Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire
A reflection on this Pilgrimage around the new Whorlton Benefice by Avril Rhodes, reader from St Mary Magdalene, Yarm. A Grand Day Out – with apologies to Wallace and Gromit You could call it “The Pilgrimage of Thanksgiving and Unity” or the 26km time trial (if Robert Opala’s Soviet made GPS is anything to go … Read more
Pentecost Sunday Pentecost is the birthday of the Church and at the 9.15am Morning Service we celebrated with a “Pentecost cake”. The central candle represents Christ our Light who promised to send the Holy Spirit and the twelve white candles surrounding it represent the Apostles receiving the Holy Spirit in tongues of fire. The seven … Read more
The Pilgrimage of Thanksgiving across the New Benefice of Whorlton 2019 There is a spiritual theme to this year’s walk, ’The Pilgrimage of Thanksgiving and Unity Across the New Benefice of Whorlton’, which takes in all eight churches cared for by our Clergy, Rev. Canon John Ford, Rev. Robert Opala and Rev. Alison Hutchinson. Walkers … Read more
Film and Spirituality 4 During this session we shall reflect on two questions concerning the relationship between Christianity and Islam; can Christians and Muslim create friendly relationship and brotherhood? Why do people of different religions hate one another? Searching for the answer we will be supported by a French film: This film tells a true … Read more
Part 3/6 of our Lenten Search for Spiritual Pathways and Growth through film – The Path of Forgiveness and Self-Acceptance. The film supporting this session is “Departures”. This Japanese film, which was the 2009 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, is an exquisite cinematic masterpiece that touches the heart with its treatment of beauty, … Read more
Part 2/6 of our Lenten journey with films, which we hope to help you in your search for your deeper self and spiritual growth. The film supporting this session is the German film “The Lives of Others”.
A Lenten journey with films, which we hope to help you in your search for your deeper self and spiritual growth. During this first session, we are going to reflect on the question of accumulating temporal goods as a serious obstacle in finding our True-Self. We will be supported by Sean Penn’s film called Into … Read more
For the past six weeks we have been following a LYCiG Local series of meetings to learn how we can help our church grow. On Tuesday, 5th March, at 7.30pm in Church House, there will be a “follow-up” evening for everyone, those who were able to come to one or more of the sessions and … Read more
All church Electoral Rolls have to be fully reviewed this year. There will be Application Forms at the back of Church which need to be completed and signed. All who wish to have their names entered on the new Roll, whether their names are on the present Roll or not, are requested to apply for … Read more