February 2007 Events

Events listings: Midweek regulars; monthly Events calendar: Today onwards and Previous months.

Thursday 1 February: Network
2:30pm: at Bar Methodist with Rev Roberta Topham

Thursday 1 February: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC

Thursday 1 February: Events at West Park URC
10:00am Coffee Shop
11:30am Worship Half Hour, led by Trevor Roberts
7:30pm Seekers and Travellers meet

Friday 2 February : Maranatha; at prayer
7:30pm at St Andrew's, Starbeck (Map). Monthly meeting of the interdenominational prayer group. More information from Mrs Elizabeth Crewe, tel: 886705

Saturday 3 February: Methodist Circuit Prayer Breakfast
8:00am at Starbeck Methodist

3 February: Coffee shop
9:30am at Starbeck Methodist

Saturday 3 February: Wesley Singers Guild weekend concert
7:30pm: at Bar Methodist for the Guild weekend concert; a programme based on church music but will contain lighter secular items, readings and monologues and audience partcipation; tickets £3 on the door

Sunday 4 February: Sunday Lunch
Luncheon served after the morning service at Bar Methodist; tickets £2.50

4 February: Eucharist for Candlemas
6:00pm at St John's, Bilton

4 February: Heath Lodge
7:00pm Worship led by St Paul's

4-6 February: ' Precious and Honoured' by Roger Jones
Healing week at Moorlands, Whitby, with Roger Jones and a team from Christian Music Ministries. Based on Isaiah 43; a week of healing in worship and learning new songs. The programme will include times of prayer, bible teaching and meditation; book direct with Moorlands, tel: 01947 603584

Monday 5 February: Kathryn Stott
1:00pm, Wesley; admission £5 on the door

5 February: Grove Road Network
2:30pm: Grove Road Methodist; Harrogate Ladies Barbershop Singers

Tuesday 6 February: Berwick Grange coffee morning
from 10am to 11:30am in their new home at 14 Wetherby Road.

6 February: Women's Crosslink: Harrogate remembered
2:15pm, Pannal Methodist with Anne Smith

6 February: CT Town Centre Area Meeting
7:15 for 7:30pm, Harrogate Baptist; planning meeting for Town Centre Area Group of Churches Together in Harrogate.

6 February: Wesley Guild
7:30pm: Bar Methodist; “Archomboldo's Delicatessen” with Mrs R Brassington

6 February : Harrogate Anglican Deanery
Harrogate Reader's Branch AGM, Harrogate Ladies College

Wednesday 7 February: St Paul's Midweek Meditation
11:45am: an opportunity for reflection around the Bible; followed by lunch, all welcome

7 February: Church House Trust
11:00am: Disbursement meeting.

7 February : Ladies Circle; NCH approach to Antisocial Behaviour
7:30pm at Woodlands Methodist church hall (Map), with Julie Longworth and Paul Gathercole, Children's Services assistant directors for the National Children's Home. All welcome; donations on entry, buffet supper to follow.

7 February: YfC Exec meeting
7:30pm at HYPeR

Thursday 8 February: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC

8 February: Christian Ecology Link meeting
7:45pm at 20 Carlton Road; future planning - an opportunity to join the team. More info: Pam Shaftoe, 885731 or George Dent, 871616

Friday 9 February: Valentine Beetle Drive
7:00pm, Bilton Grange URC

9 February: Haiti
7:30pm, St Luke's church; presentation by Darren and Cass following their trip to Bethesda Medical Clinic, Haiti. Includes quiz and nibbles. Also listed on A church near you

Saturday 10 February: Bar Amblers
9:30am starting from the car park; more info: David & Ann Redhouse, tel: 508301

10 February: Coffee morning
10:00am, Baptist; raising funds for Rosy Jones and the school building project in Dedza, Malawi

10 February: Coffee morning
10:00am, Grove Road Methodist; coffee, bacon butties, cake stall and second hand book stall

10 February: Coffee morning
10:00am, St John's church hall, Bilton; proceeds to Plan International in aid of Trouble Milazi who lives in Malawi. Contributions of cakes, scones, buns etc and items for the raffle, gifts and bring & buy stalls will be gratefully received on the morning from 9.00am onwards. Admission 50p including tea/coffee and biscuits. Also listed on A church near you

10 February: Car wash
10-12 noon, £2 per car, St John's church hall, Bilton, also in aid of Plan International

10 February: Understanding Dementia : Clay
10:00am - 4:00pm at Haxby Haxby Methodist, York, (Map). 'A day to equip those ministering to people with dementia, their families and carers' with leaders Gaynor Hammond, Revd Margaret Goodall (MHA) & Dr Daphne Wallace'; organised by Clay (Christians learning across Yorkshire); more details from Viv Morrissey, tel 0113 268 7267. Fee: £10.

10 February: Valentine's Ball
6:30 for 7pm Starbeck Methodist; Buffet Supper; tickets: £10 adults, £5 child & £25 family in advance

Sunday 11 February: Licensing, Youth Cells
10:00am at St John's, Bilton, celebrating the work of the three Youth Cells - Kairos, Ablaze and Rock Salt. Preacher and celebrant James Bell, Bishop of Knaresborough. Captain Keith Bertenshaw (CA), involved in the work of the Youth Cell Cluster, will receive a 'permission to officiate' from the Bishop.

11 February: Youth Service, Bilton
6:30pm Youth service with Kairos and Spectrapulse at Bar Methodist, (Map).

Stonefall Cemetery
Due to works involving the fitting of Mercury Filtration Equipment at Stonefall Crematorium, the Chapel will be closed 15-19 January, and possibly 5-9 February. The Chapel and Crematorium are expected to be closed 12-23 February; local churches and neighbouring crematoria will need to be used: York (Map): 01904 706096; Lawnswood, Leeds (Map): 0113 267 3188 & Rawdon (Map): 0113 250 2904

Monday 12 February: Women's Fellowship, Bilton Grange URC
10:30am; with Mrs Sylvia Iveson, sharing poetry

12 February: Men's Fellowship, Pannal Methodist
7:30pm; 'Nidd Gorge through the Seasons' with Keith Wilkinson; open meeting.

Tuesday 13 February: CVS: Meet the Funder
Church House Trust had a stall at this CVS Meet the Funder event, open from 12 noon - 4:00pm at King James School, Knaresborough (Map). '...meet the funders face to face and understand their funding criteria, to find out what funding is available and where to go for advice and information.
Throughout the day there will also be a marketplace of stands and displays together with seminars and workshops. The event is free and delegates may turn up and leave at any time during the day. However, seminars and workshops must be booked in advance'. More details from CVS: 504074

13 February: Flower Arranging
7:30pm; St Robert's Chapter House, Pannal. The demonstrator is Rev Jonathan Rhodes; see GYS 2006 for examples of his work. £2 for non members, including refreshments. More info: Jean Dudley, tel: 872883

13 February: St Aelred's Irish Dancers
7:45pm; St Paul's, Tuesday club open meeting

Thursday 15 February: Roundabout pre-school playgroup closing sale
9:30am at Baptist, church, following the closure of the playgroup. More info: Shelley Leslie, Extended Services Development Officer, North Yorkshire County Council, tel: 01609 533418

Thursday 15 February : 40 Day prayer launch, York
7:30pm in the Guildhall, York; organised by One Voice York, following the Global day of prayer in June 2006. Co-chaired by David Casswell & Graham Hutchinson, and Graham Maskery, chairman of Churches Together in York. More York info from Juliet Wright, Bethany House, 398 Huntington Road, York YO31 9HU, tel: 01904 626802 / 675755, mbl 07811 496602.

15 February: Annual Clerical, Medical and Law Societies dinner
7:30pm, Christ Church Parish Centre, (Map) The annual gathering of the Clergy, Legal and Medical professions with guest speaker Jonathan Gibson. Tickets: £10 in advance from the treasurer of each profession (CTH: Kath Plant). More info from the secretary; organised by Churches Together in Harrogate. David Hoskins' and Paul Greenwell's poem grace - and the menu - available on this website.

Thursday 15 February: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC

Friday 16 and Saturday 17 February : XLS7, York Minster: youth events
In York Minster. York Diocesan youth worship and celebration; more details, downloadable flyers, contacts and links on the United Gigs website.

Saturday 17 February: Harrogate Fairtrade Shop AGM
2:30pm at 38 Park Drive, with speakers Canon Denys & Mrs Christine de la Hoyde. Shared tea, all welcome. More info: Carmen Sawyer

Saturday 18 February: Coffee morning: John Shackleton
10:30am; St Paul's

Sunday 18 February: Church Action on Poverty Sunday

Monday 19 February: John Shackleton
'At long last we have a date. We leave England for Kathmandu on 19th. Spare Air Miles welcome to help bring the team back from Kathmandu after we have delivered the ambulance in Nepal'

19 February: Grove Road Network
12:30pm: lunch and a DIY stall

19 February : Churches Together in Pannal & Beckwithshaw
11:00am: Area Meeting at 47 Leadhall Lane

19 February: Churches Together Lent leaflets
Due date for printing the leaflets for hotels, Tourist Info and the wider community.

Tuesday 20 February: North American Blooms, Bugs & Beasts
2:00pm; St Paul's; open meeting of the Guild with Donald Manson

20 February: Knowing Eternity
7:00pm; at The Convent; a Lenten series using DVD teachings by Jean Vanier; poster available (pdf, 65kb)

Tuesday 20 February: Everybody's welcome - the ministry of welcome : Clay
7:15pm - 9:30pm at Holy Trinity, Ripon (Map). 'A workshop to experience a range of welcoming ideas and family friendly resources for church communities'; organised by Clay (Christians learning across Yorkshire), with leaders Breda Theakston and Linda Pennington, tel: 0113 261 8043 Fee: £5.

20 February: Harrogate Anglican Deanery
7:30pm, St Andrew's (Map):with Rev Alistair Kaye and Canon Kathryn Fitzsimons on the Church Urban Fund, along with ... and Rev Maureen Browell on Racial Awareness. See also November 2006

21 February: Ash Wednesday
The start of the season of Lent

Thursday 22 February: Harrogate Anglican Deanery
8:00-9:30am Clergy Chapter: 'What might a Covenant be?': breakfast with the bishop

22 February: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC

Friday 23 February: Wesley Owen + Tear Fund charity of the year
12:00pm, with Phil Willis MP. More on Tearfund in Harrogate available on this website

23 - 25 February: St Mark's youth weekend
At Whitby. Click on picture to enlarge; more details from Stuart McCormack

Saturday 24 February : Breakfast at Starbeck Mission
8:30am at Starbeck Mission with Brian Gemmel. Tickets £4.00 payable on the morning, please book with Colin Mann, 520295

24 February : Harrogate Methodist School of Theology
9:45am at Trinity Methodist (Map).   Rev Dr T Mervyn Willshaw on the subject of 'Mind the Gap : the uneasy relationship between Preachers and biblical scholars', There is a charge of £2 to defray expenses. More details from Mervyn Willshaw (tel 561943).

24 February : 'Jesus, the face of mercy' open day of reflection
9:45am - 4:00pm at St Aelred's church hall (Map), led by Fr Daniel O'Leary. Refreshments provided; please bring something to share for lunch. Poster available (pdf 146kb) Suggested donation: £5.

24 February: Jumble sale
10-12 noon, St John's church hall, Bilton; admission just 20p. Collection: tel: 569134

24-25 February: Confirmation weekend
Pannal Methodist and St Robert's, Pannal. Confirmation group weekend away at Scargill House, Kettlewell (Map).  Cost £35

24-25 February : Healing Celebration with Ryan Wyatt
Saturday 24: 7:30pm at the Cedar Court Hotel (Map) with Ryan Wyatt of Abiding Glory Ministries; free admission. Flyer available (pdf 231kb)
Sunday 25: 10:00am at the Cedar Court Hotel (Map) with Ryan Wyatt., emphasising body ministry in fivefold ministries, the need for all to work in the power and gifts of the spirit. More info from organisers, Harrogate New Life tel: 548854

Sunday 25 February : 'The Better Hour' Bicentenary Service
2:00pm in York Minster, in commemoration of William Wilberforce with the Archbishop of York, the Rt Hon William Hague MP, Riding Lights Theatre Company, Trans-Global Drummers and Pocklington School choir. Details also on the York Diocese website. Click on the picture to enlarge (125kb), or download a pdf poster (600kb). Department for Culture link with wider listings of events.

25 February: Methodist Circuit Service, Rev Roly Bain
6:30pm, Ashville; with Collection in aid of Samsappeal which works to help those affected by the Asian Tsunami

Monday 26 February: Women's Fellowship, Bilton Grange URC
10:30am; with Judith Simpson

Tuesday 27 February: Ladies Network
2:15pm, Starbeck Methodist with Rev David Deeley, Knaresborough circuit

26 February - 11 March, Fairtrade Fortnight
The Fairtrade shop in St Peter's, Harrogate (Map), is celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight with a competition to design a logo for the shop

Tuesday 27 February: Amazing Grace Movie - free preview
6:00pm at the Vue Cinema, Clifton Moor, York (Map). 'The film features the story of William Wilberforce, a man inspired by his Christian faith, whose determination and courage changed history. Amazing Grace will be on general release in March, marking 200 years since the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade which was passed by Parliament on March 25, 1807. Leaders need to pre-book their free preview by 16 February with the names of those attending. Flyer available (pdf, 532kb) Queries: Christian Selvaratnam

27 February: Wesley Guild
7:30pm: Bar Methodist; with the young people of Bar

Please contact either the Secretary to add your event. Last updated March 7, 2007 by Webmaster

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