Churches Together in York
What's on in York
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Future Events
Building a City of Sanctuary
Wednesday 1st September
7.30pm
Main Hall, Priory Street Centre
City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of
hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK.
Many towns and cities are being recognized as places
of safety and welcome.
Speaker: Rev Inderjit Bhogal
(Chief Executive, Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum and
past President of the Methodist Conference)
Lunchtime Prayer for Revival and Community Transformation
6th September, 4th October,
1st November, 6th December 2010
12noon - 2pm for any or all of the time
York Baptist Church, Priory Street
All welcome.
Further info from Juliet Wright on 01904 675755/07811 496602
or David Stephens on 01904 738490.
Wear Bright For Sight Day
Wear Bright For Sight, our annual local fundraising event, takes place every year during the week of World Sight Day – the second Thursday of October. Our next Wear Bright For Sight will be between the 11th and 15th October this year although of course it can be celebrated at anytime to suit you. Please make a note of the date now!
What is Wear Bright For Sight?
Wear Bright For Sight is fun, simple and for a great Yorkshire cause!
Please help us to help visually impaired children with learning difficulties and other disabilities by asking your pupils (and staff if they wish!) to jump into their brightest, craziest most colourful clothing, wear it to Sunday school and donate £1 to Henshaws Yorkshire.
Your Sunday school can get involved in other ways too, from cake bakes to sponsored activities and colouring competitions – to name just a few of the ways that local Yorkshire groups have helped us in the past.
Every Child Matters
So that the children can learn from Wear Bright For Sight, we have developed assembly notes and a number of challenges which link to Every Child Matters. These provide a fun and hands-on approach to learning about visual impairment.
What we do at Henshaws Yorkshire
Henshaws is the leading charity for visually impaired people in the North of England. Here, at Henshaws Yorkshire, we support people with visual impairment, learning difficulties and other disabilities through most stages of their lives with our educational, residential, day-care and community services.
Money you raise will go directly towards supporting young people in Yorkshire.
Get Involved!
To register your interest call 01423 814501 or email yorkshirefundraising@henshaws.org.uk. We can answer all your questions and provide you with stickers and educational ideas as well as sponsor forms.
Our fundraising team can’t wait to hear from you!
Christian Aid Supporter Event
Wednesday 20 October
11am Methodist Central Hall, London, then meet your MP
Christian Aid insists that the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. Join us on Wednesday 20 October 2010 to take this message to the new Parliament.
World-famous civil rights activist Jesse Jackson will address Christian Aid supporters in Methodist Central Hall before the lobby. Please join us there, and be inspired by our global partners from India, Haiti and Zambia – and our new Director, Loretta Minghella – speaking about what they are doing to help end poverty.
Then in the afternoon we will talk to our MPs in the nearby Houses of Parliament. With a new coalition government and over 200 new MPs, we have a real chance to put climate justice and tackling tax dodging at the heart of the coalition’s agenda.
It’s time to book the day off, rally your church group, or get your teachers on board. Whoever you are, wherever you live, be part of Christian Aid’s main event of 2010.
Affirming Age - Collaborative ways of working
Day conference being held on
21st Oct 9.15am-3.45pm
at Clifton Parish Church York.
Cost including lunch £12.50
This is a day conference with a variety of different speakers, churches and agencies involved, aiming to promote discussion, best practice and collaboration around working with the elderly.
Interfaith Week 2010
21st - 27th November
The second national Inter Faith Week in England and Wales is taking place from Sunday 21 to Saturday 27 November 2010. The aims of the Week are:
- to strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels
- to increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society
- and to increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious belief
The Inter Faith Week website www.interfaithweek.org.uk will be further developed across the coming weeks to provide further resources and event and project ideas.
For enquiries about Inter Faith Week in England, please email: enquiries@interfaithweek.org.uk. For enquiries about Inter Faith Week in Wales, please email: info@interfaithwales.org
Organisations can apply for support for local Inter Faith Week events under the Faith in Action programme.
Scottish Inter Faith Week is taking place from 28 November to 5 December. Further details can be found at www.scottishinterfaithcouncil.org.
An Inter Faith Week in currently under consideration in Northern Ireland.
10 Days of Prayer
June 10, 2011 to June 12, 2011
The Global Day of Prayer is a call to united prayer. The 10 Days preceding the Global Day of Prayer creates an excellent opportunity to unite in prayer with millions around the globe, based on Acts 1 & 2. The 10 Days helps us to gradually build a lifestyle of prayer in our communities, as well as to focus our prayers much wider than our personal and national needs as we pray with millions during this time.
Global Day of Prayer
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Global Day of Prayer 2011 will come upon us sooner than we think. Pray that the Lord would bring even more people in more places to unite in prayer.
90 Days of Blessing
June 13, 2011 to September 11, 2011
The 90 Days of Blessing follows the Global Day of Prayer as an opportunity for Christians to not only continue in persistent prayer, but to actually become the answers to their prayers.
This is an excellent opportunity to challenge the youth and children to go to the neglected places to pray and serve. Their nature is to be there where they can make the difference, so let's join them in becoming a transformation force in our communities!
Regular Events
ENABLING GROUP
The Enabling Group meets bi-monthly.
If you would like to bring relevant matters to their attention please do so via the ‘Contact Info’ page.
ONE VOICE PRAYER BREAKFASTS
Churches Together in York fully support the regular ‘One Voice’ Prayer Breakfasts on Wednesdays, 7.45am to 8.45am, followed by tea/coffee and toast, which are held at St Columba's URC church, Priory Street. These Prayer meeting are intended for all who have a leadership role in Christian Churches and Organisations in and around the City of York.
Faith in the City
Every Wednesday Lunchtime Service
St Michael-le-Belfrey
At 12.30pm - 1.05pm with Bible teaching.
Followed by a warm lunch with soup, fruit and coffee.
