


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…
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
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!
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.
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 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…