Notices of the Week of 2 November 2025

Published by Alison Bradley on 7 November 2025 7 November 2025

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!

MESSY CHURCH

Messy Church will be held this Saturday 8 November, 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm. Messy Church is about family, creativity, hospitality and celebration.

It is a place to be with the whole family and join in with craft activities, play games and eat together within a Christian environment.

Messy Church is for everyone.

PHIL’S INSTITUTION

Phil’s service is Wednesday 12th November at 7 pm.

Please note that the church car park will be closed to the Holy Trinity congregation on the night.

Refreshments

Please could our Trinity family provide plates of Finger food ( savoury and sweet) for the refreshments following the service.

If your surname is :

A-M please bring plated SAVOURY items ( for example; sandwiches, sausage rolls, pork pies, cheese scones ( buttered) etcetc. Be imaginative but cold finger food only please.

M-Z plated SWEET items ( For example ; Traybakes, cakes, biscuits, buttered scones with jam alongside, etcetc )

Please could you cater for at least 10 people as we will have a lot of visitors to host on this occasion. We want to give our visitors a good welcome.

Please drop off plates in the Arches as you arrive for the service and collect your plate and any remaining food afterwards. Thank you everyone!

Welcome Lunch for Phil, Bec and Family

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

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

LADIES NIGHT, 28 NOVEMBER, 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm

Details to follow!

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

This Sunday – 3rd before Advent – Remembrance
2 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 2, 1 – 5 & 15
Luke 20 : 27 – 38

9.00 am Holy Communion in church

10.30 am Holy Communion in church

10.30 am Family Church downstairs

RIPON CONCERTS, SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER, 3.00 PM AT HOLY TRINITY

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.

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!

As you are no doubt aware, Bishop Nick officially retires on 30^th November this year and there are various farewell services taking place in each of the Cathedrals over the next couple of months. As a Diocese, we would also like to present him with a gift and so Bishop Toby is asking if anyone, church or other group (or individual) would like to contribute to a farewell gift for Bishop Nick and Linda: please send monetary gifts in cheque form payable to Bishop of Leeds Special Fund c/o Finance Officer, Hollin House, or bank transfers to Bishop of Leeds Special Fund, SORT code 30-91-12 account 00018083 with a reference “Bp Nick

RIPON CHURCHES WORKING TOGETHER TAIZE SERVICE, ALLHALLOWGATE METHODIST CHURCH, SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER, 6.30 pm

We will run through the chants at 6pm. All are welcome. This service happens fairly regularly and the location will vary.

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.