The Bessingby Parish

The Bessingby parish lies on the outskirts of Bridlington, Yorkshire in the UK. It contains 2 churches, St Mark's, West Hill and St Magnus, Bessingby village.

We hold regular services at both churches and also at a nearby residential home.

Church Services

St Mark's

Morning Service:
10:30am
Communion on 2nd Sunday of the month

Matson Court

Every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at 3pm
Communion on 4nd Sunday of the month

St Magnus

Morning Service:
8:30am
Communion on 1st Sunday of the month

West Hill fun day

On August 5th we had great fun together. West Hill Community Centre and St Mark's put on a fun day for youngsters. It rained and rained but we had a great time. The church hall was packed with kids from 10am till 3pm. Big cardboard box games making houses and robot suits, pebble ainting, face painting, big floor games.
Lunch was followed by team games and even tug of war when the rain held off for a few minutes. Parents and granparents stayed all day joining in the fun and drinking tea and coffee.

What's on this month

Holy Communion

St Magnus, 1st Sunday in the month, 8:15am
St Mark's, 2nd Sunday in month, 10:30am

St Mark's Church Services, 10:30am

1st Sunday in month, Family Service
2nd Sunday, Holy Communion
3rd & 4th Sunday, Morning Prayer

Matson Court Services, 3:00pm

2nd Sunday, Evening Prayer
4th Sunday, Holy Communion

Youth clubs, Thursday evenings

Children's Club for ages 5 to 11, 6pm til 7pm
Youth Club for ages 11 to 16, 7.30pm til 9pm

Harvest Festivals

St Magnus

Friday 18th September 7pm
Traditional Harvest Service - all traditional produce (marrows, cabbages, fruit etc will be given away wherever possible)

At traditional services, it is usual for folk to donate produce in two ways

1. Before the day - if you want to do this, please ring the office (01262 424906) who will make suggestions - we want to avoid having two dozen huge marrows and only one tomato! Please bring your stuff to St Mark's by Wednesday 16th September, 5pm so we can prepare St Magnus.
2. Bringing stuff on the day and presenting it during the service

Parking: We may park thoughfully in Bessingby Main Street, but not down Church Lane.

St Mark's

Sunday 20th September 10:30am
Family Harvest Thanksgiving. We will also thank God for Grannies and Grandads. So come along and join in with them. At this service we will collect non perishable goods to give away to local in need. So bring tins, rice, dry pasta - not fresh fruit and veg - please.

There will be a BBQ and eating race as part of the sermon!

This will be a family harvest thanksgiving - kid friendly and great fun.
For this one, please bring non perishable foods, such as packets of pasta, rice, tins. These will be given to local projects with the homeless.
There will be a bread eating contest (volunteers required) and also, for a few more volunteers, a BBQ tasting and eating session as part of the talk.

We will also give thanks for Grannies and Grandads - so bring yours along and support them.

After the service will be a simple harvest lunch of bangers and mash. If you want to join in with that, please ring the office with numbers so we can get a good idea of how much to cook!

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