Good News stories from around our Benefice.
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.
What a wonderful, successful weekend we have had in the village! So many different people were involved in our Amy Woodforde-Finden Music Festival from musicians local and nationally renowned, villagers of all ages, artists, flower arrangers, guest musicians to name but a few. Around 200 people enjoyed the music of Friday and Saturday. First came…
The full set of muffled bells was playing between 10.00 and 11.00am on Monday 19th September for the funeral Queen Elizabeth II. Please remember to sign the book of condolence, which will eventually be sent to London, along with many others from churches across the country. God save the King!
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
On June 11th, teams from across Yorkshire came for a competition at St Thomas a Becket in Hampsthwaite. The winners were the team from Leeds Minster.
Benefice Jubilee Weekend. Please join us. Thursday 2nd June 7.45pm Bell Ringing for Her Majesty Saturday 4th June 1.30pm Coffee and Cake in Killinghall Church and a Street Party in Hampsthwaite Church Car Park! Sunday 5th June 9.30 Killinghall Jubilee service and 11.00 Hampsthwaite Jubilee Service, wear red, white and blue and stay for refreshments…
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed a new Musical Director, organist and choir master, whose name is Thomaz Flessenkaemper. We invite you to meet him in Hampsthwaite Community room on Saturday 2nd April at 6pm where we will serve drinks and nibbles. If you can’t make the evening, then do come along…
We were delighted to be able, at last, to formally welcome Reverend Suzy and her family to the Benefice at an induction service held on 28th July. With a few sensible precautions in place, the service went ahead in the newly-repaired Killinghall church and was attended by members of the three churches together with Killinghall’s…
Bang on time, at 9.00am on a very lovely Saturday 17 February morning a coach arrived at St Thomas a Becket Church filled with 44 Dutch Galanthophiles (snowdrop enthusiasts) on a garden tour from the Netherlands. They had come specifically to see the snowdrops in the churchyard! When I asked Hanneke, the leader of the…
The weather outside was miserable but inside the church at Killinghall was warm and filled with festive cheer on Saturday 1st December for a family fun day. Children from the village gathered to make festive crafts in the morning. The floor was carpeted with a layer of glitter as the children decorated Christmas cards, gingerbread…