b'The church hosts the annual Remembrance Day service and an Advent Procession. The church receives many visitors annually and we usually have two or three weddings a year. Bishop Wilton is one of the larger parishes in the benefice. We are fortunate that the village is supportive of the church whether or not people attend services. We have a team of regular cleaners, gardeners and flower arrangers.PCC members are often involved in other groups, including the community shop, the WI, and the village hall.Above: Confirmation: work with young people and children is one of our biggest priorities, with Confirmation St Ediths has two churchwardens and a thrivingbeing both an important step for young people and a PCC. The church continually raises funds, bothchance for the church community to celebrate with them.through regular activities, such as the annual Christmas bazaar, and special one-off events. In recent years the PCC has, under the leadership of the churchwardens, held an extremely successful flower festival and two well-attended socials at the village hall. The PCC has created strong links to the community. The Beck & Bells project combined the restoration of the historically important church bells with a heritage weekend and the publication of A Local History of Bishop Wilton, a collection of articles first published by the Bishop Wilton Local History Group. The project encouraged children and adults to explore the heritage of the church and village, including theAbove: Last years flower festival was a resounding beck. To hear, see and ring the restored bellssuccess, bringing hundreds of visitors and raising has brought great pleasure. We created an eye- awareness of St Ediths. A Bishop Wilton resident at the catching permanent display in the church, with aflower festival with her beautiful display, which featured screen for specially-made films that can also betraditional equipment and natural materials.seen on the Garrowby Churches website.The project was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and Church Care supported the bells restoration.Above: A garden party at the rectory was a greatAbove: A competition to win a Christmas hamper has opportunity for the community to get to know each otherbecome an annual fixture on the village green. All the better. Residents of the whole benefice were invited, newitems in the hampers are donated, a very good sum is friendships created and relationships deepened.raised and the winners are always delighted.Page 11'