| IN the last forty years great strides have been taken in the way that
the Christian traditions work together. This has been mainly due to the
work of the Ryedale Christian Council which was formed in 1962 by the Roman
Catholic Abbot of Ampleforth and the Anglican Rural Dean. The Kirkdale
Local Partnership of churches is an example of people from different traditions
sharing in worship, fellowship and mission with the shared building agreement
at St Hilda's Church at Beadlam, which was recently extended. The Christian
Council is a living witness in Ryedale and arranges special services of
united worship and events in which Christians from all traditions take
part.
Today Christians in Ryedale are doing more together than ever before on the principle that: WE SHOULD NOT WORK SEPARATELY WHEN
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A Youth Group wallhanging |