January 2005 Events - and beyond

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Friday 7 January 2005 European Movement
7 for 7:30pm: St Robert's Centre (opposite St Robert's RC church, Robert Street); evening with speaker Diana Wallis MEP on "A Referendum on the Constitutional Treaty - is it winnable?". More info available from Les Parkes (tel 569937).

Saturday 8 January 2005: Coffee morning in aid of Tsunami Emergency Appeal
10-12 noon, St John's, Bilton (Map).  All welcome to drop in.

Sunday 9 January 2005: St Andrew's Starbeck changes service times
Sunday services change from 9 January to: 9am Communion, 10:45am Worship and 7pm Evening worship.

Wednesday 12 January 2005 : Coffee morning in aid of Tsunami Emergency Appeal
10:30 - 12 noon at St Wilfrid's (Map); coffee, cakes (donations welcome), tombola.  Further info Mrs Pam Barker (521722) or via St Wilfrid's Parish Office 504629

Thursday 13 January: Christian Sign Language Course
7:30pm - 9:30pm, at St Andrew's: A series of seven workshops for anyone interested in learning sign language for the deaf. £10 with concessions for the series. More details available. See also the Deaf Church service listing on this website.

13 January: Churches Together Executive Committee
7:30pm, 26 Woodlands Drive (Map)

Friday 14 January: Ian White in Concert, York
7:30pm at Clifton parish church, Clifton Green (Map). Tickets £4, advance booking advised. More info available from the Parish Office, Vicarage Lodge, Clifton, York YO30 6BH.

Wednesday 19 January: Spotlight on Wesley
1pm at Wesley (Map). All welcome

18-25 January: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Christ, the one foundation for the Church. Churches Together in Britain and Ireland have adapted this year's programme from materials created by the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; the text and concept comes from Slovakia.
There are opportunities to join in prayer with others in the area for both Christian Unity coming in Christ's way and for the unity of humanity. Bible extracts to be used include 1 Corinthians 3, vs 1-23. Further national information by email from ctbi or tel 020 7654 7223.
Harrogate churches see pulpit swaps and times of prayer together; the Town Centre churches meet between 12:45pm and 1pm for prayer as follows:
Tuesday 18: Baptist
Wednesday 19: St Roberts RC
Thursday 20: Wesley
Friday 21: St Peter's
Saturday 22: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Monday 24: St Paul's
Tuesday 25: West Park URC

Sunday 23 January: London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
2-4pm at St Mark's (Map).  "Connecting with Culture", subtitled "Beyond Belief? The barriers (and bridges) to faith today", New Life church present Nick Spencer of LICC for this special event.  More details from New Life church.

Monday 24 January: Yorkshire Tourist Board/Harrogate Churches
10am-12pm at St John's Church Hall, Knaresborough.  Key agenda issues: 'Church Tourism Initiative progress' and the 'Future of church tourism'.  More info from Zoe Kemp, tel 01977 614764

Friday 28 January: YFriday "Songs of Heaven" in Pateley Bridge
7:30pm at the Memorial Hall (Map); organised by The Connection in Pateley Bridge with United Gigs support.

28 January: XL Youth Event , York Minster
7:00pm; another York diocese spectacular event

29-30 January: Paul Field in Concert
Tickets, costs to follow. Paul will run a workshop from 2:30pm on the Saturday afternoon, with a concert in the evening. Venue: Trinity Methodist church..

30 January: Taizé Common Prayer, York Minster
6:30pm Taizé Common Prayer for Candlemas; entry by the West door; ore info: Veronica Copley 01904 632649 or Daphne Wood 01904 632328

Other events in 2005:

30 July - 5 August 2005: New Wine in the North on the Great Yorkshire Showground here in Harrogate. Birthed from the ministries of the Anglican St Andrew's, Chorleywood in 1989, New Wine conferences and Networks now support the work of the Church throughout the UK.
New Wine's first conference week here is being advertised as an opportunity for churches in the north of England to experience a fresh touch from God, and for Christians to be equipped by God for ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit. The organisers believe that the festival will have a key role to play in the advancement of God's Kingdom in the north.
Further details by email, from the New Wine website, or by telephone: 020 8343 6136.

Please contact either the Secretary to add your event.

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