Inspire!

A reminder that the Inspire! Service moves to Sunday Evening from 2nd September. Come along and share in an informal relaxed service of worship from 5:00pm in St Wilfrid’s Parish Hall. We usually commence with chat and nibbles, followed by songs and prayer. Sometimes it is interactive worship with lots of activities, and sometimes reflective. But it is always different each month.

 

Led by Revd. Pete or Claire, it is on a different day but if will follow the same format. Come along and be inspired! Iain

The September 2018 edition of Connected is now available to download!

 

Well that’s the summer over. Put away the buckets & spades, picnic baskets and sun hats. Best seek out the woolly jumpers, coats, gloves and scarves. It’s autumn again!

In Connected this month Joy Piper reviews the adoption of Christianity by Emperor Constantine and the fusion of Church and State and recommends a return to the single-minded message of the early believers. Cliff Brook, via Tony Service, bids farewell to Revd. David and Lesley Coote who have retired to Scarborough, and looks forward to the arrival of Revd. Philip Macdonald from Newark (coincidently my birthplace and home for the first 18 years of my time on this planet). I report on modern slavery and Revd. Glenda Webb reminds us to keep looking down. I also remember a fantastic cream tea in the garden of June and David Bryan.
Barbara Richardson remembers the cake, cider and tea at Ampleforth which was greatly enjoyed by the MU. They also discovered an Abbey on the site! Who knew! Finally I report on my second Fashion Show of the summer (indeed of my entire life!) as St Wilfrid’s strutted its stuff in the Selby M&Co store.

The September Connected can be found here.

Previous editions of Connected here.

The August 2018 edition of Connected is now available to download!

 

July (the magazine was of course written in July...) is usually the month where the schools breakup, leading to many families rushing away on holiday. However the Parish has been particularly busy this year for some reason…

Continuing with the vacation theme; guest contributor, Revd. Paul Hardingham contemplates a holiday with Jesus, and I continue with the review of services available at St Wilfrid’s and St Francis, by commenting on Lay-led Morning Prayer.

The St Wilfrid’s Junior Church has been sharing in their good fortune by twinning the toilets in the Parish Hall with others in poorer countries, and the Rector, and others, has continued with his love of all things bouncy by taking part in the Kapow! Challenge.

Tony Service reports on comings and goings in the Methodist Circuit – I suspect that I may be rewriting the Methodist & St Francis Clergy lists next month! At St Francis the usual round of coffee mornings has been supplemented by a Beetle Drive and Fashion Show both of which were great fun and raised money for the church funds. Gordon Tute remembers Trevor Maurice, St Wilfrid’s stalwart and choir member, who has sadly died, whilst Claire Hodgson and Iain Nutt report on the parlous state of the tower and spire at St Wilfrid’s.


The August Connected can be found here.

Previous editions of Connected here.

St Wilfrid's Parish Picnic will be held in the Rectory Garden between 1:00pm and 4:00pm this Sunday 8th July. Why not come along and enjoy the games and great company! There will be a scavenger hunt with a prize for the best scavenge!

Bring own food & something to drink, and something to sit and/or snooze on. Also remember the factor 50 sun-cream cos its bound to be a fantastic sunny day!

Note that the venue has had to be changed because the Village Green is currently out of action.


See you there!

The July Connected is now available!

In this edition Revd. Pete Watson continues our review of the different Services available at St Wilfrid’s by looking at the background and purpose of the Celtic Communion; the freshness, beauty and poetry to the Celtic style liturgies that can engender a rediscovery of old truths, and renew our wonder in the worship of God. Barbara Richardson remembers Marion Baillie who has sadly died, and Tony Service reports on the latest Methodist News. I report on the St Wilfrid’s Summer Fair that took place in glorious weather on Brayton Village Green. We also look forward to the St Wilfrid’s Fashion event to be held at M&Co in Selby, and coincidently St Francis also look forward to their Fashion Event to be held on 17th July in Church. The Brayton MU remembers its Summer Of Hope Appeal, and Lynn Allen makes a plea for used postcards.

The Goole based Home-Start team outline their services ahead of their move into the Selby area. And we pretend that Churchyard Tidying is a form of Mindfulness, which of course it is…

The July Connected can be found here.

Previous editions of Connected here.

Note that the St Wilfrid’s Picnic will be held on Sunday 8^th July,

not the 9^th July as stated on page 13. Sorry!

St Wilfrid's Summer Fair

The 2018 St Wilfrid's Summer Fair will be held next Saturday, 23rd June, on Brayton Village Green from 2:00-4:00pm.
Come along and experience the fantastic stalls including books, plants, tombola, nearly new toys, the ever popular café & refreshments, and entertainments. Sunny warm weather has been pre-booked* and the England v Panama world cup game moved to the Sunday at great expense to avoid any clash with the Fair!
There will be a short fun Service at the close of the Fair.
See you there!


(* probably... The Fair will be held in the Primary School in the unlikely event that the weather is unkind to us.)

June Connected

In the June Connected Revd. Peter Barnett looks at the increasing levels of turmoil in the world, and Tony Service reports on Methodist News and remembers Ann Wilson who has sadly died.

I report on a recent Family Service at St Wilfrid’s, and consider the role of Children in Church today. Thorpe WI looks forward to celebrating 10 years in existence; and St Wilfrid’s has its collective fingers crossed for the 23rd June when it hosts the 2018 Summer Fair. The Brayton MU remembers its Wave of Prayer, and also long serving member Marion Baillie who died suddenly in May.

Finally the St Wilfrid’s Parish walk at St Aidan’s RSPB reserve is remembered, and in the online edition we welcome the return of David Michell’s gardening page.

The June Connected can be found here.

Previous editions of Connected here.