March 2008 Events

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

Lent and Easter 2008
Services listing on this website | Good Friday | At the Cenotaph | 'The Passion' TV poster (from REJesus: 1.7MB)

24 February - 9 March: Fairtrade fortnight
Info request sheet available (pdf, 160kb)

25 February - 1 March: Ashville College Arts week
Various events open to all; flyer on the Ashville College website

1-2 March: David Tomberlin
At Harrogate New Life, tel 548854. Flyer available (jpg, 220kb)

1 March onwards: Methodist art exhibition, Ripon
Grand opening on 1 March with Secretary of the Trustees of the Collection, Rev Graham Kent. A collection of 35 works from the Methodist Church Collection of Modern Christian Art. 'A vibrant and beautiful collection mainly depicting the life and death of Christ'. Open daily, usually 10-4pm except Sundays until 31 March at Ripon Cathedral and Allhallowgate Methodist

Monday 3 March: Christian Ortiz, Brazil, piano
1:00pm at Wesley lunchtime recital, £5; refreshments and lunches available from 12 noon

3 March: HOPE 08; Harrogate HOPE 08 Workspace
7:30pm, St Mary's and All Saints Resource Centre (Map)
Workspace now available for those working on HOPE 08 events planning; to be added to the secure workspace and planning forum, please contact an existing member or your priest/pastor/minister: Pete Askew, Graham Carter, Bernard Cartledge, Angela Clough, Ian Connell, Garry Feasey, Keith Gough, Tim Hurren, Dan Jones, Olivia Lambert, Derek Lott, Darren McClintock, Peter McNulty, Jeannine Richards, Vernon Roosevelt, St Mary's office, Tony Shepherd or Andy Wilson

Tuesday 4 March: Worship in Schools planning
7:30pm, St Aidan's (Map) Conference Room; WISE planning team.

Wednesday 5 March: Harrogate Anglican Deanery: Chapter meeting
12 noon, Pannal Chapter House, the Deanery Plan process

Thursday 6 March: Organ recital
12:15pm, Christ Church (Map) with new organist and director of music, Jonathan Eyre ARCO ATCL

6 March: CT South Side
7:30pm at Trinity; planning meeting for the Churches on the South Side of Harrogate

Friday 7 March: Women's World Day of Prayer
10:30am - 12:30pm Cake stall at St Paul's URC, fund raising for the WWDP
2pm St John's Bilton, 2pm St Paul's URC and 2pm Trinity Methodist plus 7:30pm St John's Bilton. A poster is available (pdf, 172kb)

Saturday 8 March: Bar Amblers
9.30am from Bar chapel car park; more info Jane Simpson/Brenda Umpleby on 780123 or 506331

8 March: Echo42 Big Band
7:30pm at Starbeck Methodist with Ross Simpson, music director; tickets £5, child £3, family £12

Sunday 9 March: CT Bilton
6.30pm at Bar chapel, led by Spectrapulse, young musicians and leaders

Monday 10 March: St Aidan's new school chapel dedication
7:00pm, with Rt Rev John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds

Wednesday 12 March: CT Exec Meeting
7:00pm, St Robert's RC Parish Centre (Map) (upstairs); CHT, Baptist & West Park, Easter 2008, AGM 2008, Wydale 2§

12 March: HOPE 08; Harrogate HOPE 08 Workspace
7:30pm, St Robert's RC Parish Centre (Map) (downstairs)
Workspace now available for those working on HOPE 08 events planning, see 3 March

Thursday 13 March: Creative Programme Planning
at Pannal Methodist Church; including 'accomodating needs and differing learning styles'; led by Viv Morrisey and Angela Britton. Free, places must be booked seven days in advance; more info: Sue Craven, tel 880672

14 & 15 March: The Princess and the Piper by Alastair Pollard
Woodlands Methodist Church Pantomime. 7pm Friday, 6pm Saturday; adults £4, children £2; more info: Nicola Pollard 886228

Saturday 15 March: Baptist and West Park URC away day
10-3pm at Holy Trinity, Ripon (Map). Guided and informal discussions on the future of the proposed LEP

15 March: New Wine Women's Day
9:30am - 4:30pm, Harrogate International Centre (Map), with Anne Coles and Nadine Parkinson and guest speakers Mary Pytches and Michele Hawthorne. Nicole Brown will be leading worship day. Fees: £20 per person (£18 online); more info: New Wine Northern office on 0161 406 0146 or email nwn@new-wine.org

15 March: Coffee Morning
10-12 noon, Bilton Grange URC; cakes, books, bric-a-brac and nearly new. Admission of 50p includes tea/coffee

15 March: CMS Coffee Morning
10-2, Wesley; organised by the CMS Harrogate Action Group

15 March: Harrogate Anglican Deanery: Readers Branch
Training day at St Mark's, Harrogate

15 March: The Cross
9:15am for 10am until 1pm at Woodlands Methodist; with Rev Shaun Swithenbank, Rev Tim Hurren and Linda Conroy. Flyer available (pdf, 96kb) and picture (jpg, 61kb)

Saturday 15 March: Celebr8
7:30pm for 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

Sunday 16 March: Palm Sunday
6:30pm 'Celebration Praise' evening service led by Mayfield Community Church mucisians with Tim Hurren, Sarah Cooke and Caroline Hurren at St Peter's; picture available; (jpg, 56kb)

17-19 March: Holy Week Retreat with Fr Gerard Kelly, Sion
At St Robert's RC; Monday: 12noon Mass, 7pm Reconciliation service; Tuesday 12 noon Mass, 7pm The Mystery of Faith and Wednesday 10:30am Hearing God's living Word, 12 noon Mass; poster available (pdf, 193kb)

Tuesday 18 March: Focus: Ethnic Minorities
2.00pm, St Paul's URC

Wednesday 19 March: St Paulinus singers, Sequence of Music for Holy Week
7:30pm All Saints, Ripley (Map); Allegri's Miserere, Lotti's Crucifixus and more; conducted by Sam Gardner. Tickets £5 on the door includes refreshments; more info: 508389. Poster available (jpg, 126kb)

Wednesday 19 March: Youth Pray, meeting at HYPeR
12 noon, monthly prayer meeting for the youth ministries and works across the area, followed by shared lunch

19 March: Spotlight on Easter
1:00pm at Wesley

19 & 20 March: Labyrinth at St Luke's and St John's
Wednesday: 7pm - 9pm at St Luke's; Maundy Thursday 11am - 7pm at St John's; booklet available (pdf, 278kb)

Good Friday 21 March: Churches Together at the Cenotaph
11:30am at the Cenotaph: open air service for all. Service sheet and Easter service listings brochure available (pdf, 218kb)

Easter Day: 23 March
Service listings available on this website

Easter Monday 24 March: Easter Concert
2.30pm St James', Birstwith led by Woodlands High School in Canada; choir of 50 singers and string and brass quartets; retiring collection supporting the Alzheimer's Society

25-28 March: Nidderdale Easter Club
9:30am - 12:30pm, Summerbridge Methodist church. Poster (pdf, 54kb) and application form available (pdf, 48kb)

26-28 March: Smelly Yellow Welly Club
10.00am, St John's; Children's Holiday club exploring the themes of Easter

30 March: Derek Brown
10am, Harrogate New Life, tel 548854

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