GREETING: Our Vicar, the Rev Tom Lusty, pictured at his Licensing Service at St Oswald's Church, Arncliffe, on July 28, with his wife, Helen, and the Bishop of Ripon, the Right Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley Picture: Peter Vetch
Service in our Parish this Sunday
This Sunday, November 28, we will have the following Service in our Parish:
* A United Parish Service of Holy Communion for Advent, at St Mary's Church, Kettlewell, at 11am.
Please click on the picture below for our latest Online Service.
Please go to the News and Views Section of our website for information about the latest events which involve our Parish, including the presentation of the award for the best Churchyard in North Yorkshire.
Seasonal help for refugees
Following our recent collections for people feeling from the crisis in Afghanistan, please see below a message from Anne Vetch, Chair of Governors for the Upper Wharfedale Primary Federation:
“We have been advised that the most helpful thing this Christmas in terms of donations for refugees and asylum seekers would be to have a collection of toiletries, underwear and stationery.
“We have been advised that the most helpful thing this Christmas in terms of donations for refugees and asylum seekers would be to have a collection of toiletries, underwear and stationery.
- Items for these collections can be brought to schools and churches from Monday, November 22 – Friday, December 16 (schools) and to Monday, December 19 (Churches and UWRSG).
- These will be collected regularly by Anne, Maggie and anyone else who would like to help and taken to and stored at Buckden Barn
- They will be distributed to BIASAN before and after Christmas.”
Craft Fair brings an early chance to meet Father Christmas
The Littondale Christmas Craft Fair will take place at Amerdale Hall, Arncliffe, between 10am and 3pm on Saturday, November 27, with craft stalls, refreshments, plants, gifts and a tombola. Father Christmas will be paying a special visit between 1pm and 2pm. Proceeds are for Amerdale Hall and the Churches of Upper Wharfedale and Littondale.
Soon to set their stalls out in the Lychgate
Our popular Kettlewell Lychgate events will continue the following Saturday (December 4) when Parish fundraisers will set their stalls out once more.
The Christmas Produce Stall will be held in the Lychgate of St Mary's Church, Kettlewell, from 10.30am to 12 noon (in Church if wet).
On offer will be homemade jams, marmalade, chutney, mincemeat, Christmas cakes, puddings and biscuits, mince pies, fudge, greetings cards, Christmas table cloths, napkins and runners. Definitely well worth a visit.
The Christmas Produce Stall will be held in the Lychgate of St Mary's Church, Kettlewell, from 10.30am to 12 noon (in Church if wet).
On offer will be homemade jams, marmalade, chutney, mincemeat, Christmas cakes, puddings and biscuits, mince pies, fudge, greetings cards, Christmas table cloths, napkins and runners. Definitely well worth a visit.
Practical advice for our Christmas Services as we continue to live with the reality of Covid-19
Please abide by the decision to keep certain rows of pews empty to allow for physical distancing.
Wearing of face masks is strongly encouraged, both when moving around the building and when singing.
Arriving: please fill up from the front of the Churches as directed by the sidespeople.
Leaving: please leave in an unhurried way, starting with those nearest the exit, again as directed by the sidespeople.
Please save socialising and mingling until you are outside.
Thank you for your understanding.
Wearing of face masks is strongly encouraged, both when moving around the building and when singing.
Arriving: please fill up from the front of the Churches as directed by the sidespeople.
Leaving: please leave in an unhurried way, starting with those nearest the exit, again as directed by the sidespeople.
Please save socialising and mingling until you are outside.
Thank you for your understanding.
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The church communities of Upper Wharfedale and Littondale aim to be open and welcoming to everyone.
We extend the hospitality of Jesus to people of all faiths and none whatever your background or identity.
Whether you are seeking God's presence, looking for information or some help with prayer and worship, we hope that you will discover that God's love is unconditional and within all things.
Keep us, good Lord,
Under the shadow of your mercy
In this time of uncertainty and distress.
Sustain and support the anxious and fearful,
And lift up all who are brought low;
That we may rejoice in your comfort,
Knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Peace to all who enter.
God's grace to all who depart
We extend the hospitality of Jesus to people of all faiths and none whatever your background or identity.
Whether you are seeking God's presence, looking for information or some help with prayer and worship, we hope that you will discover that God's love is unconditional and within all things.
Keep us, good Lord,
Under the shadow of your mercy
In this time of uncertainty and distress.
Sustain and support the anxious and fearful,
And lift up all who are brought low;
That we may rejoice in your comfort,
Knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Peace to all who enter.
God's grace to all who depart