Saturday 29 June, 4.30pm, All Saints’ Churchyard, Slingsby
An early evening of delicious tapas, wine, sangria and music. Sombreros optional!
For tickets, please contact Anita 07935 830476, Diane 07557 850383 or Liz 07841 417007. All proceeds contribute to our Church major improvements project.
Saturday 6 July 2024, 11am to 3pm, Slingsby Sports Field
Come join us for a jam-packed family fun day out at our annual duck race – now in its 33rd year – in Slingsby. Entry is free, with a variety of good old-fashioned attractions on offer ranging from bouncy castles, a tombola, hook-a-duck and splat-a-rat, and face painting to name a few, complete with home baked refreshments. We’re absolutely delighted to also see the return of our ‘Star’ Chef Andrew Pern, owner of the Michelin-starred restaurant The Star Inn at Harome, who will be providing and cooking a mouthwatering BBQ menu on the day to boot. The fun starts at 11am on the Slingsby Sports Field with the Duck Race officially starting at 2pm. Shortly after the ducks have crossed the line, we will announce the lucky 1st place £50 prize winner, the last place £10 prize winner, and draw the winners of our raffle which includes a voucher for a meal at The Star Inn at Harome, concluding the day’s events at 3pm. We will be selling ducks and raffle tickets in the lead up to the day at the Slingsby Car Boot on Sunday 16 June and also at the Castle Howard garden centre on either 22 or 29 June (date to be confirmed). Details can be found on the Friends of Slingsby School Facebook page. We hope to see you on the day of the race to help us raise much needed funds for our wonderful school. We hope to see you there!
Saturday 8th June, 1000-1200, Hovingham Village Hall.
Hovingham’s next Repair Café and Community Hub is coming up on Saturday 8th June, 10.00-12.00 noon at Hovingham Village Hall. Our volunteer fixers will do their best to mend or advise about your repairs, free of charge. Our experienced fixers include bikes, joinery, jewellery, sewing, computers/technology, electrical, toys etc.
We’ll also have FREE bags, aprons, pan scrubs, fiddle quilts, children’s dresses, pet beds and zip pouches created from unwanted fabrics.
In the Community Hub, you can find out more about air source heat pumps (on display), the community’s thermal imaging camera, grants available for renewables, electric car charging, discounts on loft insulation and more.
A message from Kate Giles regarding updated proposals for a new Rector for Slingsby:
As many local residents will be aware, Slingsby church and the Street Benefice (which includes Amotherby & Appleton le Street parish, Barton le Street with Coneysthorpe and Hovingham & Scackleton) have been seeking to appoint a new Rector for some time – but without success. Much of this relates to the fact that we cannot afford a full or even part time clergy person and were only able to offer a ‘House for Duty’ (free Rectory) post. However, a new proposal has emerged from the Ryedale Methodist Circuit and Slingsby & Hovingham Chapels. The proposal is to pool our resources and see what we might be able to do together. A joint appointment between the Anglican and Methodist communities here would be something of a first for us, but there are precedents locally, for example the Rev. Mel Burnside at Helmsley. The proposal is for the Rector to be based in Slingsby – at least in the long term. We would still need to find further funds to resource this, but in order to develop the proposal further, we would like to offer anyone in the local community the opportunity to ask any questions they may have – about anything – from maintaining our distinctive liturgical and worship traditions as well as celebrating our ecumenical links to providing pastoral care.
We are proposing to hold an open meeting this coming Wednesday 22nd at 6pm in the Chapel Schoolroom on The Green to which everyone is welcome. We will try to answer all of your questions as best as we are able and/or can refer any other queries to the Archdeacon Sam Rushton.
If you have questions but cannot attend this Wednesday, please do send them to Ray Watson [email protected] and/or Rachel Prest [email protected] and we will do our best to respond to and/or refer them onwards.
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