Benefice of Lower Wensleydale
Welcome to the online home of the Lower Wensleydale Churches of St Andrew’s, Finghall; St Gregory’s Crakehall; St Mary’s, Hornby; St Michael’s, Spennithorne; St Oswald’s, Hauxwell; St Patrick’s, Patrick Brompton.
Benefice of Lower Wensleydale
Gathered Worship Suspended – PhoneChurch continues in strength
Following the success of PhoneChurch during the first lockdown and with Covid-19 rates rising once again in our area, a discussion was held at an emergency meeting of the 6 Parishes. After reviewing the options the PCC’s opted to revert to PhoneChurch during the current National Lockdown, this has been approved by Bishop Nick. This will be reviewed at our meeting on the 24th February.
So we continue with PhoneChurch at 09:00, 10:00, and 16:00 (Zoom on 2nd & 4th Sundays)
To join in simply call 03300 945 940
then at the prompt Room number: 55017514 #
and use Guest PIN: 3885 #
For more information please see the diary section on the left-hand side of the page or the latest news sheet below – click on the dot to see full details for each service or event.
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Special Services
Since early days Christians have observed with great devotion the time of our Lord’s passion and resurrection. It became the custom of the Church to prepare for this by a season of penitence and fasting.
As a sign of the spirit of penitence with which we shall keep this season of preparation for Easter, we invite you to receive on your head in ash the sign of the cross, the symbol of our salvation.
This year we have sent out packs with both liturgy and small envelopes containing ash made from last years palm cross, for you to mark this important day at home. If you are able, please do join us at our services at 09:00 or 18:00, however, we have also included a card with instructions if you would like to do so on your own. Please click here for a downloadable copy of our Ash Wednesday At Home Card
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Special Services
Come & Join us on Zoom as we offer a virtual Clypp (hug) our Church ask for God’s blessing on our communities and share pancakes!
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Clipping the church is an ancient custom that is traditionally held in England on Easter Monday or Shrove Tuesday. The word “clypping” is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and is derived from the word “clyppan”, meaning “embrace” or “clasp”. Clipping the church involves the congregation holding hands in a ring around the church. Once the circle is completed onlookers will often cheer and sometimes hymns are sung. Following the ceremony a sermon is delivered in the church and there are refreshments. Christians adopted this tradition to show their love for their church and the surrounding people.
This year we are having a Zoom Clypping and Pancakes service! Please do join us with pancakes ready and if you can a Lemon (all will be explained on the night)! As we can’t hug the Church this year we have included a Clypping Blessing Card so you can go to your Doorsteps and then come back to the Zoom!
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Notice Sheet
09:00 Morning Prayer
10:00 BCP Holy Communion
16:00 Evening Prayer – Zoom (Taizé Music)
During the week – PhoneChurch
09:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday – Morning Prayer
18:00 Tuesday – Clypping Service – a service of blessing on our Churches, Homes, & Communities Zoom
09:00 & 18:00 Wednesday – Ash Wednesday Holy Communion
20:00 Saturday – Compline
09:00 Prayer & Praise
10:00 Holy Communion
16:00 BCP Evensong
During the week – Phone Church
09:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday – Morning Prayer
09:00 Wednesday – Holy Communion
20:00 Saturday – Compline
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10:00 Holy Communion
During the week – PhoneChurch
09:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday – Morning Prayer
18:00 Tuesday – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
09:00 Wednesday – Holy Communion
09:00 Holy Communion
10:00 Morning Prayer
16:00 BCP Evensong
During the week
09:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday – Morning Prayer
09:00 Wednesday –Holy Communion – Scholastica, c.543
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Come & join us
09:00 Prayer & PraiseSr Dora
10:00 Holy Communion(Plough Sunday) Special Plough Sunday Booklet
16:00 BCP EvensongSr Dora
Sunday 24th January Epiphany 3
09:00 Holy Communion
10:00 BCP Morning Prayer
16:00 Simply Together in the Afternoon – Zoom
Well – the new year is here and halfway through January it almost feels like a reboot of 2020. With another national lockdown, Church buildings empty and congregations meeting online and in our case on the Phone, and most of all uncertainty as to when this may all end!
However, I would like to start looking forward to ways that we might celebrate our faith and our beautiful setting here in Lower Wensleydale. For the last few years, we have marked both the agricultural and Church calendar with special services and I propose that even though we are dispersed we will go back to marking them again this year. And so we start with a double celebration this Sunday as we mark Plough Sunday and the Birthday of Sr Dora.
We will be remembering Sr Dora at both the 09:00 and 16:00 PhoneChurch services Dorothy Pattison (Sister Dora) who was born in Hauxwell as her father was the vicar of St Oswald’s for around 40 years in the mid-Victorian era. She became a significant pioneer of the modern nursing profession specialising in traumatic industrial injuries.
Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration of the beginning of the agricultural year that has seen some revival over recent years. Plough Sunday celebrations usually involve bringing a ploughshare into a church with prayers for the blessing of the land. It is traditionally held on the Sunday after Epiphany, the Sunday between 7th January and 14th January. Accordingly, work in the fields did not begin until the day after Plough Sunday: Plough Monday. Although the nature of farming has changed over the centuries, Plough Sunday is seen as a way of generally celebrating farming and the work of farmers.
With an early Easter this year Lent is just a month away and we are working hard to prepare material to help you keep Lent in lockdown – more news in the next edition, until then stay safe and may God speed the plough.
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