Past Events at Christ Church

 

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 produced some beautiful arrangements of Harvest Flowers and our Junior Church created some wonderful and colourful Harvest Banners to decorate our Church.

Thank you to everyone that was involved in the celebrations and for the generous donations to Harrogate Homeless Hostel and the Harrogate Foodbank.

 

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.

The choir often take part in combined choir evensong at different Harrogate churches. The children have performed brilliantly in solo verse – choral singing is alive and well in Harrogate!

To find out more about music at the our Church, please visit the Choir and Music Groups page of our website.

An annual event which usually takes place of the Vicarage during August.

Sometimes the Garden Party has been relocated from The Vicarage Garden to the Parish Centre due to the weather! When this happens is doesn’t dampen spirits as the hall is transformed into an inside Garden Party with gazebo, deck chairs and a bowling green!

At the last event, over 100 people attend and enjoyed scones, jam and cream and delicious cakes.

A great time was had by all!

We say a big thank you to all those who baked, delivered/moved or arranged garden furniture and tents, taxied, served and most of all everyone that attended and had fun.

Thanks to all the made a donation to help us raise some additional funds for the Church too.

 

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.

 

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 service using plasticine, Lego and pipe cleaners.

It was a lovely service helping us to think about our local surroundings and be thankful. We were also very thankful of the beautiful sunshine!

 

Our Lent Discussion Groups provided much food for thought during the period of Lent. The Holy Week services again were thought provoking and were well attended.

Thanks to those that came along to any of the gatherings and services.

 

We made the podium!

In 2024 Christ Church was the Harrogate & District Foodbank’s 3rd biggest donor of food, only surpassed by collections from Waitrose customers and Morrisons customers!

During 2024 Christ Church donated 2,576 Kg of food to Harrogate & District Foodbank, that’s just over two and a half tons! We donated over 7% of Foodbank’s total food donations. That is a similar amount to the previous year (2023) when we donated 2,630 Kg of food to the Foodbank.

During 2024, the Harrogate and District Foodbank fed 4,059 people (2,750 adults and 1,309 children). Unfortunately, their costs have risen significantly, and their direct financial donations have dropped meaning that in 2024 they actually ran at a deficit financially.

The Foodbank is always grateful for donations of tinned goods and toiletries. Their website is regularly updated with items that they are in need of. We have collection points in both the Church and Parish Centre.

Thank you

 

For our last Service of Confirmation in the Celebration of Holy Communion, our congregation and the Rt Revd Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon, celebrated with our Confirmation candidates and their families. It was a lovely and memorable service.

 

Harrogate was treated to amazing views of the Northern Lights 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