GREETING: Our Vicar, the Rev Tom Lusty, pictured at his Licensing Service at St Oswald's Church, Arncliffe, on July 28, 2021, with his wife, Helen, and the then Bishop of Ripon, the Right Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley Picture: Peter Vetch
Forthcoming Services
On Sunday, May 19, we will have a United Parish Communion to celebrate Pentecost, at 11.15am at St Mary's Church, Kettlewell. After the Service there will be an opportunity (with coffee and cake) to celebrate significant birthdays for three prominent members of our congregations: Myra Eteson, Pauline Thompson and Jane Way.
Please go to the News and Views section of our website for news of a successful Parish social event in Buckden, plus how the Bishop of Ripon, the Right Rev Anna Eltringham, paid her first visit to one of the Churches in our Parish.
Christian Aid Week - May 12 to 18
We have seven days and so many ways to make a difference. With your donations, prayers and actions you could help someone, locally or globally, to push back against the inhumanity of poverty. When you are pushed to the brink of survival putting a healthy meal in front of your children, sending them to school and having a small regular income become unthinkable dreams. As the climate crisis deepens, people live in increasingly precarious positions and face droughts, floods and landslides. Extreme weather undermines the stability of agriculture and economies, but with determination, hope, faith, love and a little help from Christian Aid, people can transform their lives to secure a brighter future. We believe in Peace, Dignity, Equality and Justice for all. Christian Aid has been providing humanitarian relief to Palestinian refugees since the 1950s and now is actively involved in promoting and defending human rights for the protection of Palestinians in the occupied territories, keeping hope alive. Envelopes (delivered with the latest Link magazine) can be returned with your donations to: *Buckden - Village Shop or Long Barn House *Conistone - Fishers Barn *Halton Gill - Church Cottage *Hubberholme - The George Inn *Kettlewell - Village Shop *Littondale - Lane Top House, Arncliffe. Donations can also be paid direct into the Upper Wharfedale Fellowship of Churches Christian Aid account 20-78-42 account number 43851834, or cheques payable to Christian Aid can be sent to our local Christian Aid Committee Treasurer, Joanna Clarke, at Birchwood, Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield BD23 5BS. Please complete the Gift Aid slips where applicable.
The church communities of Upper Wharfedale and Littondale aim to be open and welcoming to everyone. We extend the hospitality of Jesus to people of all faiths and none whatever your background or identity.
Whether you are seeking God's presence, looking for information or some help with prayer and worship, we hope that you will discover that God's love is unconditional and within all things.
Keep us, good Lord, Under the shadow of your mercy In this time of uncertainty and distress. Sustain and support the anxious and fearful, And lift up all who are brought low; That we may rejoice in your comfort, Knowing that nothing can separate us from your love In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Peace to all who enter. God's grace to all who depart