PARISH & COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

The Villages of Skelton, Shipton, Overton, Newton-on-Ouse, Linton-on-Ouse & Beningbrough

The Revd Catherine Toase, 07777 672400, catherine_toase@yahoo.co.uk
Church Wardens
Skelton - Carolyn Evans, 01904 470125. Shipton - Church Warden Newton - Church
& Ian Holbrook 01904 470674
Vacancy Warden Vacancy
April 2024
After a lifetime of church music (York Minster choris-
Worship Calendar ter as a boy, choir member and director for many years
until my failing hearing intervened, organist at Newton
when a schoolboy, and then at Shipton for the last 3 dec-
Sunday 7th April Easter 2 ades and more) I have never quite understood why the
most profound and important season of the Church year
Skelton 09:30am Holy Communion
– Easter – is so relatively poorly blessed by wonderful
Shipton 11: 00am Holy Communion music? It remains a mystery to me.

Newton 11: 00am Holy Communion There are Christmas carols galore, and some truly beau-
tiful choral arrangements that accompany us through
Sunday 14th April Easter 3 the festive season. We all have our favourite carols, and
love to sing them. Passiontide is also well served, from
Skelton 09:30am Family Communion sublimely moving motets to the utter brilliance and pro-
found beauty of the Passions – St Matthew and St John
Shipton 11: 00am Family Communion
– by J S Bach, or the British favourite of Stainer’s Cruci-
Newton 11: 00am Family Communion fixion. There are many wonderful Passiontide hymns -
indeed Palm Sunday is my favourite Sunday for playing
Sunday 21st April Easter 4 the organ (although Advent Sunday comes very close).
All glory laud and honour,
Skelton 09:30am Morning Prayer
When I survey the wondrous cross, and My song is love
Shipton 11: 00am Morning Prayer unknown are just three very special hymns. But when
Newton 11: 00am Holy Communion we reach Easter, musically it is frankly underwhelming.
No great oratorios – although Handel’s Messiah does of
Sunday 28th April Easter 5 course cover the Easter period, and the memorable cho-
ral music is also very thin on the ground. There is seem-
ingly little competition for the four hymns on Easter
Skelton 09:30am Family Worship
Sunday, they almost pick themselves. But for me, Easter
Shipton 11: 00am Family Communion is not Easter until we reach the final hymn at the end of
the Easter Sunday service, and I play the introduction to
Linton 11: 00am Celtic Café Church
Thine be the Glory!!
Sunday 5th May Easter 6 Now we are talking! What a great hymn this is. The
tune by Handel is brilliant, comfortably within a range
Skelton 09:30am Holy Communion that almost any voice can handle without over-exerting,
and with a fine chorus. The words are entirely appropri-
Shipton 11: 00am Holy Communion ate, and when combined with the tune it becomes the
Newton 11: 00am Holy Communion most glorious celebration of Easter and the risen Lord.
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son, endless is the
victory thou o’er death hast won.
NOTICES FOR THE NEWSLETTER should be re- Writing this short piece has inspired me to challenge
ceived by the 15th of April for the May issue.
myself! Some years ago the late (and great) Mollie
All notices emailed to:
Haigh,
retired teacher, member of Synod, and loyal member
of the Shipton congregation, gave me some words
for a Christmas carol and asked me to add music. I
had never tried to write music before, but somehow
I managed to come up with something. We did this
exercise twice, and sang them occasionally at Ship-
ton. But I have another set of words she gave me, as
yet unused: Easter words.
So my challenge to self is to add a tune to her words
before next Easter!
It feels appropriate to close by sharing the final
verse of Mollie’s lovely words:
So, let’s walk in the garden with Mary
And praise our dear Lord as we do;
Who suffered, was buried, and rose from the dead;
The saviour of me and you.
A very Happy Easter to you all.
- Michael Backhouse.
GENERAL NOTICES
Enquiries for Weddings and Baptisms should
be sent to: events.churchbookings@gmail.com,
as per top of front page.
Supporting St Giles’ Church thankyou for
your generosity in helping to preserve our won-
derful 13th century church, if you would like to
donate to St Giles’ Church York, you can do so
via the Parish Giving Scheme website -
www.parishgiving.org.uk or by scanning the
QR code with your camera here.
Discussion Group : 7:00pm
on Wednesday 10th April. Venue
will be Tanglewood Cottage, Cherry
Tree Avenue, Newton-on-Ouse, YO30 2BN.
We are continuing a series of discussions on the
Gospel of Mark. Please register your interest,
with Rev Catherine Toase, 07777
672400, catherine_toase@yahoo.co.uk (Future
dates for the discussion group are every 2nd
Wednesday of the month: 10th April, 8th May,
12th June, 10th July, No August, 11th Septem-
ber, 9th October etc.)
SKELTON NEWS
St Giles’ Opening : Daily between 10:00am and
4:00pm.
Mandy’s Community Café we are open for coffee
and lunches from 10:30am until 1:30pm 1st Friday
of the month . Come and enjoy a warm place with
good company, good food and drinks and good
books. If you are unable to make your own way to
the Village Hall, we can come and pick you up from
home. Contact Carolyn L - 470528 / Carolyn E -
470125.
Gentle Yoga Class every Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm,
now online. Contact Nestor on 07503 157361 or
nestorportnoy@yahoo.com
Mobile Library in Skelton. The mobile library
visits Skelton on alternate Mondays (excluding
bank holidays). It stops in Fairfields Drive, oppo-
site the shop from 2:40pm until 3:50pm.
Aum Yoga York for fitness, flexibility and well
being at Skelton Village Hall. Classes have re-
sumed. New comers welcome. Booking essential.
Contact Sharon on 07961 585806 or email - sha-
ronlustyyoga@gmail.com
Skelton Gardening Club Our next meeting is on
April 18th when we will holding our AGM. This
will be followed by a talk by Eileen Shone entitled
'Gardening for Keeps.' Visitors are very welcome.
For further details contact Janet on York 628388
or at niceyorknana@yahoo.co.uk
SHIPTON WITH OVERTON NEWS
Shipton by Beningbrough Parish Council
Meetings are held in person in the main room of
the Community Centre at 7:30pm on the fourth
Thursday of the month. Members of the public
are welcome. The agenda is published online
( https://
www.shiptonbybeningbroughcommunity.org.uk/)
and on the Parish Council noticeboard. To contact
the Parish Council please email
clerk@shiptonbybeningbroughcommunity.org.uk.
Shipton Café warmly welcomes you! It provides
a place to meet new people and old friends. The
usual delicious cakes and scones go with an array
of teas, coffee and steam-frothed milk. Table ten-
nis and darts, and we will always have a jigsaw on
the go. Is anyone for dominoes? Open every
Tuesday from 2:00-4:30pm. It would help us keep
the café lively and exciting if you turned up, so
come on, you may even enjoy it! Volunteers wel-
come (training given).
Shipton Cinema is on every 1st Friday. Doors
open at 7pm for a 7:30 start. Bring your drinks
and nibbles. If you have any questions about the
show, please text Branwen on 07986 244599. If
you want to join the Cinema and Café email
group, ring John 07906 890 465 or 01904
470187, or scan the QR code with your camera.
Shipton Wildflower Woods: A
charming design by local school chil-
dren. All proceeds will go to the Shipton Wild-
flower Woods. Purchase from Ivy House Main St.
Shipton Egg stall or the Tuesday pm Café. Tel
07986 244599 for details.
Shipton Playground: If you would like to join
the 100 Club for 2024, at a cost of £32.50 a year,
email shipton100club@aol.com, or visit
www.shiptonbybeningbroughcommunity.org.uk/
Shipton_Playground_41216.aspx. The money
raised goes towards the maintenance running
costs & new equipment for our playground. The
Parish Council would like to thank the staff at
Wernick’s for kindly helping to complete the foot-
path improvement works at Clifford’s Way! We
know how loved this path is and we hope now it
can be enjoyed by residents for years to come!
NEWTON, LINTON &
BENINGBROUGH NEWS
Linton on Ouse Parish Council Meetings are
held in person in the main room of the Village
Hall at 7:00pm on the third Thursday of the
month. Members of the public are welcome.
The agenda is published online at
www.lintononouseparishcouncil.org.uk & on the
Parish Council notice board (outside the Village
Hall) at least 3 days before a meeting. To contact
the Parish Council please email
clerk@lintononouseparishcouncil.org.uk.
Chat and Craft meets every 2nd and 4th Wednes-
day in each month except August. Cost is £ 3.00 a
person from 1pm. Bring your own crafts whilst en-
joying a cuppa with like-minded people. Linton
Coffee Mornings have restarted in the Village Hall
every 3rd Saturday of the month from 10am. Join
us for a bacon/sausage sandwich and good compa-
ny! A warm welcome awaits! Thankyou you very
much Pat Hunter - 01347 848629.
Newton on Ouse Parish Hall 100 Club: ring Bill
for details on 01347 844001.
Church Opening Hours: All Saints’ Church is
currently open daily from 11am to 3pm.
Foodbank Collection: Items for the York Food-
bank can be left inside at the rear of the church
during any of the daily opening hours of 11am to 3
pm. Groceries of all kind are welcome, but home-
baked or other fresh food won’t last. We will en-
sure the items reach the Foodbank as soon as pos-
sible. Thankyou for helping those in need!
The Power of Plants - Friends of All Saints wel-
comes Sarah Hughes, Medical & Nutritional Herb-
alist on Thursday 4th April at 7pm, to tell us about
the ‘Power of Plants.’ Sarah will be looking at
some common medicinal herbs and discussing their
therapeutic uses. Plants have been used for thou-
sands of years to help combat illness and hence a
large percentage of medicinal drugs are plant
based. But the common hedgerow plants are usual-
ly overlooked. Come along to All Saints and learn
about the uses of several of these spring plants.
Saturday Café - 13th April, 10:30 - Noon. Indulge
in a barista coffee (latte, cappuccino, espresso ...) or
choose from our selection of teas & infusions and
enjoy a warm croissant or scone included. Forward
-buy a beverage for a new resident! Take home
freshly-baked 'off the shelf' cakes, scones & sweet-
ies. Browse our shelves of books at bargain prices!
Dates for your diary : On the 11th May, Saturday
Café will be held in support of the 2024 Christian
Aid Week (12th - 18th May)
Sunday 19th May - 10am - 3pm, Friends of All
Saints Plants Stall will be held on Newton Village
Green, with refreshments at the Parish Hall.
North Yorkshire Dance Academy
Always had a dream of learning to dance profession-
ally or have a child who does? Dance classes take
place on your doorstep on Tuesday evenings in Lin-
ton Village Hall. New starters always welcome to
join, no experience necessary!
Junior Ballet, Tap & Modern 4.00pm - 4.45pm
(Reception class - Yr 2)
Intermediate Ballet, tap & Modern 4.45pm - 6.00pm
(Yrs 3 - 6)
Senior Ballet, Tap & Modern 6.00pm - 7.15pm (Yrs
7+)
Adult Ballet 7.15pm - 8.15pm
Contact Diane Sugden:
dancewithdiane@googlemail.com or call 07810
483546
Friends of All Saints Art Exhibition: Friday, 21st
June - 7 to 9 pm - ‘Newton in Lockdown’. Watercol-
ours of almost every house in the village by local res-
ident, Tim Key.

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