PARISH & COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

The Villages of Skelton, Shipton, Overton, Newton-on-Ouse, Linton-on-Ouse & Beningbrough

The Revd Trevor Gant, 6 Lumley Road, York, YO30 6DB Tel: 01904 654784 (evenings) trevtherevgant@btinternet.com
The Revd Catherine Toase, 07777 672400, catherine_toase@yahoo.co.uk

CHURCH WARDENS: Online version at www.theousianleague.weebly.com/newsletter

Skelton Shipton Newton
Carolyn Evans 01904 470125 Church Warden Vacancy Church Warden Vacancy
Ian Holbrook 01904 470674 November 2022

WORSHIP CALENDAR
Sunday 6th November 3rd Before Advent
S aturday nights are back, by that I mean Strictly
come dancing has been back on our screens for a
few weeks. With its brilliant professional dancers
Skelton 9:30am Family Communion and non-dancing celebrities, special ballroom sets,
good music plus all the glitz and glamour it makes
Shipton 10:00am Family Worship
great entertainment.
Newton 11:00am Holy Communion Although we don’t do much dancing in our
churches, though some hymns and music lend
Sunday 13th November Remembrance Day themselves to it, there is a precedence for it in the
Skelton 9:30am Remembrance Service Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. In
Shipton 10:50am Remembrance Service Ecclesiastes chapter three in the section about the
time for everything it says there is ‘a time to mourn,
Linton cairn 10:00am Remembrance Service
and a time to dance’ and in some cultures the two
Newton cairn 10:30am Remembrance Service go together. King David prompted dancing when he
Newton 10:50am Remembrance Service returned from his victorious battles but danced
around the altar himself with joy when the Ark of
Sunday 20th November Christ the King the covenant (a wooden chest containing the Ten
Skelton 9:30am Morning Prayer Commandments) was returned to Jerusalem. In the
Shipton 10:00am Family Communion New Testament when Jesus talks to the crowd
about John the Baptist he says that the crowd are
Newton 11:00am Holy Communion
like people who say ‘we played the flute for you but
you did not dance’, meaning John, just like Jesus,
Sunday 27th November Advent Sunday didn’t do things just because the crowd wanted him
Skelton 9:30am Family Worship to.
In the summer I conducted a wedding and
Shipton 10:00am Family Communion
one of the hymns was Sydney Carter’s Lord of the
Linton 11:00am Café Church dance which basically is a story of Jesus’ life, death
and resurrection and has the words:
Sunday 4th December Advent 2 I am the life that’ll never, never die;
Skelton 9:30am Family Communion I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me -
Shipton 10:00am Family Worship I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And he tells us he will lead us in that dance. This is
Newton 11:00am Holy Communion something the theologian Fr Richard Rohr picks up
Newton services are now available online from the church’s on in his book called The Divine Dance which is all
Facebook page. The services are available for one month from the about the doctrine of the Trinity. In it he says there
date of streaming. is a love dance between the Father, Son and Holy
Worship Calendar Services subject to change at short notice, in Spirit but we are invited to join in the dance with
line with government guidelines, infection rates and PCCs. them.
From the Register: Mark Twain is attributed with the following:
Skelton: Sing like no one is listening.
Marriage Emma Brown & Samuel Thompson September 10th 2022 Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching,
and live like it’s heaven on earth.
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 GENERAL NOTICES
Benefice Co-ordinator: Could you spare a few hours a
month to co-ordinate the paperwork for baptisms and
weddings in the Benefice? We would love to hear from you
if you could help us. Please contact any of the
Churchwardens – contact details on front of the Newsletter.
Confirmation/Discussion Group: Confirmation classes
are on Wednesday evenings, 7:00pm-8:30pm. This will
double as a discussion group for anyone wishing to further
explore the Christian Faith. Please register your interest for
further details including venue, with Revd Catherine Toase,
07777 672400, catherine_toase@yahoo.co.uk.
Children’s Society Annual Box Opening: Right now in
Britain there are children and young people who feel
scared, unloved and unable to cope. The Children’s
Society, a national charity works with these young people,
step by step for as long as it takes because no child should
feel alone. Despite the difficulties of the last two years
House Box collections like ours have helped to raise more
than £1 million for young people who need support. Box
Holders, please bring your box for opening during
November. If you would like a box to start collecting please
contact Margaret Butlers 470241
Forest of Galtres school are looking for someone to run
the breakfast club and after school club. If anyone is
interested they can have an informal chat with the head
teacher but the full job description is here: Breakfast
club: https://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/143289/EDV-2022-
FGA P S-7335 9 Af ter school c lub : h t tp s:/ /
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SKELTON NEWS
Facebook: St Giles Church, Skelton, York
Skelton Parish Council Next meeting 7.30pm, TBC, in the Village
Hall. Following meeting . For more information see www.skelton-
york.gov.uk or email: clerk@skelton-york.gov.uk .
St. Giles Opening: Daily between 10:00am and 4:00pm.
Skelton Gardening Club: Our next meeting is on Thursday,
November 17th in the village hall when Andrew Willocks will tell us
all there is to know about plug plants.Visitors are always most
welcome.There will be no meeting in December. For further details
contact Janet on 628388, email niceyorknana@yahoo.co.uk
Skelton Village Trust Speaker Evening in the Village Hall at
7.30pm on Thursday Xth November. Tickets £5.00 to include a
glass of wine/soft drink and a bread and cheese supper available
from committee members and the village shop from mid-
September.
Mandy’s Community Café 10:30am—1:30pm on the 1st Friday of
each month in the Village Hall. Join us for soup, cakes,
refreshments and a chat. All welcome.
Skelton Social Running Group A casual running group meets on
Tuesday nights, 6.30pm at the green on St. Catherine’s Close. We
usually run 5km (3 miles) in a small group. Everyone welcome & if
enough people we can split into different groups for different
distances & speeds. Contact us via the Skelton Community Share
Facebook group.
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Mobile Library in Skelton. The Mobile Library visits Skelton every
two weeks. Borrow books, update your library card or York Card,
return books from any other York library, & request books to be
brought to Skelton. The library stops in Fairfields Drive from
2:40pm to 3:10pm and Brecksfield from 3:15pm to 3:50pm.
Alternate Mondays. Contact 01904 552655, email
mobile.library@exploreyork.org.uk or go to www.exploreyork.org.uk
Skelton WI: 10th November, In the village hall at 7.30pm. This is
our Annual Meeting evening. Visitors are always very welcome -
please ring 470605 for further information.
Gentle Yoga Class Every Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, now online.
Contact Nestor on 07503 157361 or nestorportnoy@yahoo.com
Skelton Walking Group: Saturday 5th November. A 5 mile
sparkler of a walk around the varied scenery of Ripley Park and
Clint. Bring a snack. Pub lunch follows. All very welcome - transport
available. Meet on The Green at 9:30. For further info phone
470241
SHIPTON WITH OVERTON NEWS
Yoga for improved health & wellbeing Wednesdays, 9.30-
11.30am at Shipton Community Centre. All abilities welcome. Come
& experience the benefits for your physical & mental health. Taster
class is £8. Phone: 07515 577377 or 01904 704226. Email:
rachel@acornyoga.co.uk. Website: www.acornyoga.co.uk.
Shipton by Beningbrough Parish Council Meetings are held in
person in the main room of the Community Centre at 7:30pm on
the fourth Thursday of the month. Members of the public are
welcome. The agenda is published online (https://
www.shiptonbybeningbroughcommunity.org.uk/) & on the Parish
Council notice board (at the bus stop opposite the pub) at least 3
days before a meeting. To contact the Parish Council please
email clerk@shiptonbybeningbroughcommunity.org.uk.
Shipton Space Café & Cinema We have plenty of tables with
waitress service. The hall will always be fresh and airy. CAFÉ at
Shipton community hall is open every Tuesday from 2 pm –
4.30 Tea / Coffee cakes and scones. Chat and friendship.
CINEMA is every 1st Friday*Doors open at 7 pm for7.30 Bring your
drinks. If you have any questions about the show, please text
Branwen on 07986 244599. If you want to join the
Cinema & Café email group, ring John 07906 890 465 or
01904 470187 or scan this QR code
Shipton Wildflower Woods Proposal To establish a wildflower
and native wood on this area of land owned by the Shipton Parish
Council. Email shiptonwildflowerwoods@btinternet.com
Or Scan me for more details on the
Shipton village website.
Shipton By Beningbrough Playground 100 Club
Congratulations to the winners of the Shipton By Beningbrough
Playground October 2022 100 Club draw, drawn by Joe at Tesco
Clifton Moor on Saturday 1st October - 1st Prize £53.13 Liz
Huggins (Ticket 61), 2nd Prize £26.56 Vince Taylor (Ticket 51) 3rd
Prize £26.56 Dan & Kirsty Wartnaby (Ticket 80). The 2022
playground 100 Club currently has 85 members, if you would like
details of how to join, at a cost of £32.50 per year, please contact
me by email on dawnmalloy@btinternet.com. This year we are
including one extra bonus draw in December, so there will be 1st,
2nd, 3rd and a Christmas bonus draw in Dec 22. The money raised
from the Shipton Playground 100 club goes towards the
maintenance running costs and new equipment for our playground.
Thanks again everyone, the next draw will be in Nov 2022.
Shipton Art Group Annual Painting & Arts and Crafts Ex will
take place at Shipton Community Centre at the following times:
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Wednesday 26th October from 12noon-4pm, Thursday 27th
October 10am-4pm, Friday 28th October from 10am-4pm,
Saturday 29th October from 10am-4pm, Sunday October 30th from
10am-1pm. Everyone is welcome, entrance is free and
refreshments provided.
NEWTON, LINTON &
BENINGBROUGH NEWS
Linton on Ouse Parish Council Meetings are held in person in
the main room of the Village Hall at 7pm on the third Thursday of
the month. Members of the public are welcome. The agenda is
published online (https://www.lintononouseparishcouncil.org.uk/) &
on the Parish Council notice board (outside the Village Hall) at
least 3 days before a meeting. To contact the Parish Council
please email clerk@lintononouseparishcouncil.org.uk.
Craft and Chat We meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday in each
month except August. Cost is £3.00 per session from 1pm. Bring
your own crafts. Enjoy a cuppa with like minded people. Coffee
mornings have restarted in the village hall Linton Coffee Mornings
in the VH Every 3rd Saturday of the month from 10am. Join us for a
bacon/sausage sandwich. Good company! A warm welcome
awaits! Thank you very much Pat Hunter 01347 848629
Newton on Ouse Parish Hall 100 Club Ring Bill for details on
01347 844001.
Linton History Group: For more information please contact
Maureen on 01347 848268 or check website
https://lintonhistorygroup.weebly.com/ .
Book of Remembrance: If you would like an entry for a deceased
loved one in the church’s new Book of Remembrance, please
complete the form on the church website:
www.allsaintsnewton.org.uk and pay the small fee required to
cover calligraphy charges into the specified account. The book will
be on permanent display in the church.
North Yorkshire Dance Academy Classes have resumed at
Linton Village Hall every Tuesday and are available for all ages and
abilities from tots to adults to enjoy. For further details contact
Diane Sugden on 07810 483 546, or email:
dancewithdiance@googlemail.com or see our Facebook page
@northyorkshiredanceacademy.
New Church Website: Please note the change to a new website
for All Saints available at www.allsaintsnewton.org.uk. Requests for
Friends Membership, Remembrance Book entries or baptism/
marriage enquiries can all be made through the new site.
Line dancing in the Newton Parish hall Wednesdays at 7:00pm-
9:00pm. £5 per person. Contact: 07941 459862 Dave Stamp.
Church opening hours: All Saints’ church is currently open from
11am to 3pm daily.
Foodbank Collection: Items for the York Foodbank can be left
inside at the rear of the church during any of the daily opening
hours of 11am to 3pm. Groceries of all kinds are welcome, but no
NEWTON, LINTON &
BENINGBROUGH NEWS (continued)
home-baked or other fresh food please. We will ensure the items
reach the Foodbank as soon as possible. Thank you for helping
those in need.
Newton-on-Ouse Allotments Association has vacant plots on its
site on Back Lane. Options, showing annual rental rates, are: half
plot £20, or quarter plot £10, with a one-off set-up fee of £10 in
both instances. If you are interested in taking on a plot please
contact John Barnes-Tee: jbarnestee@live.com.
Christmas Show, Linton-on-Ouse Village Hall, Saturday 26
November at 2pm. This year's Christmas Show will be 'Annie' and
will be performed by professional actors from the 'North East
Producers Group'. Tickets are priced at a modest £3 for adults and
all accompanied children are free. Previous shows have been
hugely enjoyable so make sure this is a date in your diary. Should
you require any further information or wish to pre book tickets then
please give Mark a ring on 07961 361 048.
Friends of All Saints’ Church: Thursday 3rd November, 7:00pm.
Tim Madgwick, North Yorkshire Deputy Chief Police Officer
(retired). Stretched Police Force. The demands on policing have
changed significantly in the last decade, however political and
public expectations are sometimes at odds with policing delivery.
The numbers of uniformed officers on foot, or in cars, across the
country is a key topic, so why? The reality is the ‘explosion’ of on
line, world wide crime that is now committed, is extremely complex
and time consuming. In addition with a reduction in other public
services the police have been become a service of last resort -
recent estimates show that as much as 40% of all calls for service
are related in some way to mental health.
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 Everyone is Welcome
Every fourth Sunday of
the month.
At the Linton Hall—
11am

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 Press Release from
St. Catherine’s Care Home:
North East based Wellburn Care homes are a family run care
home provider and we have 14 homes across the region.
One of those is St Catherine’s Care home, located in
Shipton, York.
Saturday 11th June, marked a hugely important
chapter in St Catherine’s history, as we welcomed guests to
celebrate with us, the grand opening of our new look home,
which has been transformed into a specialist dementia care
home. The complete transformation is the result of more than
two years hard work and in excess of £1.5m invested , and
required a deep dive into the world of specialist dementia
care, with months of research, development, planning and
design, before a single brick was laid. The result is a
beautifully modern dementia specialist care home, with state
of the art facilities including ‘The Manor’, which is a separate
facility for younger residents living with young onset
dementia, that we hope will help St Catherine’s become a
regional, as well as local centre of excellence - offering
unrivalled support to those living with dementia, whilst
furthering understanding and raising awareness of the
condition.
The Grand open day attracted hundreds of guests,
proving a hugely popular day, with a real carnival
atmosphere. Some of the highlights included live music, food
and drink stalls, an animal corner and a kids treasure hunt.
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All touch points had a subtle approach to dementia
awareness too, so as guests filtered in and explored different
areas, it was an opportunity to highlight how different
aspects can help those living with dementia. Tours of the
sensory garden were particularly popular, and watching the
kids take part in the treasure hunt was a highlight for us, as
each item on the lists introduced different aspects of
dementia, such as memory, smell, sounds in a very child
friendly way. To see how they interacted, took interest and
learn as they went, was a lovely moment.
Our staff played their part too, helping to show guests
around, explain our story and introduce them to the concept
of St Catherine’s. Special guests included the Sheriff of York,
Suzie Mercer who officially cut the ribbon to officially
announce St Catherine’s open, and Care England’s Chief
Executive, Professor Martin Green OBE.
Of the day and our St Catherine’s project, including
The Manor, Martin Green said “This is a ground breaking
project, developed specifically to offer support services for
people with early onset dementia, and the partnership with
Dementia Forward will ensure that St Catherine’s is going to
transform the lives of people with early onset dementia. I
have no doubt that St Catherine’s is a State of the art facility
that will become a regional, as well as local centre of
excellence to support people living with dementia, and I was
honoured to be at the grand open day, to pay tribute to the
fantastic work done by Wellburn and I want to commend
Rachel and her team for the care and support they offer and
for the expertise in Dementia care which has been
developed over many years.”
Wellburn’s Chairman Rachel Beckett added “It’s been
a long journey to get here, but standing here, with such a
fantastic turn out, amongst so many friends and guests from
our local community, I just feel a huge amount of pride.
We’ve had such incredible support from so many people
throughout the journey, and all of my staff have been
exceptional. The opening marks a new, exciting chapter in
the history of St Catherine’s, Wellburn Care homes and
dementia care in the region. The future looks bright and
we’re looking forward to getting on with what we do best,
caring.”