St Botolph’s Christmas Fayre

Do you remember back in early December and Storm Darragh? It was a terrible weekend weather wise and of course that was the weekend we had chosen for our fayre.

Well all we can say is thank you to everyone who turned out and supported us. Thank you to our bakers, refreshments maker, washer up, stall holders, Santa and his naughty elf, St Botolph’s Hand Bell Ringers and to everyone who came along. (Never knew than Santa could ring the hand bells!)

We raised £690 for church funds, a great effort.
 

Heritage Day

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our Heritage Day on Saturday 7 September 2024.

There were many stories and memories from people revisiting the place of their baptism or wedding. Visitors searched the baptism, marriage and burial records and had the opportunity to browse through albums of photographs and articles from the past; more time for reflection and reminiscing. For some it was their first visit to our beautiful church. Whatever the case it was lovely to be able to welcome them to St Botolph’s Church.

The beautiful church vestments were on display; purple, white, gold, red and green.

There was an opportunity to follow the way of the cross with our Stations Of The Cross prints by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1980).

Did you know that during the War of the Roses there was a Battle of Ferrybridge? It was the day before the Battle of Towton. Details were on display.

Thank you to everyone who helped by being stewards in church, serving refreshments and running stalls. A splendid effort. Donations and sales meant that we raised £120 for the clock appeal, £195 for church funds and £30 for the Prince of Wales Hospice.

 Summer Concert at St Botolph’s Church

On Friday 28th June at 5pm we had a wonderful concert to raise funds for the Renovation of the church clock.

It was a great success and a varied programme. The evening began with Womersley Community Hand Bells who played 3 different, beautiful tunes including one from Japan entitled Peace.
 
This was followed by our soloist, Janice, who sang some lovely pieces including Panis Angelicus, Clare Benedictus, Ave Verum Corpus, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Changes Everything and a favourite from Elvis, Can’t Help Falling In Love with You.

Our own church organist, Daniel played the wonderful piece, Aida by Verdi.

Grahaeme, with his guitar, brought the concert to a lively conclusion entertaining us with traditional songs from Scotland and Ireland.

We then adjourned to the Parish Room for delicious refreshments. We would like to thank Iryna and her daughter, Marta, who helped to set up the parish rooms and prepare the food and Michael for most of the baking. Without all these people this evening wouldn’t have been possible, a massive thank you to everyone.

We, at St Botolph’s, would like to thank you all who made this event a success we raised £333 for the clock appeal.