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Image: Rosedale Show By Patrick Chambers
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
Northern Power Grid have provided cold weather care kits comprising hot water bottles, blankets, torches and spare batteries, which are currently available in Rosedale Church. If you know of anyone in Rosedale and Hartoft in need of help in keeping warm please take one.
Shown below is a provisional list of dates over the next two months – please look in regularly for any changes and additions!
Sunday 10 November – 1015 am – Remembrance Sunday Service, Rosedale Church and War Memorial
Tuesday 12 November – 7.00pm – Rosedale Show AGM followed by Committee Meeting, Reading Room
Friday 22 November – 7.30 pm – Barn Owl Talk, Reading Room, free entry but donations to Church Appeal welcomed
Saturday 30 November – 8.30pm – Christmas Auction in aid of The Reading Room, Coach House Inn
Sunday 1 December – 2.00-4.00pm – Rosedale History Archive Tea and Chat, Reading Room
Saturday 7 December – 10.00-12.00am – Coffee Morning, Coach House Inn
Wednesday 11 December – 4.00pm – Father Christmas visits Rosedale Abbey
Monday 23 December – 6.30pm – Carols on The Green, Rosedale Abbey Village Green. Collection in Aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Steve Brace and Linda Blackburne, of the Oaks, Rosedale Abbey, were married in St Mary and St Lawrence Church, Rosedale Abbey, on Saturday 3 August. The ceremony was presided over by the Reverend Christine Haddon-Reece and the music was provided by members of the Moorland Voices choir and Chris Dyson of Gaelforce.
The reception was held in the paddock of the Oaks, in Rosedale Abbey.
Hearty best wishes and congratulations from all in the dale to Steve and Linda
The ever popular Rosedale calendar in aid of the Save Rosedale Church Appeal is now available for sale at the inflation proof price of £10 a copy from Abbey Stores in Rosedale Abbey village. The 2025 calendar will also be on sale at the upcoming Rosedale Show 0n 17 August in the Rosedale History Archive tent, at coffee mornings in the Coach House Inn and at the History Archive Tea and Chat meetings – more details to follow.
Dear friends,
Forthcoming services
Mid-week, Wednesday: 10.00 am Lastingham Crypt, Holy Communion
Next Sunday, July 14th.
9.15 am Appleton Holy Communion (me),
with Banns for Daniel Feaster and Maura Partridge (to be married at Cropton on August 10th)10.45 am Lastingham Holy Communion (Revd Christine),
with Banns for Steven Brace and Linda Ann Blackburne (to be married at Rosedale on August 3rd)6.00 pm Cropton Evensong (Reader Mike Stallybrass)
Please remember the wedding couples in your prayers as they prepare.
TONIGHT
7.00 pm Cropton: Concert by Clare’s Choir Moorland Voices. She promises an eclectic programme with some audience participation
And two dates for your diary:
August 17th Rosedale Show
August 27th 2.00 pm Cropton Annual Garden Fête in the Village Hall in aid of church funds
With blessings and prayers,
Revd David
