Thornhill Parish Church

Serving the local community

Churches Together in Thornhill, Whitley and Thornhill Lees
 The  Chair is David Currie from Thornhill Parish Church email here

Honorary Secretary is Jeff Heaton email here

The churches involved in this group are Thornhill Methodist Church, Thornhill Parish Church, Thornhill Lees Parish Church, Ravensthorpe Parish Church and Whitley Parish Church and Fresh Expressions Thornhill.

Bible study Group  see Prayer and Bible Page
in conjunction with Thornhill Parish Church
at Thornhill Parish Church  or CONTACT Kate Currie for information 0192427295
 Events are organised throughout the year to witness to our continuing 'growing together in Christ'

Lent is a particular time for working together with study groups, a meal with a celebration of the Last Supper or Agape.  A joint procession of witness takes place every year on Good Friday from the Town to 'The Cross' with a wooden cross carried and then erected for several weeks as a symbol of the resurrection.

At The Cross in Thornhill Easter

 Cross made by Children April 2009

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  Annual Report    

Churches Together 2010 Annual Report by David Currie, Chair:presented at Annual meeting February 2011

 Welcome to the local Churches Together Annual General Meeting. It is a pleasure to remind you all of our busy year. The programme of activities followed the same pattern of previous years enriched by careful reflection on past experience and consequent modification.Many thanks to all those who ensured that the Lent lunches were a success again. In parallel we followed the York course “When I survey...” this year meeting every on the first five Sunday evenings in Lent. The course was well attended from all four churches with 25 on the first week and numbers holding up well. On Palm Sunday with the help of Elaine Wilkes, Thelma & Alistair organised a procession around Overthorpe Park – 60 turned out on a cold, bracing day including 15 children and babies & a donkey. Several of the children were captivated by the play at the end. We all welcomed tea and biscuits inside afterwards. Sixty-four people shared in a meal & Eucharist on the Wednesday of Holy week challenged us with two relevant film extracts. Children’s activity on Good Friday and the procession of witness with the cross to The Cross in Thornhill was both educational and spiritually moving. Bible study supported by Churches Together has taken place fortnightly at every opportunity with a loyal group drawn from three of the four churches. In November Mary and her team provided excellent food for the quiz night in aid of Christian Aid raising £213. Finally sixty of us enjoyed a service from Jerusalem in readiness for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Peter led the service and Sue gave the address. We again grappled with the pros & cons of new technology. Back in committee we began to revisit the text and intentions of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant.We are delighted that Sue Clarke and Heather Thurlow have joined the committee this year. Fred Pickles and Anthea Shackleton have resigned during the year. I should like to take this opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks for their very important contributions over the years. Finally my thanks to the committee and especially Brian for his unstinting support.

 

 Thornhill Parish Church set up for our Holy Week event

 

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