Parcevall Hall

Lent Retreat
2020-02-25 16:00 - 2020-02-28 15:00 UTC
Leader: Revd Christine Shedd
Picking up on her love of gardening and gardens, Christine will look at Biblical gardens and guide us in contemplation of the created world of which we are a part, and how we live in that world.
There are many parallels between our spiritual lives and the natural world; pruning, weeding, cherishing, tending and flourishing, all especially important during Lent.
Christine served as a Reader and later as a priest in our own Diocese. She served as Chaplain for the Mothers;’ Union and Warden of Readers. She has now retired to Huddersfield where is is Widows’ Officer and Chaplain to the Mirfield Air Cadet Squadron. Her hobbies include reading, knitting, family history, walking, the countryside and gardening.

Heart & Soul Singing Retreat
2020-02-21 16:00 - 2020-02-23 16:00
Tutor: Kelly 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 primary and special school settings, and leads a number of community singing groups, including Ben Rhydding Community Choir. She organises local monthly events of music and the spoken work. Keely is committed to sharing the sense of well-being and soulful connection that singing with others can bring, and helping those who have not sung before to discover their unique voice.

Clergy Reading Week
2020-02-10 10:00 - 2020-02-13 10:00
Leader: Revd Canon Stephen Treasure
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 often leads to conversations with each other during the retreat about books of mutual interest.
After that introduction, apart from meal and prayer times, the remainder of this retreat is relaxed and unstructured – a time of refreshment for body, mind and soul in a place of beauty and peace. The cost can be paid from your CMD retreat grant. If you have not been to this event before, and would like to know more, please contact the Revd Canon Stephen Treasure who is the event coordinator. For bookings, please contact Parcevall Hall.

Open Quiet Day I
2020-01-27 10:00 - 16:00
Leader: Revd Nicholas Mercer
Into the silent land
Reverend Nicholas Mercer was ordained in 2011 after twenty-five years as a solicitor. After a curacy in Dorset and three years as a school chaplain, he was appointed as the Rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley in the Falkland Islands, which included South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctica.
During his tenure, he conducted a service at the whalers’ station in South Georgia where he preached on the ‘silent land’. This retreat day explores what it might mean to enter the silent land and how God may be encountered in the silence.
All are welcome. No booking is required, but please bring your own lunch.
Freewill offering

Christmas Houseparty & Retreat
2019-12-23 16:00 - 2019-12-27 11:00
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.

Quietly Contemplating Christmas
2019-12-18 16:00 - 2019-12-20 15:00
These two days are an opportunity to enjoy simple pleasures, peace, calm and nourishment before the busyness of Christmas. Between times of relaxation and fellowship, we will look at the December night sky with astronomer Martin Lunn. All will be invited to spend an afternoon in discussion and contemplation. Wholesome food and a warm welcome are assured.

Advent Retreat
2019-12-10 16:00 - 2019-12-13 15:00
Leader: Canon Adrian Botwright
Advent is all about the ‘not just yet’. Unlike Christmas, Easter, Pentecost or Ascension, we’re not busy celebrating something which has already happened, rather we’re there before it all happens; we’re waiting, calm, open, poised – and this gives Advent a very different and rather special feel. This retreat will try to help us enjoy to the full these days of ‘not yet’; to set aside the trivial things which too often dominate our lives; to develop an attitude of waiting on God, and to dare to be surprised, challenged and thrilled by what may happen at the end of Advent.
Canon Adrian Botwright was Rector of Holy Trinity in Skipton for almost 20 years. He now lives in Thirsk and focuses on leading retreats, quiet days, offering spiritual direction and serving as Chaplain in various places, including four weeks each year on Bardsey Island. He enjoys hugely music, poetry, walking, trains, a campervan, and scuba diving.

Recorder Players’ Workshop V
2019-12-06 16:00 - 2019-12-08 15:00
Tutor: Ruth Burbidge
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. You should have the ability to hold your own part in a group as well as good sight-reading skills. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required. Contact Pauline on paulinewelch.moorfield@gmail.com for further details. Bookings should be made through the Hall.
Ruth’s musical training includes three years at the Royal Academy of Music, and after several years’ teaching, a year at Trinity College of Music. Well known for her accompanying and tutoring skills, she is experienced in conducting small groups, chamber groups and orchestras throughout the UK. Ruth visits the USA each year to join the faculty on a workshop in Connecticut.

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Christmas Lunch
2019-12-05 11:00 - 15:00
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.

Christmas Houseparty - space available
2019-11-29 08:00 - 17:00
We have had a cancellation for our very popular Christmas Houseparty, and there is now one upstairs room available for one person, or two people sharing.
The Houseparty runs from 23rd – 27th December. If you are interested, please contact the office on 01756 720213.

Christmas Houseparty - 1 space available
2019-11-29 08:00 - 17:00
We have had a cancellation for the Christmas Houseparty, 23rd – 27th December, so there is space for one or two people sharing an upstairs room.
If you would like to book, please contact the office on 01756 720213

Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer Retreat II
2019-10-25 16:00 - 2019-10-27 15:00
‘Be still and know that I am God’ Ps 46 v 10
This retreat follows the format of the earlier one in April, but with a different Witness. After meeting and welcoming both old and new friends and having our first excellent Parcevall Hall meal together, we will later in the evening have Compline after which the silence will begin. It is possible to go into silence personally before then if you wish. The Witness will tell us the plan for and theme of the retreat.
Silence continues until just before lunch on the final day. The extended periods of silence between the hour-long contemplative exercises gives each person time and space to be in God’s presence, to be guided or simply to rest in Him from the busyness of life, and be refreshed. There will be opportunity for personal private short interviews with the Witness. All are welcome.
For more information on the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer visit www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk. For questions, enquiries and to book, please contact Sue Davies on 01924 255129 or email susandavies367@gmail.com

Recorder Players’ Workshop IV
2019-10-15 16:00 - 2019-10-17 15:00
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. You should have the ability to hold your own part in a group as well as good sight-reading skills. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required. Contact Pauline on paulinewelch.moorfield@gmail.com for further details. Bookings should be made through the Hall.
Sandra Foxall has been Musical Director of the Cleveland branch of the Society of Recorder Players since 1979, and has been on the panel of Visiting Conductors since 1996. She regularly conducts at national festivals and has tutored on playing days and residential courses. She has also directed teachers’ courses. From 1988 to 2012 Sandra was the Administrator of the Recorder Summer School and from 1999, a course tutor.

Open Quiet Day IV - Do I have to say that?
2019-10-14 10:00 - 16:00
Leader: Canon Adrian Botwright
Handling positively some of the odd or tricky things we find ourselves saying in church…
Our Open Quiet Days this year offer the opportunity to think deeply about challenging questions and dilemmas faced by all people of faith, but perhaps seldom spoken about.
No booking is required, but please bring your own lunch.
Freewill offering

Heart & Soul Singing Retreat II
2019-10-11 16:00 - 2019-10-13 15:00
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 primary and special school settings and leads a number of community singing groups, including Ben Rhydding Community Choir. She is committed to sharing the joy of singing with others and helping those who have not sung before to discover their unique voice.

Autumn Rambling in Wharfedale
2019-10-07 16:00 - 2019-10-10 15:00
Join us for the last of our three-night walking breaks this year. There is a choice each day of either short or longer, more demanding walks with one of our guides, returning to the welcome and warmth of Parcevall Hall. We usually end with a guided walk suitable for all on the final day. Our Chaplain, Graham Bettridge, will be on hand to provide spiritual leadership for those who wish to participate.
For more detailed information, please click here to read our guidance notes.
You can download and print off our flyer with details of all 3 of our walking breaks by clicking here .

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Lunch
2019-10-03 11:00 - 15:00
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over lunch.
Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Knitting, Crochet & Felting Retreat
2019-09-18 16:00 - 2019-09-20 15:00
Leader: Revd Elizabeth Brown
Come along for chat and crafting, times of quiet and worship. There will be a swap-shop, rummage bin and information skills-sharing.
Revd Elizabeth Brown serves as a Hospital Chaplain in the Northumbria NHS Trust and is an experienced workshop and retreat leader. This will be Elizabeth’s second retreat at Parcevall Hall. If you would like more information about the workshop, please contact Revd Elizabeth Brown (lizzieegg@hotmail.co.uk or on 01670 515556). Further details are also available on our website. Bookings should be made through Parcevall Hall.

Literature Appreciation - Shakespeare’s Extras
2019-08-30 16:00 - 2019-09-01 15:00
Tutor: Hugh Parry
This course is a celebration of the extraordinary generosity with which Shakespeare treated the minor actors in his company who did the bitpart chores. Even in a few lines he could create cameos which would be a privilege to play, either illuminated by flashes of wonderful poetry or given narrative significance far beyond their apparently meagre word-count. Hugh Parry has offered adult education classes in literature for over 30 years.
Although loyal all his life to Shakespeare, he has over the years given courses on a diverse range of topics, including detective fiction, utopias, ghost stories, Cowper, Swift and R S Thomas.

Recorder Players’ Workshop III
2019-08-16 16:00 - 2019-08-18 15:00
Tutor: Margaret Shearing
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 swapbetween them. You should have the ability to hold your own part in a group as well as good sight-reading skills. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required. Contact Pauline on paulinewelch.moorfield@gmail.com for further details. Bookings should be made through the Hall.
Margaret is an experienced recorder teacher, performer and conductor. She founded and played in the ELEVEN Recorder Chamber Orchestra. She conducts playdays as well as SRP branches and national festivals. She is a member of Tutti Flutti, led by Philip Thorby and plays in Recorders Incorporated conducted by Tom Beets. She regularly attends courses by Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Philip Thorby and others.

Art Appreciation II - Klimt & the Golden Age of Vienna
2019-08-06 16:00 - 2019-08-08 15:00
Tutor: Tim Stimson
Klimt, as the leader of the Vienna Secession, began his career adorning the new buildings of the Ringstrasse, yet at the height of his fame his works became increasingly controversial, especially his images of the Femme Fatale; yet he also painted sensitive
landscapes and portraits, and complex allegories. Above all his works are gloriously decorative and exuberant.
This course locates Klimt within the social milieu of Vienna and investigates his idiosyncratic art and life. Tim’s involvement in art began with the practical. For a number of years he was a professional painter/ceramicist in Scotland and Wales, before returning to university to study literature and the history of art, then training to teach adults.
For the last 30 years he has been a freelance cultural/art historian, specialising in 17th and 19th century art and society. He now lectures for the University of Cambridge, the WEA, the Art Fund and The Arts Society (previously NADFAS), and presents residential study courses in Britain and Europe. Tim has now completed two lecture tours of Australia, the last in 2016, and presented a lecture for Hull City of Culture 2017 on T E Ferens, patron of Hull’s newly refurbished gallery.

Open Quiet Day III - Do I have to do that?
2019-08-05 10:00 - 16:00
Leader: Canon Adrian Botwright
Handling positively the desire not to kneel down to pray but rather go for a walk!
Our Open Quiet Days this year offer the opportunity to think deeply about challenging questions and dilemmas faced by all people of faith, but perhaps seldom spoken about.
No booking is required, but please bring your own lunch.
Freewill offering

Summer Walking in Wharfedale
2019-08-01 16:00 - 2019-08-04 15:00
Join us for the second of our three, companionable three-night walking breaks this year. There is a choice each day of either short or longer, more demanding walks with one of our guides, returning to the welcome and warmth of Parcevall Hall. We usually end with a guided walk suitable for all on the final day. Our Chaplain, Graham Bettridge, will be on hand to provide spiritual leadership for those who wish to participate.
For more detailed information, please click here to read our Guidance Notes
You can download and print off our flyer for all three of our walking breaks here

Friends of Parcevall Hall Annual Gathering & AGM
2019-07-02 16:00 - 2019-07-04 15:00
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of fellowship and sharing together at the Hall. The AGM takes place on Wednesday 3 July.
Full gathering: £146
Day guest – AGM & lunch: £20
Day guest – AGM, lunch & dinner: £37

The Spiritual Aspect of Counselling
2019-06-21 16:00 - 2019-06-23 15:00
Counselling can be at its most effective when we look in-depth at the human psyche. The testing steps we go through in life unavoidably create suffering, which can make or break us. To heal and develop understanding from sorrows and distortions there is a need to reflect on how we manage the ‘self’. This course will discuss how the ‘three souls in every man’ interact within us, and how listening to this hidden intelligence slowly shapes our being into a healthier place, to give greater wisdom and integrity.
Marion Duff MBACP has been an in-depth freelance counsellor, supervisor and trainer in South Manchester for three and a half decades. Pastoral carers, bereavements groups, lectures for counsellors, ministers, teachers, EQ courses, and workshops on a variety of subjects have all been included over the years.
Click here to read or download the schedule for these two days.
You can download and print off our flyer for this event by clicking here.

Anglican Association Retreat (part silent)
2019-06-10 16:00 - 2019-06-14 15:00
‘Simple Prayer’ – Biblical references on our personal experience of God
Conductor: Revd Canon Andrew Hawes

Services will be in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer and the Authorized Version of the Bible. It is not necessary to be a member of the Anglican Association to come on this retreat, and all are welcome.
All bookings should be made through Mrs Rosemary Hall. Rosemary is also the contact for questions and enquiries relating to this event. Telephone 0191 285 7534 or email hallrosyhall@gmail.com.

‘The Word Heart Deep’: Religious Poetry of the English Reformation
2019-06-06 10:00 - 20:30
Study Day with Joyce Simpson
Talks and shared readings, mainly on the lives and works of three poets: John Donne, George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. What were the pressures shaping the experience of these writers? How do they speak to seekers in the 21st century?
In Colloquy with God: Involved with mankind.
John Donne: In Quest of Salvation
John Donne: In Meditation
George Herbert: In Battle with All that Dogs Mankind
Herbert and Vaughan: Shared Readings
We will explore the religious quest through the works and lives of poets who lived in turbulent times, and consider what the pilgrim journey of each can offer to readers in the 21st century.
Arrival at 10.00am for Holy Communion at 10.15am. Price includes coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and evening meal.
Joyce Simpson is the former Head of Humanities at Leeds Trinity University, where she introduced students to the delights of poetry, novels and plays. Now, in retirement, she takes pleasure in sharing her thoughts and insights with fellow voyagers from different walks of life.
*There is the option to stay overnight the day before or after this study day.

Recorder Players’ Workshop II
2019-05-24 16:00 - 2019-05-26 15:00
Tutor: Mary Tyers
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. You should have the ability to hold your own part in a group as well as good sight-reading skills. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required. Contact Pauline on paulinewelch.moorfield@gmail.com for further details. Bookings should be made through the Hall.
Mary is well-established in the north of England as both teacher and performer. She founded and continues to be the musical director of the Durham branch of the Society of Recorder Players. She was awarded the SRP’s Certificate for Long Service to Recorder Playing in February 2015. Mary has also taught recorder and flute at Durham and Newcastle Universities and is regularly invited to guest conduct other SRP branches and festivals. She tutors in the Early Music summer schools NORVIS and HISS.
Please click here to see or download the schedule for this event.

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Annual Dinner
2019-05-21 16:00 - 22:00
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship over a three course dinner, served with wine.
Dinner: £20
Dinner, bed & breakfast: £65

Beginner’s Birdwatching & the Dawn Chorus
2019-05-13 16:00 - 2019-05-15 15:00
Leader: Chris Bradshaw
Join us on a relaxed birdwatching break aimed at people new to birdwatching, or those just wishing to enjoy commoner birds in a tranquil location. We will have a programme of short birdwatching walks which focus on learning how to identify and understand more about the life histories of the commoner resident and migrant birds that occur in the area.
There will also be plenty of opportunity to experience one of nature’s most delightful spring events; the dawn chorus.
The focus will be on learning about commoner birds, so we will not be ‘chasing’ a big bird list. Birds we hope to encounter during the course of the event include common species such as the Mistle and Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Blue, Great and Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Chaffinch. Summer migrants will hopefully include Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap and perhaps Redstart, Pied and Spotted Flycatchers and maybe Wood Warbler. Birds of prey may include Kestrel, Buzzard, Red Kite and Peregrine. Along the streams and rivers Dipper and Grey Wagtail are likely, whilst surrounding hillsides will be home to Meadow Pipits and Sky Larks.
Hearing the dawn chorus at Parcevall is a memorable experience!
Chris Bradshaw has been working as a freelance ornithologist and birdwatching tour guide for over 20 years. Although frequently to be found overseas, he runs customised birdwatching trips in the UK and finds great joy in watching and passing on his knowledge of the commoner British birds which first inspired his interest as a child.
You can download and print off our flyer with more details of this event by clicking here.
