The Deaneries of Beverley and Harthill are coming together to run The Wolds Filling Station - a new informal way of expressing the Christian Faith.

The Revd Liz Marshman, Rector of Lockington, Lund, Scorborough with Leconfield, and Leader in Deanery Development for Beverley Deanery said, "The Filling Station is a contemporary vehicle for bringing Christian renewal and evangelism to the UK. Our Biblical mandate is from Psalm 114: 8 ‘Who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.’ We see the ‘pools’ described here as places of deep spiritual refreshment for the existing church bringing water into the hard dry areas. The ‘hard rock into springs’ represents the new spiritual life that occurs through evangelism."

"The Filling Station is not a new independent church movement, rather a model of how existing churches can work together to bring new spiritual life to their areas and in the process bring many people to faith in Jesus Christ. One of our fundamental principles is to promote Christian unity. As it says in Psalm 133: 1 ‘How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! … for there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life for evermore.’"

The Ven Andy Broom, Archdeacon of the East Riding said, “It has been exciting to see the development of Filling Stations across the country and I am thrilled that one is to be established in this part of the East Riding. I trust many people from our rural areas will discover afresh the depth of God’s love for them and the renewal of faith and life which this brings.”

The Wolds Filling Station will be launching on Tuesday 13th October from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at Bainton Village Hall, with Speaker Richard Fothergill, the Director of the Filling Station Trust.

The second evening will be on Tuesday 10th November from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at Bainton Village Hall, with Speaker Brian Streeter, the Regional Director of the Filling Station Trust North East.

The Filling Station Trust has been set up to facilitate any local group wishing to start a meeting in their part of the world - find out more at www.thefillingstation.org.uk.