What’s on at Whitkirk

9.00 am – 12.00 pmCommunity Centre Autumn Clean-Up

Come and help us spruce up the Community Centre after the busy summer period, ahead of our Autumn and Winter bookings. We'd love you to help us clean the Community Centre, which is such a vital asset to our work as a Church here in Whitkirk and beyond. No need to stay all morning: pop in for as long as you can spare and we will find you a job.  All contributions are welcome and many hands will make light work!

10.00 am – 11.15 amBack to school service

12.00 am – 11.59 pmTrip to Lichfield and Hoar Cross

You are invited to join us on Thursday 17 September for a parish trip to Lichfield, where there will be a chance to explore the city and/or the cathedral (optional Eucharist at 12.30pm), and to the beautiful Church of the Holy Angels at Hoar Cross, where we will enjoy a guided tour of the church.  The church at Hoar Cross has a connection to Whitkirk through the Hon. Emily Meynell Ingram, who commissioned George Bodley to build the church as a memorial to her late husband.  We will enjoy refreshments at Hoar Cross before returning to Whitkirk. There will be time to buy lunch, or to eat a packed lunch, in Lichfield.

We expect to leave Whitkirk at about 8.30am and to return for around 6.00pm and we expect the cost to be between £20 and £25 per person, depending on numbers. If you are interested in joining us for this trip, please register your interest below. Once we have an idea of numbers, we will finalise all details.

12.00 am – 11.59 pmHeritage Open Weekend

Join us over the weekend of 19 and 20 September for our Heritage Open Weekend. This year's events will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the city of Leeds receiving its charter and our theme will be 'Going to Church in 1626'.  The church will be open from 10.00 am till 4.00 pm on the Saturday and from 2.00 pm till 4.00 pm on the Sunday and all are welcome.

As well as the usual displays, there will be short talks on this subject at 11.00 am and 2.30 pm on the Saturday and at 2.30 pm on the Sunday, and a service of Holy Communion will be celebrated according to the Book of Common Prayer at 4.30 pm on the Saturday afternoon.

There will be an animal trail and quiz for children and young people, and we will also be holding an art competition. Images of the church or anything related to it can be submitted on either day and prizes will be awarded in three categories (10 and under, 11-16 years, and 17 and over). Submissions must have the name and contact details of the entrant on the back and judging will take place when the church closes on the Sunday.

10.00 am – 11.00 amThe Annual Civic Service and Sung Eucharist at Temple Newsam House

The Very Rev'd Andrew Nunn to preach.

7.00 pm – 9.00 pmThe Whitkirk Lecture – Sir Arthur Ingram of Temple Newsam: Reputation and Legacy

Everyone is welcome to gather at St Mary's Whitkirk Community Centre from 7.00 pm. Tea and coffee will be served and the bar will be open. 

The Lecture, given by Dorothy Schofield, will commence at 7.30 pm.

4.30 pm – 6.00 pmMY SPIRIT SANG ALL DAY - A choral feast of Romantic masterpieces sung by the St Peter's Singers