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There is plenty of coffee/tea and cakes on offer this weekend!
Friday June 5th – Sunday June 7th
St. Oswald’s Church, Newton under Roseberry is now part of the Pilgrim Places Network. As a consequence St. Oswald’s will now be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning the weekend of Friday June 5th.
To launch the openings and to mark World Environmental Week there will be Morning Prayers at 10am led by Rev Sarah Cliff, followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Refreshments will be available during the day as well on June 5th. If you have never visited St. Oswald’s now is your chance to come and learn more about the church and its grounds.
Saturday, 6th June
Coffee and Cakes at Stokesley Parish Church, 9.30 am –
Nunthorpe, St. Mary’s Church Hall. Summer Fayre, 10 am – 12 noon.
Ingleby Barwick St. Francis , Summer Fayre, 12-3 pm
Sunday, 7th June
Great Ayton, All Saints, 6 pm. Taize style evening prayer – 40 minutes of peace and tranquility.
Monday, 8th June
Stainton, Bereavement Journey, a 7 week free course for adults who have experienced bereavement, beginning 8th June, 6.30 in the Parish Room
June is a busy month in Stokesley Deanery, with a number of summery events taking place.
Thursday 4th June Corpus Christi service, Benefice Communion at Faceby Church, 10 am
Fridays throughout June: Cast your cares – a quiet space for GCSE and A-Level students. On Fridays throughout June Yarm Church will be open for quiet time for exam pupils, 4 – 6 pm
Friday June 5th – Sunday June 7th and weekends following: St. Oswald’s Church, Newton under Roseberry is now part of the Pilgrim Places Network. As a consequence St. Oswald’s will now be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning the weekend of Friday June 5th.
To launch the openings and to mark World Environmental Week there will be Morning Prayers at 10am led by Rev Sarah Cliff, followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Refreshments will be available during the day as well on June 5th. If you have never visited St. Oswald’s now is your chance to come and learn more about the church and its grounds.
Saturday, 6th June – why not spend all day drinking tea/coffee and eating cake? You could start off at 9.30 am at Stokesley Church with Coffee and Cakes in the church. Then at 10 am you can pop over to St. Mary’s Church Hall, Nunthorpe for their Summer Fayre, 10 am – 12 noon, and then follow this with Ingleby Barwick St. Francis’ Summer Fair between 12 noon -3 pm.
Sunday, 7th June – Taize style evening prayer at Christ Church, Great Ayton, 6.00 pm – 40 minutes of peace and tranquility. You’ll probably need it after all that coffee and cake yesterday …
Saturday 13th June – St. Cuthbert’s Church, Kildale is holding a Pilgrim Pop-up Café 10 am – 2 pm
Sunday 14th June – St. Mary’s, Nunthorpe at 2.00 pm – ‘Three of the Best’ opera concert.
Saturday, 20th June – Hilton open gardens takes place between 2-5 pm. Tickets cost £10 and are available from the church.
Sunday 20th June Stokesley Parish Church are hosting a concert by Saltburn Big Band at 7 pm.
Friday, 26th June sees a Coffee morning in Stokesley Town Hall in aid of St. Cuthbert’s, Kildale.
Sunday 28th June is the Ordination to the Priesthood of Revd. Donneta Thomas by Bishop Barry. 4.00 pm in Swainby Church, and this is followed by her first communion on Monday, 29th June at Hutton Rudby at 7.00 pm
This Sunday (31st May) is Trinity Sunday. This is the day on which we celebrate the doctrine of the Trinity—the belief in one God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There will be a service in a church near you – please check your local churches’ websites for full details.
This weekend sees churches all around the Deanery celebrating Pentecost (May 24th), the seventh Sunday after Easter when we celebrate the Holy Spirit coming to Jesus’ disciples. There will be a service in a church near you on Sunday – please see individual parishes news and events for details.
Whit Sunday is also the reason that we have a half-term holiday at this time of year – ‘Whitsuntide’ (the week after Pentecost) was a traditional holiday for medieval peasants. My parents always referred this half term holiday as ‘Whit Week’, and, despite the confusion it causes my children (“everyone else calls it ‘half term’, Mum …”), I often still call it that. It’s a time rich in traditions and customs throughout the country – fairs, pageants and parades – Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ famously begins with Whitsun festivities. It is also traditional time for weddings to be celebrated.
Sunday, May 24th is also a celebration of Rogation Sunday at St. Hilda’s, Chop Gate (service at 10 am). Rogation Sunday is a time to ask God’s blessing on farms and those who work on them.
Two concerts are taking place in our Deanery this weekend, as well as several events in aid of Christian Aid. Please see the churches’ webpages for further information about these events:
Friday 15th May: Christian Aid Coffee Afternoon, 2 pm at Ingleby Greenhow Primary School.
Friday 15th May: Stokesley St. Peter and St. Paul, 7 pm. Concert with the Apollo Male Voice Choir.
Saturday 16th May: Big Breakfast in aid of Christian Aid will take place at Yarm Parish Church at 9.30 am.
Saturday 16th May: there will be a Coffee Morning in aid of Christian Aid at Brookfield Parish Church starting at 10 am.
Sunday, 17th May Centenary Chorus Concert at 2 pm at Nunthorpe Parish Church – a vocal concert to celebrate 100 years of St. Mary’s.
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