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

Car parking by the church is limited

There is a hearing loop

Dogs are welcome

There are baby changing facilities

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 9^th March 6.30pm Evensong

Sunday 16^th March 10.30am Holy Communion

Saturday 22^nd  

RP. 1.00pm Knit and Natter in the Cottage

Sunday 23^rd March 2025 –  Lent 3

N. 9.00am Holy Communion

ES. 10.30am Morning Prayer

E. 10.30am Five Parish All Age Communion

SF. 10.30am Family Service

Monday 24^th                

RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake

D. 7.00pm Deanery Zoom Prayers

RP. 7.30pm Home Group at 41 Cranbrooks

Tuesday 25^th  

W. 10.00am Sharing Life at the Wenlock

W. 7.00pm Lent Course in Church Cottage

W. 7.30pm Pudding and Praise in the Cottage

Wednesday 26^th       

B. 9.30am Healing Prayer Fellowship at home

W. 11.00am Lent Course at 2, Valley View

W. 12.00pm Lent Lunch in the Cottage

RP. 7.00pm Zoom Evening Prayer

Meeting ID: 833 1996 8678 Passcode: 134900

Thursday 27^th

SF. 7.00pm Lent Course Harmony House

RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing

Meeting ID: 821 5303 0547 Passcode: 432358

Friday 28^th

ES. 1.00pm Lent Course in Church

Mothering Sunday 30^th March – Lent 4

ES 10.30am Eight Parish Holy Communion

Monday 31^st                 

RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake

RP. 7.30pm Home Group at 41 Cranbrooks

Tuesday 1^st April 2025

W. 10.00am Coffee and Cake in the Cottage

W. 7.30pm Pudding and Praise in the Cottage

W. 7.00pm Lent Course in Church Cottage

Wednesday 2^nd

W. 9.30am School Easter Service

B. 9.30am Healing PrayerFellowship at home

W. 11.00am Lent Course at 27 Valley View

W. 12.00pm Lent Lunch in the Cottage

RP. 7.00pm Zoom Evening Prayer

Meeting ID: 833 1996 8678 Passcode: 134900

Thursday 3^rd

ES. 9.30am Holy Communion

SF. 7.00pm Lent Course Harmony House

RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing

Meeting ID: 821 5303 0547 Passcode: 432358

Friday 4^th

RP.10.30am  Cottage Communion

ES. 1.00pm Lent Course in Church

Saturday 5^th April

W. 9.30am Deanery Quiet Morning Church and Cottage

Sunday 6^th April 2025 – Lent 5

W. 9.00am Messy Breakfast

W. 9.30am Messy Church Service

E. 10.30am Holy Communion

ES. 10.30am Three Parish Holy Communion

S. 4.00pm All age worship

T. 4.00pm Celebrate the Saints

Monday 7^th     

RP. 8.00am Partnership Prayers at Wheldrake

RP. 7.30pm Home Group at 41 Cranbrooks

Tuesday 8^th  

W. 10.00am Sharing Life at the Wenlock

W. 7.00pm Lent Course in Church Cottage

W. 7.30pm Pudding and Praise in the Cottage

Wednesday 9^th  

B. 9.30am Healing PrayerFellowship at home

W. 12.00pm Lent Lunch in the Cottage

RP. 7.00pm Zoom Evening Prayer

Meeting ID: 833 1996 8678 Passcode: 134900

Thursday 10^th

ES. 9.30am Holy Communion

SF. 7.00pm Lent Course Harmony House

RP. 7.00pm Zoom singing

Meeting ID: 821 5303 0547 Passcode: 432358

W. 7.30pm Men’s Meeting in the Cottage

Palm Sunday 13^th April 2025 – Lent 6

ES. 8.30am Holy Communion

N. 9.00am Morning Worship

RP. 10.30am Zoom Morning Worship

Meeting ID: 830 5032 4356 Passcode: SundayMW

T. 10.30am All Age Holy Communion

S. 10.30am Holy Communion

SF. 4.00pm Bread and cake (HC)

ES. 4.00pm Fun@4

T. 6.30pm Stations of the Cross at Thicket

E. 6.30pm Refresh

RP. Diary Dates

April

D. 5^th 9.30 Deanery Quiet Morning in the Church and Cottage

RP. 13^th 6.30 Stations of the Cross at Thicket

RP. 18^th Good Friday walk of witness

RP. 20^th Easter Day

RP. 27^th 10.30 Five Parish HC at Wheldrake

May

EB. 15^th 7.30pm Escrick CPCC meeting at Stillingfleet

W. 17^th Church Fete

ES. 18^th Escrick APCM

W. 21^st 7.30pm WI Centenary service in Church

D. 29^th 7.30pm Deanery Ascension Day Service at Wheldrake

June

8^th Pentecost

15^th Trinity Sunday/ Fathers Day

D. 16^th 7.30pm Deanery Partnership meeting at Osbaldwick

RP. 28^th 4.00pm Debbie Long – Priesting at Selby Abby

RP. 29^th 10.30am Five Parish HC at Stillingfleet

July

RP. 2^nd Admission of wardens at Hemingbrough

RP. 5th CPCC Away Day

RP. 24^th 7.30pm CPCC meeting in the cottage

As a congregation we are hoping everyone will join in from their homes to celebrate Earth Hour which traditionally asks everyone to turns off lights and electrical appliances in our homes for one hour all around the world as a global initiative to show our concern about our world.
For the last few years, they are also encouraging people to do one hour of activity to help nature and our environment, such as picking up litter in the community, going for a nature walk with a camera and document what you see, planting some seeds for the bees. See this link for lots more ideas www.earthhour.org

W. Annual Church Meeting result of elections

At the Vestry meeting we elected Michol Rawet and Paul Botting to be our wardens and Alayne Dodd as Deputy Warden for the coming year. At the Annual meeting we voted Nick Black, Barbra Carter, Gareth Denby and Terri Martin to our PCC.

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. Watercolour pictures

Peter Burgess’s daughter has been emptying Peter’s property and there are a large quantity of watercolour pictures, which the family do not want. They wonder if the congregation would like them as keepsakes of Peter and Ros. They are in Wheldrake Church in some large boxes under the tower. Please do come and look and choose any you like.

RP. Archbishop Stephen’s Lord’s Prayer Tour

As part of Archbishop’s Tour with Faith in the North, we have arranged an online Evening Prayer for people in the Diocese of York on Friday 28^th March at 5.15pm. Ahead of speaking in Hull Minster later that evening, this online act of worship is open to all people across the Diocese of York, in particular for those who live in the wider areas of our diocesan family. As part of Evening Prayer, Archbishop Stephen will give a short address on the Lord’s Prayer, and how it shapes the way we live.

We recognise that it is not easy for many of us to attend a gathering in Hull, and this online space offers an opportunity within the wider tour for more of us to gather. We appreciate that this is only a week away now, but we’d be very grateful if you are able to share this across your deaneries and encourage people to attend. The Common Worship Evening Prayer will be on Zoom, and people can get the Zoom link by registering through Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/evening-prayer-with-archbishop-stephen-tickets-1292914515119?aff=oddtdtcreator

For any who would like to attend the evening event in Hull Minster, people can book free tickets here:https://hm.churchsuite.com/events/9zvyhcmh

RP. Derwent Deanery welcomes everyone to join in a Quiet

Time of study, prayer and fellowship at St Helen’s Wheldrake on 5 April from 10.00am till 12.30pm.  We will be led by the chaplain of Holy Rood House, Revd Sybille Batten. You are welcome to remain afterwards for fellowship – just bring your picnic lunch. 

For more information  contact Alison Gilmour: allie.48@yahoo.com 

RP. Have you say about the next Archbishop of Canterbury
The process for the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury is underway and a key part of this is the extensive consultation exercise that will take place in February and March. Wherever you are based, your views matter. Members of the public are invited to propose candidates and comment on what the Church needs from the next Primate of All England. There are three key questions: 1.What are your hopes for the ministry of the next Archbishop of Canterbury?, 2.What gifts, qualities, skills and experience do you believe the next Archbishop of Canterbury should have?, 3.Do you have any names that you wish the Crown Nominations Commission, nominating the next Archbishop of Canterbury, to consider? This consultation closes on 31 March. Your feedback will play a vital role in shaping the decision-making process in seeking God’s guidance on who should be nominated as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
Ways to Submit Your Views:
1. Online submission: Complete the consultation form by clicking HERE
2. Postal submission: You can send your response by post to Canon Stephen Knott, Archbishops’ Secretary for Appointments, Lambeth Palace, London, SE1 7JU

 
‘Heavenly Father, shepherd of your Church, send us a faithful pastor to lead with wisdom, courage, and love, proclaiming your Gospel, celebrating the sacraments, and guiding your people in unity and truth. Strengthen your Church, we pray, and direct us in your ways; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen’

RP. Pastoral Letter – March 2025

A Pastoral Letter from Sam Rushton, Archdeacon of York In these days of Lent, our walk through ‘the wilderness’ continues. Wilderness is a recurrent theme in the Bible. Whether as a community – like the people of Israel fleeing their Egyptian slavery – or as individuals, many find themselves in those places where all that they had relied upon or taken for granted is stripped away and they are left to fend for themselves in an empty place. And in those places of deep alone-ness, they find God, the God who went before them into that dark and empty space and inhabited it with himself. We are not alone. This is the great triumphant shout of our Christian hope. We are not alone. Our God goes with us. The Son of Man came to share our sorrows, our joys, our burdens. The Holy Spirit binds us together in love. We are not alone and we do not need to be afraid. The period of wilderness feels like a little death, a stripping away of physical reality so that all that is left is just me and what I carry with me. It is a place where I come face-to-face with who I am when all the ‘stuff’ that I thought was important no longer is. When I look back to the world I left behind, I realise most of it was easier to let go of than I thought and I mourn the wasted time, the people I could have spent more time with. And I hope and I pray for the time yet to come, when the journey through the wilderness is over. But if the gospels teach us anything, it is that the resurrection body is not the same as the body that died. New life is not the same as the old life with a second wind. My prayer for the Church is that it will allow itself to be changed by its prolonged journey through the wilderness this year.

W. Easter Flowers 

If you would like to give some money towards decorating the church for Easter please put your contribution in an envelope and either hand to Paul Botting, or emailfivebees2000@yahoo.com (448802) or leave on the collection plate.  

W. Borrowing amnesty

Over the years many items of church property have been borrowed and forgotten about. In preparation for the updating of the inventory could items be left on the chest under the tower. In particular we are looking for these items. The tombola drum, stacking chairs, a teapot, plates, the soup lunch banner, musical instruments, card tables a projector and music hymn books and service books. All future loans must be recorded by the wardens in the borrowing book, in church.

W. Churchyard repair work

Please be aware that when the gravediggers have some spare topsoil they will be using it to fill in some of the areas of subsidence to bring the grass surface back to level. I hope you will bear with us as this will take some time to complete

D. Monthly Deanery Prayer

Led in turn by our Deanery clergy each fourth Monday of the month, this takes place via Zoom on 24^th March beginning at 7.00pm. All are welcome and we finish by 7.30pm.  Join Zoom Meeting:  Join Zoom Meeting link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83759555973?pwd=dXahDDOH7Tbrcsvg7uzXWeAUTNjaxs.1

Meeting ID: 837 5955 5973
Passcode: 037718

B. Home Fellowship Group

The home group meets on Mondays  at 7.30pm till 9pm at 41, The Cranbrooks with Steve and Val Hirons. The Bible topic at the moment is the Names, Titles and Attributes of God in both the Old and New testaments, a subject which will last us for quite some time! We choose hymns to begin and end our discussion time and close with the Grace.

Newcomers are very welcome.

RP. Coffee and cake

Coffee and Cake will take place in Church Cottage on Tuesdays from 10 till noon on  1^st and 29^th April, 13^th May 10^th and 24^th and  8^th July.

RP. Sharing Life

Sharing Life is back in the Wenlock Arms every fortnight 10-noon on a Tuesday, term time only.

Dates for the diary:  25th March. 

New comers always welcome!

Katie, Ruth, Karen and Emma.

Sharing Life 07729 841897 or sharinglifewheldrake@gmail.com

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. Harmony House

Harmony House is a boutique B&B, in Stillingfleet, offer unique Christian retreats for solo guests, couples and small groups, who are seeking a peaceful and restorative break. Whether you’re looking for a revitalising escape or a transformative personal retreat, we have created an experience suited to your needs. Our Anew Christian Retreats are a haven created with care for Christians seeking rest and a deeper connection with God in a serene and picturesque setting. For more details and testimonies, please check out the retreat page on our website: https://harmonyhouseyork.com/anew-christian-retreats

And new for 2025 – Anew Discovery Retreats – designed for those seriously seeking Jesus and wanting to discover more about the Christian faith and even themselves.

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

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. 

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 Catharine Grievson)

Teach To teach, baptise and nurture new believers (Led by Jackie Doyle Brett)

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 Wandlass)

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)

March 2025

23^rd Teach,  30^th Treasure

RP. Worship music

Click the link to take you to YouTube

RP. Worship Music

Morning has broken
Thank you Lord for this fine day
A wiggly waggly worm
For the beauty of the earth

W. Wheldrake Churchyard clean up dates

Saturday’s

12^th April,  10^th May, 7^th  June, 12^th July, 6^th  September and 4^th  October

Time: 10am onwards

Please bring your own gloves and tools if   you have them.

Thank you for supporting this community event.

Refreshments and biscuits provided throughout the day

RP. DAILY BIBLE RESOURCES

ONLINE DAILY BIBLE READING

• Online bitesize verse of the day: https://www.biblegateway.com/
• Scripture Union Daily Bible reading and comments and prayer.  Type in Scripture Union Wordlive today and then scroll down to Read Today’s wordlive,

or go straight to: https://content.scriptureunion.org.uk/wordlive  

• United Christian broadcasters, UCB, have a daily verse with thoughts to follow up.   Type in UCB word for today UK

or go straight to: https://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today

ALSO, DAILY DEVOTIONAL VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/@DailyDoseOfDevotional

ONLINE FOR CHILDREN & TEENAGERS

There are also plenty of websites to look at if you google daily Bible videos for children & daily bible videos for teenagers.

2 Fish Talks- Daily Bible Stories Kids Devotions,

https://www.youtube.com/c/2FishTalksDailyBibleStoriesKidsDevotions

DAILY BIBLE READING NOTES (paper booklets)

These can be ordered from Eden books. https://www.eden.co.uk/ but do have to be paid for. 

Alternatively United Christian broadcasters, UCB will send free Bible reading notes quarterly.  You can sign up at https://www.ucb.co.uk/wordfortodaysignup or contact Catharine if you are unable to do so.

For children and teenagers there are booklets too.

https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/daily-bible-reading/teenagers

https://www.eden.co.uk/ Hands-On Bible 365 Devotions for Kids Paperback

https://www.re-vived.com/ Snapshots 365!

W. Lent Lunches

This years lent lunches will take place on 26^th March and 2^nd and 9^th April in Church Cottage everyone welcome. We will need helpers to provide soup and bread and help on the day, a sign up sheet will be available at on the library bookshelves soon. Proceeds will be donated to Water Aid.

RP. Collect for – Lent 3

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

W. Wheldrake online giving

If you would like to support the church financially and help us maintain it for generations to come then please follow this link to donate online

https://givealittle.co/campaigns/59018725-1659-447e-90dd-dcedb5693eb5

alternatively you can give by bank transfer to: Wheldrake PCC

09-01-54

88047080

E. Elvington Church Drop-in Café

Our next Drop in Coffee Morning is on Wednesday 26th March in church at 10.00am. All welcome.

RP. Safeguarding Bulletin – Updated 28.02.25

Click this link for the latest news from this team

https://mailchi.mp/2ad769fdd477/diocese-of-york-safeguarding-bulletin-13428129?e=7770c3aa96

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. Living Christ Story – Mustard Seed updated 29.02.24

Click on this link to read more about the work of Mustard Seed in the Diocese

https://mailchi.mp/196b464fd2ad/living-christs-story-in-a-mustard-seed-way-17707865?e=418314d1fa

RP. Sunday Reflection

This week’s Sunday reflection comes from   The Ven. Sam Rushton, Archdeacon of York. Every week we offer a new prayer video for churches to use either online or in their services. vimeo.com/dioceseofyork

RP. Organ Recital

Organist Jonathan Scott performs his solo organ arrangement of Sicilienne Op.78 (also, from Pelléas & Mélisande Op. 80) by Gabirel Fauré on the Cavaillé-Coll Pipe Organ of Saint-Jacques, Bergerac, France

RP. Diocese of York – Publications

If you would like to read ‘The Briefing’ then follow this link: https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/running-your-church/communications/the-briefing/

You can also read the TheNews with this link https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/running-your-church/communications/thenews-newsletter/

and finally you can use this link to the Diocesan Prayer Diary.

https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/uploads/attachment/6091/october-december-prayer-diary-a5.pdf

RP. Generosity Matters updated 21.03.25

Click on this link to read the latest news from the generosity team.

https://mailchi.mp/f75ff2b7b33a/generosity-mailing-18161918?e=33945223ea

RP. Thank you

This week we are remembering all the people who give their time to be Members of our PCC’s for 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

T. Thorganby Coffee Drop in

The next one will be on 17th April in the Village Hall. All welcome

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. Tools with a mission- updated 14.03.25

This link will take you to the latest newsletter from TWAM

https://mailchi.mp/twam.uk/september-2023-supporter-enews-6420709?e=ca4eff56d4

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!

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. 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

W. Wheldrake online giving

If you would like to support the church financially and help us maintain it for generations to come then please follow this link to donate online

https://givealittle.co/campaigns/59018725-1659-447e-90dd-dcedb5693eb5

alternatively you can give by bank transfer to: Wheldrake PCC

09-01-54

88047080

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.

This week, we are praying for:

Porvoo Communion

• Church of England: Diocese of Canterbury, Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin
• Church of Ireland: Diocese of Down and Dromore, Bishop David McClay

South Africa

• Archdeaconry of Groote Schuur, Diocese of Cape Town

Download this prayer diary

HERE

dioceseofyork.org.uk/diocesan-prayer-diary.

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. Join in Worship on a Sunday
8.10AM – BBC RADIO 4 SUNDAY WORSHIP
92-95FM | 198LW | Digital

The Wisdom of the Desert: Drawing on the ideas of 3rd and 4th century desert fathers and mothers, Sunday Worship explores ideas of wilderness, silence, temptation and freedom as part of our Lenten journey

WEEKDAYS
10.45AM – BBC RADIO 4EXTRA DAILY SERVICE

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. Zoom Singing

We next meet together on zoom to sing on Thursday 27th March. If you would like to join, do use the login details in the diary. We meet at 7.00pm, we’ll do some new some old and familiar ones and some to  learn. The beauty of this will be that you can sing at the top of your voice as you will be on mute.

E. Refresh! Service at Elvington

The next Refresh service at Elvington in  will be in April 13th for a service  – focused around worship music, modern and informal in style. Please do come along at 6.30pm.

E. Elvington Church Website

www.elvington-church.org.uk

Pray-er for the Benefice

Thicket Priory

Prayer Area

Sutton School, Pupils Staff and Governors (Sutton Upon Derwent)

Please use these notes for your own reference during the week and for your prayers