On Friday 11th November 2022 Killinghall C of E School came to church to mark their respects. The church was packed and the children were holding their poppies high. To mark the silence one of the parents, Duncan Morrell, played the Last Post on his trumpet.
On Saturday 22nd September, York City Gospel Choir joined us at St James’ Birstwith for a gospel singing workshop. Around thirty people from across the Benefice attended the workshop, together with the Gospel Choir. At the end of the afternoon, a concert was given by all the attendees, together with the Gospel Choir – it’s…
We are delighted to welcome Gill Clarke, our new Parish Administrator. Gill will be working from the Parish Office at St John’s Bilton, giving much needed administrative support to Rev Chrissy. Gill has been working as Parish Administrator for St John’s & St Luke’s for a couple of months, before which she had a successful…
PET BLESSING SERVICE We held a Pet Blessing Service at Killinghall Church on Sunday 16th September, to which a number of our regular congregation and schoolchildren brought their beloved pets, as well as canine visitors from the local community. It would be fair to say that dogs outnumbered any other pet, but there were two…
We had a wonderful weekend of music, hospitality, fellowship and faith at Killinghall Church over the weekend of 5th-7th October. During the weekend over three hundred adults and over one hundred children came into Church either to participate in concerts and events, and to enjoy food, fun and fellowship. We started the weekend with a…
Our Churchwardens at Killinghall, Sue Macdonald and Fiona Pepper; and our Hampsthwaite Churchwarden, Beth Wickenden, were all installed in their position for the next 12 months as the Archdeacon’s Visitation Service at St Peter’s on Monday 25th July. Here they are with Reverend Suzy