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Helping Ukrainian Refugees to Find A Safe Home in Our Parishes: Lend Ukraine A Hand Project (click the image)

There are people in our Parishes of Whorlton Benefice who are willing to open their houses to the war refugees from Ukraine. We are currently working with the Investing in People and Culture, Middlesbrough based charity organisation specialising in offering help to refugees in the UK. At the present moment our project is to bring the Ukrainian refugees who are now sheltered at Warsaw Central Station in Poland, which has turned to be one of the largest refugee camps in Europe. Please, join us in our mission. If you wish to join our community of hosts inviting the Ukrainian refugees in your house, please contact us at: office.whorlton@gmail.com     

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OUR GOAL: MISSION-SHAPED BENEFICE

Missions may have different focuses or themes. Some concentrate on adult catechesis, Scripture study, meditation, healing, marriage, or a variety of spiritual exercises. But the Anglican down-to-earth preaching always emphasizes love, compassion and mercy. This is the key message of our mission. This is the mission of our parishes to proclaim that in Jesus Christ is plentiful redemption for all. Parish mission is necessary and urgent in our life today. There is nothing, which will replace it in the periodic and vigorous renewal of Christian life.

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Living Christ's Story - Learning Webinars 2021 

Session 1: Reaching younger adults   -  https://vimeo.com/578506420

Session 2: Creating festival churches – https://vimeo.com/582463983

Session 3: Growing churches (Mustard Seed) – https://vimeo.com/585829644  

Session 4: Being creative with PCC Structures – https://vimeo.com/586663541

Session 5: Encouraging giving in your church – https://vimeo.com/599598565

Session 6: Developing our online ministry – https://vimeo.com/599600266

Session 7: Collaboration across parishes – https://vimeo.com/599599209

OUR BENEFICE, OUR CHURCHES, OUR FUTURE

The Benefice of the Whorlton Group is located on the north-western boundary of the North York Moors National Park in Cleveland, North Yorkshire. It was created on 31st October 2019 when six parishes formed the new benefice. Those parishes are Carlton-in-Cleveland, Crathorne, Faceby, Middleton-on-Leven, Rudby-in-Cleveland and Whorlton (Swainby and Potto). The Benefice of Whorlton is a part of the Deanery of Stokesley within the Diocese of York in the Church of England. We have eight beautiful churches in our benefice, with the oldest church, Holy Cross in Whorlton, having a very interesting history. Today the church in Whorlton is a partial ruin, but it served in the past as a place of worship for many generations.    

The church of All Saints in Hutton Rudby (Parish of Rudby-in-Cleveland)

The church of All Saints in Crathorne (Parish of Crathorne)

The church of the Holy Cross in Swainby (Parish of Whorlton) 

The church of St Botolph in Carlton-in-Cleveland

The church of St Mary Magdalene in Faceby

St Cuthbert's church in Middleton-on-Leven

The old church of the Holy Cross in Whorlton 

St Mary's church in Potto

A special service of thanksgiving for the grace of establishing the Benefice of Whorlton - 12 December 2019: Eucharist led by Bishop Paul of Whitby