If you’re in town shopping or finishing work, why not pop in to our carol service this evening, Thursday 18th December, at 6pm. Hear the old stories and join in with carols old and new.
A time and place to stop and pray this advent
The next Second Sunday Supplement will be held on 14th December.
This will be a time and space to stop and pray. There will be prayer stations on the theme of waiting, in the chapel from 4.30-6pm. Feel free to come and go within this time. There will be a short prayer and blessing together at 5.50pm to finish, and you are welcome to stay for the evening service of Holy Communion at 6.30pm.
All are welcome to drop in for some time to pray, meditate or just to think during this busy time of year. Refreshments will be available in the entrance foyer.
Riding Lights Fantastic Acts
It was good to host the Riding Lights Theatre Company for a performance of Fantastic Acts on Friday 28th November. As always, the performance was wonderful and it was a pleasure to have them here again.
The stage ready for performance.
The audience at the start of the interval.
Advent 2014
Advent is the season of preparation for the celebration of Christmas. Here at Central we are continuing our regular Advent Wednesday lunchtime talks this year, this time following the overall theme of What do the Wesleys have to say to us today? Light lunches are available from 11.45, with the talks themselves starting at 12.45.
On Wednesday, 3rd December Revd Leslie Newton (superintendent minister in the York Methodist circuit) opens on the theme of Charles Wesley’s missionary activity in America.
On Wednesday, 10th December Revd Canon Peter Moger (Precentor of York Minster) will speak on “And show thy real presence here”: the Eucharistic theology of Charles Wesley.
On Wednesday, 17th December our own minister Revd Christopher Humble will round up the series on the theme Any other business?
The Methodist church we know today grew out of the ministry of John and Charles Wesley in the eighteenth century: you’d be most welcome to come along and join us as we explore their relevance for the 21st century church.
Carecent at Christmas in the news
This week, Carecent (the York Circuit project based at Central) appeared in Nouse, the University of York student newspaper, in an article about feeding the community at Christmas. You can read the article here.