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March 2019 £1
GRAHAM WRITES…
1 About a homeless man in Otley whose life mattered
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…
3 Glynis and Barry Milner at Calais
REACH OUT
6 A poem about the poor, the needy and the dispossessed
HERITAGE TOUR
7 1066 and all that…
WHO WAS W. E. FORSTER?
11 Some local history by Stewart Hartley
LET’S TELL…
12 We have a gospel to proclaim
PROPOSAL FOR A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY HUB
13 A possible new use for the Salvation Army Hall in Otley
NEWS FROM THE CHURCH OFFICE
15 Otley Business Awards 2019
OTLEY PARISH CHURCH
Kirkgate ⚫ Otley ⚫ West Yorkshire ⚫ LS21 3HW
www.otleyparishchurch.org
Vicar: The Reverend Graham Buttanshaw
Registered Charity Number 1153498
From Graham Buttanshaw: Vicar of Otley Parish Church
Dear Friends remember Richard. Jimmy
led a gentle service as
Most of you will we lit a candle, shared
remember Richard. simple memories,
Maybe not his read from the Bible
name, but and joined in
probably his face. prayers. For 15
Richard came to minutes before we
Otley in 2017 and began, Rob tolled
until a few months the Church.
ago he was to be
seen regularly on The gathering of
Kirkgate during the day. people and the tolling of
At night he slept in a tent in the bell said that Richard
all weathers. mattered - in a sense proclaimed to
Otley that Richard mattered. Many
For many, he was the first homeless people had taken Richard to their hearts
person they had engaged with. Until and did many small acts of kindness for
first Darren and then Richard arrived, him. Brought him food. Stopped to talk.
we’d only known homeless people stay Offered him clothes or a sleeping bag.
for short periods. Not much chance to Treated him as a normal human being.
get to know them. Recognised it as a privilege to be able to
assist him.
But lots of people got to know Richard a
bit. He was chatty, undemanding, People who helped Richard found that it
surprisingly optimistic and positive for wasn’t a one-way street – Richard gave
someone ‘on the streets’. He was them something in return. He treated
intelligent, well-read and able to talk them as if they mattered. He told some
about many subjects. He had a of his own story. He asked about their
university degree. story. He shared his infectious
optimism. He helped people engage
Richard was eventually given a flat in with a real experience of homelessness
Otley but then he went back to his not some prejudiced caricature. And
home area of Brighouse. Sadly, we their life was enriched by meeting him.
heard recently that he had died in
hospital and had his funeral in Richard was a ‘normal’ kind person
Brighouse at the end of January. whose life was blighted by some bad
luck, some bad choices and some difficult
A few days ago, at short notice, 35 relationships. It could have been any of
people gathered in our church to us sitting outside Scope on Kirkgate.
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Mostly, Otley folk have been kind and qualities you embody – your Spiritual
helpful to Richard, caring and gifts, your Heart, your Abilities, your
concerned; a credit to our community. Personality and your Experience.
Sadly, a few have been unpleasant and
treated him like he was something less Everybody matters and everybody has a
than a person. Richard said he liked contribution to make and gifts to share.
being in Otley. Don’t undervalue yourself. There is a
you-shaped piece of puzzle to fill a you-
In some ways, Richard holds up a mirror shaped part in the picture – and only
to us. His issues are personal to him but you can fill it.
also the result of how we do things
collectively, how resources are allocated There is (surprise surprise) a place for
in our society, how much support the everyone, with Christ at the centre.
troubled and vulnerable get.
Your shape will change and vary through
The simple truth is that Richard time, so it’s a good thing, every now and
mattered. His life mattered as much as then, to pause and reflect on who we are
any other. As well as being appreciated becoming and how we fit in. And no
by us, he was and is of infinite value to better time to do that than as we start
his heavenly Father. So are you as you the journey of Lent and allow ourselves
read this, whether you are feeling to be shaped afresh by God who walks
successful and fulfilled or useless. with us through the suffering, death and
resurrection of Jesus.
During Lent, we will be inviting
everyone to join a group to participate Love
in the ‘SHAPE course’. It’s about
discovering your shape by looking at five
GRAHAM BUTTANSHAW
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A day in the life of
Glynis and Barry
as Calais volunteers
“I have called you by your name…
you are mine”
NAMES ARE IMPORTANT!
Janet Buttanshaw recently introduced us to the book “My name is not
refugee” – a beautifully written book to help people of all ages, especially
children, to understand and empathise about what it is to have no recognised
status in our world today.
Names are important when so many people are grouped together and
moving across continents trying to find peace and security with hopeful
hearts. Names and smiles are important when we are in Calais serving food
to hundreds of people, each one loved, known and cherished by our God.
Names are important when we try to pronounce each other’s, resulting in
more smiles and eye contact as a connection is made.
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Over the years we have been privileged to work with many young people,
incredibly caring, hope filled, humorous, resourceful and non-judgemental.
Many names are remembered by us. Hope for the future soars when we
think of them. Thank you Ellen, Jacob, Hannah, Dan, Rosanna… and many,
many more.
We thought you might like a factual snapshot of the work we did in Calais in
one day – Tuesday 29th January 2019.
A DAY’S SNAPSHOT
8.30am Arrive at warehouse and kitchen, use security code to open gates.
Unload tents, sleeping bags, clothes and toiletries brought from Otley.
Thanks everyone.
9am Change into “chef blacks” and rubber aprons and start washing up from
previous night’s distribution (sticky, sticky cold rice… wallpaper scrapers are
a useful tool)
10am Help prepare food for next day’s meals – chopping lettuce, carrots,
squash, potatoes, onions, garlic, herbs, green beans… Working with 15
volunteers and 5 long-term leader volunteers. Always lovely to talk and get to
know each other, feel cared for, working in an atmosphere of solidarity and
respect.
11am More washing up as food is cooked by amazing chefs, giving their
time, taking holidays to work here, producing food made from love and
miracles.
1pm We can sample meals made for distribution today – very tasty.
2pm A briefing before our distribution of food to Dunkirk (another group have
left for Calais where people are rough sleeping around the area of the now
demolished ‘Jungle’ camp). We are very moved to hear Ellen, our lead
volunteer, speaking of how to look after each other, how to show respect and
friendship to those we are to serve. Also, we need to be ready to show our ID
(and be polite) to the police! We said a quiet prayer of thanks to our Tina and
Amelia who wrote guidelines for the briefings before they left Calais. The
young people now in charge continue to take their responsibilities seriously
and use their instructions.
3pm Arrive at first distribution destination – a school holiday camp used to
house families during the winter period. Smiling children waving to us as we
arrived and departed. I remembered the book… all these lovely children with
beautiful names… not ‘refugee’!
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3.30pm Move on to a car park near a
lake in Grand Synthe. 250 people
politely and patiently waiting for us.
We smile and exchange names,
serve food – lentil curry with rice,
salad and bread. It was good to see
the Red Cross van providing medical
care (and phone charging facilities,
recognising needs of everyone in the
21st century). The people help us to
clear the area of litter – another
opportunity to engage one-to-one.
The police check all is clear before
we leave.
5pm Move on to the 3rd distribution
point – a gym being used for winter
shelter. Two vans from the CRS
(French riot police) are parked where
we usually park. They tell us there is
an outbreak of scabies in the shelter Refugee Community Kitchen
and we are not allowed entry. We leave food for 150 to be taken inside, and
we set up outside to serve anyone sleeping outside the shelter. Serve about
90 (the police want to know how many, so we count the spoons we’ve given
out!). It is freezing cold and sleeting heavily.
7pm Back at the warehouse in Calais, stack empty ‘gastros’ – 25 litre
stainless steel containers, disinfect and wash down tables, hose the inside of
the van. Debrief session – everyone asked how they felt the afternoon went.
Again, all asked individually and feel equally respected (thank you Jack,
Ellen, Roseanne and Sharon).
8pm Leave for Youth Hostel as it starts to really snow!! Another day
tomorrow, meeting new people, new names and reconnecting with those we
met today (and of course, plenty of washing up…).
P.S. A special thank you to Jack who opened the van at our first drop to find
the load had shifted while on the motorway. Out slid a container of hot lentil
curry down the front of his jeans. A big smile appeared on his face as he
said, “Oh well, I’ve got another pair of jeans” as the volcanic curry totally
covered his shoes! Bless you Jack and all the people we met today, all
named, known and loved by our ever-gracious Heavenly Father.
Glynis and Barry Milner
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"REACH OUT!" the voice said. And so I reached, Touching the hands of those who reached for mine. The poor, the needy, the dispossessed, The neglected, the abused, the sad parade of crippled humanity, crying out for help, for love, for notice. Crying out because the world Had let them go, it seemed, As if into an abyss; Jumbled together in abject misery, Too hopeless and lost To give comfort or to receive it. I sought the voice. I said: "Lord, what can I do? I have no means to satisfy these needs. They overwhelm me and make me more than helpless." The Lord replied: "I did it all." "So, why Lord do you need me, When all was done?" "I sent my Spirit, but He will not work alone. He needs a partner in His task. Go… work with Him. Seek His hand. Use the power of prayer At your command. This is no simple task It will take time from you. It will expand your heart And wring your tears. But my Spirit will partner you. Go… reach, pour my balm On troubled hearts on broken lives. My work continues in your prayers, Your actions, your weeping. Go, my child." © 2019 Rosemary Hartley 6
Our feature this month is an Otley Parish Church history tour as
used each year at the Heritage Weekend by Margaret Parkin.
Some of you will be wondering why the second part of the
Musgrave Hall article of which part 1 was featured last month isn’t
included here this month. The reason is that our research on the
Hall keeps on discovering new things. One day it will all be finished
and as soon as it is, we will feature it all – maybe over a couple of
magazine issues.
1066 and all that…
In the year 597, Pope Gregory 1st sent St Augustine and several other monks
from Rome to try and reclaim Britain as a Christian country. He became the first
Archbishop of Canterbury. The main Christian religion of the day was based on
the Church of Rome with the Pope as its head.
The pastoral work of the church in Yorkshire was conducted from the minsters of
York, Beverley and Ripon with missionaries sent to outlying towns and villages.
They preached in the open air and stone crosses were erected as a meeting
place, there being no church buildings erected at the time. We have some Saxon
Cross fragments of our own and a new display area for them is being planned.
Our church is called “All Saints” because all churches established in Saxon
parishes were called “All Saints”, and we believe that the first church here was
probably Saxon and made of wood. It was recorded that the first church in Otley
was erected by king Edwin of Northumbria c.628 and was burned by the Danes
soon afterwards.
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Modern homes are built to a specific
design and I am told can be
completed in about three months.
How long did it take to build All Saints,
remembering that when started on,
the builders didn’t have diggers and
cranes, scaffolding and all the other
labor-saving machines of today?
It was started during the time of the
Normans – c.1100 – and it took till
about 1890 for the shape of the
building to become what we see now.
That’s some 800 years!
I guess we could describe All Saints
Church as a big jigsaw puzzle – let’s
see how it fits together.
Here is another kind of puzzle to keep
in mind – the arch over the North door
is a Norman arch – i.e. circa 11th century and sits over a 15th century doorway.
How come? Read on…
Domesday – the 1086 record – commissioned by William the Conqueror,
describes Otley as having thirty five residents, plus a church and a priest. It was
obviously an important building even then, being described as a 7th century
monastic centre and even a semi-monastic minster.
The Chancel is the oldest part of our church and dates from the Norman era.
Bigger then than it is now it originally reached to the middle of the first two pillars.
Try and imagine it as when first built. Just a cold and dark space, an earth floor,
windows the same as the two we see on either side of the altar, a piscine where
communion vessels were washed, an aumbry for storing communion to be taken
to the sick and housebound, and a door in the west wall. The service was
conducted in Latin by a priest who stood at the stone altar with his back to the
people. Then in 1240 the first major re-ordering took place. The west wall, where
the door was, was removed and the nave, tower and two transepts were
developed. A simple cruciform shape emerged – symbol of the Christian belief
that Jesus was crucified on a cross. The word ‘nave’ comes from the Latin word
‘navus’ which means a ship. Early Christians believed that the church would take
them safely across the sea of life – and if you look up you will see that the ceiling
above the nave looks like an upturned boat.
8The corners of the cross shape are called Transepts and were used as private
chapels, called Chantry Chapels, with a priest paid for by local notable families
who would conduct private masses for the family estates and prayers for their
souls when dead.
The chapel in the north was established by the Lindley family as far back as
1300 – and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The last priest to celebrate here was
Edward Lindley in 1557.
The chapel in the south was dedicated to St Catherine of the guild of linen
weavers and supported by the Fairfax family of Denton Hall – it is also known as
the Denton Choir. The amazing Fairfax tomb, added later, shows Sir Thomas
Fairfax and his wife Lady Ellen. Sir Thomas was a member of parliament in the
time of Queen Elizabeth the first – and the grandfather of Sir Thomas Fairfax
who was Captain – a General of Cromwell’s army. His 9 times great
granddaughter, Jain Fairfax, came to visit us from America in 2017. If you want
to know more about Sir Thomas, then you really will have to come to Allan
Boddy’s Heritage Weekend talk in September about the church memorials!
Windows have been around since the start of the building – different shapes and
styles, some plain and some beautifully coloured. As walls were moved and the
building developed in size and shape the windows would also have been moved
(see our leaflet describing our stained-glass windows in detail).
The nave led directly to the tower prior to the Parish Room being developed in
1991. There has been considerable debate as to the date it was built. In 1830
Wm. Mounsey wrote, ‘the transept and chancel are much older than the nave
and tower’. Peter Ryder’s architectural survey suggests it was built in the late
14th or early 15th century. He also believes that the nave is older than the
chancel and says there might have been a tower in the middle of the church.
Pevsner says 14th century and the Grade 1 listing goes for 14th-15th century.
The NADFAS church recorders have dated the stone archway into the tower as
1240. We are sticking with that! Towers have had various uses – Priests’
residences, lookout posts, or storage places – built as tall as a signpost to where
the church was or as status symbols? Our tower houses a ringing chamber
where the hard work is done and further up are eight bells and a carillon. New
ropes have to be stretched before being attached to bells. They used to be
suspended from an iron bar, sticking out of the tower, with a weight attached and
left for a time. On one such occasion the vicar’s young son fancied an adventure
and decided to use a rope as a zip wire. His mother just happened to look out of
the vicarage window and saw him climb out of one of the tower windows and
make his descent. We understand she fainted.
9In 1490 the South Aisle and South Porch were created by moving a wall and
windows. It was financed by Sir Simon Ward of Esholt and Thomas Thwaites of
Denton. The south porch was rebuilt in 1730 and there is a vicar buried out
there. Look for the skull and crossbones along here.
At the same time, the Norman windows in the East wall of the Chancel were
removed and the tracery and stonework of the East Window was put in. Thirty
years later in 1520, the North aisle was built. To do this they took out the nave
and transept walls and inserted the pillars and arches that you see today. Check
out the pillars in each of the aisles, they are of different sizes in order to
accommodate the upward and sideways slope of the ground outside.
The organ chamber and vestry were added on the north side of the chancel in
1865 and the outside shape of the church was completed when the clergy and
choir vestries were built on the south side in 1890. Inside roofs and floors have
been raised and lowered, clerestory windows placed above both aisles, the soil
floor was boarded over… and much more. In 1757 a gallery was built where our
mezzanine floor now is and in 1793 another was built over the chancel. The organ
was housed in both of these before it moved to the chancel and later to its current
position. In 1826 the east gallery was extended over both transepts and was used
for the Sunday School with the boys sitting to the left, the girls to the right and the
teachers in between. We are told there was seating for ‘184 and a half persons’!
Remember the Norman Arch mentioned above? During all the changes, the main
door has moved around from the end wall of the chancel, to somewhere on the
nave and finally over the North Door. Have a look next time you leave the church.
Copy Date
April Magazine
Sunday 17 March
Email: stephenhey01@gmail.com
10Who was
W. E. Forster?
IF YOU TAKE the train from Menston to Bradford, you come
into the station at Forster Square. As you make your way to
the sparkling new Westfield Shopping Mall you might see
the statue to W.E. Forster. But who was he?
William Edward Forster FRS (1818-1886) was born in
Dorset and as an industrialist he set up a woollen mill in
Burley-in Wharfdale. He married Jane Martha the eldest
daughter of Dr Thomas Arnold (the famous headmaster of
Rugby School). They had no children but adopted the four
W. E. Forster orphan children of Mrs Forster’s brother.
A visit to Ireland in 1847 during one of the frequent famines left a deep
impression on him and he became known as a ‘practical philanthropist’. In 1861
he became the Liberal MP for Bradford and in 1865 was made Under-Secretary
of State for the Colonies. As Vice-president of the Council he brought in the three
education bills (1867 &1868) which led to the setting up of School Boards in
1870 giving primary education to every child – the first National Education Bill! In
1874 he was elected to the Royal Society.
In 1880 William Forster was made Chief Secretary for Ireland. This was at the
time of the rise of Irish nationalism under Parnell which put his life in danger.
This demanded police protection on his many visits to Dublin. His successor
Lord Cavendish was murdered in Phoenix Park!
He was an advocate for Federalism in the colonies and died on the eve of the
introduction of Gladstone’s first ‘Irish Home Rule Bill’ which sadly was thrown out
of Parliament. Our ‘Brexit’ future might have been very different had it passed!
Following his death in London his funeral service took place in Westminster
Abbey and he was brought home to Burley to be laid to rest. Next time you travel
on the road from Menston to Burley you will notice God’s Acre Burial Ground.
Forster’s grave is near the left-hand top corner with a renewed headstone with a
brief history of his life. Stop by and pay your respects for what might have been!
Stewart Hartley
11Let’s tell…
O N the Sunday after Christmas, at the end of the morning service,
Graham gave us this song and we sang it very enthusiastically! To me it
felt like a ‘watchword’ for the year ahead.
We are now approaching Lent. Easter and the Otley Chevin Cross follow,
then ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ prayer around Pentecost. Maybe this is a season
to prayerfully consider ways in which we might, as Christians in Otley, reach
out to tell others?
So, here is the song again! John Simkins
WE HAVE A GOSPEL TO PROCLAIM
We have a gospel to proclaim
Good news for men in all the earth;
The gospel of a Saviour’s name:
We sing His glory, tell His worth.
Tell of His birth at Bethlehem,
Not in a royal house or hall
But in a stable dark and dim,
The Word made flesh, a light for all.
Tell of His death at Calvary,
Hated by those He came to save.
In lonely suffering on the cross,
For all He loved, His life He gave.
Tell of that glorious Easter morn:
Empty the tomb, for He was free.
He broke the power of death and hell
That we might share His victory.
Tell of His reign at God’s right hand,
By all creation glorified;
He sends His Spirit on His Church,
To live for Him, the Lamb who died.
Now we rejoice to name Him King:
Jesus is Lord of all the earth.
This gospel message we proclaim:
We sing His glory, tell His worth.
Author: Edward J Burns (1968)
12PROPOSAL
FOR A YOUTH
AND COMMUNITY HUB
IN OTLEY
LOCATION: Salvation Army Hall
New Market, Otley LS21 3AE
Otley’s Salvation Army Corps no longer
meets in its centrally located premises in
New Market. Sad as this is (after 135
years of faithful service in the town) this
‘ending’ is opening the door to an
exciting new ‘beginning’.
Christians in the town are in discussion
with the regional Salvation Army about
starting a new social outreach in the
Hall. It is a great opportunity for
churches to work together on outreach
which we could not do effectively on our
own. We look to serve two groups in
particular:
1) Young people aged 11-16
2) People of all ages whose basic human needs are not being
adequately met
This initiative has come from Churches Together in Otley, and we are
inviting Christians in the town to learn about the initiative, pray for it,
talk about it and contribute to it in whatever way is appropriate.
SPECIFICALLY, WE INVITE YOU TO ONE OR ALL
OF THE EVENTS LISTED OVERLEAF
These will be a mix of information and prayer, coinciding with the
season of Lent, and an opportunity to consider ways to get involved
practically and prayerfully.
13YOU ARE WARMLY WELCOME
TO ANY OF THESE EVENTS
Saturday March 2nd 2019
8.00am - 9.15am
CHURCHES TOGETHER PRAYER BREAKFAST
Otley Catholic Centre
Manor Square, Otley LS21 3AY
(Light breakfast provided)
Sunday March 17th 2019
7.00pm - 8.00pm
‘ACTIVATE’ CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP
Otley Parish Church
Kirkgate, Otley LS21 3HW
(Themed worship followed by pizza)
Friday March 22nd 2019
12.00pm - 1.30pm
CHURCHES TOGETHER LENT LUNCH
The Bridge United Reformed Church
Cattle Market Street, Otley LS21 1RW
(Light lunch with talk and discussion)
Wednesday March 27th 2019
7.30pm - 9.00pm
CHURCHES TOGETHER OPEN MEETING
The Salvation Army Hall
New Market, Otley LS21 3AE
(Tour of the premises with discussion and prayer)
14FROM
OTLEY PARISH CHURCH has been
chosen as the venue for this year’s Otley
Business Awards on Friday 22nd March
and I for one am very much looking
forward to it. Now in its fifth year, it is an
event which celebrates the wide range of
independent businesses that help to give
Otley its unique character and contribute
to its success as a town and for many
weeks. Otley residents have been
encouraged to vote for their favourites, in several different categories.
Celebrating success, and in particular financial success, is not something that comes
naturally to us as Christians, as it can be perceived as celebrating pride or greed and
going against the command to serve and put others’ needs before our own. But
there are numerous passages and parables that encourage us to work hard and to
use whatever abilities and resources we’ve been given, for the common good, as a
blessing to others and as a means of demonstrating the generosity and goodness of
God. Money is not the root of all kinds of evil and neither is business. But the love of
either can be.
One of the most misquoted verses in the Bible is 1 Timothy 6 verse 10: “For the love
of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” God doesn’t hate money, or business, or
profit or even taxes but he does exhort us to keep all of those things in the right
perspective and to acknowledge that everything we have comes from him in the
first place.
“You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced
this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the
ability to produce wealth…” (Deuteronomy 8, 17-18)
I look forward to celebrating success on 22nd March and will be enthusiastically
applauding both the winners and every single individual who knows in their heart
they give of their best every working day, no matter what the outcome.
15Otley Parish Church
Kirkgate ● Otley ● West Yorkshire
Church Administrator: Linda Sharp
Church Office:
“The Chestnuts”, Burras Lane, Otley LS21 3HS
Telephone: 01943 465927
Email: info@otleyparishchurch.org
Website: www.otleyparishchurch.org
Vicar
Revd Graham Buttanshaw g.buttanshaw@gmail.com 01943 462240
Curate
Revd Jimmy Lawrence revjimmylawrence@gmail.com
Associate Ministers
Revd Roger Dedman roger.dedman@talktalk.net 01943 467540
Revd Stewart Hartley sr.hartley47@gmail.com 01943 464106
Revd John Parkin jamparkin@talktalk.net 01943 466895
Readers
Janet Buttanshaw buttanshawje@gmail.com 01943 462240
Jackie Hird hirds@phonecoop.coop 01943 462858
Churchwardens
Kevin Keefe kevin@keefe.org.uk 01943 466177
07722 999818
Barry Milner barrynglynis.milner@outlook.com 01943 462472
Deputy Churchwarden
Barbara Nicholls babs.nicholls@gmail.com 07747 848074
PCC Secretary
Rosemary Ellen rosemaryjellen@gmail.com 01943 467646
PCC Treasurer
Norman Barr otleybarrs@googlemail.com 01943 464382
Baptism Co-ordinator
Glynis Milner barrynglynis.milner@outlook.com 01943 462472
Church Magazine Editor
Stephen Hey stephenhey01@gmail.com 01943 969624
16Otley Parish Church
Groups and Activities
Beer Festival Allan Boddy 01943 466182
Bell Ringers Meg Morton 01943 461836
Craftynuts Craft Group Lynne Barber 01943 466493
Flower Arranging Val Tait 01943 464032
Knit and Natter Jo Briscoe 01943 466515
Little Rascals / Baby Rascals Eileen Barr 01943 464382
Jean Boddy 01943 466182
Messy Church Janet Buttanshaw 01943 462240
Music Groups
Worship Singing Team &
ACTIVATE Band Jimmy Lawrence 07539 118695
revjimmylawrence@gmail.com
Church Band &
Church Choir Pam Beck 01943 462283
Newall Ladies Fellowship Val Tait 01943 464032
Open House Church Office 01943 465927
Scrapbooking Lynne Barber 01943 466493
Steel Magnolias Shirley Parker 01943 466956
Sunday Club and 7up Janet Buttanshaw 01943 462240
Sustainability Group Dave Cherry 01943 463896
Uniformed Groups Bev and Mark Rothery 01943 467016
Welcome & Hospitality Jackie Hird 01943 462858
Youth Group Jimmy Lawrence
revjimmylawrence@gmail.com
17WHO ARE WE?
OTLEY PARISH CHURCH – the oldest building
in Otley – is at the heart of our town and, for
over 1,000 years, people have been gathering
here for worship and significant family and
community events. “There is a place for
everyone, with Christ at the centre of it all.”
We are a gathering place for pilgrims on a
journey of discovery, kindling hope as we go,
helping one another to be more fully alive to
the wonders, joys and sorrows of life. We’d
love you to share the journey with us.
We want to grow in numbers, in spiritual
commitment to Christ and in service to our
local community.
Join us in worshipping God together on
Sundays and in daily life; be with us as we
study and discern how to use the Bible in the
21st century; learn with us what it is to be
21st century disciples following Jesus and
help us, with the other churches in the town,
to bring good news to Otley and far beyond.
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