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Published by the Pocklington Group of Parishes February/March 2019

When I look in the mirror, what do you think I see?

I see someone God cares for looking back at me.

When I look in the mirror,

I’m as sure as I can be That God, who loves every-one, is looking back at me.

The Bible tells us, So God created human beings in his own image. In the

image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Gen1:27. Therefore, when we look in a mirror we see not only ourselves, but the image of God, who made us. If you don’t believe God made us, That’s fine, but ponder this statement by Fred Hoyle.

“The chance that higher life forms might have emerged through evolutionary process is comparable with the chance

that a tornado sweeping through a junk yard might assemble a Boeing 707 from the materials therein.”

GOD

loves

YOU

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Index

You are God’s creation, and He loves you 1

Index Don’t be groughy through Lent, be joyful 2

Group of Churches personnel 3

Regular group events 4

Thoughts of Rodney Consequences 5

News from Londesborough Snowdrop Sunday dates 6

The life and times of Maggie Doyle 7

News from Burnby 8

News from Warter: 9

February services 10

March Services 11

News from Nunburnholme 12

More from Nunburnholme Dates for your diary 13

Shiptonthorpe Group Service and Mothering Sunday 14

Shelagh Jones reporting Coffee morning 15

Lent News A Challenge, 40 days, 40 items 16

Lent schedule and an alternative way to observe Lent 17 Woman’s World Day of Prayer Huggate invite you to eat pancakes and spend a penny

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I can see clearly now (one cataract has gone) Can you see clearly? 19

Eco friendly Real Easter Eggs 20

Large print versions of ‘The Link’ are available on request

Articles to be sent to Freda Bailey

Rose Villa, Town Street Shiptonthorpe, YO43 3PE

01430 873318 f4freda@ymail.com

Deadline for next issue is Friday 15 March

Proverbs

15:13

A joyful

heart

makes a

cheerful

face-

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The Pocklington Group of Parishes

Combined Benefices of Londesborough Wold and Pocklington Wold

Church Office T: 01759 306045 E: office@allsaints.plus.com

WWW.pocklingtongroupofchurches.org

Vicar Vacant

Ministry Team AJB Tony Burdon BS Brian Snelson MB Mike Bailey

AH Annie Harrison DVR David Rumbelow PMB Pam Burdon

BB Bronnie Broadhurst FB Freda Bailey RN Rodney Nicholson

PD Pam Dean JH Joy Hadley SJ Shelagh Jones

BM Barbara Myerscough LJS Les Slow VH Val Hewetson

BJ Brian James

Pastoral Coordinator Bronnie Broadhurst 01759 307479.

Group Safeguarding Representative Les Slow 01759 303888

Church Wardens St Giles, Burnby

Mr Christopher Soukup

Mr John Hewitt

01759 306154

01759 302622

St Ethelburga, Great Givendale

Mr Joe Goodhart

Mrs Michelle Stephens

01759 368817

01262 678153

St Martin, Hayton

Mrs Elizabeth Thackray

01759 304317

St Mary, Huggate

Mrs Ruth Braithwaite

Mrs S Dale

01377 288422

01377 288233

All Saints, Londesborough

Mrs Joan Fletcher

01430 873554

St Margaret, Millington

Mrs S Sheard

01759 304783

St James, Nunburnholme

Dr Andrew Henworth

01759 302156

All Saints, Pocklington

Mrs Hilary Slow

Mr Nigel Laws

01759 303888

01759 304307

All Saints, Shiptonthorpe

Mrs Freda Bailey

Mr Steve Jones

01430 873318

01430 871612

Home Visits The Pastoral Team are always pleased to visit at home and if desired to bring Home Communion. If you would welcome a visit or if someone you know would, then please do let us know, as we regard it as an important part of our ministry. Initially please contact the Pastoral Team Coordinator who will then make the arrangements.

Be gentle, be patient, be kind, be

loving. Galatians 4:2,3

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Praise Gathering

Fellowship Prayer Songs

Hymns Readings Refreshments

At Barmby Moor Methodist Church

22 February 29 March

start at 7.30pm

No charge superb supper

All Welcome

Prayers for Healing

At All Saints Pocklington

In the Lady Chapel Every Monday

12 noon

For about half an hour

Please feel free to ask for prayer, and/or join us.

All Saints Church, Shiptonthorpe Every Friday morning at 09.30 am

Morning Prayers Come and join with us for: 20 minutes of prayer for the parish, in the parish

Please call 01430 873318 for venue

Home Group

will resume in February on alternate Tuesdays

We would love to have you come along and join us.

All are welcome. Ring 01430 873318 to confirm time and venue

Everyone is welcome at any or all of the meetings that are in The Link.

Coffee Mornings Tuesdays 9.30—11.30

at All Saints Church Pocklington

Proceeds to Mission

Natterbox

1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursdays

10.30—12 Midday

At the Village Hall

Shiptonthorpe

Third Thursdays

Biscuits and Beverages at All Saints

Shiptonthorpe

10.30—12pm

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Consequences I have been shocked by the

case, currently under trial, of a

couple who allowed a three-year-old

to be crushed and suffocated in the

rear footwell of a car. They were

trying to stop him making a noise.

His mother allowed her partner, a

front seat passenger, to move his

seat back electrically into the child to

give himself more leg room. The boy

indeed stopped his noise; he was

dead. The couple then spun a tissue

of lies. Their selfishness and folly will

have such consequences for them,

as they await their prison sentences, that they no doubt wish they could put the

clock back.

Actions indeed have consequences and not just for criminals. I appeal, at

times, to smoking teenagers whom I meet not to be so stupid. “I have taken

funerals,” I tell them, “of people who killed themselves by smoking. ” One girl

thanked me for my “wise words”. “They’re not wise,” I answered, “just common

sense. ”There’s much in the news about childhood obesity, possibly leading to

diabetes – a consequence of too many sugary drinks. There should be more in the

news about poor air quality causing suffering to people with chest problems – a

consequence of polluting traffic.

Our priorities also have consequences. If material possessions, or living for

pleasure, or being absorbed in ourselves are all-important to us, then we are

inwardly less healthy than if we set our hearts on faith and hope and love. Jesus

said that if we aim to save our life we lose it, but if we live for him we shall find it.

Life is fragile and precious, never to be taken for granted. We can do no better

The consequence of sin is death. It's in the Bible, Romans 6:23, NIV. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

We reap the consequences of our actions. It's in the Bible, Galatians 6:7-8, TLB. "Don't be misled; remember that you can't ignore God and get away with it: A man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the good things of the Spirit, he will reap the everlasting life which the Holy Spirit gives him."

You will be treated in the same way you treat others. It's in the Bible, Matthew 7:1-2, TLB. "Don't criticize, and then you won't be criticized. For others will treat you as you treat them."

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News from Londesborough by Rodney Nicholson

Snowdrop Sundays

The ever popular Snowdrop Sundays will be Feb-

ruary 10th and 17

th. We look forward to welcoming

a number of visitors to see Londesborough’s col-

ourful display. As usual refreshments will be

served in the Reading Room.

Christmas Tree Festival

This was a great success, for which warmest thanks go to Dianne Core and her able

team. Many people enjoyed viewing the Christmas Trees and gathering in the Reading

Room for seasonal refreshments afterwards. As well as signalling the coming of Jesus

Christ, the Light of the world, the festival raised a welcome £466.50 in total for church

funds.

Craft Fair

The Craft Fair and grotto arranged by Ollie Southgate was another Christmas-time

success, with input from the Weighton Waytes Choir, making it a really happy

community occasion. The event raised £599 for St Leonard’s Hospice, with a smaller

amount for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and £101 from teas and coffees, including a

donation, for the church.

Christmas

The Carol Service on 23rd

December attracted a slightly bigger congregation than

came last year when the Archbishop ended his mission weekend with a visit to

Londesborough. The gift envelopes and collection raised an excellent £256.50 for

The Children’s Society – needed now more than ever. Much humour and festivity

surrounded the Grand Draw which took place at the end of the service with Guy

Stephenson winning first prize. Guy, a farmer, did not want the half lamb but

chose instead the £150 in vouchers for a meal at the Ferguson Fawsitt Arms in

Walkington, where he intends to take the family for a Sunday lunch.

Mothering Sunday with a difference by Joan Fletcher

This year’s Mothering Sunday service on 31st March will take place at 4.00pm. We are

hoping to have a short service including songs, hymns and

readings, and be followed by refreshments.

Coffee mornings

February 7th: Church View, with Terry and Dianne Core

March 7th: The Old School, with Dianne Holmes

April 4th: Church View, with Terry and Dianne Core

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Maggie had a passion to help people by Rodney Nicholson and

Kerry Doyle

We were sorry to hear of the death of Maggie Doyle (94) in Novem-

ber, although we knew that her health had greatly deteriorated over

the last two years. Maggie was driven by a great concern to do

good and help people, especially those to whom life had brought

hardship. She was born Margaret Ursula Wright, daughter of Bob-

by and Ursula, whose family included her sisters, Heather and

Wendy. Living on Beverley High Road in Hull, they were bombed

out during the war and moved to Elloughton, to a lovely house on

the edge of the golf course, called The Bungalow, which Edward

V11 had built as a hunting lodge.

After secondary school education in Hull she served in the

land army working in the dairy at Ellerker. She delivered the milk,

leaving all the empty bottles sterilised, ready for the early start next morning. She had told the

farmer that the bottles had to be re-sterilised, due to milk slugs living in the scrubbed wooden ta-

ble that came out at night. One night she left everything as usual but cut the legs off the table, for

which she got the sack. Even as a teenager she was feisty and was sent for reprimand before a

disciplinary committee where she had to choose between munitions or nursing.

She started her nursing in the midlands at a hospital for venereal diseases, where her first

task was to lay out the dead. Returning to the East Riding she served as a Red Cross nurse at

the Driffield prisoners of war hospital, where she was touched by young German soldiers crying

for their mothers. The nurses were also kept under armed guard. They took it in turns to sneak

out over the back wall through the cemetery to the chippie for midnight feasts in the dorm. She

also nursed the destitute old people in the workhouse hospital next door, where one day she was

talking to an old woman netted in her cot. Reprimanded for dallying, the matron made her scrub

the floors. Maggie was appalled by the harshness of the workhouse, particularly single young

women being

escorted in crocodile formation on their Sunday afternoon visit to their children. They had to work

in the laundry until their children were old enough to leave.

After the war she did a social work course at Hull university, where she met her husband,

Patrick, who was reading history. They had a desire to bring up their children in the countryside,

so Patrick became a farm apprentice - his first job being a cowman in Cirencester, where Kerry

was born. Back “home” again, he managed a farm at Little Waudby, where Sophie was born. He

then became a farm manager on Sunk Island, after which the family moved to Patrington and fi-

nally in 1971 to Raincliffe, Londesborough. Her early experiences instilled in Maggie a keen

sense of social justice. She began her social work with fishing families on Hull’s Hessle Road.

She became a field social worker for Holderness and later returned to Hull University where she

qualified to become a senior field work officer for East Riding Social Services, based at Beverley.

After the Flixborough disaster it was a family joke that mum had the power to call out the

army. She came out of retirement to write the welfare rights campaign, also chairing committees,

including one for Barnados child abuse cases. They were a very sociable couple – longstanding

members of the Pocklington Wine Circle –and took an active part in Londesborough church and

social events. Maggie was stylish and will be remembered for her clothes and the wedding dress-

es she put on.

After Patrick died in 2010 Maggie suffered the untimely death of Sophie through cancer in

2016 – a blow from which she never recovered. She went into care in November 2017 after a fall,

hoping to return home, but sadly never did. Maggie, who also leaves her granddaughter Maya,

will be remembered at a thanksgiving service in All Saints which is still to be arranged.

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News from Burnby

Thanks to everyone who took part in our Christmas festivities, including decorating the church and taking part in and providing refreshments for our Carol Service. During the service, Georgina presented a beautiful kneeler to be blessed in memory of Kate Beale, who played such an active role in the life of our church. Special thanks to Lesley for the beautiful advent ring and floral arrangements, to Carol, Louise, Sara, Celia, Brenda and Julia

for organising a wonderful Christmas party for our village and to Jane and Simon for hosting the Christmas coffee morning. Dates for your Diary Sunday 3 February 9.15am: Family Communion led by Shelagh Jones, assisted by Bronnie. Sunday 3 March 9.15am: All Age Worship led by Bronnie. Sunday 31 March

9.15am Mothering Sunday Special Service led by Bronnie. Details of monthly coffee mornings will be circulated by email as usual.

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News from Warter C.E Primary School.

The first half term of 2019 at Warter has whisked by and half term is just around the corner. It has been a busy and successful term with the children learning about new themes and experiences, especially: Owl’s Mountain theme with a focus on reading books by the same author which is Alan Alhberg, the Warter Babies are working on a

Cinderella and Castle’s theme with the children looking after dragon eggs and waiting excitedly for these to hatch, Red Kites are very excited about their weather theme. The children in Year 4, 5 and

6 have just visited York Minster to take part in activity days to find out more about the Diocese of York. These days encourage the children to learn the different roles in the Minster along-side opportunities to wonder at the majesty of the building.

At the end of this term the chil-dren will take part in our Easter worship in the church which will be led by the Owls class on Friday 5th April at 1:45pm. Everyone is welcome to join us.

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Sunday Services for February 2019

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Nunburnholme AAW BM BM RN

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Shiptonthorpe MP BCP MB MB

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10.45am Londesborough MP CW DVR DVR

Pocklington SE CW PMB AJB AJB

Shiptonthorpe FC CW VH VH MB

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Millington HC CW RN BM BM

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Pocklington SE CW RN RN BM

Shiptonthorpe AAW BB BB

4.00pm Huggate EP BCP DVR DVR

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Nunburnholme FC CW VH VH BJ 10.45am Pocklington SE CW SJ SJ BB

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10.30am Huggate Baptism PMB

10.45am Shiptonthorpe HC CW AJB DVR DVR

12.45pm Pocklington Baptism BB 3

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Shiptonthorpe AAW FB MB

4.00pm Londesborough Special LJS LJS

Wednesday 6 March Ash Wednesday

7 pm Pocklington HC CW RN RN

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News from Nunburnholme Community Room update A meeting was held with members of the York Church of England Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) and some of our Jubilee Com-mittee (JC) representatives to advise on the positioning and size of the proposed building. The DAC are happy for the building to be an annex attached to the tower; there will be an interior and exterior door. The JC agree that attaching to the church building as an an-nex would useful for both the church and the community. As the project progresses the community will need to fund raise to-wards a percentage of the total cost of the build, which at this point we do not have an actual figure. A small group has worked on this since 2012, we hope that 2019 brings us closer to realising our

dream! Pottery Workshop The Jubilee Committee ran a Pottery Workshop in Octo-ber. Judy kindly provided the materials and equipment for the session, and using her expertise gave assistance and advice to enable the participants to make amazing hens! Which were then glazed and fired by Judy, plus £35 was raised for Jubilee Committee funds. Wine Tasting Event at Totterdown Farm To celebrate the start of the festive season the Jubilee

Committee organised a popular and much loved wine tasting evening at Totterdown Farm on 1st December, thanks to the kind hospitality of Richard and Yvonne. The entertainment was fun, our best wine connoisseur being Ingrid who won the star prize, a bottle of Cham-pagne. The supper was delicious and with excellent ambience it was a perfect start to our village celebrations over the Christmas period. Many thanks to all the people who supported this event, particularly Richard and Yvonne who generously opened up their delightful home for all 38 of us. The amazing sum of £721 was raised for the Jubilee Committee to use to support our church and the needs of our village.

Christmas Wreath Workshop This has become an annual event kindly hosted at Hessey Farm by Caro-line and Mike. Following a technical demonstration by Judy, we busied our-selves making delightful seasonal wreaths. Many of us were happy to make an extra one to purchase for ourselves or to donate to the Jubilee Committee to sell. The event ran from 2-4pm, we managed to drink mulled wine and eat mince pies whilst creating, and £372 was raised. A big thank you to Judy who is the driving force behind this event spending many hours prepping, and our hosts for totally handing over their kitchen to us! Beverley and District Ringing Society meeting On Saturday 8th December many experienced ringers joined our band to ring in celebration of the B&D meeting! This involved a short service with

Carols, a supper consisting of beef chilli, chicken korma, Mediterranean roasted vegetable dish, jacket potatoes and cakes; the business meeting followed and finally some celebration ring-ing. All in all a busy but very productive three hours.

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The bells rang out for the third Sunday in Advent Service and our little church was bulging at the seams with a very large congregation! Ingrid sang the first verse of Once in Royal David’s City, which set the scene perfectly. The children read seven lessons and created a Nativity scene, with help from Emma Jane. Afterwards warm mulled wine and mince pies were served; the church was buzzing with festive cheer. Many thanks to Stephen our organist, Ingrid for her solo, Cathy who organised the readers, all the children who participated, Emma Jane for costumes and production, the volunteers assisting with refreshments and those who decorated the church, and Brian for taking the Service. The Christmas Draw took place afterwards: 1st prize: iPad Ticket no: 94 Sarah Green 2nd prize: Hamper Ticket no: 247 Michelle White 3rd prize: Whisky Ticket no: 1050 Alex Esably 4th prize: KP Golf voucher Ticket no: 888 Nadir 5th prize: Cava Ticket no: 208 R Skelton 6th prize: Chocolate truffles Ticket no: 585 Joan Barker 7th prize: Senti Ticket no: 1170 P O'Sullivan 8th prize: Tin of sweets Ticket no: 451 A Hardcastle 9th prize: Jigsaw Ticket no: 51 Andy Stocks Thank you for the generous donations of prizes, and to all who bought tickets. The Jubilee Committee raised the amazing sum of £812. 100 Club results for December 1st no 13 J Blackburn £17.15 2nd no 32 J Campling £7.35 100 Club results for January 1st no 77 A Hill £17.15 2nd no 21 L Fox £7.35 Quarterly no 33 A Richardson £31.85 Mrs Boswell’s Carol Singers Our annual carol singing on Sunday 23rd December at 4.30pm was a tremendous success thanks to the wonderful singers and great support from villagers. We raised £146.27 for church funds - excellent! Thanks to all who supported this seasonal event.

Ringing in the New Year It has become a tradition for fellow villagers to gather at the church and celebrate with our ringing band; this year was no exception, there were 19 people singing Auld Lang Syne around our Saxon Cross which was very atmospher-ic! Afterwards we shared a celebratory drink and natter for a good 45 minutes.

Dates for Diary Saturday 26th January, 7.30pm in church: An evening of Gilbert and Sullivan music performed by the wonderful Celebration Singers. Tickets £5 (children free), including light refreshments, available from Mike Hastings 01759 318623 or Ann Hill 01759 304311 or at the door on the night. Saturday 23rd March, 7.30pm in church: Middle 8 Singers covering a range of music from the 1950s to the 1980s, and raising funds for the Salvation Army supporting the homeless, and PSPA for research into progressive supranuclear palsy: rare brain disease for which there is no known cause or cure at this time.

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News from Shiptonthorpe“

Our church may not be this grand, but please

don’t let it look this empty..

We are hosting a Group Service on

March 24th at 10.45am

Everyone is welcome

Tea, coffee, biscuits and Quality Street will be provided after the service,

Would be great to see U in R CH_ _CH.

The week after we will be holding our Mothering Sunday Service on 31st March.

This will be a service for all, Mums, Dads, Grandparents, children, carers. All are welcome, and there will be a small gift for all who mother, or have mothered.

ALL WELCOME

Proverbs 31:26-27 When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from la-

ziness.

Lessons from Mum

Foresight: Always wear

clean underwear just in

case you are in an acci-

dent.

Religion: You’d better pray

that will come out of the

carpet.

Logic: Because I said son,

that's why.

More logic: If you fall off

that swing and break your

neck you won’t go shopping

Sex: so how do you think

you got here?

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Disappointment, joys, and plans for the future.

It was very disappointing to have to cancel our

annual clothes collection. At the last minute,

Samara’s Aid Appeal announced they were sus-

pending their aid convoys. There are still

13 million displaced Syrians in need of aid and I

know many of you were already going through

your wardrobes. All Saints hopes to have a

clothes collection later in the year; if you can

recommend a charity providing people in need with good clothes, I’d be delighted to

hear from you. I think we all found something immensely warming in the thought that

clothes we had enjoyed wearing were now helping people in real need. !

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Christmas services, especially the

Carol Service. The new Children’s Christmas Workshop was very enjoyable and

resulted in a much-admired Nativity collage which was displayed in church through-

out the Christmas season.

Our next special service is on 31 March, Mothering Sunday - an informal service for

youngsters (and the young at heart!). Do join us at 10.45, to show our thanks to/for

our mothers and/or those who care for us.

Whether for a service or for the monthly coffee morning, we look forward to seeing

you at All Saints in the coming weeks. `Shelagh Jones

Join us on the Third

Thursdays of the month

on

21 February & 21 March

Biscuits and Beverages

Board Games are available

And a jig saw in progress

10.30—12pm

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PLANS FOR LENT AND OUR PRAYER TOGETHER DURING THE VACANCY

It has been the custom for some years now to mark the season of Lent together by offering a light lunch of soup and bread in Pocklington church every Tuesday and also a short time of prayer and reflection in the Lady Chapel. This has provided an opportunity for us to pause a while in our busy lives and spent a few quiet moments together in prayer as we journey through Lent, a very important time as we prepare for Holy Week and Easter. This year will continue in a similar way with soup being served every Tuesday from 11.00 o’clock onwards. There is a charge of £3 for soup and bread and £1 for a piece of cake. All the money raised will be used to support a worthy cause as decided by the Mothers’ Union. The time of prayer and reflection will take place in the Lady Chapel beginning at 12.00 noon and will last for approximately 30 minutes so there will still be the op-portunity to enjoy some soup afterwards if you would like to. This time of prayer will include a short Biblical reflection and also a time of prayer for our group of church-es during the vacancy. We have been meeting to pray every week since last June. Throughout the winter our practice has been to meet every Tuesday at midday. It seems sensible, therefore, to combine this time of prayer with our Lent reflection. It will take the form of a simple act of worship suitable for Lent and a short time of prayer together. Our aim has always been to make these prayers simple to join in with or to pray in silence as people prefer. We feel very clearly that as the vacancy continues, the need to pray together for every aspect of the appointment process and especially for those who carry extra responsibility at this time, is extremely im-portant. Our time of prayer and reflection every Tuesday during Lent will include a reflection around the theme of meeting God in the wilderness. This is a common theme throughout the Bible, including the times spent in the desert by both John the Bap-tist and Jesus himself. Sometimes in our lives we feel ourselves to be in a wilder-ness situation, isolated and uncertain of life’s direction. This can be a difficult time but also a time of meeting God afresh and gaining new strength and a sense of God’s presence with us.

Forty Days—Forty Items

Wed 10th February is the first day of Lent.

Here’s a challenge for you> Every day during Lent take an item from your wardrobe or chest of drawers that you don’t wear any more, or just don’t need and

put it in a bin bag. After 40 days donate the items to somewhere or someone who will really appreciate

them.

They could be donated to Yorkshire Air Ambulance, The Firefighters Charity, The Salvation Army or to a

charity shop, or to someone you know in need.

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These will be our topics for each week during Lent:

Meeting God in the wilderness March 12

th: God leads us. Exodus 13: 20-23 (The fire and the cloud)

March 19

th: God provides for us. Exodus 16: 13-15 (The bread from Heaven)

March 26

th: God speaks to us. 1 Kings 19: 1-13 (The still, small voice)

April 2

nd: The promise of new life. Isaiah 35 (The desert will blossom)

April 9

th: Preparing the way in the wilderness. Luke 3: 1-6 (John the Baptist)

April 16

th: ‘If you are God’s Son….’ Luke 4: 1-15 (Jesus is tempted)

We do hope you will consider joining us for these quiet and prayerful times togeth-er. If you are not able to, you may still like to read the Bible passages each week as part of your own prayer during Lent. Please speak to us if you have any questions. (And just a final reminder…we pray together for all aspects of our vacancy every Tuesday in the Lady Chapel in Pock-lington Church at midday. We also plan to meet and pray over breakfast at 8.30 am on the first Saturdays of February, March and April.) Pam and Tony Burdon

Remember, if you are

counting from Ash Wednesday to Easter

Sundays are

Feast Days

Alternative Lent

For some of us, fasting is medically not advisable or, it’s just “not our thing.”

That’s fine. We can still have 40 days of prayer and

works of love. If praying is not your thing,

that’s fine just do the works of love.

Extend it another 325 days and the world will be a better place.

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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

(A WOMEN LED, GLOBAL, ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT

Come – Everything is Ready!

Everything is ready and the invitation is for eve-ryone - men, women and children of all ages to join this Day of Prayer.* Women of Slovenia, one of the

smallest and youngest countries in Europe, have prepared this year's service and they encourage us to reflect on the barriers they have faced since the end of the Second World War when their country was a part of Yugoslavia, a Marxist socialist republic. They share the challenges they have met and the hopes they have for the future. World Day of Prayer is an international, inter-church organisation which enables us to hear the thoughts of women from all parts of the world: their hopes, concerns and prayers. The preparation for the day is vast. An international committee is based in New York and there are national committees in each participating country. Regional conferences meet to consider the service and then local groups make their plans. Finally, at a church near you on Friday March 1

st 2019 people will gather to cele-

brate the service prepared by the women of Slovenia. The Day of Prayer is celebrated in over 120 countries. It begins in Samoa and pray-er in native languages travels throughout the world --- through Asia, Africa, the Mid-dle East, Europe and the Americas before finishing in American Samoa some 38 hours later. A joint service will be held at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Sancton Road, Market Weighton at 2pm on Friday 1st March. All are welcome For details of other services in your area see the WDP web-site: www.wwdp.org.uk

Huggate News Pancake Supper Tuesday 5

th March St Mary’s Huggate 6pm onwards

Adults £2.50 children £1.00 Everyone welcome

Spend a Penny Concert Saturday 9

th March 7.30pm St Mary’s

Church Driffield Male Voice Choir and Lewis Scott Organist will be

performing to help raise funds for a toilet in the church. There will be wine nibbles, a raffle during the evening

and donations towards project Spend a Penny will be welcomed. Please come and join us for an enjoyable evening of music.

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.I can see clearly now (one cataract has gone)

I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day. Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone. All of the bad feelings have disappeared. Here is that rainbow I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day. Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies. Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies. I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Here is that rainbow I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day. Jimmy Cliff Songwriter: Johnny Nash

I don’t know why this song was written, or why Jimmy

Cliff chose to sing it. I do know that Jimmy had some

hard times, but he came through them.

I was reminded of this song because I have recently

had an operation for a cataract—I can’t believe how

clearly I can see now, colours are vibrant—I had no

idea just how cloudy things were—and I can’t wait to

have the second eye done!

Our lives can be a bit like that. Yes, we enjoy life and have fun, as we should.

But how much better might things be if we have Jesus in our lives? In John 10:10

Jesus says,

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

And 1 Corinthians 13:12 says

Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then

we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and

incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now

knows me completely.

John 3: 16 says God loved the world so much He gave His only son, so

whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

Do you remember Jimmy Chambers, born in Jamaica in 1948, later changing his surname to Cliff. He had his first hit, 'Hurricane Hattie' aged just 14. Cliff scored international success with singles 'Wonderful World, Beautiful People' and 'Vietnam'. He starred in the film The Harder They Come, providing the soundtrack, including the title track, plus 'You Can Get it if You Really Want' and 'Many Rivers to Cross'. He lives in Jamaica. When asked,

What I see when I look in

the mirror, he answered,

I see someone I love.

The last album he bought

in 2012 was, a gospel album by the Soul Stirrers.

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