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). There is a reduced rate of £1 for weddings, funerals and evening concerts. A big thank you to RCP Parking!
SERVICES
Sunday May 20 – Pentecost
- Aysgarth church – Holy Communion at 11am
- Preston under Scar church – Morning Prayer at 9.30am
- Redmire church – Holy Communion at 9.30am
- West Witton church – Holy Communion at 9.30am
Sunday May 27 – Trinity Sunday
- Aysgarth church – Morning Service at 9.30am
- Preston under Scar church – Holy Communion at 9.30am
- Redmire church – Morning Service at 9.30am
- Thornton Rust Mission Room – Evening Prayer at 6pm
- Wensley Village Hall – Children’s Church at 9.30am
- West Witton church – Evening Prayer at 4.30pm
Mid-week services
At West Witton church there is Morning Prayer at 8.30am every Monday, and Holy Communion at 9.30am on Thursdays May 10 and 24.
EVENTS
MAY
Tues 15th – 7pm, Joint PCC meeting at Berry’s, Swinithwaite
Wed 16th – 2pm, Wednesday Club Afternoon Tea in Redmire village hall
Mon 21st – 7.30pm, Prayer Fellowship at Brookhouse Farm, Newbiggin
Mon 28th – 10am to 1pm, Plant sale at St Oswald’s, Castle Bolton, in aid of St George’s Crypt, Leeds, and Mission Aviation Fellowship.
Mon 28th – Deanery prayer meeting at St Oswald’s, Askrigg
Tues 29th – 4pm to 5pm, Swaledale Festival concert at Aysgarth church
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.
