How’s Lent Going For You?

If you haven’t arranged some reading for Lent – this booklet may be something you are interested in. If you would like a copy – please take one from the Narthex table the next time you come to Trinity.

Holy Week and Easter

Here is just advanced notice of the extra and special services applicable to Holy Week and Easter.

24 March Palm Sunday 10.10 am: Act of Witness on Ripon Market Square – get there early to see the donkey

28 March Maundy Thursday 7.30 pm: Holy Communion at Holy Trinity Church

29 March Good Friday 10.30 am: All Age Good Friday service at Holy Trinity Church

29 March Good Friday 12 noon: Act of Witness on Ripon Market Square

31 March Easter Day 8 am: Dressing the Cross, Act of Witness on Ripon Market Square

31 March Easter Day 8:30 am: Breakfast after Dressing the Cross at Holy Trinity Arches

The regular services at 9 am and 10.30 am occur on both Sundays too. The services on the Market Square are Churches Together services.

Fiddle Fingers 25 hour non stop Musicathon to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Ehlers-Danlos Support UK. Musicathon!

This is happening on Friday and Saturday of this week starting at Midday on Friday. The Fiddle Fingers musicians welcome supporters to come and listen until 7.30 pm on Friday and again on Saturday morning from around 9 am. It would be much appreciated if you intend coming to particularly visit at the start on Friday as the Mayor of Ripon will be in attendance.

Easter Choir

If there is interest we would love to have a choir for some of the services at Holy Trinity in Holy Week and on Easter Day. If you are interested please speak to David Butterfield. For more details see this note from David: Easter Choir

Sights and Sounds of Ripon 2024 Full details here: Sights and Sounds

Click here for information

Mission Partner Focus – In2Out

Please pray:-

For In2Out Participants past and present – this year will mark our celebrations of the first 10 years of In2Out. We are so thankful for the opportunity we have had to touch the lives of over 750 young people in that time. Many of these we are still in contact with, and many more we are not – but God knows exactly who and where they all are. Please pray with thankfulness a blessing over each young person that In2Out has had contact with – that they would feel God’s protection and peace over their and their families lives – wherever they may be.

For the year ahead – the challenges of working with young people leaving prison continue to increase as the overall numbers in Youth custody continues to fall. Those that do end up in prison are often there for more serious offences, may have significant time in custody and many carry significant trauma and emotional damage from their earliest years. While our main focus will remain at HMYOI Wetherby we plan to expand our support into HMYOI Werrington near Stoke-on-Trent in 2024. This will be a challenge, but also a great opportunity. Please pray for a smooth route to achieve this goal and that our mentors would continue to bring compassion and hope into the lives of more and more young people in need.

For God’s provision of everything we will need – we are hopeful that this 10th anniversary year will offer even more opportunities to talk about what we do and to advocate for the young people we work with. Please pray that God would grant us favour with funders, partners and supporters who make what we do possible and that He would continue to provide and provision the staff and volunteers that are on the frontline of our work with inspiration, resilience and determination to continue to fight for our young people and their futures.

Mission Partner Information

CPAS Newsletter …

In2Out Latest February Newsletter..

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.

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 is The Second Sunday of Lent – Giving up Expectations

Readings : Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17

9 am Holy Communion in church

10.30 am Morning Worship in church

10.30 am Family Church downstairs

Other News

Ripon Cathedral latest news Ripon Cathedral Newsletter Bereavement Course …

Dementia Forward February News

Ripon Library February Events

Spring Harvest : The best thing you could do this Easter Home tickets available now

Diocese of Leeds Newsletter …

A Rocha : News for January & February Nature and Lent

NYC : Latest News From North Yorkshire

Saltshaker February 2024

SASRA : This is a new link for those with past and present military connection. Newsletter

Word on the Streets Newsletter

St Olav’s Bookship Lent