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EASINGWOLD and RASKELF PARISH NEWS August 2015 20p PARISH OF EASINGWOLD WITH RASKELF e-mail: [email protected] During the current clergy vacancy for enquiries about bapsms, weddings etc. please ring the churchward- ens in the first place who will contact the clergy team. inging 07773662003 will remind you of these numbers Churchwardens Diane Gallon 01347 821294 ,an Peel 01347 823.48 ered Clergy assisng in the parish: Deacon Chris Peel 01347 823.48 evd /eryl /owes evd Dr Peter /owes evd obin Davill evd 0teve 1arra2 evd Canon /arbara 3il4inson Contacts: PCC 0ecretary 0ue Thorn 01347 82323. b y l a n d m e d i a PCC Treasurer Alfred /oddison 01347 821668 as4elf 0ecretary 1ulie2e 1ennings 01347 8239.. 7lowers -Easingwold Geraldine /oast 01347 8230349Pat /roo4s 824120 - as4elf 1ulie2e 1ennings 01347 8239.. Mothers’ Union Margaret 0ummerscales 01347 822084 /ible eading 7ellowship 1oan Green 01347 821389 Children’s 0ociety /oxes Gill 3ansborough 01347 822166 Choir & Organist Co-ordinator Alfred /oddison 01347 821668 /ell inging Dr Peter Coomer 01347 810891 Half Aearly /oxes 1anet /oddison 01347 821668 Parish ooms /oo4ings Doreen Hayes 01347 821371 Parish ooms Careta4er LiCCie 0tewart 01347-823161 MagaCine Editor /arbara Twigg 01347 821762 [email protected] MagaCine Distribuon Margaret 0ummerscales 01347 822084 h2p:99www.visit-easingwold.com9easingwold-church Dear 7riends Registers ,t is almost a year now since our former vicar 1ohn Harrison rered. A great deal has Wedding been quietly going on behind the scenes at the Parish Church, as members of the con- 1uly 2.th Lauren Anderson and Thomas 3illiam 1oyce gregaon have connued to 4eep the lights of faith burning brightly. Funerals 1uly 3rd Fathleen Coates They have maintained services to the community for the significant Ilife’ moments: 1uly 6th 0ilver Finch through bapsms, weddings and funeralsJ mes of emembrance and special Christmas 1uly 7th Edith Helen Phillips eventsJ not to menon regular acts of worship during the wee4 and on 0undays. A 1uly 10th Alan Hargreaves number of individuals, not least the Churchwardens, but many others who shall remain 1uly 13th onald 0haw nameless here, have wor4ed very hard to oKer a warm welcome to all who have 1uly 14th /arbara Dobson crossed the threshold of the Parish Church during the Dacancy. 3e hope that those 1uly 17th 0helagh Mary Mormer who have visited find it, as T 0 Eliot once described, a place Lwhere prayer has been 1uly 22nd Gerald (Gerry) 0hirley validM for hundreds of years. 0omemes people write in the boo4 of prayer-requests 1uly 23rd Mar4 0wales and their prayers have been followed up faithfully during the wee4. 1uly 24th /etsy 7arrer Perhaps at some me you have had somebody as4: L0ay one for me will youNM This may be said humorously - or in all seriousness - but it is an opportunity for people of faith, to pray LvicariouslyM for their neighbours. Aou don’t need to be a vicar to live AUGUST vicariously. The root meaning of the word in Lan, means Lrepresentave or deputyM and so the vicar is the LdeputyM of the local /ishop. ,n the oman Catholic Church the 2nd 10.30am Exodus Ch.16 Dv. 2-4,9-1. T ,E,TA 9 Pope is described as the vicar of Christ. ,n recent years, however, the word LvicariousM Ephesians Ch.4 Dv. 1-16 has, elsewhere, come to mean Lexperiencing something second handM. Perhaps we 1ohn Ch.6 Dv. 24-3. should reclaim the original meaning of this word as the Church gathers to pray for and 6.30pm 1ob Ch.28 on behalf of those who believe, but do not choose to belongJ or for those whose own Hebrews Ch.11 Dv. 17-31 faith has grown wea4 and who as4 for our prayers in mes of great need or fear. 9th 10.30am 1 Fings Ch.19 Dv. 4-8 T ,E,TA 10 Ephesians Ch.4 Dv. 2.-..2 As the vacancy draws to a close and we loo4 forward to the arrival of our new Dicar, 1ohn Ch.6 Dv. 3.,41-.1 Margaret Aoung, it seems an appropriate me to say LThan4 AouM to all who have EO EDEE0OEG served our community vicariously - in prayerful and praccal ways - over this past year. 16th 10.30am Proverbs Ch.9 Dv. 1-6 /LE00ED D, G,E MA A ,t may also be the me to loo4 forward to the challenges of life in a Post-Chrisan and, Ephesians Ch.. Dv. 1.-20 T ,E,TA 11 what some consider to be an increasingly Post-0ecular worldO. 1ohn Ch.6 Dv. .1-.8 6.30pm Exodus Ch.2 Dv. 23-3.10 ,t is not realisc to expect one person Pthe new vicar, for example,Q to respond to all Hebrews Ch.13 Dv. 1-1. these challenges alone whilst trying at the same me, to meet the spiritual needs and 23rd 10.30am 1oshua Ch.24 Dv. 1-2a,14-18 T ,E,TA 12 demands of those who believe, but do not wish to belong. ,t is the calling of all who are Ephesians Ch.6 Dv. 10-20 bapsed, whether we want to belong to the church or not, to help to 4eep the light of 1ohn Ch.6 Dv. .6-69 faith burning brightly in our town, each according to our giRs. EO EDEE0OEG 30th 10.30am Deuteronomy Ch.4 Dv. 1-2,6-9 T ,E,TA 13 ∗ Grace Davie’s L eligion in /ritainM Publisher: 3iley /lac4well. P2nd edion 201. 1ames Ch.1 Dv. 17-27 loo4s bac4 20 years since 1st edQ Mar4 Ch.7 Dv. 1-8,14-1.,21-23 EO EDEE0OEG /arbara 3il4inson 9 2 OUR NEW VICAR As you 4now from last month’s magaCine, the Churchwardens are LITTLE LIGHTS and JUNIORS at the PARISH CHURCH delighted at the appointment of the evd Margaret Aoung as our on the 4th 0unday of each month new vicar. As a reminder, her Collaon and ,nducon by the /ishop 3E 3ELCOME CH,LD EE to any 10.30am 0ervice of 0elby, the t. evd Dr 1ohn Thomson, and the Archdeacon of Aor4, but especially to this one the Denerable 0arah /ulloc4, will be at 7pm on Tuesday 0eptember The next gathering of this 4ind will ta4e place on: 1st. This is a very important service and, as is usual, a significant 0unday August 23rd number of her present parish, family and friends will Toin us, as will Children go into the Choir Destry for part of the service to Learn Together our own local dignitaries and representaves of other churches. 3e do hope that many of about Chrisan 7aith and 3orship. Parents are welcome to accompany their children you will also come to welcome her but because of high numbers entry to the service and to and nies or at their own discreon, if Age 3 and above, a finger buKet aRerwards at the Galtres Centre, will be by c4et from the Churchwardens let them go on their own with a teacher (Diane Gallon & ,an Peel). Do please, therefore, let us 4now in good me if you would li4e ALL CHILDREN WELCOME—ALL AGES one. @ 10.30am on the 4th Sunday of the Month Diane (821294) would also li4e to hear from anyone willing to help with9contribute to the refreshments that evening. ,t’s a very important part of Margaret’s welcome. ST MARY’S CHURCH, RASKELF WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5th Archbishop’s statement of Condolence, Empathy and a Call to Prayer LITE BITE LUNCH, Old Black Bull, Raskelf L, want to express my condolences to the families of those /rish holiday SUNDAY AUGUST 2nd & 16th ma4ers who were brutally murdered in 0ousse, Tunisia. At mes such as COMMUNION 9.10am these, words can seem so limited and fule in the face of brutality and hor- SUNDAY AUGUST 9th ror. To the bereaved and to those who were wounded in the a2ac4Syou FAMILY SERVICE 10.30am *TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1st* are in the thoughts and prayers of many of us. , invite you, our neighbours COLLATION Revd Margaret Young of all faiths, and parcularly of the Abrahamic faiths, to pray for peace, Tus- New Vicar Easingwold & Raskelf ce and reconciliaon in prayers appropriate to your tradion. May we all Easingwold Parish Church 7.00pm & aRerwards Galtres Centre nurture love, foster courage and see4 wisdom, and choose not to accept senmentality, 0EE 0EPA ATE EOT,CE 7O T,CFET0 challenge loathing of the other, and reach out to all our neighboursSthose of faith and none. May these words of 3. /. Aeats (183.-1939) The Second Coming spur us to a carrying out PRAYER CORNER of that most goodly wor4: Prayer. Prayer is at the heart of what the church is about and the prayer corner Turning and turning in the widening gyre in 0t 1ohn’s connues to be used regularly. Please write the names of The falcon cannot hear the falconer; people you would li4e to be remembered in the boo4 there. 3e also have a pray- Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; er chain, where a number of people pray for those in special need. ,f you would Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, li4e prayers for yourself or another, in church or on our confidenal Prayer Circle, The blood-dimmed de is loosed, and everywhere please contact Deacon Chris Peel on 823.48. Please include in your prayers this The ceremony of innocence is drowned; month: The best lack all convicon , while the worst 1. All who live and wor4 on either side of Thirs4, as4elf & Alne oads Are full of passionate intensity 2.