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
Enquiries for Weddings and Baptisms should be sent to: events.churchbookings@gmail.com
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 September 2023

WORSHIP CALENDAR
Sunday 3rd September Trinity 13
I f you come to us at All Saints Newton on
Ouse on the fourth Sunday of the month you
will find us worshipping together in Linton on
Skelton 9:30am Holy Communion Ouse Village Hall. The underlying theme is Café
Shipton 10:00am Family Worship Church where we sit together as a community
talking about almost anything with a sense of
Newton 11:00am Family Communion
prayer accompanied by Coffee and cake or
Easingwold 4:00pm Evensong biscuits. For a while it was combined with messy
church for the children. However, in recent
Sunday 10th September Trinity 14 months it has been combined with Celtic Church
Skelton 9:30am Family Communion that combines sharing thoughts and prayers
within a simple order of service. The Celtic
Shipton 10:00am Family Communion
Church has a focus of bringing us closer to God
Newton 11:00am Family Communion through a better understanding and care for the
beauty of his creation.
Sunday 17th September Trinity 15 In the 21st century it often feels that the
beauty in our world is a difficult thing to find.
Skelton 9:30am Morning Prayer
We recently spent five days in Yosemite
Shipton 10:00am Family Communion National Park which is a place of beauty in itself.
Newton 11:00am Family Communion Last winter the snowfall was much greater than
normal so by the time of our visit the rivers and
waterfalls were at their peak with visions of
Sunday 24th September Trinity 16
white water and power in the waterfalls you
Skelton 9:30am Family Worship for could hear a mile away and that came with their
Harvest own inbuilt power showers and rainbows when
Shipton 10:00am Family Communion you got close enough.
Linton 11:00am Celtic Café Church But you don’t have to be in the USA to be
able to visit places of beauty. Our own benefice
Sunday 1st October Trinity 17 is blessed with beauty in whatever direction we
Skelton 9:30am Holy Communion go. To the west are the river formed valleys of
the Dales. To the north is the White Horse and
Shipton 10:00am Family Worship for
the heather-clad Moors. To the East, the rolling
Harvest
hills of the Wolds and the grandeur of the coast,
Newton 11:00am Family Communion
to the south the architecture and history of our
for Harvest
mother church, the Minster and the city that
surrounds it. You don’t have to look or go far
From the Register: to find God’s beauty. He put it there to be
Shipton: Funeral of Kathleen Preston, 14th August enjoyed and cared for in equal measure. May
Newton: Funeral of Ernie Huck, 18th August we remember to offer prayer and praise to God
NOTICES FOR THE NEWSLETTER for all that beauty that surrounds us, and the
should be received by the 15th of September for the October issue. beauty of the communities in which we live.
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 GENERAL NOTICES
Discussion Group: 7:00pm on Wednesday 13th
September. Venue will be Tanglewood Cottage, Cherry
Tree Avenue, Newton-on-Ouse, YO30 2BN. Please
register your interest, with Rev Catherine Toase, 07777
672400, catherine_toase@yahoo.co.uk.
Enquiries for Weddings & Baptisms should be sent
to: events.churchbookings@gmail.com, as per top of
front page.
Deepening Discipleship: For new training
opportunities in lay leadership and ministry (starting in
September 2023), please speak to a representative
from your local church.
SKELTON NEWS
Facebook: St Giles Church, Skelton, York
Volunteers needed to help distribute the Parish Newsletter in
Skelton. We need some more people to deliver the paper copies of
the newsletter to homes in Skelton. If you can give about an hour of
your time around the start of each month to deliver to a street near
you then please contact Marion Martin on 01904 470676. Thank
you.
Skelton Parish Council Next meeting is on Thursday 24th August
at 7:30pm in Skelton Village Hall. No meeting in July.
St. Giles Opening: Daily between 10:00am and 4:00pm.
Skelton Gardening Club: The Gardening Club meet every 3rd
Thursday at 2pm in the village hall. Our Autumn meeting is on 21st
September when Mike Ianson will speak on 'The Gardening Year.'
the first of an interesting varied schedule of talks for our
forthcoming year. We are a friendly group who welcome new
members and visitors. For further details phone Janet on 628388,
email niceyorknana@yahoo.co.uk
Skelton Walking Group: Meet on the village green on Saturday
2nd September at 9.30am for a 6 mile walk. Picnic lunch required.
All welcome please ring 470962 for further information.
Mandy’s Community Café We are open for coffee & lunches from
10:30am until 1:30pm 1st Friday of the month. Come and enjoy a
warm place with good company, good food & drinks and good
books. If you are unable to make your own way to the Village Hall,
we can come and pick you up from home. Contact Carolyn L –
470528/ Carolyn E – 470125
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.
Skelton WI: 14th September, in the village hall at 7.30pm. The
speaker is Rosemary Cook, The Kyra Project: Helping Abused
Women in York. Guest are most welcome for further information
please ring 470113.
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.
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Alternate Mondays. Contact 01904 552655, email
mobile.library@exploreyork.org.uk or go to www.exploreyork.org.uk
Gentle Yoga Class Every Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, now online.
Contact Nestor on 07503 157361 or nestorportnoy@yahoo.com
Aum Yoga York Yoga for fitness, strength and wellbeing at
Skelton Village Hall. New Summer Classes begin Monday 15 May
2023, 7:00pm-8:30pm. Dynamic Intermediate Yoga. Six classes for
£66. Booking essential. Contact Sharon on 07961 585806 or
email sharonlustyyoga@gmail.com.
Christian Aid Week Skelton people gave a wonderful £503.45.
This will help those in Malawi who have had their crops flattened by
cyclones and washed away by floods. £50 provides flood resistant
seeds and tools for a family, £70 provides a bicycle, £250 can pay
for a cooperative oven supporting more than 800 people. Thank
you to all who gave and those who acted as collecting points
St Giles’ window repairs All the windows have now been repaired
and refurbished and they do look wonderful. Please visit the church
(open every day from 10:00 to 16:00) to look at them. Thank you to
The Benefact Trust, The Friends of St Giles, and to all who gave so
generously so that we could get these necessary repairs
completed.
Supporting St Giles’ Church If you would like to donate to St
Giles’ Church York you can do so via the Parish Giving Scheme
website (www.parishgiving.org.uk) or by scanning the QR code
here. Thank you for your generosity in
helping to preserve our wonderful 13th
century church
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 The waitress service at our Tuesday Café is
very popular. Come and see for yourself. There are the usual
delicious cakes and scones to go with the tea & filter coffee. We
will have ice cream and ice lollies during the warm weather. We
also play TABLE TENNIS and Darts. Just a short walk across the
football pitch is the NEW Shipton Wild Flower Woods – covered
with flowers now. CAFÉ at Shipton community hall is open every
Tuesday from 2 pm – 4.30 Tea / Coffee cakes and scones. Chat
and friendship.
Shipton Cinema is on every 1st Friday. Doors open at 7pm for
7.30. Bring your own 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, scan this QR code, or ring
John on 07906 890 465 or 01904 470187. You can volunteer to
join the staff by ringing these numbers.
Shipton By Beningbrough Playground 100 Club
Congratulations to the winners of the Shipton By Beningbrough
Playground July 2023 100 Club draw, drawn at the Parish Council
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meeting on Monday, 24th July: 1st Prize £53.13 Muireann Egan
(Ticket 72) 2nd Prize £26.56 Peter Chapman (Ticket 35) 3rd Prize
£26.56 Annie Bennet (Ticket 469). If you would like details of how
to join the 100 Club, at a cost of £32.50 per year, please contact us
by email on clerk@shiptonbybeningbroughcommunity.org.uk. 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
24 August.
NEWTON, LINTON &
BENINGBROUGH NEWS
Linton on Ouse Parish Council Meetings are held in person
in the main room of the Village Hall at 7:00pm on the third
Thursday of the month. Members of the public are welcome.
The agenda is published online:
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.
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.
Church Website: 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 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
NEWTON, LINTON &
BENINGBROUGH NEWS (continued)
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.
All Saints Shelf Indulgence Café - 10:30am on Saturday, 9th
September - Indulge in a coffee or choose from a selection of
teas and infusions with an included freshly-baked scone.
Forward-buy a coffee for a new resident or friend! Take home
‘off the shelf’ freshly-baked cakes, scones or sweeties from our
selection. Browse our shelves of books for sale at bargain
prices. Everyone welcome.
Friends of All Saints: 7:00pm, Thursday, 5th October -
welcomes Jan Jauncey to tell The Story of
Montcony. Montcony, a tiny village in Burgundy, home of defiant
acts in 1942 which led to the forming of the French Resistance
in that area and its links with Linton on Ouse. Jan will give
us more background to the story.
Treasurer Vacancy: All Saints PCC has a vacancy to fill with
immediate effect. If anyone is interested in fulfilling this role and
requires further information please contact Victoria Woolf via
private message or email victoriawoolf@allsaintsnewton.org.uk
Linton history group: Display of local history 16th September
12-3.30pm in the village hall Linton, all welcome. AGM Linton
History Group 6th October 7pm, in Linton village hall.
Christian Aid 2023: Thank you to everyone in Shipton and
Newton who contributed to Christian Aid via the church
envelope collection. The sum of £282.92 plus Gift Aid was
raised.
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