Last Sunday, St Mary's, serving Upper and Lower Dunsforth, celebrated 150 years. At an evening service of Holy Communion in a packed church, Bishop James preached and a new and very well written history of the church was launched. An altar frontal depicting the countryside around the Dunsforths was dedicated, along with a new wedding kneeler. The altar frontal was designed by Emily Sutton and made by J & M, in Newcastle. It features the white horse at Kilburn, so visible from the village, and also the tree of life found in the book of Genesis and in Revelation, where the leaves are said to be 'for the healing of the nations.' Michael Wildblood had master-minded the project.
The reflections of a rural archdeacon on life and issues in the Yorkshire Dales. Supporting over 180 churches in an area that covers Teesdale, Swaledale, Wensleydale, Nidderdale, Harrogate and Wetherby, a Church of England archdeacon shares some of the questions and challenges that everyday ministry throws up.
Friday 30 September 2011
St Mary's, Dunsforth 1861-2011
Last Sunday, St Mary's, serving Upper and Lower Dunsforth, celebrated 150 years. At an evening service of Holy Communion in a packed church, Bishop James preached and a new and very well written history of the church was launched. An altar frontal depicting the countryside around the Dunsforths was dedicated, along with a new wedding kneeler. The altar frontal was designed by Emily Sutton and made by J & M, in Newcastle. It features the white horse at Kilburn, so visible from the village, and also the tree of life found in the book of Genesis and in Revelation, where the leaves are said to be 'for the healing of the nations.' Michael Wildblood had master-minded the project.
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