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This week in Elvington
And in the Rivers Partnership:
Sutton Christmas Tree Festival - Create an Elvington EntryCome and help make a Christmas tree display for Sutton Church Christmas Festival. 2:30pm at Elvington church on 7th December. All welcome - the more hands the better! We’re going to create Peace Tree, making origami doves using a design that Ruth Merriman used. A tribute to her and all her creativity in the church in past years. The festival itself is on 13-14th December in Sutton church. Harvest Donation to CarecentFor several years we have been sending the collection at our harvest service to Carecent in York, which is always was gratefully received. This year it was £165. I have included the letter that they sent the church with updates and information about this wonderful charity at the bottom of this newsletter. Please read it! Jackie/Dave DrivingJackie and Dave need some help - currently, Jackie cannot drive at night due to an eye condition and Dave also cannot drive temporarily. So can anyone offer lifts to her for evening meetings? And we can all help by arranging more things in daylight. Let Paul Botting (fivebees2000@yahoo.com) or Jackie (Revjackiedb@gmail.com) know if you can help. Please pray for them both that they will both recover soon. Churchyard maintenance session - Saturday 15th NovemberThe next churchyard session will be on Saturday 15th November, please come along if you can. Starting slightly earlier at 1.30pm to make use of the light! We’ll be doing some tidying before the winter and planting saplings and plants. The York Payback team are coming in every few weeks to do general grass cutting and weeding. Their next session will be Wednesday 5th November. Belfrey CleanOur tower needs its annual clean - it's full of cobwebs, dead bees and dust! I'll be going up there one weekend soon to give it a good autumn scrub. Can you lend a hand? It's a wonderful view from the top and a rare opportunity to see part of the church that's normally inaccessible (not least because of the bees in summer). Please give Ian a call/message/WhatsApp on 07963 469 090 for arrangements. You'll need old clothes/overalls, gloves and ideally a good dust mask (I've got plenty of spare disposable ones). St Crux fund-raising event for Elvington ChurchSaturday November 22nd: call for Volunteers and Donations The annual St Crux fund raising event for Elvington church is our key fundraising event of the year and is a fun event to help with. Thank-you you to all those who have volunteered already. At the time of writing we are still in need of extra help at the end of the day. If you could help with this that would be great. Donations please:
Please contact Alison Stead 07939979816 if you would like to help or have donations. Whether or not you can help please put the date in your diary and come along and support on the day! PGS upgradeThe Parish Giving Scheme is the best way to give regularly to Elvington Church (better than a standing order). The PGS website, which has had some recent upgrades, is now back up, but with some teething issues, I suggest that you give them a few weeks before trying to use it again. Ideal for children and Families
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Carecent Letter in full
Dear Friends
On behalf of the staff, volunteers, and customers at Carecent, I am writing to thank everyone at Elvington church for your recent donation for our work from your Harvest Festival. At this difficult time for so many, your support and your prayers mean a great deal to us all.
What is great about Carecent is that individual customers come for different reasons, and each can access what they need from us. We have groups that come and stay for the full session, as it is a place they feel safe and have a sense of community. We have those who come for a breakfast and shower, and then leave. We have those who come simply for the support from volunteers. As much as we are known as ‘just a breakfast centre’, to a lot of people we are so much more.
A group of Carecent customers have made a short information film to challenge widely-held attitudes towards homelessness. It gives an opportunity for some of our customers to tell their stories, which don't always match the stereotype - for example, that a homeless person always has a history of offending or substance misuse. The film is a development from the drama workshops enabled by Night Light Theatre. It will be used to raise awareness around homelessness in our city.
We have begun an Art Class, led by Tabetha, an art teacher volunteer. The response has been so enthusiastic that we hope to be part of York Open Studios, to showcase the variety of work our artist customers have created. We are also working with York Council and the NHS to provide a venue for two mental health nurses to facilitate a Hearing Voices Group, a peer support group for people who have unusual experiences. People with mental health needs often find it difficult to relate to services run in official settings, whereas Carecent is familiar and informal, and provides a background where work like this can take place more effectively.
Carecent has now been running for over forty years with no funding other than through the support of people like you. You are helping us to care for some of the most vulnerable members of our community, and we are all very grateful.
With kind regards and best wishes,
David Priestnall
on behalf of Carecent
This is the Elvington Church Weekly News from www.elvington-church.org.uk.
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