Harrogate was treated to amazing views of the Northern Lights in October and these images of Christ Church were captured.

If you have any photos of Christ Church that you are happy to display on the website and share with the community, then please email rachel@christchurchharrogate.org.uk

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We have a very active Junior Church & Creche at the Church. 

Recently the younger members of our Church have been getting creative at our Harvest Celebrations, Rogation Service and Easter Club.

To find out more please visit the Young People at Christ Church page of our website.

Harvest creations…

We have a very active Choir and Music Group at the Church. 

Congratulations to the choristers who have recently passed various levels of RSCM singing exams.

In June 2024, the choir took part in a combined choir evensong at St Robert’s, Pannal. The children were great in their solo verse - choral singing…

A very big THANK YOU!

We are very pleased to report that the restoration of the three faces of our historic tower clock is now complete.

This would not have been possible without the extraordinary generosity of members of the congregation and local residents.

We are indebted to both the Sir…

After 19 years as Director of Music and Organist for Christ Church, Christine has headed off to pastures new.

The entire Christ Church community are very grateful for everything that she has gifted to our Church over the years and wish her, her new Church and family well.

Christine expressed her gratitude…

On Sunday 29 September during our Sunday services we celebrated and thanked God during our Harvest Worship.

We received many kind donations of dried and tinned food for our Harvest Collection which has been divided between the Harrogate Homeless Hostel and the Harrogate Foodbank.

The Flower Team…

The Garden Party this year had to be relocated from The Vicarage Garden to the Parish Centre due to the weather! This did not dampen spirits as, hall was transformed into an inside Garden Party with gazebo, deck chairs and a bowling green! Over 100 people attended and enjoyed scones, jam and cream and delicious…

In September 2024, we were delighted to host the latest Ignite Concerts with Alistair Griffin and the Ebor String Quartet with ‘Songs from Stage and Screen’.
It was an amazing musical evening.

A service of readings and prayers for Rogationtide and World Environment Day. This took place at a number of locations around the Church. Whilst the congregation listened to readings and prayed for our community and environment, the Junior Church got creative in the outdoors. They made models to represent our…

Here at Christ Church we supported Christian Aid week and raised £531 (plus some Gift Aid) from collections during and after our services. Our Junior Church and many of the congregation attended the service on Sunday 12 May 2024 wearing red.
 

In November our congregation and the Rt Revd Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon, celebrated with our Confirmation candidates and their families.

Confirmation

Confirmation

In June 2023, our Church community joined with The Reverend Caroline to celebrate her Ordination to the Priesthood.

Alongside out 2024 Easter services we also offered other ways to get involved in our Church community.

A children’s Easter Holiday Club for Primary School Aged Children. Offering drama, crafts, games, stories, music ….in celebration of Easter!!!

A Good Friday Light Lunch in our Parish Centre open…

Our 2023 Christmas services throughout the period of advent were a wonderful mix of celebrations for our regular worshipers and those that enjoy joining during this special period.

During the services the collections were  in support of Christ Church and our 3 chosen charities for the period:

Whiteknights…

A big thank you to all who donated, volunteered and came along to our 2023 Christmas Fair.

We raised a wonderful £1,538 so a big thank you to everyone involved.

As well as raising funds, it was a lovely event with stalls selling lovely items, perfect for Christmas presents….Father…

A big thank you to all who cooked, wrote, danced, laughed, acted and generally came along to enjoy our evening on Saturday 3 February 2024.

Thank you for supporting this fun event and also raising funds for our church community.

We look forward to Pantomime 2025.

A big thank you to all who donated items for the jumble sale, baked delicious cakes sell to the hungry shoppers, helped before, during and after and also a big thanks to all those that came along to purchase items.

Thank you for supporting this event during which we raised around £2,000 for our church…