Notices of Week of 17 July 2023
Rejoice in the Gift of Water
“For those of you at Family church last Sunday, you might be interested in this sign, displayed on Sawley Village Green just outside Ripon. Rejoice in the gift of water!
Summer at Holy Trinity
Of course, things change a bit during summer and some of our regular activities don’t happen. However, this doesn’t mean nothing happens!!
Renew Ripon continues throughout the summer Mondays and Tuesdays.
BOOST happens at the end of August – make sure you get booked in.
Eating Together happens on the first Sunday of the month after the 10.30 service. It’s a picnic in August and a BBQ in September.
No Plastic – Fantastic, our summer competition happens all through the school holidays.
And get ready for autumn where a lot of new things will be happening. All the usual activities will re-start plus some new ones like: Christianity Explored, Alpha, A course on Romans, Evangelism Training, a dementia friendly café, which are all being planned and we have Harvest Adventure returning too!
We are All Together for our service at 10.30 am each Sunday and look out for some differences which we hope you and visitors alike will enjoy. Our theme being: Encounters with Jesus.
Look out for fuller details below, on our website, and announcements at church.
This Week’s Services:
Monday to Thursday
8.30 am Morning Prayer everyone welcome over ZOOM
Thursday
11.30 am Holy Communion a quiet, reflective and said Holy Communion held in room 3
Sunday
This Sunday we commence our Summer Series: “Encounters with Jesus”. This week we have, Jesus’ encounter with Saul / Paul. Acts 9:1-19
9 am Holy Communion in church
10.30 am Morning Worship altogether, upstairs.
No Plastic – Fantastic Starts next week!!
Do you care about the environment? Do you love a challenge?
We invite you this Summer, wherever you travel, whether in the UK, on staycation in Ripon, or overseas, to go on a plastic cleaning mission. Simply collect any plastic items together in a pile and before you recycle the items take a photo of your collected pile of plastic (no faces in the photos for privacy reasons) and email it to us at Holy Trinity Church on m.lepine@holytrinityripon.org.uk with your name. We will showcase the photos on our Facebook page throughout summer and in a video compilation to be shown at our Harvest Celebration service on 1st October.
The challenge runs from 23rd July to 3rd September. Open to all so spread the word!
There will be an eco-prize for the biggest pile of plastic collected (judges’ decision final) – to be announced at the Harvest Celebration Service on 1st October. Let’s make a difference together!
All the info you need is in the image for you to join in with this summer’s competition. Any questions contact Michelle on m.lepine@holytrinityripon.org.uk
Men of the Dales 2023 Weekend on 10 – 12 November 2023
Thank you for your patience. Men of the Dales are delighted and excited to be able to say that bookings for Men of The Dales 2023 is now: OPEN!! Full details here: Men of the Dales
If you just want to book go here: MotD Booking
Men of the Dales – Cycle Social This Saturday
This event happens at Reeth, Dales Bike Centre. 22 July 12.30 through to 5 pm. Bring your own bike or hire from the centre. This will be a mixture of on and off road (not the scary kind!) and will be a sociable pace along the Swale Trail following the river Swale. Contact Harvey on hmerejones@gmail.com
Harvest Adventure 2023
This is another exciting opportunity to set aside some time each day for one week to deepen your relationship with God. 30-minute daily appointments with accompaniers / guides are available. All happens from 18 September – but bookings open now. Full details here: Harvest Adventure
Mission Partners
Please pray this week for: CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society).
Every year many children and young people enjoy and grow through the programme of Venture Holidays, Falcon Camps and School ventures organised by CPAS with a significant number of youngsters coming to faith.
- Please pray for the Overall Leaders as they finalise plans and preparations for over 50 Ventures, 16 Falcons and 7 School Ventures this summer. For the many volunteers running the camps and particularly for over 350 children and young people on the Falcon Camps who face disadvantage in their daily lives.
CPAS provides excellent training for local churches and for those in leadership and our PCC benefited from doing a course with them recently called “PCC Tonight”.
- Please pray for the new courses which are responding to change in patterns of ministry. One of many courses is for Focal Ministers, who lead a congregation, fresh expression, church plant or church who may be lay or ordained, salaried or not, full time or part time. Increasingly many dioceses are looking to such people to lead, and CPAS are working on an online learning platform that will offer appropriate leadership training.
CPAS continues its vital work of Patronage (helping parishes to welcome new incumbents)
- Please pray for this work that as they seek to help appoint mission-minded clergy we may all continue to pass on to others the gospel that we ourselves have received.
For more information: www.cpas.org.uk
Don’t Forget
Please keep looking at our Mission Partner Pages for the latest news from all our Mission Partners: Mission Partners
Below, we have very recent posts from some of our Mission Partners:
Our dear friend Rev Dr Canon James Lule Kenyi, formerly Principal of Kajo-Keji College, was made Bishop of Kajo-Keji this week.
Bishop Mathayo, here is is latest message: Bishop Mathayo
CPAS Here are the latest prayer points for Ventures and Falcons at CPAS
Projects Delivering Hope the umbrella organisation for Kajo Keji has published it’s annual report. Some exciting reading here: Annual Report
Other Events and Activities at Holy Trinity
To find out a full listing of what is happening please scroll down the list below to see all our activities and services.
Other News
Diocese news from the Diocese of Leeds: Diocesan e-news
Ripon Cathedral latest news Ripon Cathedral
News from North Yorkshire Council North Yorkshire News
Salvation Army are holding a Yorkshire Day event on 1 August details here: Yorkshire Day
Nick and the London to Paris Cycle Nick is undertaking another charity fundraising cycle ride. Nick’s Cycle Ride
Ripon International Festival Hot on the heels of the Drama Festival the International Festival is now taking bookings – including some performances at Holy Trinity. Details here International Festival
Oscar One Stop Centre for Advice and Resources. If you’re involved or interested in Christian or mission work, in the UK or overseas, OSCAR is your gateway to useful, related opportunities, information, advice, jobs and resources. Have a look here: OSCAR
Church Matters is a news letter from our insurers, Ecclesiastical, many of you may find this magazine really interesting. Take a look here: Ecclesiastical
Ripon Sports Reach at Bethel Church returns this summer. Details here: Sports Reach
Dancing for Wellbeing further to a trial session held at Trinity recently details of the regular group in Ripon have now been advertised: Dancing
