The congregation at Central Methodist Church York will be meeting for worship at 10am on Christmas morning. All are welcome to join us.
There will not be services on Christmas eve this year (everyone is encouraged to join other congregations across the city for the traditional evening or midnight services). With regret we have also cancelled our 10:30am service on 27th December.
The normal pattern of worship will resume on Sunday 3rd January.
The managing trustees of Central Methodist Church York have voted to pursue a future where the Grade 2* listed building is transformed into a community centre. The alternative scenario for the church to choose from was to close the church building and cease to meet for worship; this was rejected. This key milestone took place on Thursday 10th December. Continue reading
Central Methodist Church presents a Sing Along Carol Concert.
22nd December
Concert 3:30-4:15pm, with Christmas Cafe 1:30 – 3:30pm.
Concert will include family favourites “O Little Town of Bethleham” and “Hark the Herald Angel”.
Free entry, all donations to charity.
During advent, our annual series of talk and lunches will be taking a different format. We will be following York Course’s “Making Room”. This course was produced (very shortly before his sudden death) by Rev David Gamble, a former minster at Central.
For many of us life is full of things to do, people to see, responsibilities and chores. We can sometimes feel there’s not enough time or space in our lives for the people and things that really matter. Maybe we even find it difficult to find or make space for God? This course uses New Testament stories to help us consider why and how we make room for what really does matter.
Part 1 – Tuesday 24th November
Part 2 – Tuesday 1st December
Part 3 – Tuesday 8th December
Part 4 – Tuesday 15th December
Soup will be served from 12 noon, discussion group begins at 12:30pm and will last for now more than an hour.
All are welcome.
The Posada is an Advent festival originating in Latin America that dramatises the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging. During Advent the figures, usually Joseph, Mary and a donkey, travel around the town or village stopping each night at a different venue where they are welcomed by the occupants. Sometimes friends are invited in to share the occasion. Those who welcome the Posada are encouraged to light a candle (included in the package) and reflect on the Christmas story and their response to the birth of God’s Son – Jesus.
There is also a ‘diary’ and camera to record the Posada’s journey and any response that the hosts wish to share.
Hosting the Posada is an opportunity to stop and think how the Christmas story of 2,000 years ago impacts on our lives today. We will do so against a background of many people making journeys from places of conflict and oppression in the hope of finding a welcome and new start.
The first journey will be on Advent Sunday and if we have sufficient volunteers the figures will then return to church for the Carol Concert on Tues 22 Dec.