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Pannal & Beckwithshaw

St Robert’s Church

Pannal

St Michael and All Angels

Beckwithshaw

WHO’S WHO IN THE CHURCHES

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Dear Friends

Holiday needs and wants

Holidays are an emotive subject. In times of austerity, should we actually

have them? Perhaps it would be better if we all worked far harder than we

do and then the good times will return.

Or, is it a case of the Church getting things right many centuries ago and

recognising Holy Days as days of recreation – over and above the very well

established principal of the Sabbath. For we all need rest and recreation

(and re-creation!). It follows that we all need a holiday.

So, what does that holiday have to consist of? A change in routine or a

change of place? Catered or self-catered? Rest for all for all of the holiday

or a rest for all for some of the holiday? Home or abroad? Car or coach?

Train or plane? The variations are endless. They are all additional to the basic

need. The holiday process develops into something that we want.

In life, we all have needs. We all have wants. A need is something that we

must have, whereas a want is something that will make what we must have

better than the basic. The example above sets out how a holiday can turn

from a need into a want. A car is another example. For those of us living in a

rural area, a reliable car is now a need. The top of the range model is a

want, for the basic model will provide the same space in the vehicle. You will

be able to think of other examples which affect you.

These will be helpful to have in mind when reviewing your giving. Does your

spending on ‘wants’ exceed your giving back to God? And, if so, is this a

basis on which to consider what you give? Some wants will have involved

making commitments to others – we are not saying ‘stop paying for your car

because it is not the basic one’ – for, if you did, that would cause personal

difficulties and be dishonouring to God. But it may be something which

could be looked at when the car is changed (or the next holiday booked).

Sunday the 8th July is Stewardship Sunday and we will be giving some

information about reviewing our giving or indeed for some people starting to

give on a regular basis. Please spend some time looking at the information

and thanking God for:-

Supplying needs

Being generous over and above the supply of needs

Being with us on our holidays (He does not take time off) – and in our cars

And consider how your need to respond to His giving can occur.

Blessings

John

Dates For Your Diary in July & August

Meetings are held in St Robert’s Chapter House unless otherwise stated.

July

Wed 4th 7.30pm Mothers’ Union Sun 15th St Robert’s Junior Church Orange & Yellow

Groups Cake Stall 1.00pm Screening of Wimbledon Final Tues 17th 12.00pm Lunch Club and Communion Wed 25th Armley Meeting Point Visit

August

Tues 21st 12.00pm Lunch Club and Communion

Remember: Coffee, Cake and Conversation at 10.00am 3rd, 17th and 31st July & 14th and 28th August in Beckwithshaw Village Hall

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Sat 6th October 2pm - 9pm

(incorporating a family fun day)

Further details to follow but please make a note of the date

and tell your friends and neighbours too.

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Chapter House at St Robert’s, Pannal

The Chapter House is available for hire at the following rates:

Half Day/Evening £40

All Day £75

This includes full use of the car park/kitchen /toilets etc. The

kitchen is very well equipped with a dishwasher, coffee machine,

water boiler. The Chapter House has a projector screen, tables,

comfortable chairs and can be set out to suit a huge variety of

events.

Caterers can be arranged.

It is also only a five minute walk from Pannal Railway Station

and a short walk from the No. 36 bus route.

For further details, please contact the church office: telephone

(01423) 873577 or e-mail admin@strobertschurch.co.uk

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St Robert’s Church, Pannal

JULY

Sundays

8.00am Holy Communion 9.15am service as shown

6.00pm Evening Service

Monday and Wednesdays 9.15am Morning Prayer

Thursdays 10.30am Holy Communion in the Chapter House

1st 5th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am All Age Service

8th Sea Sunday 9.15am Parish Communion Proverbs 8:22-31 Claire Toy

Matthew 25:31-46 Paul Dinning

15th 7th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Morning Worship

Ephesians 1:3-14 Joan Pearson

Mark 6:14-29 Harvey Pennell

22nd Mary Magdalen 9.15am Parish Communion

2Corinthians 5:14-17 Geoff Searjeant

John 20:1-2, 11-18 Angela Isted

29th 9th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Parish Communion

Ephesians 3:14-21 Chris Colbert

John 6:1-21 Kate Goodson

6.00pm Joint Benefice Choral Service

Refreshments are served after the service in the

Chapter House and all are welcome to stay.

Gardening Club

Beckwithshaw with Pannal and Burn

Bridge

Gardening Club’s last two summer visits are in total contrast to each other!

On Thursday 19 July, we go to Spofforth at 7pm. Two members of the “Spofforth in Bloom” team (both Gardening Club Members too) will share their gardens with us: Lynda will show us her garden with informal perennial borders interwoven with shrubs & trees, arbour, obelisks, lots of pots, summerhouse & raised ornamental pond. Then at Linda’s, we will see a mature garden, with herbaceous boarders, alpine garden on natural exposed bedrock, a long terrace with containers, clipped box and climbing roses. £4.50 for Members and £6.50 for Guests, including refreshments. Anyone wishing to join this visit should let me know in advance, so that we can advise our hosts of numbers. Please book by Monday 9 July.

Then in August, we have something completely different, as we will visit the Allerton Waste Recycling Park (AWRP). Visiting groups are limited to 15 people, as there is a narrow walkway and we will go into the Control Room, but we have 2 dates: Thursday 16th August and Tuesday 21st August, both 2pm at AWRP, for approximately 2 hours. Priority will be given to Members, but I will keep a waiting list for Guests - please book with me by 31st July. £3 for Members and £5 for Guests, which will enable us to donate to the Park’s nominated Charity of the Year, The Trussel Trust.

From September we are back to our speaker evenings for the Autumn, commencing with

Tracy Foster of Tracy Foster Garden Design – “Behind the scenes at the Chelsea Flower Show” on Thursday 20 September, 7:30 at Beckwithshaw

Village Hall.

Enjoy your summer! and we hope to see you at one of our meetings soon.

Gillian Dodd (Secretary), (01423) 873186 or email: gillian@dodd.me.uk

St Michael & All Angels’ Church Beckwithshaw

JULY

Sundays

Please note the times for each service

Tuesdays 9.15am Morning Prayer

1st 5th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am All Age Service

8th Sea Sunday 11.15am Parish Communion Proverbs 8:22-31 Tim White

Matthew 25:31-46 Julia Robinson

15th 7th Sunday after Trinity 6.00pm Evensong

Ephesians 1:3-14 Roger Fendley

Mark 6:14-29 Gill Walmsley

22nd Mary Magdalen 11.15am Parish Communion 2Corinthians 5:14-17 Jenny Graham

John 20:1-2, 11-18 Brian Graham

29th 9th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am Parish Communion

Ephesians 3:14-21 Jo Olner

John 6:1-21 Jon Bryant

6.00pm Joint Benefice Choral Service

at St Robert’s

Refreshments are now served in the hospitality area at the

back of church, following all our church services.

Please accept this invitation to join us for a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

St Robert’s Church, Pannal

AUGUST

Sundays

8.00am Holy Communion 9.15am service as shown

6.00pm Evening Service

Monday and Wednesdays 9.15am Morning Prayer

Thursdays 10.30am Holy Communion in the Chapter House

5th 10th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am All Age Service

12th 11th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Parish Communion Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Carl Hopkins

John 6: 35, 41-51 Valerie Cooke

19th 12th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Morning Worship

Ephesians 5:15-20 Derek Goodall

John 6:51-58 Rachel Downham

26th 13th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Parish Communion

Ephesians 6:10-20 Christine Ward-Campbell

John 6:56-69 Jeremy Frearson

Refreshments are served after the service in the

Chapter House and all are welcome to stay.

Christenings

We welcome into the church

27th May Anna Evelyn SIMPSON

Esther EVANS

16th June Darley Joan TURNER

17th June Samuel Ashley BOWLES

Edward and Mollie DUFFIELD

In Memoriam

John William COOKE

14th September 1930 to 1st July 1995

Lunch Club

Tuesday 17th July & 21st August

Holy Communion at 12.00pm (optional) followed by

lunch at 12.30pm

Lunch Club is in the Chapter House at St. Robert’s Church

every month. Serving a home cooked main course, dessert and

drinks: £10 per person. A main course with a selection of

vegetables, followed by a choice of puddings. Coffee/tea with

mints to finish. Transport can be provided.. A warm welcome to

all. Telephone Jean Hannam for further details - 01423 545646.

Beckwithshaw Village Hall Reg. Charity No 523490

Come along and join us at the Village Hall

on the following dates during the next few

weeks;

Tuesday 3rd, 17th and 31st July &

14th and 28th August

10am - 11.30 am

For

COFFEE, CAKE & CONVERSATION

Enjoy delicious home-made cakes, freshly

brewed coffee / tea for just £2.

A warm & friendly welcome awaits you.

Lucky ticket raffle included.

For further details tel: 01423 565812

Pannal Brass Cleaning Rota

29th July Mrs K Parratt

26th August Mrs A Hawker and Mrs C Ward-Campbell

Ordination

Many Congratulations to Abbie on her Ordination at Ripon Cathedral on 23rd June

St Michael & All Angels’ Church Beckwithshaw

AUGUST

Sundays

Please note the times for each service

Tuesdays 9.15am Morning Prayer

5th 10th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am All Age Service

12th 11th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am Parish Communion Ephesians 4:25-5:2

John 6: 35, 41-51

19th 12th Sunday after Trinity 6.00pm Evensong

Ephesians 5:15-20

John 6:51-58

26th 13th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am Parish Communion

Ephesians 6:10-20

John 6:56-69

Refreshments are now served in the hospitality area at the

back of church, following all our church services.

Please accept this invitation to join us for a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

Amazing Grace

From Slaver to Priest

Not long ago, Bridget Bennett, Mary Clarke and I were on our way to

support Philippa Croft at her confirmation in Ripon Cathedral. I

raised with them the name of the slaver who wrote Amazing Grace.

None of us could remember – we knew it was Sunday! At the

Cathedral I asked Canon Paul Greenwell to remind us – of course it

was John Newton. Canon Greenwell subsequently provided me

with a copy of the enclosed article which may be of interest to you.

Richard Thomas

North Rigton

AMAZING GRACE

Thirty or so years ago this hymn by John Newton (1725-1807) was

hardly to be found in a single British hymnbook. Long popular in

the USA as a gospel song, it was well ensconced in the UK

hymnological hit parade being put in 32nd place in the 2002 Songs of

Praise poll and 6th in the 2004 poll of readers of Roman Catholic

weekly, The Tablet. Its popularity in Britain was boosted in the

mid-1970’s by a recording of the tune by the pipes and drums of the

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards which was No 1 for nine weeks and

remained in the charts for several months. The hymn has also been

recorded by several leading vocalists and gospel singers.

John Newton was one of the most remarkable figures in the

Evangelical Revival that swept through Britain in the eighteenth

century. His father was a sailor and his mother died when he was 7.

After only two years of schooling, he was sent to sea at the age of 11.

His early life was by his own account godless and dissolute. Flogged

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A Cascade of Poppies for

Remembrance

This year on Sunday 11 November we will mark the 100th year since the 1918 Armistice. In recognition of this important centenary, St Robert’s would like to make a public display of crafted poppies cascading from the church

tower in Pannal. The Mothers’ Union are already under way with knitting and crocheting hundreds of poppies and invite all who are interested to join them. You may wish to make a poppy in memory of someone special, or make dozens! Patterns are available from the church office for knitted or crocheted poppies. They can be made in any shade of red, with or without black centres or green leaves. If you prefer to craft them in another form e.g. felting or sewn these will also be welcomed. Any completed poppies can be left at St Robert’s

THE MOTHERS’ UNION

MU July Meeting

The speaker for our last meeting was Jocelyn Brooks who spoke about’India The highs and lows’. Her talk was most interesting with wonderful photographs of beautiful scenery and magnificent historic buildings. She also gave us some background to the geography and history of India, painting a picture of a fascinating country and culture but only very briefly referred to the ‘ untouchables’ and the poverty of many people. Our next meeting is July 4th which is our outing. We are going to ‘Lucia’s ‘ on Ripon Road. Joan Pearson joan.pearson1@sky.com

Music Circle Meetings will resume on Monday 10th September at 2.00 p.m. in the Chapter House. All are very welcome to join this

friendly group. We listen to music on a specific topic for about an hour - topics this past season have included "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue", "Opposites", "War and Peace" and "Festivals". We enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits before we leave.

for deserting from the Navy, at the age of 22 he became captain of a

ship engaged in the slave trade between Britain, West Africa and the

West Indies. Three years later he underwent a dramatic conversion

to Christianity which seems to have started while he was reading

Thomas a Kempis’s book The Imitation of Christ on a voyage across

the Atlantic. A violent storm blew up, and Newton spent nine hours

manning the pumps and a further seventeen hours at the ships

wheel as the waves crashed around him. Several times he found

himself crying aloud to God for protection. The storm eventually

abated, and Newton later traced the first stirrings of the ‘great

change’ that was to turn him towards evangelical religion to his

sense of deliverance after this terrible experience.

Forsaking the slave trade and the seafaring life, he became friendly

with John Wesley and George Whitfield, the two leading figures in

the Evangelical Revival, and spent nine years training for the

Anglican ministry. In 1764 he was ordained and became curate at

Olney in Buckinghamshire. There he collaborated with William

Cowper, the poet and a fellow Evangelical, to produce a collection of

hymns which includes 280 of his own compositions, including such

favourites as ‘Glorious things of thee are spoken’ (no 39 in this

collection) and ‘How sweet the name of Jesus sounds’ (no 53). He

remained at Olney for sixteen years and then went to London as

rector of St Mary Woolnoth where he remained until his death.

‘Amazing Grace’ first appeared in Olney Hymns, which was

published in 1779. It reflects Newton’s own intense conversion

experience and his profound sense that it was only the

overwhelming grace of God which had saved one as wretched as

himself from eternal damnation. The great nineteenth century

(cont.)

hymnologist John Julian says with some justice that it is ‘far from

being a good example of Newton’s work’.

Some versions of the hymn contain an additional verse written by an

unknown hand and apparently first attached to Newton’s hymn in

EO Excell’s Coronation Hymns, published in Chicago in 1910:

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

Than when we first begun.

The tune Amazing Grace is based on an American folk melody

which seems to have been first published in 1831 in a tune-book

entitled Virginia Harmony. It is very likely Scottish in origin and

was probably brought across the Atlantic by colonists in the

eighteenth century.

*John Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (London: John Murray,

1907)

Thanks from Kathleen and Michael for all

those kind enough to contribute and help

celebrate their Golden Wedding

Anniversary at The Smith’s Arms recently.

The congregation of St Michael’s would also

like to thank Kathleen for all the hard

work she has undertaken for St Michael’s

as Churchwarden over a number of years.

It’s time for a well deserved rest.

PANNAL WIVES

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday September 19th when we will start with our new season’s programme and new members will be very welcome. I hope you all have a relaxing summer.

Margaret Staples Tel: 561529