Penhill Benefice
Welcome to Penhill benefice: This benefice, which covers a large part of picturesque Wensleydale, consists of Aysgarth church (St Andrew’s), Castle Bolton church (St Oswald’s), Preston under Scar church (St Margaret’s), Redmire church (St Mary’s), Wensley church (Holy Trinity) and West Witton church (St Bartholomew’s) and Thornton Rust Mission Room.
Our vicar, Rev Lynn Purvis-Lee, has announced that she will leave full-time ministry at the end of 2018, and so Penhill Benefice will begin looking for a new Vicar in January 2019.
Aysgarth church -St Andrew’s is open every day from 9am to 6pm in summer (or until dusk in winter) so why not pop in and see the famous Jervaulx Screen.
The medieval church of Holy Trinity at Wensley is also open each day, 9am to 4pm.
For more about Aysgarth church see: Pentecost at Aysgarth church; a personal view; the Heroine of Cawnpore; Aysgarth church and a Gurkha officer; 2014 Flower Festival ; and In Appreciation of Easter.
About other places of worship in Wensleydale: St Simon and St Judes, Ulshaw Bridge; and the introduction to The Quaker Inheritance – which is part of my series on Pioneering Girls’ Education.
Car parking at St Andrew’s: RCP Parking (Church Bank) has kindly agreed to free parking on Sunday mornings for those who regularly attend St Andrew’s. Permits are available from Margaret Ferguson (650685). The charge for evening concerts is £1.50 and permits at reduced rates are available for weddings and funerals. A big thank you to RCP Parking!
SERVICES
Sunday September 23
- Aysgarth church – Harvest Festival at 11am supporting Caring for Life
- Preston under Scar church – Morning Prayer at 9.30am
- Redmire church – Morning Service at 9.30am
- Thornton Rust Mission Room – Harvest Evening Prayer at 6pm
- Wensley village hall – Harvest at Penhill Children’s Church at 9.30am
- West Witton church – Holy Communion at 4.30pm
Wednesday September 26
- Bainbridge, Askrigg and West Burton Schools (BAWB) Harvest Celebration ‘Watch for the Wellie’ at Aysgarth church at 2pm (to be a ‘thank you’ to farmers) All donations to go to the Farming Community Network.
Sunday September 30
- Penhill Praise Family Service at Aysgarth church at 10.30am
Mid-week services
At West Witton church there is Morning Prayer at 8.30am every Monday, and Holy Communion at 9.30am on Thursdays 6th and 20th September.
EVENTS
Mon 24th – 11am, Deanery Prayer Meeting at Spennithorne church
Mon 24th – 7.30pm, Prayer Fellowship at The Priory, Worton
CONCERTS
Chamber Music Concert at Aysgarth church at 7.30pm, Saturday September 29 with Daniel Grimwood, Fenella Humphreys, Michael Cave and Carol Haynes. Tickets £15 at the door or £12.50 online, £1 for full time students and free for accompanied under 18s. Tel: 01969 663026, or via www.wensleydaleconcertseries.co.uk/concerts
The next flower festival at Aysgarth church will be during the Festival of Remembrance November 9 -12.
Below: one of the floral arrangements at the Beatrix Potter Flower Festival at Aysgarth church. Click on the photograph to see more pictures. Double click on any of the photographs in the Flickr album for more details.
