Blog Posts - Tadcaster Benefice

New for lockdown

1/16/2021

We’re very excited to be able to offer Morning Prayer on Tuesday to Friday at 9.30am on Facebook Live. Go to the www.facebook.com/TadcasterBenefice page to join us, you may need to sign up for a facebook account if you don’t currently have one. We will ask you to submit things you would like prayers for in the comments, please remember this is public so just use initials if asking for prayers for people. This is new to all of us, so please bear with us as we get used to offering this. If you’d like to have a service sheet you’ll be able to find them for each day on our website: Social - Tadcaster Benefice (stmarystadcaster.co.uk)

For children we have a Storytime on zoom session at 10.30am on Tuesday’s. This is aimed at 0-5 year old’s and their grown ups. There will be a story and activity. On Tuesday 12th the story is ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. Why not dress up as a bear or make a den at home before you join the meeting! We’ll be using our usual zoom details for this.

Rev Lucy will also be providing a ‘virtual assembly’ each week, at 10.30am on Wednesday’s, this will be held on facebook live on the Tadcaster Benefice facebook page.

A reminder…
We have a weekly quiz scheduled for at least the next three weeks, that will be at 11am on Thursdays on our usual zoom meeting details. These are just for fun and very social.

Don’t forget we have a coffee morning each Saturday on zoom at 11am on our usual zoom details, grab a hot drink and join the meeting for some chat – maybe Chris Edmond would be tempted to treat us to a song?!

Photo Challenge
We enjoyed the New Year photo challenge on Facebook so much that it’s been extended to be a whole of January challenge. Head to our Tadcaster Benefice facebook page to find out more.

Christmas Services

12/19/2020

Benefice Christingle Service

12/4/2020

All are invited to join us on zoom or facebook live on Sunday 13th December at 4pm for our Benefice Christingle Service.

Normally we have teams making up Christingles for us to give out during services - this year we are making Christingle Kit bags and everyone will make their Christingles together in the service.

Christingle kit bags will be available to pick up at selected times on Saturday 12th December. The bags will have been put together more than 72 hours in advance of the service and will be fully covid secure.

Opening for private prayer

11/27/2020

St Mary's, Tadcaster will be open on Wednesday 2nd December for private prayer, 11am to 2pm.

St John's, Kirkby Wharfe & Ulleskelf will be open for private prayer on Saturday 5th December, 2-3pm.

Churches open for private prayer

11/13/2020

During the second national lockdown St Mary's Kirk Fenton is open for private prayer on Wednesdays between 10am and 12noon.

St Mary's Tadcaster will advise weekly when open for private prayer. The next opening is Wednesday 18th November between 11am and 2pm.

Remembrance Zoom Service

10/19/2020

Every year the nation unites on Remembrance Sunday to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom. Remembrance Sunday, which takes place this year on Sunday 8th November, is normally marked in Tadcaster with a church service, parade and remembrance service at the War Memorial.

Sadly, this year’s event will not be able to take place due to the coronavirus pandemic and the Government’s guidelines on social gatherings.

We at Tadcaster Benefice are pleased to provide a creative and different way for our community to observe Remembrance Sunday. Please join us on our benefice zoom service, starting at 10.30am on Sunday 8th November. (Please see the invitation below) We are hoping this will be a way for our community to come together, albeit virtually.

If you belong to a uniformed group, why not join us in your brownie or scout uniform? If you are part of the military, past or present, wear your medals with pride. If you would like to pay your respects and observe 2 minutes silence, join us with the family.

Don't worry about noise at home - all zoom participants are muted, except for those involved in different parts of the service! Don't worry if you are unsure of what a Remembrance service looks like - the words will be on the screen for you to follow.

If zoom is not a possibility for you, but you would still like to be involved, let us know and we will post you out a prayer card. In this way you can join in with the prayer after the 2 minutes silence.

Let's remember together, 2020 style,
Blessings,
Rev Lucy and all at Tadcaster Benefice

Lucy's welcome service on zoom

10/9/2020

All are welcome to join us for a special morning prayer service to welcome our new curate, Rev Lucy Brencher. The service will be on zoom on Sunday 18th October at 10am.

Wave of Light Service

10/9/2020

Baby Loss Awareness Week ends with the global “Wave of Light” on 15th October, a globally recognised event.

There will be a short service and candle lighting at St Mary’s Tadcaster on Thursday 15th October at 6.45pm, as part of the Global Wave of Light. Everyone is welcome to attend.

If you would prefer to join other families across the world from home, light a candle at 7pm and leave it burning for at least one hour to remember all babies that have died too soon. Take a photo of your candle and post it to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #WaveOfLight.

Lucy's licensing

10/5/2020

All are welcome to join us on Zoom for Lucy's licensing on Tuesday at 7.30pm.

New curate

9/25/2020

We're delighted to announced that we'll be joined by a curate, Rev Lucy Brencher. Lucy willbe licensed to our Benefice on Tuesday 6th October on zoom. (Further details on the zoom meeting to follow).

Lucy writes:

Hello, my name is Lucy Brencher and on the 6th October I will be licensed to be curate in the Tadcaster benefice. I’ve been in church ministry for the past ten years; firstly on team in a lay capacity at St Paul’s church, Holgate in York - (Youth and Children’s worker then Lay Associate Minister) and latterly whilst training for ordained ministry. I have just started my third year as
curate, having completed the first two in the neighbouring United Parish of Rural Ainsty.

I’m so looking forward to serving the churches and the communities of Kirk Fenton, Kirkby Wharfe with Ulleskelf, Newton Kyme and Tadcaster. I’m passionate about helping others to deepen their faith in God, especially in these confusing times. As church we are here to serve you, as we point to God’s everlasting love for us and the hope faith brings.