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

Tutor: Hugh Parry The borderline between Earth and Hell has always been permeable enough to enable writers to invite some unsavoury characters to pay us a visit and curdle our blood.  The fear is salutary, no doubt – and the commercial potential gratifying.  This course will look at creepy and demonic spiritual intruders – mostly

Wharfedale offers a wealth of landscapes; wild moorland, limestone uplands, wooded alleys and gentle farmland, with the uninterrupted beauty of Upper Wharfedale laid out before you from the hilltops. The colours of autumn are spectacular. We offer a choice each day of either short or longer walks with our guides, returning to the welcome and

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

Leader: Revd Ruth Harris Journeying with Christ is the theme for our final Open Quiet Day this year. Using images of individual encounters with Christ, we will explore our own spiritual journeys. Ruth is vicar in Skipton with Carleton and Area Dean. Originally from the Wakefield Area of the Diocese, she has served as a

Tutor:  Sandra Foxall 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 and technique

Witness: Revd Martin Thorpe A silent ‘listening’ weekend. ‘Jesus invites you into His Presence.’ 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 search for and listen to God. Experienced with others in a group, silence is

Leader:  Joyce Simpson ‘Let us now go even unto Bethlehem.’ The journey to Bethlehem passes through the wilderness, where John, the desert wild man, insists that change is necessary, and change is coming. As pilgrims, in the company of poets, we shall venture into the wilderness, seeking to confront afresh the silence and resonance of

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 and

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 Nicholas Mercer ‘The Subtle Violence of Busyness’ Revd Nicholas Mercer leads us in a reflection on the lockdown during Covid-19. Nicholas Mercer was ordained in 2011 after twenty-five years as a solicitor. Following a curacy in Dorset and three years as a school chaplain, he was appointed as the Rector of Christ Church