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Our ministry is now under the oversight of a Ministry Team led by the Area Dean, the Rev’d Alisdair Laird. A reorganisation of ministry in the South Holderness Deanery sees St Swithins incorporated into an enlarged group of 20 churches, the Village Parishes Group, under the care of a new team, yet to be fully completed, whilst the two towns in the deanery, Hedon and Withernsea, each have their own dedicated priest. All churches in the deanery continue to work together to support and uplift each other in the love of Christ.
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Coffee Mornings are now held twice monthly
on the second and fourth Mondays of each month
from 10.00am to 11.30am in the Village Hall.
Do come and join us.
All welcome
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Please pray for Ukraine ...
God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today.
We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.
We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow,
that your spirit of comfort would draw near to them.
We pray for those with power over war and peace, for wisdom, discernment and compassion
to guide their decisions.
Above all we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them.
We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Amen
Archbishop Justin Welby
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell
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A huge thank you from the PCC to all who helped laying and spreading gravel on the public footpath through the churchyard, in front of the church and the path from the lychgate. This was a sterling effort by some really great volunteers. Seven and a half tons of gravel laid in an hour! That was real community spirit! Thank you to all who took part and to the parish council for organising, especially Mitch and John.
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The Restoration Fund committee and the PCC would like to say a big thank you to all who were able to support us at our Summer Fair on 31 July. We had a successful day, raising a total of £543.79 for the Restoration Fund. The weather, which was a concern in the days leading up to Saturday, turned out to be very kind in the end. It was good to see a number of new faces around and for people to be able to sit outside and enjoy a ‘cuppa’ with friends after all this time. We are pleased to announce that the fund total now stands at £28,244.02. This includes £197.12 in sponsorship for Lynn Stephenson’s Dales Way Walk – thank you, Lynn! – and £215 in scarecrow entries for our festival in September (save the date – 12 September 2021!)
We are also pleased to announce that, to date, our Annual Gift Day for 2021 giving stands at £1,060.26. Thank you so much to all who have given generously towards our annual running expenses. There’s still time to get your envelope in if you haven’t already – leave at the shop or at the addresses on the back of the letter.
Thank you to all who continue to support us in our bid to keep our church open and safe.”all who were able to support us at our Summer Fair on 31 July. We had a successful day, raising a total of £543.79 for the Restoration Fund. The weather, which was a concern in the days leading up to Saturday, turned out to be very kind in the end. It was good to see a number of new faces around and for people to be able to sit outside and enjoy a ‘cuppa’ with friends after all this time. We are pleased to announce that the fund total now stands at £28,244.02. This includes £197.12 in sponsorship for Lynn Stephenson’s Dales Way Walk – thank you, Lynn! – and £215 in scarecrow entries for our festival in September (save the date – 12 September 2021!)
We are also pleased to announce that, to date, our Annual Gift Day for 2021 giving stands at £1,060.26. Thank you so much to all who have given generously towards our annual running expenses. There’s still time to get your envelope in if you haven’t already – leave at the shop or at the addresses on the back of the letter.
Thank you to all who continue to support us in our bid to keep our church open and safe.
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