabric of the church, plus various materials suitable for the roof. The group of thirteen, including the Diocesan Church Buildings Adviser, Keith Halliday, dis- cussed the advantages and disad- vantages of each design, then selected the two most suitable ones which they believed would sit well with our grade 1 listed church. The next stage will be for our architect to further develop the chosen design (s) following another JC meeting at the end of September.

Church cleaning team: Currently we have six members (three teams of two) but in the coming months two members plan to retire. If you would like to support our beautiful historic church, then come along and join our merry cleaning team. We always work in pairs and sometimes when spring cleaning, we have a spring-cleaning party!! Danny is usually our special guest as he has the important job of removing cobwebs from the church ceiling with an extra-long brush! The more teams the less times you need to clean. The job takes an hour and it may be once every six weeks or even less if we get lots of volunteers and run four teams. Please contact Ann on 304311 if you are keen to join our church ‘cleaning club!'

100 club results August: 1st No 47 Brian James £15.75 2nd No 5 Phil Jennings £6.75 September: 1st No 32 Janet Campling £16.10 2nd No 9 Terry O'Sullivan £ 6.90

Dates for Diary: Church yard tidy, we need volunteers please: on Saturday 29th September, 1pm bring along your own gardening tools to spend an hour or so pulling a few weeds! Or if you prefer, stripping ivy from trees and gravestones.

Pottery Workshop by Judy Johnston - Saturday 6th October 10am - 4pm in St James’ Church. You will be shown how to work with clay to make and decorate two pots, which will then be fired for you. Cost £35 per person including materials and refreshments, you will need a packed lunch. Places are limited, to book with EJ text 07805837275.

Bird Talk - swifts and red kites..... Thursday 1st November, 7pm in church, admission on the door. Come along and find out about these beautiful birds that inhabit our skies, house roofs and woodland. Jason Dowsett will talk about swifts, and Nigel Puckrin is renown in this area for his knowledge of red kites. Wine and nibbles will be served, £5 admission on the door, children free.

Wine Tasting at Totterdown Farm on Saturday 1st December 7-10pm. This is a very popular event and a great start to the festive season! There will be a delicious hot supper, lots of wine and excellent company...... Tickets are £25 each, to book your place by text EJ on 07805837275 or ring Ann on 304311. You are warmly invited to our Harvest Festival on Thursday 4th October, 7pm - there will be supper afterwards and contributions of food would be very welcome.

C O F F E E

Christ Offers Forgiveness For Everyone Everywhere Men should always make the coffee or the tea—why? Because in the Bible it says HEBREWS

News from Shiptonthorpe The Guardians of Our Heritage – Part 11

“The End is Nigh”! Following 4 months of on-site work, Stone Edge NE Ltd is currently putting the final touches to our restoration, conservation and development project. Of course, just like work on the Forth Bridge, restoration and maintenance is a never-ending task. However, cour- tesy of the financial support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust and ChurchCare/ Wolfson Trust, together with our local businesses and community, much has been achieved. On the outside, the church has a restored Welsh-slate roof, with new larger guttering and down-pipes leading to a large soakaway chamber. The glass windows needing conservation work have received the attention needed. More especially, a significant number of heavily damaged masonry stones have been replaced – though more work will be needed in the years ahead. The restoration of the carved -figure above the porch has had to be left for another project. The porch, in addition to undergoing masonry and roof restoration, has received a raised stone floor to ease access for wheelchairs, as well as new inner and outer doors. Inside, the damaged plasterwork has dried out, ben- efiting initially from our excellent summer weather and latterly from the internal dry conditions provided by the new roof. Those heavily damaged areas have been repaired with new lime-based plaster, and some areas brushed down and given a lime- based coating. It isn’t perfect – the church would benefit from a full repaint but we have had to be careful to live within our tight budget. However, the opportunity was taken to provide a new kitchenette in the base of the tower, and a disabled-access WC has been installed behind the entrance door. A foul-water drain has been connected to the Town Street sewage pipes, causing some inevitable disruption. Thank you to all our neighbours who have had to bear the brunt of all this building work. York Stained Glass Designer Ann Sotheran has been working on the new memorial window for the north aisle, sponsored by the family of the late Bernard and Muriel Phillips. We are hoping that it will be installed during October. The Guardians of Our Heritage Part 12 next issue

We're almost there We've had our Harvest Festival and harvest concert in the Village Hall, and our regular Sunday services. We're very grateful to have been able to use such a convenient venue during our "exile". But the end of the exile is in sight! The restoration etc work should be finished by 8 October, which will give us 4 weeks to attack the inevitable accumulated dust and get everything put away in the right place in time for the first service. It really will be "all hands to the pump" ... if you would like to be part of the achievement represented by the past few months and help us get the church ready, we would be very grateful. The kettle will be on! If you are able to help, even for just an hour or so, please contact Freda on 873318. Sunday 4 November at 10.45 is our special Service of Re-Dedication led by the Archdeacon of York, the Venerable Sarah Bullock. As I regularly remind you, the church is the village's church, your church. Even if you have never been to a service in there, I hope you will want to come on this occasion, admire the refurbished church and its new facilities, and feel grateful that Shiptonthorpe has such a building in which to worship Almighty God. The following weekend we're commemorating the end of World War 1 with the Heritage Project Remembrance event on Saturday 10 Nov (details to be circulated) and the village's Remembrance Service on Sunday 11th. Shelagh Jones

Harvest Supper with Middle 8 Singers Saturday, 22 September provided a memorable evening with our Harvest Supper organised so successfully by our long- est-serving PCC member, Jean Bean. The event was held the weekend after our Harvest Festival. The main feature was “Middle 8” from Driffield, singing with backing tracks as well as unaccompanied. Plenty of late 1950s and 1960s favourites were enthusiastically sung, with the audience of nearly 60 people joining in – especially at the end of the first half (the Crystals: Da Doo Ron Ron!!). During the interval, we had our raffle draw for harvest products, as well as enjoying an excellent cold buffet. Middle 8 had some of their CDs on sale – one with Christmas songs and the other with more general tracks. The group raise money for charity, and this year they have chosen “Martin House Hospice ” to receive money donated during their concerts. So, in addition to a donation to Middle 8 from our Harvest event, around £400 was raised to support the ongoing church restoration project. All in all, everyone had a great time during this very enjoyable evening.

This year we are supporting LINK TO HOPE as our shoe box appeal. We know that many found the, previously requested contribution of £5 to be excessive on top of the cost of filling a box.. The appeal is open to all. If you canno deliver your box to Shiptonthorpe, please contact us on 01430 873318 and we will do our best to collect it for you.

FAMILY AND ELDERLY SHOEBOX APPEAL 2018 Why support the Link to Hope Shoebox Appeal 2018? We ask people to fill a Shoebox for a family – not just a child. Our list contains items for all family members and includes items such a shower gel/ shampoo, family games, stationary items, gift for mum and dad as well as sweets, soft toys, hats, scarves etc.

Our annual Appeal has been running since 1992 and has delivered smiles to thousands of people in East- ern Europe over the years. In fact, we have sent over 800,000 shoeboxes to hundreds of different locations! It’s a really simple idea, anyone can get involved, and we are always keen to have more people join our national network of supporters. FAMILY SHOEBOX APPEAL The Family Shoeboxes of gifts are given to families who often have to make a choice between buying food or fuel at Christmas time – buying presents is just not a priority. Many of these families do not have running water, heating or electricity. Some live in appalling conditions, often living in just one or two rooms, and life for them is a real struggle to survive. A shoebox for a family means that everyone receives a gift. A scarf for mum, a tape measure for dad, toys and games for the children as well as stationery and coloured pens. Also, toiletries, toothpaste, shampoo and soap to keep everyone clean and free from the germs that make them ill. And of course, sweets and chocolates for everyone – a family favourite. ELDERLY SHOEBOX APPEAL Due to the number of elderly people that are now being left alone due to their families leaving to work away, we have launched the Elderly Shoebox Appeal. The boxes are similar however the children’s games and education materials are replaced with a wind up torch, sensory items, candle and holder etc.

Boxes get sent to Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine. We are small enough that we have a personal relationship with all the key contacts in Eastern Europe who distribute your Shoeboxes and we do spot checks to ensure that your boxes are received by the correct people. We are a Christian charity who believe in distributing love to those in need regardless of background, colour, creed or religion.

Gift-wrap your shoebox, attaching the completed contents form (cut out from this page) to the outside. It is important to remember to tape £2 to the outside of the form. This helps pay for transportation costs of the shoeboxes to Eastern Europe. Deliver your Shoebox to Mike and Freda at Rose Villa, Town Street, Shiptonthorpe. IDEAS FOR FILLING YOUR SHOEBOX

Handmade knitted toys are very welcome but are not to be put inside the Shoe- boxes – please take them along to your Area Collector/Group Organiser when you take your Shoeboxes. Please don’t put in clothing other than hat, gloves, scarf, socks or tights. Es- pecially not knitted jumpers or clothing for under 3 year olds. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS Customs regulations mean there are certain items which cannot be included in your Shoeboxes. So please take care not to include any of these things as Link to Hope could be fined or your boxes impounded. No medicine, medical products, money, tinned food, perfume, tea, coffee or alcohol. No out of date items, poor quality or second-hand items. No under- wear, books or literature please. 17

Hannah and Rhiannon’s Fundraiser

On 4th August 2018 we did a fundraiser at our house in Pocklington to raise money for three charities: Starlight, ASSERT and Newlife. They are important to us because they have helped us in the past.

Starlight has given us and Daniel (our disabled brother) the opportunity to expe- rience many things Daniel loves: music, CBeebies and fairground rides in one weekend away. They bought us the tickets to go camping for the weekend at Geronimo Festival. ASSERT stands for Angelman Syndrome Support Education & Research Trust. ASSERT have always been there for us when we have had problems and needed help. They do conferences to help us learn more about how to help Daniel (who has AS) and we went to one in Coventry the weekend after our fundraiser. Newlife has given Daniel a new bed which would have cost us £9,000. It means everything to us because we can close the door of the bed, so he can’t get out. When he had his old bed, he could have got out and hurt himself, so this bed is really good for him.

At the fundraiser we sold tea, coffee, juice and homemade cakes and biscuits. We spent a very hot day on 3rd August baking a lot of the cakes and biscuits (with a bit of help from Mummy) and kind friends brought some more for us to sell. We also had a tombola, bran tub, mer- chandise, dive for a duck, and a raffle. Some of the raffle prizes were kindly donated by friends, and we had more than ten donations from some of the shops we know around town, when we went in and explained what we were trying to raise money for. For the ‘dive for a duck’ you had to go in Daniel’s ball pool and find a squeaky duck and win a prize. Hannah (who was running the stall) thought only little children would try this but it was very popular – and some people (even over 50!) went in head first into the ball pool! There are photographs in the account we wrote for the September Pocklington mag- azine.

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came on the day and to all those who have given donations and helped to make our fundraising event such a success. On the day we made £441.70p but since then the total has risen to a fan- tastic £800!

AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU FROM US BOTH – AND FROM DANIEL

Dorothy Lund would like to say a big THANK YOU for all the cards and presents that helped Bill to enjoy his

80th Birthday Bill is on the right

We need to remember events from the past, to be thankful to those who gave their all to preserve our way of life…. To thank God for giving His only son to take the punish- ment on the cross for our sins…

Thank God that in Jeremiah 31:34 God says He will not remember our sins anymore if we come to Him in faith

Will you come?

Saturday 29 September, Hayton Harvest Festival, 5.00pm Thursday 4 October, Nunburnholme Harvest Festival, 7.00pm Friday 5 October, Millington Harvest Festival, 7.15pm Sunday 7 October, Pocklington Harvest Festival, 10.45am Sunday 7 October, Huggate Harvest Festival, 4.00pm Wednesday 10 October, Gt Givendale Harvest Festival, 7.00pm Friday 12 October, Londesborough, A Tribute to Buddy Holly Friday 19 October, Burnby Harvest Festival, 7.30pm Sunday 21 October, Londesborough Harvest Festival, 11.30am Sunday 4 November, Shiptonthorpe Church returns to All Saints Sunday 11 November, REMEMBRANCE

Most of our churches have ‘Cup of coffee’ flavour and we also have good old fashioned tea after our services. You are most welcome to come on in and try some