This week's notices
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BENEFICES of SHERBURN in ELMET with BARKSTON ASH & SAXTON, and ABERFORD & MICKLEFIELD www.sherburninelmetgroup.org.uk Vicar: The Revd Canon Chris Wilton 01977 682122 Associate Priest: The Revd Nick Plant 0113 287 6064 Permanent ('Distinctive') Deacon: The Revd Wendy Plant 0113 287 6064 Readers: Mr John Taylor 0113 287 2535 ~ Mr Norman Sutcliffe 0113 281 3460 23rd February 2020 please remember to keep the last five minutes before the services, and especially the time during the administration of HolyCommunion, for quiet prayer and reflection (a bell will be rung before the main service at Sherburn) A special welcome today to Luna Grace Myers being baptised at Sherburn, and to all her family and friends. Sherburn Choir: more singers (all voices) urgently required! If you are interested in joining the choir, speak to Rosemary after any service, or come along to choir practice on Thursday evenings to try it out. We would love to increase our numbers and keep the choir and yourself in good health (singing is very good for you)! Micklefield Spring Clean! Saturday 14 March, 9.30am-12 noon: everyone is invited to join together to tidy up Micklefield ready for Spring. Further donations of small chocolate bars etc would be welcome! If anyone can help with teas etc on the day, please have a word with Wendy. Day by Day Book (Sherburn): 24 February - lovingly remembering my dear husband Derek Kilburn, born 5.3.1931, died 24.2.2017; 25 February - in memory of Dot Shaw, died 1998, by Keith Shaw; 28 February - death of Kathleen Beatrice Harding 2007, aged 87, by Ann & John Moore. Application forms in church to remember a special day. Sherburn Sunday School: weekly in term-time, 10.45am in the Church Hall (not First Sundays). Pilgrimage to Turkey, 'In the Footsteps of St Paul', in April 2021: we're now contemplating a slightly smaller group for this fantastic trip, but it would be good to get just a few more. If you may be interested, please let Fr Chris or Angie know as soon as possible. Leaflets with the itinerary are available in church. Your prayers are asked for those who are ill: We pray for those who have died recently: Laura Marie Wood (31) [ashes 22 Feb]; Yvonne Lily Gladys Mason (95), Joan Audrey Roberts (87), Nellie Cockrem (97), Iris May Poppleton (87), Arthur John Healey (84), Vicky Loughnane (43) . May they rest in peace and rise in glory. Years Mind (Micklefield): Dorothy Hick, John Reed, Ian Witchell, Marjorie Inman, Lily Cartwright. Please tell Fr Chris if you know of anyone needing Communion or a visit at home, or who is in hospital. D I A R Y
Worship next Sunday, 1st March 9.15am Family Service (Barkston) (1) Ash Wednesday, 26 February - see above (2) Tuesdays - Ecumenical Lent Talks, Journeys of Redemption 18th series: Tuesdays 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 March, 7.30pm-9.00pm in St Joseph's Roman Catholic church. (3) Wednesdays – Micklefield Lent Bible Study course, 'Times with Jesus', led by John Taylor, Wednesdays 4, 11, 18, 25 March, and 1 April, at 10 Hallfield Avenue. Please take a leaflet (plus another for a friend or neighbour). It includes details of the focus passage each week. This is an excellent way to spend a little extra time in Lent thinking about your Faith and to do this with the support of a group of fellow Christians. (4) Thursdays - Sherburn Lent lunches: 12.30pm Eucharist with address in church, followed by soup lunch in the Church Hall, Thursdays 5, 12, 19,26 March, 2 April. If anyone can make the soup and prepare lunch any week, please speak to Angie. • Thursday 12 (tea-time) to Sunday 15 (lunchtime) March: Northern Bishops' mission to the Diocese of York. Details later. • Sunday 29 March, 10.00am – Benefices Eucharist, Micklefield. Don't forget, the clocks go forward that weekend! • Monday 30 March: church-sitting begins again at Sherburn. If you can spare a couple of hours a week to help, please contact Brenda Thornton, roger.thornton2@btopenworld.com, or 01977 684168. • Friday 1 May, 7.30pm – Simon Lindley Organ Concert, Aberford. • Sunday 31 May 2020 (Pentecost): service of Confirmation by the Bishop of Selby at Sherburn. Preparation classes will start the week after Easter, but if you are interested in being confirmed please speak to Fr Chris as soon as possible.Flower donor rota 2020 (Sherburn) : (This is separate from the flower arrangers rota) We still have a vacancy on 12 July. Flowers are £20 per week, payable before the end of the preceding month please, to Angie, unless you choose to buy and arrange your own flowers. If you would like to join the arrangers' rota, please tell Susan Cox or Angie; no special skills required, just enthusiasm (though guidance given if needed) - the important thing is to have fresh flowers by the altar each week. |