Notices of Week of 2 September 2024

Published by Alison Bradley on 5 September 20245 September 2024

SUMMER BOOST 2024

Summer BOOST 2024 and our BOOST service were absolutley wonderful! A huge thank you to all those who helped and those who attended. Please continue to pray for all our children, young people and those involved in children’s work.

ALTOGETHER MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

15 September at 10.30 am will be our first monthly Altogether Service. This will also be our Harvest Celebration Service and we will be looking at Jesus’ words “Do not worry”. This year we will be collecting for the Salvation Army Food Bank so if you would like to contribute please bring any non perishable foods or toiletries to this service. It will be wonderful to worship together as a whole church family and to celebrate God’s goodness across the whole of creation and our lives. Breakfast of cofffee, tea and pastries will be served downstairs from 10.00 am. All welcome!

LADIES SOCIAL EVENING

Come and meet for another informal social evening at Ripon Inn on

Friday the 20^th of September from 7:30pm

All ladies welcome. Just turn up whenever suits you. Feel free to order food too if you would like (some of us will be!)

For more information, please contact Becca at [email protected] or Kathryn on 079404054642

(It would be good to know you’re coming if possible, but we’d love to see you anyway)

MISSION PARTNERS

Every three years our Mission partners are reviewed and whilst we feel it most appropriate to continue with many of our current partners, there is room for you to make suggestions in October. PCC had list of criteria for our charities see below:-

PCC CRITERIA RE OUTWARD GIVING

Committed to 10% tithe

70-80% of available money should be given to explicitly Christian partners with a bias towards those whose work is of an evangelistic nature and whose approach is in keeping with HT ‘s spiritual ethos

Ideally between half and three quarters of our outward giving should be directed overseas

Consideration should be given to supporting the whole age range

We are concerned to maintain a continuity of giving particularly to our “key” partners over a number of years

There should be good communication, ideally with a personal contact at HT

There should be a good system of accountability.

So please look out for voting slips in October so that we can look forward to another three years of fruitful partnership.

FUNDRAISER FOR ARTIZAN INTERNATIONAL

Barbara is an occasional worshipper at Holy Trinity, joining us when she is in Ripon spending the weekend on her narrowboat. On Saturday 14^th September from 12 noon, Ripon Motor Boat Club, situated at Canal Lane, Littlethorpe, HG4 3FE, will be holding an Open Day. This year Barbara will be running a stall on behalf of ARTIZAN INTERNATIONAL, one of Holy Trinity’s mission partners and a charity that Barbara volunteers with. This is an opportunity to purchase some early Christmas presents or treat yourself and support the charity. There will be lots of other fun and games as well as food and drink available. All welcome!

RENEWAL CONFERENCE – THE FILLING STATION – 10 – 12 OCTOBER

In need of fuel? The ‘Equipped and Empowered’ conference will be held at Holy Trinity this October. Details here.

HOPE EXPLORED COURSE STARTING 25 SEPTEMBER

Hope Explored looks at the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, this three-session series shows that Christianity is about real hope: a joyful expectation for the future, based on true events in the past, which changes everything about your present.

Hope Explored Trailer

We really hope you are encouraged to join us.

We’d love to know you are coming so please sign up here on this page. You only needed to do this once for the whole course.

THE PUZZLE OF GOD

Dr Peter Vardy will give a series of five lectures at St Cuthbert’s Church, Pateley Bridge on Wednesday evenings at 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm between September and January 2025. Details here.

HARVEST ADVENTURE 2024

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. You might think of these daily appointments as a quiet time debrief or a week of daily appointments when you can more fully savour and relish what God is doing in your life. To do this best it will be helpful if you can also set aside some personal reading and reflection time on each day.

A flexible arrangement will be offered this year to enable as many folk to try this out. We will be offering a series of appointments over one week, but there are two weeks to chose from. Here are the options:

Five consecutive (daily) appointments on the 16^th to the 20th September
Five consecutive (daily) appointments on the 23^rd to the 27thSeptember

Appointments are available at flexible times during the day and in the evening. If you can’t manage every one of the five days then come on the days that you are available

We are also offering an hour of Quiet and Reflection on the afternoon of Saturday 7^th September, 3pm-4pm, as a taster and preparation a little before the Harvest Adventure starts so we might a little time with others who are also journeying over the fortnight. This will be at St John’s Bondgate.

https://htripon.churchsuite.com/events/mw5wkkkt

LINK TO EASYFUNDRAISING

MISSION PARTNER FOCUS – SCRIPTURE UNION

Please pray for Geoff Brown working for Scripture Union in the Noth East of England. In a recent email he writes that he ‘massively appreciates’ the support of Holy Trinity.

Please pray for Geoff who has recently led a number of Summer Holidays/Camps/Clubs where many children and young people have had an ‘Encounter with Jesus’

Pray now for follow up as Geoff visits Churches and Schools to speak, take Assemblies, run workshops and encourage Christian groups.

Pray for the training of ‘Faith Guides’ who spend time regularly as individuals with an individual young person, seeking to encourage them in their faith.

Mission Partner Information

Wellspring Prayer Points September

Artizan International August Newsletter

YMCA Ripon YMCA News

In2Out 10th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service

Kajo-Keji Christian College Newsletter

Projects Delivering Hope

CPAS Connect Newsletter

Scripture Union Prayer Newsletter

CMS – Andy & Kati Walsh Link letter

CAP – Latest News Video New s, CAP North Headli nes

Lake Rukwa Supporting Ministry in the Diocese Leeds Comparison