Privacy

Due to changes in data protection legislation we need to draw your attention to the Privacy Notice produced by the Methodist Church.  This describes how we look after your personal data and your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This Privacy Notice applies to local Churches, Circuits and Districts as well as the Connexion- it is not a template but a completed document that tells our members and contacts about how we manage the information we hold on them.

The Privacy Notice is available at https://www.tmcp.org.uk/about/data-protection/managing-trustees-privacy-notice

Central Welcomes Students

Just a short note for any new or current students attending York St John University or the University of York this academic year.

Come alone or bring a friend, as a one off or make it a habit. We are very close to the St John Central accommodation, and convenient for buses from the UoY campus. There aren’t currently many students who regularly come to Central Methodist Church, but that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t be very welcome.

Most of our worship is traditional in style, and normally happens at 10:30am and 6:30pm every Sunday. We always have refreshments and chat after the service. Keep an eye on @YorkChurch or our Facebook page for regular updates. You can also browse the full preaching plan.

Use comments below if you’d like to get in touch.

Summer Organ Concerts 2017

This year, our season of lunchtime organ recitals is slightly delayed due to our roof works. Now the work is complete, we’re looking forward to restarting the concerts! All are welcome to enjoy listening to talented musicians playing our wonderful organ.

Thursday 29 June • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Philip Moore (Organist Emeritus, York Minster) 
Thursday 6 July • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Phillip Sangwine (St Mary’s, Beverley) 
Thursday 20 July • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Philip Luke (Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church) 
Thursday 3 August • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Tim Hone (All Saints’, Pavement, York) 
Thursday 17 August • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Paul Dewhurst (Leeds Minster) 
Thursday 31 August • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Philip Paul (York Central Methodist Church)
Thursday 7 September • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Nicholas Page (Parish of Osbaldwick with Murton)
Thursday 21 September • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Edmund Aldhouse (Ely Cathedral) 
Thursday 5 October • 12:30 to 1:20 • York Central Methodist ChurchYO1 8NQ • Maximillian Elliott (St Olave’s, York) 
admission free / retiring collection

 

Pentecost

Pentecost is the festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter (the name comes from the Greek pentekoste, “fiftieth”).

For the season of Pentecost, we’ve changed the hanging banner and pulpit fall in the chapel.

The following prayer appears in the Methodist Worship Book in the service for the day of Pentecost:

Gracious God,
whose Spirit helps us in our weakness
and guides us in our prayers,
we pray for the Church and for the world
in the name of Jesus Christ.

Renew the life and faith of the Church;
strengthen our witness
and make us one in Christ. 

Grant that we and all who confess that Christ is Lord
may be faithful in your service
and filled with the Spirit,
that the world may be turned to you.

MWB pg 176 (C)1999 Trustees for Methodist Church purposes.