The second Sunday before Lent
Sung Eucharist for the second Sunday before Lent
Today at 10.00 am · Watch the service · View the order of service
Other services
Said Eucharist
This Wednesday 26 February at 10.00 am
Sacred Space
This Thursday 27 February at 6.00 pm
Sung Eucharist for the Sunday before Lent
Next Sunday 2 March at 10.00 am · Watch the service · View the order of service
Choral Evensong
Next Sunday 2 March at 6.00 pm · Watch the service · View the order of service
North-West corner refurbishment
As you may know, we are doing some essential work in the North-West corner of the church (the area where the tech desk currently sits) to replace plasterwork on the walls, to improve the tech desk, and to create an accessible area for pushchairs and wheelchairs. This work has now begun and the first phase will be completed before Easter. Our contractors will keep disturbance to services to a minimum; Wednesday morning and Sunday services will run as usual and we will be able to continue to hold funerals and other occasional services. Daily Prayer will also continue at 8.30 am and 5.30 pm Tuesday to Saturday. We have a small number of pews available for purchase (suggested donation £50). These can be viewed in the Community Centre. Talk to Claire or to a Churchwarden for more information, or see wkrk.uk/pews.
If you want to have a more detailed overview of the work planned do have a look at the relevant page on our website at wkrk.uk/nwc.
Lent talks: "We believe…"
Lent begins on 5 March this year. Look out for information about our Ash Wednesday services and our Pancake Social coming soon! 2025 also marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, a meeting of Christian bishops, convened by the Emperor Constantine, which took place in the town of Nicaea (now Iznik in Turkey) between May and July 385 CE. Its aim was to obtain consensus about core Christian beliefs, and one of its products was a first version of the Nicene Creed, which we say almost every week in this church and which is said in Christian churches throughout the world. Our series of Lent talks this year will focus on aspects of the Creed, offering an opportunity to think more deeply about the words that we repeat each week, which encapsulate what it means to be a Christian.
All the talks will take place in church at 7.00 pm and will be followed by Compline, which will end at about 8.15 pm.
- 12 March – The Right Reverend Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall: We believe in the Holy Spirit
- 19 March – The Very Reverend Andew Nunn, former Dean of Southwark: For us and for our salvation
- 26 March – The Very Reverend Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield: Begotten not made
- 2 April – The Reverend Dr Janet Williams, Vice-Principal, St Hild College: He will come again in glory
- 9 April – The Reverend Dr Claire Honess, Vicar of Whitkirk: We believe in one […] Church
All are welcome!
Visit to the National Memorial Arboretum
Our trip to the National Memorial Arboretum to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War will take place on 13 May. Meet at the Community Centre at 8 am for a prompt 8.15 am departure. We hope to be back in Whitkirk for around 5.30 pm (traffic permitting). There is a cafe on site, or bring a packed lunch. The cost of the trip is £15 per person. If you want to take advantage of the land-train to see the Arboretum with minimal walking, the cost of this is £7.50. Mobility scooters are available for hire at £10 for the day. These must be booked in advance. Manual wheelchairs are available free of charge. We are asking for a £5 deposit at this stage, with the balance payable by Easter Sunday, please. Please see Joan Williams after the service to pay your deposit and secure your place.
Marmalade for sale
On Sunday 2 March, Jessie Pickersgill will be selling her famous and delicious home-made marmalade in the Community Centre after the main Sunday service. All proceeds to church funds.
Pancake Party
Tuesday 4 March at 5.30 pm
St Mary's Church Whitkirk Community Centre
Join us on Shrove Tuesday, for a pancake party! There will be pizza and pancakes, with toppings (syrup, chocolate sauce, squirty cream, sugar & lemon) provided – though you are also welcome to bring your own.
Games for the children, quizzes, hot and cold drinks, and loads of fun guaranteed. All free. Come and get ready for Lent in the traditional way!
The Church family
For your prayers
The sick
- Tom
- Kim
- Shirley
- Mona
- Jean
- Mary
- Michelle
- Jill
- Dominic
- Faye
- Jean
- Barbara
- Doreen
- Billy
- Michael
Those in long-term care
- Jennifer
- Ginny
- George
- Margaret
Recently died
- Ben Webster
Anniversary of death
- Jessie Rutherford
- Peter Bickerdike
- Eric Bull
- Ethel Wood