Leader: Revd Canon Ailsa Newby  Thank God for Mother Earth. In the week that we celebrate St Francis, it is good to explore and celebrate our relationship with God’s creation. Surrounded by the beauty of the natural world, this quiet day will offer ways to explore our inter-relatedness with creation and our responsibility for it

The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for time of worship and fellowship together over lunch.  Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Recorder Players’ Workshop IV  Tutor:  Terry Smurthwaite  Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them.  The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key.  Expect a wide variety

Tutor:  Keely Hodgson  Combine singing in harmony with rest, nurture and inspiration.  No previous singing experience, or the ability to read music, is required.  A varied repertoire of songs and rounds are sensitively taught using call and response. Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural voice practitioner.  She has worked as a music specialist in

This is the second of two walking breaks in 2022. Wharfedale has a variety of landscapes; wild moorland, limestone uplands, wooded valleys and gentle farmland, with the uninterrupted beauty of Upper Wharfedale visible from the hilltops. At this time of year, there’s the added pleasure of autumn colours. We offer a choice each day of

I know the plans I have for you Plans to prosper and not to harm Plans to give you hope and a future Jeremiah Ch 29 v 11  Contemplative life is the expression of the desire to seek stillness amid the rush of life, to hear ‘the still small voice’ amid today’s modern clamour; to

Leader: Canon Adrian Botwright  Darkness, Doubt and Discovery - a 3D journey in Advent? Advent is often seen as a time of waiting patiently in the darkness, a time of preparation, so that we are ready to welcome and embrace the coming of Christ in the lights of Christmas. This retreat however will focus more on

Tutor:  Hilary Oliver   Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them.  The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key.  Expect a wide variety of interesting music

The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over a traditional Christmas lunch.  Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Spend a traditional Christmas in the warm and welcoming surroundings of Parcevall Hall.  Home-cooked food, traditional games and times for reflection shared in good company, all help us to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas in this special celebration.

Leader: Revd Tom Lusty God is friendship (Aelred of Rievaulx) On this quiet day we will celebrate our friendships and how an understanding of friendship informs our friendship with God. For Aelred of Rievaulx, a great Yorkshire saint, friendship is the highest form of love. For him the two words are synonymous: to say ‘God

Leader: Revd Canon Andrew Tawn An opportunity to take time away from the parish to read, reflect, walk, chat, rest and sleep. You are invited to bring along books of your own choice of a theological or spiritual nature. All who are present share with the group which books they have chosen and why. This