Welcome to the Rosedale blog. This is where we share news and information about events in Rosedale and the wider community throughout the year. You’ll also find news about the village timetable, our micro enterprises, school events, clubs, and lively socials.
Image: Rosedale Show By Patrick Chambers
Dear friends,
Forthcoming Harvest Festivals are:
Rosedale Wednesday 22nd, 6.30 pm
Cropton Thursday 23rd, 6.00 pm
As ever, everyone is welcome.
Tuesday October 21st, 3.30 pm, at Lastingham: Choral Evensong with Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Sunday October 26th, 4.00 pm, at Lastingham: Sung Evensong. Preacher, His Grace the Archbishop of York, the Most Revd Stephen Cottrell .
Then refreshments in the Village Hall, £10 per head in aid of Lastingham Friends, followed by
6.00 pm in church, the Lastingham Lecture for 2025, delivered by the Archbishop. Entry £10.
If you have had a ticket for refreshments, that ticket will admit you to the lecture as well. Otherwise, £10 on the door.
Sunday’s services are
9.15 am Holy Communion at Hutton (Prayer Book) (Revd Christine)
10.45 am Holy Communion at Lastingham (Revd Christine)
With blessings and prayers,
Revd David
The first planning meeting for the Rosedale Christmas Tree Festival 2025 will be held in Abbey Stores on Wednesday 24 September at 7.00pm. All who are interested in helping and/or exhibiting are most welcome. Enquiries to Sam Dring on 01751 417237.
The coffee morning in the Coach House Inn on Saturday 6 September from 10.00 to 12.00am will be in aid of the Rosedale Church Appeal.
There will be a cake and produce sale as well as the ever popular raffle, along with good coffee and company so Dave and the team at the Coach House look forward to welcoming you.
The new Rosedale calendar has just been published, containing landscapes, people and wildlife of the dale taken by seven local photographers and is sold in aid of the Rosedale church appeal fund.
The calendar is available in Abbey Stores in Rosedale Abbey at £10 a copy and will be on sale in the Rosedale History Archive tent at Rosedale Show on 16 August. Further sale outlets will be notified here shortly.
The appeal stands at around £100,000, an outstanding achievement for such a small parish, and work on stabilising the roof is expected to start shortly once architects plans are finally approved; however, the total cost for all the works necessary is thought now to be over £200,000 so bids are being placed with the appropriate finding bodies. As the advert says ‘every little bit helps’ so your contributions will be very welcome!
Calling all Rosedale residents, past & present.
A Rosedale Recipe Book ….
Can you help by providing us with a recipe or two of your favourite dishes, savoury and sweet, to be included in a recipe book? All funds raised will go towards Rosedale Abbey Church Appeal. To request full details please go to: rosedalerecipes@outlook.co
Dear friends,
Tomorrow we celebrate Candlemas – the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, at
9.15 am Hutton (Revd Christine)
9.15 am Rosedale (me)
10.45 am Lastingham (me).
In addition we will be remembering that this is Holocaust Memorial Week, so we will be having a quiet space towards the end of the service at Lastingham so that we can light candles while Maddy plays quiet music.
Please feel welcome to attend any service.
The Festival of Candlemas has a very ancient tradition. Look, for instance, at Candlemas on Wikipedia.
We celebrate the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, while his mother Mary offers a purification offering. The later service of Churching of Women still in the Prayer Book relates to this, but is very little practised today, at least in Britain. Revd Christine has only once been involved in such a service, and I, never.
Also, people in Anglican tradition would bring candles to church on this day to be blessed, and in the Middle Ages made offerings of candles to the church for its use throughout the year.
Finally – although there is lots more about Candlemas on the web – while some people take down Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night, they are often left up until Candlemas. Since the Wise Men only arrive in our cribs and Nativity sets (strictly) at Epiphany, taking them away six days later hardly gives us a chance to enjoy them, so that’s another reason to leave decorations in place until February 2nd1
With prayers and blessings,
Revd David
There will be a carol service in the church this Wednesday 18th December at 6.30pm with mulled wine and mince pies to follow.
All residents and visitors, young and old, are most welcome