January 2007 Events
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Saturday 6 January: Methodist Circuit Prayer Breakfast
8:00am at Wesley
6 January: Coffee shop
9:30am at Starbeck Methodist Church
6 January: Epiphany Services
6:00pm Mass for the Feast of Epiphany, St Wilfrid's
6:00pm Mass, St Robert's RC
Sunday 7 January: Covenant Service
10:30am, Pannal Methodist
Monday 8 January: Students from the Royal Northern College of Music
1:00pm, Wesley; all welcome; light lunch and refreshments available from 12 noon
8 January: Bilton Grange Ladies Fellowship Dinner
From midday
8 January: Grove Road Network
2:30pm, Grove Road Methodist with Rev Dr Roberta Topham
8 January: Pannal Men's Fellowship Dinner
7 for 7:30pm, Pannal Methodist church; £5
8 January: Bible Study: the epistles of John
7:30pm, Killinghall Methodist; the first in a series of Bible Studies: 'Love Letters - The Epistles of John'
Tuesday 9 January: Lunch Club
12 noon, Starbeck Methodist
9 January: Women's Crosslink Lunch, Pannal
12 for 12:30pm: at the Black Swan, Burn Bridge
9 January: Lunch Club
12:30pm: at Bar Methodist
9 January: Ladies Network
2:15pm, Starbeck Methodist
9 January: Wesley Guild
7:30pm: at Bar Methodist with Mrs C England: 'Infant Home in Malawi'
9 January: St Paul's Tuesday Club
7:45pm: Gideon International
Wednesday 10 January: Prayer Time
10:30am at Bar Methodist; the monthly prayer meeting
10 January: St Paul's Midweek Meditation
11:45am: an opportunity for reflection around the Bible; followed by lunch, all welcome
10 January: Midweek worship
7:00pm, Starbeck Methodist; worship, prayer and praise
10 January: Alpha in Bilton
7:15pm, St John's, Bilton. Suitable for those wanting to learn more about the Christian faith in a place where no question is too simple or too hostile! More info: Sue & Tim Davis, tel: 506415 (in advance for numbers needed for catering)
Wednesday 10 January: CT Exec Meeting
7:30pm, St Peter's church
Thursday 11 January: S&WCT Area Meeting
7:30pm, The Manse, Woodlands Drive; planning meeting for Starbeck & Woodlands Area Group of Churches Together in Harrogate.
11 January: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC
Friday 12 January: CMS Harrogate Annual Supper
7:00pm, Christ Church with guest speaker Ian Smith on 'Rebuilding the Impossible Dream', drawing from his recent experiences in Rwanda, speaking of the pain of the genocides and the remarkable faith shown by those forgiving their enemies, even to caring for them after they were sent to prison. An uplifting evening. Tickets £6.50 in advance (8th January, please) from Heather Rowe, tel 870398. (Ian Smith's moving loco screen saver , linked to the Crusaders, now 'Urban Saints')
Saturday 13 January: Bar Ramblers
9:30am, starting from the car park behind Bar Methodist chapel; more info - and the destination - from Mary Brownbridge, tel: 508271
13 January: Starbeck Methodist Church Open Day
10:00am - 3:30pm open day marking the completion of refurbishment works with, at 3:00pm, a short service of Thanksgiving. 7:30pm celebration concert with the Harrogate Band; concert tickets: £5 adults, £3 child & £12 family on the door
Saturday 13 January: Coffee Morning
10:00am - 12 noon, St John's, Bilton; tombola, raffle, cake stall, raising funds to re-order the East end of St John's church; entry: 50p.
Sunday 14 January: Churches Together mailing
One of the many planned surface mailing dates planned throughout the year as part of the service to the churches and community; this delivery by hand with copies of Unity Post. More details on the Communications page.
14 January: Christingle
5:00pm: Christingle and Parade service at St Mark's
Monday 15 January: Grove Road Network
12:30pm, Grove Road Methodist, starting with lunch, Rev Shaun Swithenbank
15 January: Bible Study
7:30pm at 42 Hall Lane; organised by Bar Methodist chapel
Tuesday 16 January: St Paul's Guild
2:00pm: A Garden for all Seasons with Chris Abbot
Monday 15 January: Joint Church Council meeting
Bar and Grove Road Methodist churches at Bar
16 January: Wesley Guild
7:30pm, Bar Methodist, with Rev Paul Greenwell
16 January: Churches Together, South Side Area Group
7:30pm at St Mary's and All Saints Church Centre. Planning meeting for the Area Group for Leeds Road and Otley Road churches
16 January: Taste and See , Pannal Methodist
7:30pm; opportunity to explore the Methodist Evening Service of
readings, set prayers, and times of quiet. All welcome.
Wednesday 17 January: St Paul's Midweek Meditation
11:45am: an opportunity for reflection around the Bible; followed by lunch, all welcome
Wednesday 17 January: the Life of a Prison Governor
1:00pm Spotlight at Wesley. With Ian Blakeman, Governor of HMP Leeds; all welcome
17 January: Men's fellowship
2:30pm Starbeck Methodist Church: 'The Age of Music Hall' with John Wallis; open meeting, all welcome
17 January: Women's circle
7:45pm Starbeck Methodist Church: 'Wensleydale Cheese' with David Hartley
Thursday 18 January: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC
18 January: 'From Charismatic to Spiritual'
8:00pm at the Cedar Court Hotel (Map) with Derek Brown; free admission. More info from organisers, Harrogate New Life tel: 548854
18-25 January: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak
More info from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Churches across the UK take time to pray and worship together during this week; Harrogate churches see pulpit swaps and times of prayer together; the Town Centre churches meet between 12:45pm and 1pm for prayer.
Further national information by email from ctbi or tel: 01733 325002 / 020 7654 7223.
Lunchtime prayers in the Town Centre for the week of prayer for Christian Unity, all at 12:45pm
Thursday 18 January: St Roberts RC
Friday 19 January: Baptist
Saturday 20 January: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Monday 22 January: St Peter's
Tuesday 23 January: West Park URC
Wednesday 24 January: St Paul's
Thursday 25 January: Wesley
18-25 January: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Bilton Area
Sunday 21 January, 10:00am: Pulpit swap, Rev Shaun Swithenbank at St John's
Sunday 21 January, 10:30am: Pulpit swap, Rev Pete Askew at Bar Methodist
Sunday 21 January, 7:30pm: Café Session Theos service at St John's
Wednesday 24 January, 7:45pm: Bilton Churches Together Area Meeting at Bar chapel
18-25 January: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Pannal & Beckwithshaw Area
Sunday 21 January, Pulpit swaps: 9:30am Rev Marty Presdee at St Robert's, 10:30am: Rev Nigel Sinclair at Pannal Methodist, followed by joint lunch at Ashville College. 6:30pm evening service at Ashville with Rev Dr Roberta Topham and Rev Sue Pearce.
Friday 19 January: Barbara Packer, Sri Lanka
7:30pm at Christ Church, Harrogate (Map). Barbara Packer, Bishop John's wife, as guest speaker at the Men's and Women's Group, on the link Anglican Dioceses in Sri Lanka; an open meeting - all welcome.
Saturday 20 January: Safe and Sound : Clay
10:00am - 12:30pm at St Mark's, Harrogate (Map). 'The essential Safeguarding Foundation course for Children’s and Youth Workers'; organised by Clay (Christians learning across Yorkshire), with leaders Sue Booth, Mick Maskell and Viv Morrissey, tel 0113 268 7267. Fee: free - booking essential.
Saturday 20 January: Coffee Shop
10:30am at St Paul's, in aid of the Children's Shelter
20 January: Celebr8
8:00pm at St Andrew's, 'an evening of Praise, Worship, Word and Ministry to celebrate the goodness of God'. A bi-monthly event; more info: James Sharratt
21 January: Pannal & Beckwithshaw CT lunch
Meal at 1pm, following the theme of Christian Unity;
Adult meals: £10, child option £4;
three items from Pannal Methodist and St Robert's choirs.
21 January: New Life church meeting
Meeting in groups, not at Cedar Court, for this Sunday only. More info from Harrogate New Life tel: 548854
21 January: Lutheran Service
5:00pm at St Peter's (Map).
21 January: St Paul's Youth Group
Evening: toboganning at XScape
Monday 22 January: Grove Road Network
12:30pm, Grove Road Methodist, with slides of Australia presented by Mary Brownbridge
Tuesday 23 January: HBC Action for the Environment open meeting
7:00pm at Crescent Gardens (Map). The meeting will feature a presentation about the new waste and recycling collections, from Councillor Richard Cooper, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for the Environment. More info on the Christian Ecology Link from George Dent, tel: 871616
23 January: Wesley Guild
7:30pm: at Bar Methodist with Mr Roger Brownbridge: 'The Harrogate Flower Show'
Wednesday 24 January: Lunch club
12:30pm: at Bar Methodist
24 January: Churches Together in Bilton
7:45pm: Area Meeting at Bar chapel
Thursday 25 January: Bible Study
7:30pm, Bilton Grange URC
Saturday 27 January: Songs of Praise
3:00pm - 5:00pm, St John's church hall. Favourite hymns and high tea; further info from Linda Williams, tel: 522828
27 January: Nikolai Demidenko
7:30pm at Wesley. Piano recital. '
Nikolai Demidenko studied at the Moscow Conservatoire with Dmitri Bashkirov. A medallist in the 1976 Montreal and 1978 Tchaikovsky international competitions, he made his British début in 1985 with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since 1990 he has been resident in the UK where he holds a visiting professorship at the University of Surrey and in 1995 was proud to be granted British citizenship.'
27-28 January: Christian Life Coaching course
With Neil Prem. More info from Wynn James, Life Destiny Church, tel: 553811
Sunday 28 January: Homelessness Sunday
28 January: Barrie Stephenson at Harrogate New Life
10:00am at the Cedar Court Hotel (Map) Special service with Barrie Stephenson talking about his Digistories (effective ways of storytelling), Jeremy Clough talking about Town pastors (effective Christian street patrols) and Mark Fletcher talking about Slovenia (church in the Balkans Special Offering for the Poor through Iris Ministries Africa with Heidi & Rolland Baker). More info from Harrogate New Life tel: 548854
28 January: Joint Service
10:30am Morning worship with West Park URC at Harrogate Baptist Church
28 January: Choral Evensong with candlemas procession
6:30pm, St Wilfrid's; all welcome to this special service for Candlemass, remembering
the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of her son Jesus. This feast also marks the ritual presentation of the infant Jesus to God in the Temple at Bethlehem.
Monday 29 January: Churches Together mailing
One of the many planned surface mailing dates planned throughout the year as part of the service to the churches and community. More details on the Communications page.
29 January: Grove Road Network
2:30pm: at Bar Methodist with Rev Jackie Betts
29 January: Joint Church Council meeting
7:30pm for Grove Road and Bar at Bar
Tuesday 30 January: Wesley Guild
7:30pm: at Bar Methodist: Time to talk of hymns
Wednesday 31 January: CVS free Funding Advice Surgery
2 - 4pm at Community House (Map) . 'Are you looking for help with finding appropriate funders to fund your project, or project idea - no matter how small or big? Or do you want someone to look over your draft application for funding? Harrogate CVS is hosting a funding surgery to help with information and advice on these matters'; facilitators:
Nina Muir, Harrogate CVS Funding and Development,
Ellen Reeves, Funding Advice Network Co-ordinator, York & North Yorkshire and Leilah Vyner, Project Development Officer, HBC. Free places on a first come, first served basis. Booking and more info from Nina Muir, tel: 504074
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