a partner church in the WOLDSBURN benefice
CHURCH AT KIRKBURN
MARCH 2007
During December 2006 the Daily Telegraph carried an article about the big London churches and their Christmas services. Apparently the experience of Christmas 2005 had evidenced the need to provide more services over the coming Christmas as demand from the public had exceeded expectations in 2005. This seemed to be a bit surprising as “Church” isn’t generally in great demand these days. However, our experience in the Woldsburn benefice this Christmas confirmed the welcome trend. The services in the benefice on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day brought at attendance of over 600 which was really great. At Kirkburn for our Carol Service we had just short of 90 people, and our services on Christmas Eve (a benefice communion and our crib service plus an 8.30 am communion on Christmas Day) brought well over 100 people to our church. Wouldn’t it be great if Christmas happened once a month at St. Mary’s ???. I would like to thank all who played any part in our Christmas celebrations. Many people helped in so many ways, ranging from decorating the church to taking part in the services, and their contributions have been much appreciated. We also thank all those who supported our church by just coming and being part of Christmas.
We did have something new this Christmas. Organised by Judy Adamson a “shoe box collection” for Real Aid brought 39 shoe boxes full of various small gifts for girls and boys which are transported to countries where most children don’t, in fact, have a real Christmas. We were a little late in joining the scheme for the first time this year. Judy managed to get round the houses in Kirkburn fairly early in December and we did publish a flyer in the December magazine which was distributed a bit earlier than usual, but really we didn’t give the villages (Southburn and Tibthorpe) much chance to organise themselves. With the best will in the world to get hold of sufficient small things for a shoe box does take a bit of time. I expect we will be taking part again next Christmas time. We will definitely advertise this effort in the September magazine this year which should give people plenty of time to get organised. And it has to be said that, given the circumstances, 39 boxes from a standing start was a great result. It is a worthwhile scheme. Leaving aside the religious significance of Christmas, it is a time for giving and especially for giving to children. The “Christmas Shoe Box Appeal” gifts go to children in those parts of the world that are really deprived, and really make a difference. As most of you know I live in Cranswick, which is a pretty big village.. The people of St. Peter’s Church have been doing this for quite a number of years so there aren’t many people there who don’t know about the scheme. This year they managed to raise 220 shoe boxes, so there is a target for us to aim at
Another thing for us to be pleased about is the arrival to work in our benefice of the Rev. Robin Waite. Robin lives in North Ferriby and his ministry so far has been spent in Hull. Robin’s wife, Jane, is the daughter of Peter and the late Joan Atkinson of Garton on the Wolds so he and his family have roots here. We welcome his arrival in our community and
We did have something new this Christmas. Organised by Judy Adamson a “shoe box collection” for Real Aid brought 39 shoe boxes full of various small gifts for girls and boys which are transported to countries where most children don’t, in fact, have a real Christmas. We were a little late in joining the scheme for the first time this year. Judy managed to get round the houses in Kirkburn fairly early in December and we did publish a flyer in the December magazine which was distributed a bit earlier than usual, but really we didn’t give the villages (Southburn and Tibthorpe) much chance to organise themselves. With the best will in the world to get hold of sufficient small things for a shoe box does take a bit of time. I expect we will be taking part again next Christmas time. We will definitely advertise this effort in the September magazine this year which should give people plenty of time to get organised. And it has to be said that, given the circumstances, 39 boxes from a standing start was a great result. It is a worthwhile scheme. Leaving aside the religious significance of Christmas, it is a time for giving and especially for giving to children. The “Christmas Shoe Box Appeal” gifts go to children in those parts of the world that are really deprived, and really make a difference. As most of you know I live in Cranswick, which is a pretty big village.. The people of St. Peter’s Church have been doing this for quite a number of years so there aren’t many people there who don’t know about the scheme. This year they managed to raise 220 shoe boxes, so there is a target for us to aim at
Another thing for us to be pleased about is the arrival to work in our benefice of the Rev. Robin Waite. Robin lives in North Ferriby and his ministry so far has been spent in Hull. Robin’s wife, Jane, is the daughter of Peter and the late Joan Atkinson of Garton on the Wolds so he and his family have roots here. We welcome his arrival in our community and
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