Cleveland Matters - Faith and the Future of the Earth

Cleveland Matters - Faith and the Future of the Earth

The Diocese of York is pleased to announce that the Rt Revd James Jones, former Bishop of Liverpool, is to deliver the fourth ‘Cleveland Matters’ address on Wednesday 12 October at 7pm at St Peter & St Paul Church, Pickering. All are welcome to attend.

Bishop James was formerly the Bishop of Liverpool and Hull, and is now an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of York. He is an Adviser to the Home Secretary on Hillsborough, and is a regular contributor to Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’.

The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson, Bishop of Whitby said: “I am delighted that Bishop James is delivering the fourth address for Cleveland Matters looking at environmental issues, ethics and regeneration; and about faith and the future of the earth. In our stewardship of all the good things that God has entrusted to us, we are living out God’s care for the world that He has created. What we say we believe is made visible by what we do.”

Previous speakers as part of the Cleveland Matters series are Paul Bramley, head teacher at St Francis of Assisi Church of England Primary School, Archbishop Sentamu and the Bishop of Hull, the Rt Revd Alison White.

For media enquiries, please email Kirsty McCullough at: kmccullough@yorkdiocese.org or contact: 01904 699503

Random Acts of Kindness

400 children from Yearsley Grove Primary school are completing random acts of kindness this week across the city.

Eve Morris, Headteacher said "We were inspired by the children who took part in the Archbishop of York Young Leaders Award before the summer. The children, who were then in Year 5, decided to raise money for MacMillan. The children wrote songs and baked biscuits for the nurses at York hospital and then performed in the hospital atrium. I was so moved, there wasn't a dry eye in the house, so as a school we wanted to use the inspiration from the children to take this happiness city-wide. It's about the children being good role models to all of society, to show that kindness is infectious."

Across the week children in each year group will be doing a variety of activities to spread kindness throughout the city. Year 5 and 6 children will be going to the Vanguarde shopping park and the city centre to sing and give away gifts and compliments to passing shoppers, whereas the KS1 children have been secretly filming videos to thank the more 'unsung and unseen' heroes in their school, including all the non-teaching staff and teaching assistants. Years 3 and 4 will be doing a flash mob on the playground for parents and guardians collecting them on Friday afternoon. Through all of these activities the children hope to send a wave of kindness across the city.

Kate Denney from the Archbishop of York Youth Trust said "Yearsley Grove Primary school are an inspiration - they have suddenly grasped the amazing impact that there can be from small acts of kindness to others. Sometimes we can go through life and forget how powerful it can be to say thank you or spontaneously brighten someone's day. The children are kind, thoughtful and conscientious and what a wonderful example they are for all of us to follow."

About the Archbishop of York Youth Trust

To date the Youth Trust have enrolled over 350 Primary and Secondary schools to the Young Leaders Awards, empowering some 37,000 young people to put leadership into action and make a difference in other people's lives through acts of service and community volunteering.

To find out more see http://www.archbishopofyorkyouthtrust.co.uk/