Notices of the Week of 11 November 2025

Published by Alison Bradley on 14 November 2025 14 November 2025

THANK YOU FROM PHIL & BEC

Dear Church Family,

Thank you so much for your wonderful welcome. We have been so touched and blessed by your kindness and generosity. The Institution service was a real joy and we are looking forward to all that God has for us here in the months and years ahead. Thank you for your prayers, cards, gifts and good wishes. See you soon!

Phil & Bec xxx

MOONLIGHT MELODIES WITH CHRIS CROW

Friday 14 November, 7.30 pm. Easy listening hits from the 50s to the 90s (and accompanying quiz). Raising money for Christian Aid. Tickets can be booked here: Tickets

MEN’S BREAKFAST, SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 8.00 am

Men’s Breakfast is a friendly group open to anyone to come and have a hearty Full English; tea and coffee; toast and hear an interesting speaker.

This time we will be hearing from Jude Graham (one of our younger congregation members if you don’t know Jude). Come and hear how Jesus is working in his life!

It really helps if you can sign up if you plan to come. It also helps with ordering and preparing the correct amount of food. Sign up.

WELCOME LUNCH FOR PHIL, BEC AND FAMILY, 16 NOVEMBER

On Phil’s first Sunday with us we are holding a simple (baked potato) lunch to say an informal hello to Phil and his family. This will be served after the 10.30 am service in the arches. We do need you to sign up to this in advance so that we can correctly cater for this – please sign up here: Welcome Lunch

CALLING ALL SINGERS (ESPECIALLY MEN)!

If you would like to join a SATB choir to lead the singing at the Carol Service on 21 December. Please let Janet know at jan.nic.fiddles@hotmail.co.uk or just turn up to a rehearsal (especially the first one). There will be 4 rehearsals on Tuesdays (25 November, 2, 9, 16 December) starting at 7.00 pm in church. Janet and David look forward to seeing you there!

LADIES PRE-CHRISTMAS SOCIAL EVENING ON 28 NOVEMBER FROM 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm

Come and meet each other for another informal social evening at Holy Trinity Church in the Arches. All ladies welcome. Just turn up for a pre-Christmas social evening with seasonal refreshments and an opportunity to make some simple Christmas crafts (but this is not compulsary)!

For more information, please contact:-
Becca at beccagreen13@yahoo.co.uk
Kathryn on 079404054642
Cathie at cathie.rutter@holytrinityripon.org.uk

MUSIC WORSHIP EVENING, 30 NOVEMBER, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

This will not be a service as such, but simply a couple of hours of praising our God together through music. This will be a time to enjoy singing and making music together, worshipping God, and encouraging one another.

Everyone is welcome irrespective of your musical ability. There will be different groups playing different songs throughout the evening and we will follow a clear programme to help everything flow smoothly.

Sign up here

CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED

Holy Trinity Church has been selected to reveiw the latest version of the Christianity Explored course. This is a great honour and we are excited to be helping in this way. If you would be interested in helping do this between now and Christmas we will be planning very shortly – times to meet to watch the videos and do the course (as if for real). If you are interested in helping with this please speak to Chris or John in the office. We will most likely make this a day time event.

MISSION PARTNER FOCUS – CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY (CAP)

Please pray for:-

Give thanks – CAP has helped more than 33,000 people become debt free since 2010

Too many families in poverty are facing hunger this Christmas. Please pray for CAP’s Emergency food aid appeal for parents and children in urgent need

Please pray for the 14.5 million people in UK who are living in poverty, These are people who can’t afford basic necessities like a cooker, a bed or even something as essential as food for their families.

Pray for the 4 aspects of their work: Debt help, Job clubs, Life skills, Money coaching, all within the context of Christian love, care and concern.

Please pray for Joy, Nick’s wife, now working for CAP in Lancs

MISSION PARTNER INFORMATION

In2Out October Newsletter

CAP – Latest News CAP North Headli nes

CPAS Online Events

Projects Delivering Hope Annual Report

THIS WEEK’S SERVICES:-

Monday to Thursday

8.30 am Morning Prayer everyone welcome over ZOOM

Thursday 20 November

11.30 am Holy Communion downstairs

This Sunday – 2nd before Advent – Christ our Cornerstone

Ephesians 2 : 19 – 22
Matthew 21 : 41 – 46

9.00 am Holy Communion in church

10.30 am Altogether Worship in church followed by Welcome Lunch

6.30 pm Being Restored downstairs

ST JOHN AMBULANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS SESSION

The St. John Ambulance team are running a free public awareness session on Monday the 17th of November starting at 8pm in the Arches.

They are wanting members of the community to join them, learn about hands only CPR, how to use a public defibrillator and place someone in the recovery position.

The demonstration session will run for just over an hour, then there will be the opportunity for some hands only practice for those who want to take part.

The session is suitable for adults or children age 12 upwards. it is okay not to be able to do CPR. This is an awareness session, so people who can’t get up off the floor or kneel down are welcome, they could tell someone else what to do in the event of an emergency.

The more people who are not afraid to get a community defibrillator out and use it, the more people are given a chance of life!

MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY

Tickets are now on sale for this fun event for the whiole family. Book your tickets here: Mad Hatter Your support of this event helps us in our attempt to build a closer relationship with Ripon City Band – please support this if you can.

COFFEE MORNING

The Rural Wellbeing Service in Ripon will be collaborating with Ripon Salvation Army for a coffee morning on Tuesday 18^th November, 9.30am-11am, where we’ll also be joined by North Yorkshire Police.

We’ll be exploring two key issues which can impact on our mental health – rising energy costs and concerns about safety:

North Yorkshire Police will be taking part in a Q&A on online and personal safety, including scams.
Mind in Harrogate District will be sharing advice on managing energy bills, saving money on energy costs, and accessing energy support schemes.

There’ll also be information stalls, along with opportunities for individual chats and to arrange a free 1-2-1 energy advice appointment.

The event is free to attend and open to all. Please see the attached poster for more details.

On Fridays Cafe In The Park are also going to experiment with a ‘Cartoon Cafe’!
They have found that children love to draw guided cartoons – because it’s a lovely way for everyone to draw pretty impressive images! They have some laminated sheets with simple steps to draw an assortment of characters and animals. All children must be accompanied by an adult.