Past Events at Christ Church

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

It was a huge success in many ways, with such a large number of people contributing to its success. It is really lovely how so many different people were able to help in different ways and everyone’s contribution, big or small, was so gratefully received.

There was a big queue outside the building long before the Jumble Sale was open. Many people from outside our parish return each year to find lots of great bargains. The event also provided an opportunity for socialising. Visitors were able to enjoy a coffee and cake thanks to our volunteers in the kitchen.

We were also playing our part in recycling. At the end of the sale, the continuing great team spirit ensured everything was tidied away, with much of the remaining stock benefitting other charities including:

• Oxfam - books
• Lifeline Charity – household items.
• Asda Children’s Book Project - children’s books
• Children’s books for Ukraine - books
• Saint’s Community Library - books
• Baby Basics Charity - baby clothes, toys, equipment.
• Yorkshire Cancer Research - various items.
• Samaritan’s Purse for the Christmas Shoebox Appeal
• Harrogate Foodbank - many bags (shopping and plastic)
• Bilton Grange Primary School - dressing up clothes

These events are essential to our contribution towards the ongoing running costs of the Church, so thank you to everyone involved.

 

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

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

We look forward to Pantomime 2027!

 

We welcomed many people to our 2025 Christmas services, regular worshipers at Christ Church, regular worshipers from elsewhere and those that enjoys attending the services during this special period.

We enjoyed an Advent Carols Service, a candlelit service of Advent Carols and Readings, a Family Christingle followed by a party, Nine Lessons with Carols, a Family Crib Service, Midnight Holy Communion and then our Christmas Day Services .

At our services the collections supported our 3 chosen charities for the period. The charities were nominated by members of our congregation and then 3 were chosen representing a local, national and international charity.

During the 2024 Christmas period we supported:

• St Michael’s Hospice
• The Ellen MacArther Cancer Trust
• Médecins Sans Frontières
• Christ Church

We want to thank everyone that played a part in the services and celebrations, those that sung and played music, wardened, provided food and drinks, prepared the church the decorations and flowers, provided technical support, drove the bus, served during the services, welcomed and so much more.

We also want to thank everyone that came along to the services.

 

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

We raised over £1,700 so a big thank you to everyone involved.

As well as raising funds, it was a lovely event with stalls selling beautiful items, perfect for Christmas presents….Father Christmas even came to join the fun and give out some early Christmas gifts to the children that went to see him.

All this along with refreshments and festive live music from our Church musicians.

If you missed the event, hopefully you can join us next time!

 

We want to thank everyone that played a part in the remembrance service this year.

 

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.