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!! We plan to continue to publish a weekly notices through the summer. These won’t change a great deal but the service information will change and there may be some updates on the No Plastic – Fantastic when pictures start coming in.

The following highlights some of the things you will need to know:

Renew Ripon continues throughout the summer Mondays and Tuesdays (except August Bank Holiday Monday).

BOOST happens at the end of August (starting 29 August) – make sure you get booked in as we are about three quarters full!

Eating Together happens on the first Sunday of the month after the 10.30 service. It’s a picnic on 6th August and a BBQ on 3rd September.

No Plastic – Fantastic, our summer competition happens all through the school holidays – see below for latest updates.

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: Hope 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. It was a really well received start on 23 July – so come along.

Wild Flower Planting

Over the past few months Holy Trinity Church has been working with Holy Trinity School about developing a wild flower and nature area within the church yard. This is a great project involving: young people, our community and of course having a positive impact upon the local environment. We have obtained the relevant permissions and are hoping that this will provide a fantastic resource for children and adults to experience an outdoor reflective space.

The school are busy raising a small amount of funds to purchase materials we need. However, to make this go further and to do a bit more for the environment we hope it might be possible to re-claim or re-cycle some materials too! If you plan a tidy up over the summer please keep this project in mind and keep any of the following safe for collection in the autumn:

• timber any thing larger than 50mm x 50mm (2″ x 2″) cross section
• a quantity of rope – i.e. not short pieces
• pallets to build a bug house
• sundry items that you might have such as: compost, plant pots, wild flower seeds, bird feeders / tables, etc.

We will be in contact again in September with full details.

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 continue with our Summer Series: “Encounters with Jesus”. This week we have, Jesus’ encounter with the Woman caught in Adultery John 7:53-8:11

9 am Holy Communion in church

10.30 am Morning Worship altogether, upstairs.

No Plastic – Fantastic Now on!!

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 1^st October.

The challenge runs from 23^rd July to 3^rd 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 1^st 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

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

Advanced Notice for the Autumn

Thursday Lunches will re-commence 7 September, which everyone is welcome to come to. But later on in the autumn either towards the end of September or the beginning of October there will be an opportunity to come to lunch on a Thursday – hopefully bringing a friend too. We’ll provide a light lunch for both the CAP Course and an Alpha at lunchtime on a Thursday – keep a look out for details in a few weeks, but remember to let folk know about this opportunity too.

Mission Partners – Prayer

We will re-start our individual prayer focus for our Mission Partners in September. In the mean time please hold them all in your prayers. If you want to find out more then take a peak at our web site: Mission Partners

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

Ripon Sports Reach at Bethel Church returns this summer. Details here: Sports Reach