The Parish of Wheldrake
Part of:
KEY EC.=East Cottingwith, E.=Elvington, ES. = Escrick, N. = Naburn, SF. = Stillingfleet, S.=Sutton, T.=Thorganby, W.= Wheldrake, RP. = Rivers Partnership, B = Benefice, D = Deanery
Information
There are accessible toilets in the cottage next door
Car parking by the church is limited
There is a children’s area at the back of church on the left
There is a space for wheelchairs at the front of church on the left
There is a hearing loop
Dogs are welcome
There are baby changing facilities in the cottage next door
There is flat access to the building
Our Rivers Partnership Safeguarding link is Mike Beresford mberesford.ced@gmail.com.
Rivers Partnership Website link
Home
For Livestreaming services go to YouTube and search for Derwent Ings Benefice, the services appear under the live tab. For zoom details use the login details in the diary. For assistance, email fiveparishoffice@yahoo.co.uk
RP. Livestream service from the Rivers Partnership
https://www.youtube.com/@derwentingsbenefice7289
Sunday 11th January 6.30pm Evensong
Sunday 18th January 10.30am Holy Communion
Sunday 15th February 2026 – Sunday next before Lent
ES. 10.30am Holy Communion
W. 10.30am Holy Communion
ES 12.00pm Baptism
E. 6.30pm Refresh
Monday 16th
RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake
D. 7.30ppm Deanery Partnership Meeting at Escrick Church
RP. 7.30pm Home Group at 41 Cranbrooks
Tuesday 17th – Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday 18th
B. 9.30am Healing Prayer Fellowship at home
RP. 12.00pm Holy Communion and Ashing at Wheldrake Church
RP. 7.00pm Zoom Evening Prayer
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Thursday 19th
ES. 9.30am Holy Communion
T. 10.30am Thorganby Coffee Morning in the Village Hall
RP. 3.30pm Derwent Messy Worship
RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing
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Saturday 21st
W. 1.00pm Knit and Natter in the Cottage
Sunday 22nd February 2026 – Lent 1
W. 9.00am Holy Communion
N. 10.30am Holy Communion
ES. 10.30am Café Church
EC. 10.30am Five Parish Holy Communion
W. 12.30pm Baptism
Monday 23rd
W. Electoral Roll open for revision
RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake
RP. 7.00pm Deanery Zoom Prayers
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RP. 7.30pm Home Group at 41 Cranbrooks
Tuesday 24th
W. 10.00am Sharing Life in the Wenlock
Wednesday 25th
B. 9.30am Healing Prayer Fellowship at home
RP. 12.00pm Lent Lunch in the Cottage
Thursday 26th
ES. 9.30am Holy Communion
RP. 3.30pm Derwent Messy Worship
RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing
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Sunday 1st March 2026 – Lent 2
Derwent Ings Benefice 18 years old today!
E. 10.30am Holy Communion
N. 10.30am Three Parish Holy Communion
S. 4.00pm Together @Sutton
Monday 2nd
RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake
RP. Lent Course in the Cottage
Wednesday 4th
B. 9.30am Healing PrayerFellowship at home
RP. 12.00pm Lent Lunch in the Cottage
RP. 7.00pm Zoom Evening Prayer
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Thursday 5th
ES. 9.30am Holy Communion
RP. 3.30pm Derwent Messy Worship
RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing
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Friday 6th
RP. 10.30am Cottage Communion
Sunday 8th March 2026 – Lent 3
ES. 9.00am Holy Communion
T. 10.30am Holy Communion
S. 10.30am Holy Communion
S/EC APCM after Church service
SF. 10.30am All Age Communion
W. 6.30pm Evensong
Monday 9th
W. Electoral Roll revision closes
RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake
N. 7.30pm Naburn APCM
RP. 7.30pm Lent Course in the Cottage
RP. 7.30pm Home Group at 41 Cranbrooks
Tuesday 10th
W. 10.00am Sharing live at the Wenlock
SF. 7.30pm Stillingfleet and Kelfield APCM
Wednesday 11th
B. 9.30am Healing PrayerFellowship at home
RP. 12.00pm Lent Lunch in the Cottage
RP. 7.00pm Zoom Evening Prayer
Contact fiveparishoffice@yahoo.co.uk for codes
T. 7.30pm Thorganby APCM
Thursday 12th
ES. 9.30am Holy Communion
RP. 3.30pm Derwent Messy Worship
RP. 7.00pm Mantalk in the Cottage
RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing
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E. 7.30pm Elvington APCM
Saturday 14th
T. 7.00pm Gin Tasting Thorganby VH (see details later)
Sunday 15th March 2026 – Mothering Sunday Lent 4
ES. 10.30am Three Parish Holy Communion
W. 10.30am Five Parish Holy Communion
E. 6.30pm Refresh
Our Quiet Time, in Lent, is always an opportunity for some prayer and reflection. This time as we meet at the Priory Sr. Therese will talk to us about living in Community and about prayer there. We will of course have a time of worship. Now that parishes pay into our Deanery fund regularly the session is open to all and we do not ask participants to make any donation, Deanery will donate to the Sisters on behalf of us all, to thank them for their generous hospitality. Do encourage your fellow parishioners to attend and experience a brief period of calm and fellowship amongst like-minded folk.
RP. Lent Lunches
The lent lunches will take place on 25th February, 4th March, 11th March, 18th March and 25th March Donation will be for the DEC collection for Myanmar to help with recovery from a devastating earthquake in March/April 2025. It was 7.7 on the Richter Scale. The government will match any donations to this appeal. All are welcome to attend.
RP. Pilgrims Progress(ing)
The idea of pilgrimage goes back a long way and in recent years has undergone something of a revival. Since 2018 the numbers walking the Camino (pilgrim route) to Santiago de Compostella in Spain has risen year on year from just over 325,000 to over 530,000. During Lent this year we will explore the idea of pilgrimage both as an actual journey but also as a way of life and look at what lessons we can learn from it.
1. Monday 23rd February: What’s the point?
2. Monday 2nd March: Travelling companions
3. Monday 9th March: People matter more than things
4. Monday 16th March: Making choices, taking decisions
5. Monday 23rd March: Every day pilgrimage
RP. Deanery Secretary – Vacancy
In June with the recently elected members from the APCMs in 2026 we need to appoint a new secretary. Alison Gilmour has decided that its time to retire after 13 years’ service. The job is to take the minutes at the meetings (6 a year), be part of the Deanery Leadership team, maintaining an online list of all current members, creating publicity for Deanery events and services, circulating papers for our 3 statutory meetings each year, circulating notices from parishes who wish to invite Deanery friends to anything events. There is a statutory requirement to produce and circulate to all PCCs at the beginning of the year an annual report (agreed by both the Dean and Lay Dean) of the proceedings of the Deanery Partnership during the previous calendar year which forms part of the reports to the APCM, unless the elected delegate submits their own to the parish. Additionally, updating our Deanery Plan and ensuring we review it regularly (biennially), managing our annual calendar of events, contacting speakers, pulling together clergy contributions to our Deanery Prayer Calendar, contacting editors of parish magazines. Computer literacy for word-processing and creating publicity materials is needed. Anybody can be the Deanery Secretary and can be co-opted to the Deanery Team. Please pray and think about whether you could so this vital job. Contact Jackie if you can help.
RP. The Rivers Partnership Prayers for the Five Marks of Mission.
Across the partnership the five marks of mission teams are helping to make our Plan For Growth (P4G) a reality. Please use this prayer cycle to include the teams and those who lead them in your daily prayers.
Tell To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom (Led by TBD)
Teach To teach, baptise and nurture new
Believers (Led by TBD)
Tend To respond to human need by loving
service
Transform To seek to transform unjust
structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation (Led by Caroline Wandless)
Treasure To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth. (Led by Alayne Dodd and Alison Stead)
February
15th Teach, 22nd Treasure
RP. MOTHERS’ UNION MIDDAY PRAYERS FOR FEBRUARY 2026
Theme – The selfless love of Christ
Reflection for – The selfless love of Christ
(reflection from the Prayer Diary 2026)
God proves His love to us in that whilst we
were sinners Christ died for us. God came to us as man, in Jesus, and gave Himself for each and every one of us. Jesus never asked for anything from us, except for us to love one another. Do we do that?
(add your personal example(s), or refer to the further wording and examples in the Prayer Diary)
Monday – believe in Him
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life…” John 3:16 God of love – we thank you for your universal and limitless love. Strengthen our belief and faith as
Christians. We strive to serve you and to make
you known where you are not.
We pray for those who do not know you and need to hear that you love them.
Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayers.
We pray that they will experience your love, feel your presence and hear your Word. Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayers.
Tuesday – boundless Love
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” John 15:13 His love for us is selfless and boundless. Jesus laid down His own life for His friends and our sins. By loving one another as He loves us, we can learn how to lay down our lives, not literally, but
in the service of others. Dear Lord – help us feel your presence and let it provide the courage we need to help those experiencing challenges and trauma in their lives. Thank you for giving us Your Son so that we can honour Him in all that we do. Amen
Wednesday – Your gift of Mary Sumner
Generous Lord – you created Mary Sumner, who following Your Love and Light, founded Mothers’ Union 150 years ago. She faithfully stepped up and spoke out to empower women and girls helping them to fight for gender equality and rights. Thank you for Mary Sumner and thank you for Mothers’ Union. We pray for Mothers’ Union and its members; a
movement started in the British Isles that now gloriously inhabits the rest of Your world. Thank you for sharing and showing us Your selfless love. Through Mary Sumner, we thank you for the courageous and loving Mothers’ Union. Amen
Thursday – in Service
“It shall not be so among you. But whoever
would be great among you must be your
servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:26-28 Lord Jesus Christ – we seek to be servants and honour Your style of leadership, bringing change through service. We aim to prioritise the needs of
others, the vulnerable, the anxious, those suffering trauma, violence and poverty and
demonstrate to You sacrificial love. We pray for All Your Children who work
throughout Your world, through charities,
churches, communities and individual acts of service, may they continue in courage and strength. We remind them that they are not alone. Amen
Friday – Compassion
As You are the ultimate compassionate God, who sacrificed His son to free us from sin, we pray for compassion in the troubled places in the world.
Compassionate Lord – We pray for those who make decisions in our world, that they are guided to act compassionately where innocent men, women and children are at risk of conflict, war, starvation, and homelessness. Saturday – reaffirm our Calling to serve Lord Jesus Christ – as you gently restored Peter, who failed you profoundly, you demonstrated God’s mercy and brought him back to selfless
love and service. We pray that when we fail, and we will, that we too will be restored and serve again. Final Blessing Prayer (monthly prayer from the Prayer Diary 2026) Loving Lord, we thank You for the endless and selfless love that You have given to us. We know that every one of Your children is known by You and loved by You, no matter what. We give thanks for the example of love we see in
You. Let those that do not know Your love or those that have not experienced love as a person should, feel Your presence, hear Your word, and know Your presence, now and always. Amen
Wave of prayer
16-18 February: Bentiu in South Sudan;
Bunyoro Kitara in Uganda; Okigwe-North & Omu Aran in Nigeria; Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh in All Ireland and Krishna-Godavari in India
19-21 February: Free State in South Africa; Bondo in Kenya; Ogbia & Offa in Nigeria; Swansea & Brecon in Wales; Argentina and Uruguay
23-25 February: Wau in South Sudan; Kigeme in Rwanda; Bauchi in Nigeria; St David’s in Wales and Mandalay in Myanmar
26-28 February: Mundri in South Sudan; Madi & West Nile in Uganda; Isikwuatu in Nigeria; Chichester in England and Seoul in South Korea
W. Lent Lunch – help
It would greatly be appreciated if donations of soup, bread and help to enable the Lent Lunches to take place could be recorded on the sign-up sheet at the back of church
E. Electoral Roll
You are warmly invited to join the electoral roll – you must be on the roll to vote at a meeting. You can do this by completing this form and returning it to Ian Broster or admin@elvington-church.org.uk. You can either sign electronically and email it, or return a paper copy. You must return it by 25th February 2025 to be on the electoral role.
RP. Collect for – Sunday before Lent
Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
RP. Sunday Reflection
This week’s Sunday reflection comes from The Ven Liz Hassall Archdeacon of York. Every week we offer a new prayer video for churches to use either online or in their services. vimeo.com/dioceseofyork
W. Electoral Roll
The Wheldrake electoral roll opens for revision on 23rd February and closes 9th March. Please do join as it gives you a vote at the annual meeting and helps us with our representation on Deanery Synod. Forms can be found on the bookshelf at the back of church
RP. Passcodes For Zoom Services
The zoom provider has recommended that we do not publish the passcode on the internet. For details email fiveparishoffice@yahoo.co.uk
so that the information can be provided to you.
T. Thorganby Coffee Morning
Our next Coffee Morning is on Thursday 19th February in the village Hall at 10.30am. All welcome.
RP. Sharing Life
Sharing Life is breaking for half term so we will be back on Tuesday 24th February. On that day we will be visited by the High Sherriff who has heard all about us! After that we are every fortnight until we break for Easter. The last coffee morning is Tuesday 24th March, Easter break, then back April 14th.
We welcome new comers on a regular basis so please give us a try if you haven’t yet. Any age, for a whole morning ( 10-12 noon) or a quick cuppa.
If you would like to volunteer by serving coffee or making cakes and bakes please let us know.
Please note, we have a new phone number 07355 134509 or e-mail us on sharinglifewheldrake@gmail.com
Katie, Karen, Ruth and Emma.
RP. Building Gospel Partnerships
We need advocates to build gospel partnerships with Mustard Seed churches and their communities. These partnerships recognise there is much that we can learn and receive from churches in our low-income communities. Do you have a passion to support mission in places where life is tough? For more information about the Advocates network, please visit the website www.mseed.org/advocates or contact by
email: mustard.seed@yorkdiocese.org or phone: 07852151740
D. Monthly Deanery Prayer
Led in turn by our Deanery clergy each fourth Monday of the month, this takes place via Zoom on 23rd February beginning at 7.00pm. All are welcome and we finish by 7.30pm. Join Zoom Meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting link
Contact fiveparishoffice@yahoo.co.uk
for log in details
Information for Wheldrake Church
there are accessible toilets in the cottage next door
Car parking by the church is limited
There is a children’s area at the back of church on the left
There is a space for wheelchairs at the front of church on the left
There is a hearing loop
Dogs are welcome
There are baby changing facilities in the cottage next door
There is flat access to the building
Our Rivers Partnership Safeguarding link is Mike Beresford mberesford.ced@gmail.com.
RP. York Diocesan Conference:
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
It is with great joy I write to invite you to be part of the first Diocesan Conference held in the Diocese of York for over a decade. Next July, lay and ordained leaders from across our diocese are invited to gather together in prayer and worship, in learning, fellowship and joy as we share and encourage one another as to how we are living Christ story across our wonderful, diverse diocese.
The first part of the conference on the Thursday and Friday is specific to licensed clergy and LLMs with a wider cross section of leaders from across the diocesan family, including you, invited for a non-residential conference all day on Saturday 25th July held at the University of York.
A Planning Team, chaired by Bishop Barry and reflecting the diversity of the diocese, has been working over recent months and further details of the programme and exact timings being published later in the year. I am excited at the shape this is taking and the possibilities this offers us.
A link for bookings is now open: https://forms.office.com/e/HShJV4r5xq For planning purposes, we are hoping you are able to RSVP by the end of August at the latest. Please complete the booking form even if you are unable to attend.
As we seek to maximise attendance, there is no charge for this conference beyond the cost of parking (we are hoping people will car share or make use of public transport where possible). There may also be space during the conference for those that would like to make a contribution toward the costs. Refreshments and lunch are included.
The Planning Team has agreed four learning principles for the conference which undergird their work and attendance at the conference assumes:
1. God – We gather in Jesus name in the fellowship of the Gospel. We follow God who is active and breaks into our learning, disrupting our plans and revealing the Kingdom in often surprising ways, through the work of the Holy Spirit.
2. Us – Everyone is a participant of equal status. We are all both guests and hosts, each with something to give and something to learn. We seek to build up the whole Body of Christ in our worship, faithfulness and learning. 3. Learning – We seek to create a relaxing and creative space where participants can be open and honest, equipped to participate as fully as possible and allow relationships to develop. Whilst we will strive for excellence of input which resources, the focus will be on engagement, not expert delivery, honouring the experience of all in the room.
4. Responsibility – All participants will aspire to be fully present and to be willing to be responsible for how they engage with others, with the material and with the conference. Together, we aspire to honour the sense of being one family, where all are seen, heard and valued.
May we hold this important opportunity in our prayers and be assured of my continued prayers for all you are and do.
In the blessings of Christ,
Following Archbishop Stephen’s letter inviting you to our first York Diocesan Conference in over a decade, this is a reminder to complete the RSVP whether you are able to make it or not. A copy of the original invitation with dates are more details is below this email and the link for bookings is: https://forms.office.com/e/HShJV4r5xq A reminder your place is offered free of charge.
As a planning team, we are really excited for the opportunity to join together as a Diocese in this rare opportunity, and for the range of speakers and seminar leaders already booked. The full list and programme will be available towards the end of the year but, as well as some exciting speakers being finalised, speakers already confirmed include:
Former presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church and preacher at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Archbishop Michael Curry
Bishop of Lancaster, Jill Duff
Dean of Chelmsford and Biblical scholar, Jessica Martin as Conference Reflector and to share with Archbishop Stephen and Bishop’s Flora, Eleanor and Barry in leading Bible studies along
Papal Astronomer and Director of the Vatican Observatory, Guy Consolmagno as after dinner speaker
Poet-in-Residence throughout the conference, Malcolm Guite
Author, educator & disability advocate, Emily Owen
First Church Estates Commissioner and former Global Head of Risk Strategy at HSBC, Alan Smith
Head of the Churches and Networks Support for national church with a focus on growing younger and more diverse, and former lead for Thy Kingdom Come, Emma Buchan
Director of Giving for the Church of England, Jonathan de Bernhardt Wood
External Research Partner for Mustard Seed, Andy Milne
Prophetic classical musical ensemble, Epiphany (offering Sound Portraits to participants and their teams)
Archbishop’s Mission Enabler for the North & Chair of the Faith in the North, Mark Powley
Lou’s famous pub quiz!
W. Wheldrake Church Cottage Cleaning Team
We need your help. Are you able to spare an hour a month to assist in cleaning Church Cottage. Everything is provided on site. If you are able to help, please contact
Barbra on 07712556371. Thank you for your support
RP. Derwent Lions Used Spectacles
Please donate your used spectacles on my doorstep. They are a huge help and Lions will make sure they are used to assist less fortunate people in seeing better. Keep leaving them outside 5 Derwent Park and hopefully we’ll be able to keep helping those less fortunate. Lion Ken Hardgrave 01904 448198
Ken.hardgrave@binternet.com
RP. Yorkshire Rural Support Network
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society provides support and help for everyone in the Yorkshire farming community.
FCN Helpline 03000 111 999
Farming community network – practical help from farming people
RABI Freephone Helpline 0800 188 4444
Confidential help and support for all farming families and workers facing hardship
Addington Fund 01926 620135 – addingtonfund.org.uk helping farmers with disaster relief and affordable rural housing
Perennial Helpline 0800 093 8543 – perennial.org.uk supporting all those who work/have worked in the horticultural industry
Samaritans Freephone 116 123 – jo@samaritans.org confidential emotional support 24 hours a day
RP. Escrick Heritage Group Talk, Escrick Church
Wednesday 4th March, 7.30pm
Join the group to hear Gillian Parker speak about The Backhouse Nursery of York. All are welcome. Escrick Heritage members attend free. Visitors and guests are £5, including refreshments.
B. Home Fellowship Group
The home group meets on Mondays at 7.30pm till 9pm at 41, The Cranbrooks with Steve and Val Hirons. We are currently studying the Epistle of James. We choose hymns to begin and end our discussion time and close with the Grace. Newcomers are very welcome.
ES. Mothers Union.
The only branch in the Rivers Partnership is based in Escrick and would welcome new members. You don’t have to be a mother or even female; membership is open to all who have been baptised. If you are not baptised but still interested, that could be arranged. MU meetings are open to all and visitors are welcome. No pressure to become a member, just enjoy the session. If you are considering membership, but would like to meet nearer to home, come and meet us and we will help you to establish a branch nearer to you. You will have scope to tailor it to local availability. Some branches meet in the local pub. Escrick meet on the second Wednesday afternoon of the month as all of our members are retired, but we have held our summer meetings in the lighter evenings. MU is a fabulous charity working to improve the lives of so many in countries world-wide, not through other charities but with our own members on the ground, be they local or visitors. I hope this has sparked your interest. Pamela Yates, Branch Leader, tel 01904 728423.
W. Prayer Tree
If there is someone or a situation on your heart which you wish to bring before the Lord, you are invited to visit the prayer tree at the back of church and stop for a moment to write a prayer
RP. Tea Concert, St Chad’s Church, York
Thursday 19th February, 2.30pm
Enjoy a relaxed forty‑five‑minute concert with the Salus Trio—Sarah McNulty (flute), Andrii Polishchuk (guitar), and Carmen Troncoso (recorder). Their programme includes music by Purcell, Telemann, Duarte, and Carlos Zamora. Refreshments, including homemade cakes, will be served afterwards in the church hall. Donations support Alzheimer’s charities and help cover church heating costs.
| RP. Diocese appoints Mark Carey as new Director of Mission and Ministry |
| We are pleased to confirm the appointment of the Revd Canon Mark Carey as our new Director of Mission and Ministry. In this role, Mark will build on his long-standing service across the diocese, strengthening our shared commitment to Living Christ’s Story. Mark brings decades of parish and leadership experience, shaped by a deep conviction that God forms ordinary disciples for extraordinary faithfulness in everyday life. He will lead and develop the diocese’s Mission and Ministry team, working alongside clergy and lay leaders to equip and resource parishes, support local mission, and help communities flourish as confident missionary disciples. |
E. Elvington Church Website
RP. CPCC and WPCC Minutes
The minutes for the last CPCC are published on the Wheldrake Church website.
http://www.wheldrakechurch.org.uk/?page_id=1636
RP. Multiply Stories
Multiply is the name of an initiative to build new worshiping communities and make new disciples. This link can be used to read about the work that is going on around the Diocese
https://mailchi.mp/yorkdiocese/inspiringideas-2024?e=346204007c
RP. Thank you
This week we are remembering the Organists in the churches of the Rivers Partnership. It would be good to have contribution from anyone in the benefice, so please email your suggestions for thankyou’s for your villages
B. Derwent Ings Facebook
Have you seen the Derwent Ings Facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/DerwentIngsChurchesYork/ Please have a look and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh4EyDpfGJM”follow” the feed!
RP. Organ Recital
Organist Jonathan Scott performs his epic solo organ arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Egmont Overture Op. 84 on the Four Pipe Organs of Freiburg Cathedral (Freiburger Münster), Germany.
W. Wheldrake Church Website
www.wheldrakechurch.org.uk This is the link to the website here you will find policy documents, agendas and PCC minutes along with prayers and pew news
RP. Worship Music
MP431 Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour
MP367 Jesus is Lord!
MP381 Jesus stand among us
MP708 To God be the glory
RP. Safeguarding Bulletin – Updated 06.02.26
Click this link for the latest news from this team
https://mailchi.mp/1852ad3145c6/diocese-of-york-safeguarding-bulletin-13430378?e=7770c3aa96
RP. Pew News Deadline
If you have anything to advertise, please send it to fivebees2000@yahoo.com
by 6.00pm on Fridays.
RP. Generosity Matters updated 10.11.25
Click on this link to read the latest news from the generosity team.
https://mailchi.mp/2e12c3fa470f/generosity-mailing-18168795?e=33945223ea
RP. Online prayer websites
Here are some prayer sites that you could try, see which you like
Pray as you go
Celtic liturgies
Sacred Space
ReJesus
Green Christian Prayer Guide
RP. Get hands-on with Minister history this February
York Minster’s 2,000 year long history comes to life this February. Join us in half term for a journey through time with hands-on activities, visiting Vikings, immersive cinematic experiences and creative crafts – perfect for all the family, whatever the weather!
All activities are included with your sightseeing ticket, which lasts a whole year! Discover what’s on and plan a family adventure for all to enjoy.
E. New way to donate to the church
If you would like to support the church financially and help us maintain it for generations to come, you can now also send donations using the “givealittle” website
RP. Church Services radio/online
8.10AM – BBC RADIO 4 SUNDAY WORSHIP
St Matthew’s Gospel: A service from St Olave, Hart Street, exploring St Matthew’s gospel. Led by the Rev Philip Dawson, with spoken word by Dai Woolridge and reflections by the Rev Laura Luz.
WEEKDAYS
10.45AM – BBC RADIO 4EXTRA DAILY SERVICE
RP. Zoom Singing
RP. Diocese of York Prayer Diary
There is always somewhere, something or someone we can pray for. The Prayer Diary may help guide you and your church in praying for our diocese.
January – March Prayer Diary is available to download – find it at:
dioceseofyork.org.uk/diocesan-prayer-diary.
B. York Minster Parish Pass 2026
As in previous years, Elvington, Thorganby and Wheldrake PCC secretaries have again received a renewed York Minster Parish pass to issue to members of the congregation permitting visitors free entry this year. The Parish Pass entitles the bearer to one adult free admission to York Minster and the Undercroft for sightseeing during normal opening hours (but excludes entry to the Central Tower and evening events). See more information, contact the relevant PCC secretary to borrow them
Pray-er for the Benefice
Jenny Darrell
Prayer Area
Westfield Lane, Southmoor Road (Thorganby)
E. Refresh! Service at Elvington
Elvington Refresh service takes place at 6.30pm pm on Sunday 15th February in Elvington Church. – Please come if you are able, and please spread the word.
RP. Tools with a mission- updated 20.01.26
This link will take you to the latest newsletter from TWAM
https://mailchi.mp/twam.uk/july-2025-supporter-enews-6427023?e=ca4eff56d4
Please use these notes for your own reference during the week and for your prayers
Elvington Refresh service takes place at 6.30pm pm on Sunday 19th January in Elvington Church The service is being led by Mike Leigh who is a singing vicar – It sounds like it’ll be a lovely service, please come if you are able, and please spread the word.