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The Messenger May 2016
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Vicar Revd Stuart G Hill BTh (Oxon.)
01723 859694
Reader Mrs Pat Wood
01723 862227
Organist Mr Terry Cartlidge
01723 259993
Church Wardens St Stephen, Snainton
Bob Williams
01723 859130
St John Harris
01723 850684
All Saints, Brompton
Don Jones
01723 859437
Mark Evans
01723 859233
All Saints, Wykeham
Robert Sword
01723 862434
Anthony Tubbs
01723 850620
St Matthew, Hutton Buscel
David Knowelden
01723 864670
Beverley Waldie
01723 863812
St Peter, Langdale End
Dianne Collins
01723 882204
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The Messenger May 2016
A Pilgrimage for the Diocese of York A pilgrimage for young people, children and their families.
From Wednesday 27th July - Sunday 31y July 2016
Following in the footsteps of one of our most important local saints. Starting from Hinderwell, through the Esk Valley and finishing in Whitby.
40 mile walk - you can chose to walk the whole distance over five days or just come for a part of the day and do a ‘Messy Pilgrimage’.
Worship (Messy/All Age), walking, fellowship, and food as part of each day.
Bring your own children/grandchildren, come as a family, your Sunday School, Messy Church congregation, youth group. An opportunity to enter into the story of an extraordinary woman who played a key role in our church history by walking together in her footsteps…A chance to come together as a diocesan family and enjoy exploring a beautiful part of our area.
A time to have some fun, food, friendship in the villages we visit. You are invited to join us for all or some of the 40mile walk created by John and Nancy Eckersley from Flamborough who are very experienced walkers.
Further enquiries and for a booking form contact: Sarah Weyell: [email protected] or Andy & Jo Bowden: [email protected]
St Hilda’s Way is a new pilgrimage by John and Nancy Eckersley and their book, only £5.00 is available from Carrie Geddes: [email protected]
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The Messenger May 2016
Wykeham
The Wykeham Church congregation have started to welcome the onset of the wedding season with several having taken place already. There is also a follow up with Baptisms – on one occasion both happening at the same time! We are indebted to the Downe Arms who willingly respond to requests for a Christian marriage ceremony. Stuart plays (obviously!) an essential role and is a master at calming nerves but at the same time ensuring that the marriage ceremony is one which the Bride and Groom will never forget. The wedding couples are required to attend services for at least six months before their wedding – a refreshing addition to the regular church congregation.
Last month Wykeham bade a sad farewell to Harry Corney who passed away from cancer and whose funeral service took place at Wykeham Church. Harry lived and worked on the Dawnay Estate for many years ending up as the Foreman at Wykeham Farms. He was a character who took great pride in his work, and woe betide if you did not follow suit! With the exception of Martin who lives in Ings Farm, the other three sons have left Wykeham, the latest to do so being Stuart who is a gamekeeper in Shropshire, having trained at Wykeham. The funeral service was very well supported, with standing room only – a tribute to a highly respected character.
Brompton Blog
The day before the Queen’s birthday in April was the 90th birthday of Len Jackson an unsung hero of All Saints. For many years his wife Jessie was our verger and Len accompanied her to church. During this time, and many other unpaid hours, Len has done countless jobs inside and out the Church. For this reason it was lovely to light the candles on a cake and celebrate at the Village Ventures lunch.
The June Village Ventures lunch will be the start of our celebration of the Queen’s official birthday, culminating in Open Gardens on June 19th. The Church be one of the “gardens” with displays relating to William Wordsworth’s love of wildflowers. I know daffodils are not in season then but he wrote poems featuring many other flowers!
The volunteers involved include those like Len who are not regular churchgoers but give up their time to make our Church feel such a cared for and calm sanctuary. Special thanks are due to Lynn Dees our cleaner, who does far more than her small salary deserves, and to the rota of key holders who ensure the Church is open every day.
Mary Jones
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The View from the Vicarage.
Do you eat healthily, with a good mixture of carbs for strength and energy, protein for growth and vitamins to keep disease away?
A healthy body is really important, but Deuteronomy 8:3 tells us that ‘people do not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord’.
So where do you get the nutrition you need from God’s word? Strength and energy are crucial if we’re to keep on living the Christian life day after day, year after year. The letter to the Hebrews says, ‘Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us’ (12:1), and Paul says, ‘I press on towards the goal to win the prize’ (Philippians 3:14). Reading the many stories of people in the Bible who loved God and gave up everything to serve him, from Abraham through to Jesus and his followers, strengthens us to keep pressing on in our faith.
We need to keep growing, too. Peter urges us, ‘Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love’ (2 Peter 1:5–7). Does that sound like a tall order? Well, reading the Bible regularly can help us add a little bit of growth each day.
What if we fall ill? Fear, worry, resentment, pride and greed can all take hold of us and weaken our ability to live for God. ‘All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,’ says 2 Timothy 3:16. The Bible shows us where we’re going wrong, so that we can put it right and ward off the ‘heart disease’ that harms our spiritual lives.
Do you need more nourishment, to live a healthy spiritual life? Then take a helping of the Bible every day!
The Messenger May 2016
Christian Meditation Group
Our group usually meets every other Saturday at 9.30am at St Stephen's, but just for the month of May we are ringing the changes. Our first meeting of the month is on Tuesday, 3 May at 7pm in St Stephen’s. Then, instead of meeting on Saturday, 21 May, we are attending an event 'On Peace and Eckhartian Spirituality' organised by The Eckhart Society at Thicket Priory near York. http://www.eckhartsociety.org/ If you'd like to find out more, then please contact St John Harris on 01723 850684.
St Stephen's Church Roof Appeal
St Stephen's Church was built in 1835 and still has the original roof, which now needs replacing plus the installation of associated drainage. The estimated cost is £139,000. We have applied to the Listed Places of Worship Government Roof Fund for assistance and our success will be influenced by the amount we are able to raise ourselves. We are having a launch event on Monday, 2 May 2016 from 11am-4pm in church, where you will be able to see the architect’s plans, talk with the Vicar and PCC members. Please come along and have a cuppa while you chat and view the plans. Our first fundraising event for the Roof Appeal is Kirkbymoorside Town Junior & Learner Brass Bands on Friday, 13 May 2016 at 7.30pm in church. Tickets are £6 which include interval refreshments are available from Jane Williams Tel: 859130; Angela Howgate Tel: 859843 & St John Harris Tel: 850684. If you are unable to attend the Launch, look out for future activities on the Village Notice Boards and the church website: http://upperderwent.co.uk/
Bob Williams
From St Matthew’s Hutton Buscel
Somewhat blustery but the rain did keep off for a particularly enjoyable Rogation around Brompton last Sunday. With 6 dogs and 2 ponies it was wonderful to sing, praise and give thanks around the village. Thank you for re-electing David and I as your church wardens for the coming year - challenging, very rewarding, complex, wading through treacle are all words that spring to mind, your prayers for us, St Matthews and our benefice are always welcome, please. After much soul searching Malcolm is stepping down as our treasurer as soon as a replacement is found. A huge thank you to Malcolm for taking on not the easiest of roles and a plea for a replacement urgently required. Hutton Buscel Open Gardens on Sunday 12th June, long may this glorious weather continue, then our Dickension Flower Festival the first weekend of October are events to look forward to, but both need your help and support please. With our best wishes
Beverley, David and Malcolm
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God’s Kingdom in 21st Century Yorkshire: seeing the Church differently.Wednesday 18 MayArrive 9.45am, depart 4pmMaybe what we need to do is not invent new programmes, new forms or methods for church but rather to change our understanding of what church is…?Led by Rev Dr Greg Hoyland.Cost: £25.00 to include lunch and refreshments.
Wydale at HomeSunday 19 JuneArrive 2pm (or anytime after), depart 5pm (or when you want to!)No particular content, just a chance for you to drop in and visit us! There will be tea, cake and a warm welcome for anyone who would like to come and have a look around or investigate what we are doing. We’ve put in a request for a sunny afternoon, so come and sit in our garden and let us welcome you into our community.Free of charge – donations for refreshments welcome but not required. No need to book, just turn up.
Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs @ Wydale HallJul 7 @ 6:15 pm – 9:30 pmPsalms, Hymns & Spiritual SongsThursday 7 JulyArrive 6.15pm* depart 9.30pm*If not coming for dinner, arrival 7.15pm for 7.30pm startVen David Butterfield will explore the different sorts od musical styles that we use in our worship. He will also help us to reflect on what we are doing when we sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs in worship. There will be an opportunity to sing together and we guarantee that those who come will see hymns and songs in a new light.Cost: £18.00 with dinner, £8.00 without dinner
For more info www.wydale.org
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The unstoppable power unleashed at Pentecost
Nine days after the Ascension of Jesus, and 49 days after his crucifixion, the Jews were doing what they always did this time of year, preparing for the Feast of Ingathering, or Harvest. It was held 50 days after the Passover, and with it, life in Israel looked set to return to normal, with Jesus well on the way to becoming just a memory.
So no one paid any attention to a small group of Jesus’ disciples who had gathered in a house in Jerusalem. There were only about 120 of them, and they were quiet and kept to themselves. The Jews, if they thought about it at all, would have assumed they were still grieving their lost leader. But the disciples, far from grieving Jesus’ death, were eagerly awaiting for him to send them a present…. Though they did not understand exactly what it might be.
All they knew was that Jesus was alive, and that before He had ascended to heaven, He had told them to go to Jerusalem and wait there together for “the gift my father has promised” (Acts 1:4) He had said: “stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49)
These disciples, though they did not know it then, were already acting as the future church – the ecclesia, which literally means ‘called-out ones’. For those disciples stuck together, together they waited for God’s blessing.
As with them, so with us today: even though each conversion is intensely personal, we are not converted to be alone in our faith. Far from it! We are not saved to solitude, but to a life in the fellowship of the Church. Jesus has ordained that His followers, TOGETHER, be His family on earth, His witness to the world.
But it has never been a family built on likeness – the believers in the house that day came from very different backgrounds – from right-wing conservatives (Matthew) to radical left-wing zealots (Simon).
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You and your goldfish’s attention span
How long can you concentrate on any one thing?
According to a now infamous
study by Microsoft our digital lifestyles have had such a detrimental impact on our concentration levels that our average attention span has fallen to below that of a goldfish. Humans now stay focused for just eight seconds, before being distracted by news alerts, social media and so on – while even a goldfish can concentrate for nine seconds.
And it is not just the endless stream of information that hits us, but the type of information that is so distracting. Violence and endless conflict can leave you distressed and unsettled. Medical experts recommend regular non-digital breaks such as a walk, a chat, or even just staring out the window.
Meanwhile, try these tips to calm your mind:
1. In the evening, reverse the settings on your device, so that you have white writing on a black background. This reduces the blue light that affects your brain’s cyclic rhythm, disrupting your sleep/wake cycle.
2. Get moving. Exercise takes time, but it also sharpens your mind and increases your concentration. So in the end you will get more done in less time.
3. Eat well. Avoid sugar and too much caffeine which make your mind busier.
4. Seek company. Anxiety levels rise after six hours, due to the changes in your brain hormones caused by social isolation. So if you work from home, take your laptop to a coffee shop for an hour, or see a friend for coffee.
5. Fill the final half hour of your day with one simple task, rather than flitting from task to task.
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There were some straight-forward fishermen and even women, for good measure. From the day of its birth, Jesus’ family would include all kinds of people who would find their unity in Him.
The first thing the disciples did was to get down to the business of praying. They did not try and unite themselves by long discussions with each other. It was the “joining together constantly in prayer” (verse 14) that brought them together.
The 19th Century London pastor FB Meyer expressed well what awaited those disciples “The task that awaited that little group was one of unparalleled difficulty. …They were to disciple all nations, speaking different languages, scattered over the vast Roman Empire, which extended from the Atlantic to the Far East. … They were to substitute Christianity for paganism, as the foundation of a new type of civilization. …In fact, humanly speaking and without exaggeration, it depended on that tiny group of unknown and ordinary men and women, whether the Incarnation and Death, the Resurrection and Ascension, of the Son of God would obtain the audience and acceptance of mankind.”
Today the Christian Church faces the same challenge – of making Christ known. We can do “business as usual” in our strength and by our resources. But great manifestations of God’s saving, healing and restoring power come only as God’s people “stay for the Spirit” and “wait for the gift” as Jesus commanded (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4).
Each of us would do well to “ask, seek and knock” for God’s fullness day by day, if we are to enjoy His full anointing of power on our lives and ministry. We all ‘leak’, and need the continual in-filling that comes from abiding, persistent prayer.
It was out of the context of prayer that this incipient church in Jerusalem was preparing for the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. For God’s fullness in our lives and awakening in our church today we must believe that He is able and willing to fulfill His highest purpose for us. He wants to give us His “good gifts,” namely, His Holy Spirit in fullness.
That day in Jerusalem, when the Holy Spirit arrived in all His fullness, Peter stood up and preached the first ever Christian sermon to the astonished Jews in the city. So - the Jesus their rulers had crucified at Passover was not dead after all! That Jesus WAS the Messiah, and He was alive! 3,000 were converted that same day. In the power of the Spirit, the Church was born – and growing fast!
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Making sense of the Ascension
This month we celebrate Ascension Day. Although somewhat neglected, as it takes place on a Thursday, it is still an important Christian festival. The New Testament tells us that Jesus ascended to ‘God’s right hand’ (1 Peter 3:22). But how should we understand this?
Sitting at God’s right hand Jesus occupies a position of power and authority at the 'oval office' of the universe, ‘exalted to the right hand of God’ (Acts 2:33). This position was secured by his death and resurrection and enables us to experience the life of heaven ie eternal life, forgiveness, healing and the power to transform lives and communities. Is this our expectation and experience?
Standing at God’s right hand Our experience of heaven is only partial, as we also know the reality of suffering and disappointment in our lives. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, saw Jesus ‘standing at the right hand of God’ (Acts 7:56) as he was being stoned to death. Do we recognise that Jesus is on the throne and has a purpose for our lives, when we are in the middle of setbacks and difficulties? As a result of Stephen's death, the Church grew and the apostle Paul was transformed. Where is the fruit of the suffering in our lives?
Praying at God’s right hand Finally, we are told that Jesus is ‘interceding for us’ at God’s right hand (Romans 8:34 & Hebrews 7:25). Jesus is on our side at the heart of the universe and fully knows our needs when praying for us. He is on our side, even when we feel defeated by the wrong things in our lives.
So where has Jesus gone? Because He is in heaven, the Ascension opens up the possibility that we can experience the life of heaven, both now and in eternity.
The Ascension Day service ison Thursday 5th May 2016, 7.00 pm at Hutton Buscel
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Marking Our Way
Anyone used to hiking and climbing mountains will be aware of cairns - collections of small stones heaped upon each other. Cairns are markers along a route and ensure that walkers don’t head off in the wrong direction or succumb to danger.
Cairns have been used as trail markers for thousands of years, and exist not only on mountains but also on many kinds of terrain. They can vary in size from a low pile of pebbles to elaborate stone monuments and large sculptures. Sometimes they are specific landmarks or memorials to some historic event.
Cairns are mentioned in the Bible usually as ‘memorial stones’. Jacob made a small mound at Bethel and Moses ordered a more decorative construction on Mount Ebal. These were markers so that people would remember the blessings God had given them in the past. Joshua’s twelve stones at the River Jordan was a marker commemorating God’s miraculous demonstration, and in generations to come it would make people stop and think about His almighty power.
Today, we have markers to remind us of God’s provision and love and these are presented as the Liturgical Year. This consists of the cycle of seasons, feast days and celebrations of saints. Alongside these, some churches, use distinct liturgical colours to cover the altar as a visual reminder of a season or a day on the Christian Calendar.
Of course, not all churches use a liturgical calendar and perhaps miss out on seasons such as Lent, to spend some time for personal reflection and spiritual growth. We may not all observe Maundy Thursday, Ascension Day or Trinity Sunday, but in one way or another we all observe Christmas, Easter and Pentecost.
In the Bible narrative, the Israelites and later the Jewish nation, were often forgetful of God’s counsel and care. They needed visual markers of stones and their year of festivals to constantly remind them that God was always with them.
The principle is the same for us. We can be forgetful, neglectful and negligent of God as we go about our busy, daily lives. What then are our personal markers? What can we use to help us stay on the right path with Him? Let’s identify our markers so we do not stray from God’s guiding and protective hand.
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The Way I See It : Three in One and One in Three
A story is told of a Jewish man who collapsed in the street with a heart attack. A passing Roman Catholic priest rushed over and knelt beside him. “Would you like to have your sins forgiven?” he asked. The man nodded weakly. “Right,” said the priest. “Do you believe in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit?”
The Jewish man rolled his eyes and moaned, “I’m dying, and he’s asking me riddles!”
Well, it’s Trinity Sunday later this month, so if you go to church you may well hear the preacher trying to explain the riddle. Most church-goers know that it’s part of orthodox Christian faith, and like singing about it in hymns, but haven’t any idea why it’s so important. Surely, they think, there’s only one God, so why make it so complicated?Yes, it is complicated, but not incredible. Over the last century scientists have discovered that almost everything is more ‘complicated’ than we had thought. It seems, for instance, that pretty well nothing we know is a simple unity.
Think atoms, and then protons and neutrons. Energy and activity flow from dynamic relationships. So doesn’t it make sense that the Creator God is a Relationship – the source of all energy and activity – rather than a simple ‘unity’? Thought of like that, a God who is ‘Father’ (Source), Son (Action) and Spirit (Application) makes good sense. The Father made us, the Son loves us and the Spirit ‘sheds that love abroad in our hearts’. Makes sense to me.
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Fortitude and consolation in the midst of evil
….the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any troubles with the comfort we ourselves have received from God (2 Corinthians 1:4)
Whether it was Lockerbie in Scotland, 9/11 in America, Paris last November, or Brussels in March, the outbreaks of mindless evil and violence continue. Sadly, they have become a part of modern life in a fallen world.
Life in Roman times was not easy, either. Paul knew all about evil and suffering, and in his letter to the Corinthians reassured them that they would not have to face adversity and evil all on their own. Instead, God himself would come alongside and comfort them. Paul uses the Greek word PARAKALEO, which means ‘I call for aid alongside…. I summon assistance.’ So - God was with them.
Indeed the name, given by Jesus to the Holy Spirit of God, was that of PARAKLETOS, literally, ‘The Comforter.’ In these words, then, the Bible assures us that God has NOT abandoned us when we meet evil times, but instead He is there with us, offering counsel, fortitude and consolation. And we Christians, in turn, can pass His comfort on to others in need.
This ‘partnership of comfort’, if you like, is being practised right across the world.
It is a Partnership of Pain. In a strange way, the knowledge that many other Christians also know what adversity means - and are standing by in support of us - creates an unseen bond of help and courage.
It is a Partnership of Prayer. Prayer was the first ‘internet’ – a powerful interconnected network linking people with God and each other all over the world. It does the same today. Our prayers for Christians facing persecution in countries all over the world really DO make a difference.
It is a Partnership of Posterity. Our children look to us to leave them a world where freedom and decency still exists. The purveyors of destruction have to be out-argued and out-faced …. at every level, for their sake.
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Most popular Bible Stories: No. 8 - Daniel and the Lion’s Den
This month’s Must Know Story is Daniel in the lion’s den (Daniel 6). The leaders in Babylon, under King Darius, wanted to get rid of him. However, Daniel was a powerful person in the kingdom, because he was committed to God. How did Daniel respond to the opposition?
He chose Character over Comfort Although his opponents tried to find fault with Daniel (4), they were unable to do so, because he was ‘trustworthy, neither corrupt nor negligent’. Are there things in our own lives that fail to please God and spoil our witness? Let’s bring them to God and ask him to help us overcome them.
He chose Discipline over Distraction A law was passed that declared anyone praying to a god, apart from King Darius, would be thrown in the lion’s den. As soon as Daniel heard this, he went to his room to pray (10). He consistently maintained a discipline of prayer three times a day. Like Daniel, do we maintain such a daily discipline of prayer and reading the Bible, especially in the difficult times?
He chose Love over Life When Daniel was found praying to God by his opponents (11), he was reported to the king, who threw him into the lion’s den. However, Daniel chose love for God over seeking his own comfort and security. He trusted God, who shut the mouths of the lions! As a result, King Darius issued a proclamation that everyone in the whole kingdom should worship the God of Daniel. Because of the choices he made, Daniel prospered (28). In what ways do we see our choices for God resulting in blessing?
As the song challenges us, ‘Dare to be a Daniel! Dare to stand alone! Dare to have a purpose firm! Dare to make it known!’
The Messenger May 2016
John and Charles Wesley - evangelists and hymn-writers
John and Charles Wesley were the founders of Methodism. Two of nineteen children born to Samuel and Susannah Wesley of Epworth Rectory in Lincolnshire in 1703 and 1707, their father was the local rector, while their mother was a spiritual inspiration to her many children.
Both John and Charles went to Christ Church, Oxford (1720 and 1726). John was ordained, and Charles and some friends formed a “Holy Club” while still at college. It consisted of men who dedicated themselves to Bible study, prayer, fasting and good works. Such regular disciplines soon earned Charles the nickname ‘Methodist’. The name stuck.
Both Charles and John felt called to the mission field, and so in 1735 they sailed to Georgia. Their time among Indians in America was not a success – they struggled for any real spiritual authority in their ministries. Feeling failures, they returned to England in some depression. John summed it up: “I went to America to convert the Indians; but, oh, who shall convert me?”
Then the Wesleys made friends with some Moravians. They stressed that salvation cannot be earned, but must be received by grace through faith in Christ. Charles was the first to experience this ‘true’ conversion, when on Pentecost Sunday , 21st May 1738, he wrote that the Spirit of God “chased away the darkness of my unbelief.”
Only three days later, on 24th May, 1738, it was John’s turn. As he wrote in his journal: “In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed.”
John and Charles Wesley then devoted the rest of their lives to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ – and turned England upside-down. When the established Church threw John out, he took to the fields, preaching to coal miners and commoners. His itinerant evangelism took him 250,000 miles on horseback and to preach over 40,000 sermons. His small “societies” attracted some 120,000 followers by the time of his death.
Charles became the most prolific and skilled hymn-writer in English history, writing hymns that are sung widely today, such as “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.” In all, he wrote nearly 7000 hymns.
The legacy of the two brothers lives on. As well as Methodism, their teaching has widely impacted the holiness movement, the Pentecostal movement, and the charismatic movement.
John and Charles Wesley are remembered especially on 24th May in the Church of Engand’s Lectionary
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All in the month of May . . . .
200 years ago:- on 12th May 1816 that Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, British lawyer and horologist was born. Best known for designing the mechanism for the clock at the Palace of Westminster. The clock is commonly known as Big Ben, though the name refers to the clock’s Great Bell.
100 years ago:- on 11th May 1916 that Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity was published in the physics journal Annalen der Physik. It describes how space-time is affected by energy, gravity, matter and momentum.
90 years ago:- on 3rd May (to 13th) 1926 that the General Strike occurred in the UK. About 1.7 million workers went on strike in support of miners who faced pay cuts and worsening conditions. The strike was unsuccessful.
80 years ago:- on 7th May 1936 that British aviator Amy Johnson made the fastest-ever solo flight from Gravesend, England to Cape Town, South Africa.
65 years ago:- on 3rd May 1951 that the Festival of Britain and the Royal Festival Hall were opened.
Also 65 years ago:- on 25th May 1951 that British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean fled to Moscow. They were members of the infamous Cambridge spy ring.
50 years ago:- on 6th May 1966 that the Moors Murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, were sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK. Their five victims were aged 10 to 17.
20 years ago:- on 21st May 1996 that BSE (mad cow disease) led to the British Government adopting a policy of non-cooperation with the European Union, when it refused to ease a ban on British beef.
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Children’s exam papers
The following real life answers to various exams explain why teachers need long holidays…
What is a nitrate? Cheaper than a day rate.
What was Sir Walter Raleigh famous for? He is a noted figure in history because he invented cigarettes and started a craze for bicycles.
What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common? Unusual names.
Name one of the early Romans’ greatest achievements. Learning to speak Latin.
Name six animals which live specifically in the Artic. Two polar bears. Four seals.
How does Romeo’s character develop throughout the play? It doesn’t, it’s just self, self, self, all the way through.
Name the wife of Orpheus, whom he attempted to save from the underworld.Mrs Orpheus.
Where was the American Declaration of Independence signed? At the bottom.
What happens during puberty to a boy? He says goodbye to his childhood and enters adultery.
State three drawbacks of hedgerow removal. All the cows will escape. The cars drive into the fields. There is nowhere to hide.
What is the meaning of the word varicose? Close by.
What is a fibula? A little lie.
Why would living close to a mobile phone mast cause ill health? You might walk into it.
What is a vibration? There are good vibrations and bad vibrations. Good vibrations were discovered in the 1960s.
Where was Hadrian’s Wall built? Around Hadrian’s garden.
The race of people known as Malays come from which country? Malaria.
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Just for fun!
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Benefice Diary - May 2016 5th May - Ascension Day7.00 pm Holy Eucharist Hutton Buscel
Saturday 7th May1.00 pm Wedding Brompton
Sunday 8th May - Easter 78.00 am BCP Communion Hutton Buscel9.30 am Holy Eucharist Wykeham11.00 am Holy Eucharist Snainton11.00 am BCP Matins Brompton
Monday 9th May2.00 pm Mothers Union Snainton Chapel6.30 pm BUDS Downe Arms7.00 pm Snainton PCC
Friday 13th May7.30 pm Kirkbymoorside Town Junior
& Learner Brass Bands Snainton Village Hall
Sunday 15th May - Pentecost8.00 am BCP Communion Wykeham9.30 am Holy Eucharist Brompton11.00 am Holy Eucharist Hutton Buscel2.30 pm Baptism Wykeham6.30 pm Ecumenical Evensong Snainton
Saturday 21st May1.00 pm Wedding Wykeham
Sunday 22nd May - Trinity Sunday8.00 am BCP Communion Brompton9.30 am Holy Eucharist Snainton11.00 am Eucharist & Baptism Wykeham6.30 pm BCP Evensong Hutton Buscel
Sunday 29th May10.30 am Benefice Eucharist Snainton
Sunday 5th June - Trinity 28.00 am BCP Communion Snainton9.30 am Holy Eucharist Hutton Buscel11.00 am Holy Eucharist Brompton2.30 pm Evening Prayer Langdale End6.30 pm BCP Evensong Wykeham
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Dates for your diary . . .
Friday, 13 May 2016, Kirkbymoorside Learner & Training Brass Bands with a mixture of musical items.
St Stephen's at 7pm.
Sunday 29th May
10.30 am
Benefice Eucharist at Snainton
Sunday 12th June
Open Gardens
Hutton Buscel
Sunday 19th June
Open Gardens at Brompton
Sunday 26th June
Open Gardens at Snainton
Sunday 31st July
10.30 am
Benefice Eucaharist at Hutton Buscel
Sunday 7th August
Garden Fete and Duck Race
Brompton by Sawdon
Opera at Wykeham on Saturday 10th September. This is an absolute must so please put the date in your diary. Tickets from [email protected].
Wykeham Arts Festival (Music, art, textiles) in October, TBC.
