October 2019 Suggested donation 50p

THE LINK

The monthly newsletter for

Pannal & Beckwithshaw

St Robert’s Church

Pannal

St Michael and All Angels

Beckwithshaw

WHO’S WHO IN THE CHURCHES

Vicar Reverend John Smith 391514

Assistant Curate Reverend Abbie Palmer 543478

St Robert’s St Michael's

Churchwardens Ted Collings Kathryn Wilson

07766920000 565812

Peter Stretton Jon Bryant

549837 507697

Director of Music Kevin Paynes

872651

Secretary to PCC Sarah Downham Tim White

07931506048 701579

Treasurer Anita Hawker Emma Fordham

871283 07860565405

Junior Church Louise Sinclair Sophie Morrison

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Church Flowers June Melvin Kate Layfield

879097 550291

Verger Christine Ward-Campbell

870492

Bell Tower Captain Anne McGeoch 567821

The Church Office—Administrator: Tim White

The Church Office is open between 9.30am and 12.30pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday 01423 873577

admin@strobertschurch.co.uk

Chapter House Bookings

For bookings please contact the administrator

Dear Friends

During October we celebrate Harvest Festival. This is a church festival celebrated by most traditions in our country, though in its modern form it only really dates from the nineteenth century. Up and down the land people turn their minds to the subject of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth. Every harvest we celebrate the goodness of God in providing for our needs in the form of the food we have to eat. It also gives us the opportunity to think of those through whom God works to actually grow and harvest our food. Whenever the Bible or Jesus talks about the harvest or about anything to do with food they nearly always refer to the people who do the donkey work, the sower in the field, the farmer who stores in barns, the men who sort out the wheat from the tares, the labourers in the vineyard. In our world, however, such people are often overlooked or forgotten, especially if they are far away. We are very happy to find the fruits of their labours on our plates, the bananas or rice or chocolate or coffee or tea, but we seldom give the people who are primarily responsible for getting them there a second thought. At harvest time, therefore, we are called to be thankful. Thankful to God, yes, certainly, but thankful also to those children of God who work so hard that we might be fed with all the delicious food we have the choice to buy in this country and in the other rich parts of the world. But thankfulness is empty unless we give it substance. I know many of us support fair trade and if you don’t perhaps you too might just consider doing so as well. But it isn’t just farmers abroad we need to think about we also need to think about our farmers who are desperately trying to make things work for them, particular with the uncertainty of Brexit. We need to give all farmers the chance to sell what they produce at a fair price in a fair way. Perhaps you might want to buy local produce which sees a fairer price for our farmers and it is better for the environment. Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are

his work. Proverbs 16:11

With blessings in Christ John

Hubert Swainson

Funeral Services Ltd

Distinctive personal arrangements

by Geoffrey Brewster Dip Fd

39 Franklin Road, Harrogate

Tel: 01423 504571

Private Chapels Day or Night

Pannal Motor Centre

Station Road, Pannal,

Harrogate HG3 1JN

Tel: 01423 873823

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Available at: 1 Walton Park, Pannal,

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WINDOW REPAIRS

A local glazier for all your needs

TEL. 870947

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GENUINE REFERENCES AVAILABLE

St Robert’s Church, Pannal

OCTOBER

Sundays

8.00am Holy Communion 9.15am service as shown

6.00pm Evening Service - 3.30pm from the 27th

Monday and Wednesdays 9.15am Morning Prayer

Thursdays 10.30am Holy Communion in the Chapter House

6th Harvest Festival 9.15am All Age Service

13th 17th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Parish Communion 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Luke 17:11-19 6.00pm Choral Evensong 17th Compline 9.00pm Thursday Evening Compline

20th 18th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Morning Worship Genesis 32:22-31 Luke 18:1-8

27th Last Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Parish Communion

Sirac 35:12-17 Luke 18:9-14 3.30pm Evensong

Refreshments are served after the 9.15 service in the

Chapter House and all are welcome to stay.

St Michael & All Angels’ Church Beckwithshaw

OCTOBER

Sundays

Please note the times for each service

Tuesdays 9.15am Morning Prayer

6th Harvest Festival 11.15am All Age Service

13th 17th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am Parish Communion 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Megan Layfield Luke 17:11-19 Kate Layfield

20th 18th Sunday after Trinity 11.15am Morning Worship Genesis 32:22-31 Luke 18:1-8

27th Last Sunday after Trinity 11.15am Parish Communion

Sirac 35:12-17 Luke 18:9-14

Refreshments are now served in the hospitality area at the

back of church, following all our church services. Please accept this invitation to join us for a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

H. C. TOWNSEND & SON Incorporating BACKHOUSE of Hunsingore

FUNERAL DIRECTORS Family Run Business Established 1927

Funeral Director David Townsend

* Dignified and Caring Service

* Private Chapel of Rest

* Personal Attention Day or Night

* Pre-funeral arrangements Tailored to your needs

* Free Advice and Quotations

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HCT

Established 1927

Lunch Club

Tuesday October 22nd

Holy Communion at 12.00pm (optional) followed by

lunch at 12.30pm

Lunch Club is in the Chapter House at St. Robert’s Church

every month. Serving a home cooked main course, dessert and

drinks: £10 per person. A main course with a selection of

vegetables, followed by a choice of puddings. Coffee/tea with

mints to finish. Transport can be provided. A warm welcome to

all. Telephone Jean Hannam for further details - 01423 545646.

Pannal WI

At their September meeting the ladies of Pannal WI had a

warm welcome for the speaker Godfrey Wilson, who gave an extremely interesting talk on the history of Ripon Cathedral

together with some excellent pictures of the interior.

At the next meeting of Pannal WI in Pannal Village Hall on 8th

October, Vicky Bentley will give a talk on hosting asylum seekers.

Christine Murphy

St Robert’s Church Pannal

Chapter House

Charity Coffee Morning

Friday 1st November 2019

9 am – 12 noon

Christmas cards – books – cakes – knitted items,

including dolls’ clothes. Contributions to the cake stall and second

hand book stall would be very welcome.

Please contact Janet (01423 873072) or Jane (01423 879951)

All proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support and

St Michael’s Hospice Harrogate

Please come along and show your support

Pannal Brass Cleaning Rota

27th October Mrs A. Hawker & Mrs C. Ward-Campbell

Dates For Your Diary in October

Meetings are held in St Robert’s Chapter House unless otherwise stated.

October

Wed 2nd 7.30pm Mothers’ Union Sat 5th 6.00pm Harvest Supper Sun 6th 2.30pm St Aidan’s Application Information Session Mon 7th 8.45am Church Café (until 10.30am) 2.00pm Music Circle Mon 14th 8.45am Church Café (until 10.30am) Wed 16th 7.30pm Pannal Wives Sat 19th 7.30pm Quiz Night in the Village Hall Mon 21st 8.45am Church Café (until 10.30am) Tues 22nd 12.00pm Lunch Club and Communion Mon 28th 8.45am Church Café (until 10.30am)

Remember: Coffee, Cake and Conversation at 10.00am 1st, 15th & 29th October in Beckwithshaw Village Hall

Date For The Diary

St Michael’s Christmas Fair Saturday 7th December

2.00pm to 4.00pm Details to follow

Choral Evensong will take place every second Sunday of the month at St Robert’s.

Please note from the 27th October and through the Winter months, all regular

Sunday evening services will change to the earlier time of 3.30pm.

Christenings

We welcome into the church

8th September Harriet Caroline SEARBY

Reilly Christopher WATERS

15th September Finlay Jai Phoenix FORDHAM

Funerals & Memorials

Into the Lord’s keeping

12th September Avril PHIPPS

PANNAL WIVES

Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 16th at 7.30pm in the Chapterhouse, where the speaker will be Mike Bevington. His subject is “The Studley Royal 18thC Water Gardens”, a talk with slides. New members and visitors are always welcome. For any further information do please ring me.

Margaret Staples Tel 561529

GIRLS CONNECT

St Mark’s Youth are launching their Girls Connect again in

October for an initial 6 weeks. All girls in Years 7-13 from every

church and school welcome. Please contact Natalie at

youth@smch.og.uk to register or if you have any further

questions.

HYMNS at Vida Grange

The next sessions of hymn singing at Vida Grange will be at

2.20pm for 2.30pm on Fridays 18th October and

22nd November If you would like to come along and join in this, please let

Iain Ward-Campbell know

(iain.ward-campbell@ntlworld.com or 01423 870492)

2019 Harvest and Foodbank

We will be supporting Harrogate District Foodbank at this year’s Harvest Festival. There are some items that they are in

particular need of at the moment and the following items would be very much appreciated:

Long life juice Long life milk Pasta Sauce

Toiletries Washing up liquid Chocolate Sugar

Tinned Sponge Puddings

Many Thanks

The Harvest Festival Service at St Robert's is on

Sunday 6th October at 9.15am and 11.15am at

St Michael’s. Any items may be left in the churches the

week prior to the services.

All Welcome.

St Robert’s Church Events 2019

Wine Tasting Evening.

October (date to be confirmed)

Try out some new wines with friends.

Race Night

15th November, early evening

A fun event for all the family.

Village Quiz

The quiz will this year be held on Saturday the 19th of October at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. As usual there will be a Fish & Chip

Supper served at about 8.30pm. Tickets are £10 per head, with a maximum of 6 people per

team, and this year the profits will go the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Tickets are available from Bill Sturman (870883) or Neil Pell (872842).

The Chapterhouse Café re-opens on Monday 9th September at

St Roberts Church, Pannal from 8.45am until 10.30am.

Come along and enjoy a cuppa and a cake and catch up with the local community. All ages welcome plus toys available for the children.

The Chapterhouse Café will be open every Monday during term time.

Harrogate District Foodbank Harrogate District Foodbank is looking for people to volunteer in

their warehouse. We see the largest quantities of food coming

in between October and January and while we have space to

store large volumes, it needs carefully sorting and stacking to

make the most of the space while not wasting any food. The

warehouse is open on Mondays (time can be flexible) and will

involve the following tasks:

Helping unload the van

Weighing in the donations

Date checking donations

Putting stock on the shelves

Helping sort and weigh food ready to go back to our

distribution centres.

You would be working as part of a small team and the role

does require a good level of fitness due to the weight of the

food.

Please email info@harrogatedistrict.foodbank.org.uk with your

name and postal address and we will send you an application

form.

Lucy Stewart

Harrogate District Foodbank Project Manager.

Find us at https://www.facebook.com/strobertschurch/

In Aid of

St Robert’s Church, Pannal

“A Family Race Night”

in the Chapter House

on Friday 15th November at 6.30pm

First race at 7.00pm

Tickets: £10 for adults and £5 for children

To include a hot supper

Bar Available

This will be a fun night so please come along

And enjoy a family night out!

Tickets available from the Church Office or Chris-tine Littlewood 879271

Saturday 5 October 6pm

Pannal Methodist Church for main course

and traditional harvest hymns

...then down the hill to...

St Robert’s Church

for desserts and more hymns

All welcome. Please bring a food contribution.

THE MOTHERS’ UNION

MU October Meeting

At the September meeting, we welcomed Mrs Jane Abramson who gave a very interesting, informative and amusing talk about women in the First World War. Large numbers of women, many leaving domestic service, were recruited to all the jobs traditionally done by the men who had gone to war, with the exception of driving trains. Their work was vital to the war effort and following the war it resulted in a social revolution. This month’s meeting is on Wednesday, 2nd October at 7.30 pm in the Chapter House. Mrs Joan Pearson, one of our Committees members, will give a talk entitled ‘St Paul’s Saxon Church, Jarrow’.

Margaret Perkins

Gardening Club

Beckwithshaw with Pannal and Burn

Bridge

Thursday 17th October

Talk by Stella Exley of Hare Spring Cottage Plants. Offering a range

of hardy plants for Yorkshire gardens. Stella specialises in, exhibits

and has an RHS Chelsea gold medal for her camassias.

Gillian Dodd (Secretary), (01423) 873186 or

mail to: gillian@dodd.me.uk

Beckwithshaw Village Hall Reg. Charity No 523490

Come along and join us at the Village Hall

on the following dates during the next few

weeks;

Tuesday 1st, 15th & 29th October

10am - 11.30 am

For

COFFEE, CAKE & CONVERSATION

Enjoy delicious home-made cakes, freshly

brewed coffee / tea for just £2.

A warm & friendly welcome awaits you.

Lucky ticket raffle included.

For further details tel: 01423 565812

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The Coffee Morning on the1st October will be our Macmillan Cancer Support Fundraiser

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