Regional mission
As the vision grows for God's transformation of the North, so our commitment to the North strengthens. We support mission in the North through prayer, partnerships and participation.
We pray regularly for the North.
We partner with organisations including New Wine N&E and Fresh Streams (formerly Mainstream), as well as with other key churches in the North.
We partcipate fully in the life of the Diocese of York (which stretches from the Tees to the Humber) and aim to work with others who share the vision of a revived region. In particular, Roger Simpson is the Archbishop's Evangelist to the Northern Province, committed to working with local churches to reach towns and cities and rural areas with the Good News of Jesus Christ: Roger says:
"Working with the clergy and ministers in an area, we like to work across the denominations and look for prayer movements amongst the leaders in an area. We work with lay teams and help prepare the churches in the area for the mission. We welcome invitations and are very keen to serve God's transformation of the North. It's been very exciting over the last year to see God opening doors for mission and to see lives changed."
The Belfrey also provides a home for the northern headquarters of some key mission agencies, including:
Mission news
Pray for More Than Gold
With events taking place across the city (and further afield) for More Than Gold, we all need to be praying that God would change our city.More Than Gold Resources
We've pulled together some resources for the More Than Gold mission week. There are some training videos by One Voice York, a short series on apologetics from Jim Roberts and if you're really stuck for ideas, we've got some of those as well.James Fletcher
James writes
An evening with Dave Bainbridge and Martin Nolan
An evening with Dave Bainbridge and Martin Nolan, celtic sound meets contemporary jigs, reels, airs and Iona music. A fantastic event for inviting friends on Wednesday May 30th at 7.30pm. Tickets available on 01904 629393 or reserve them by email Richard Staples purplepatch57@gmail.comMore Than Gold Photoshoot
Do you like treasure hunts? Do you love taking photographs? Then you'll enjoy this 'More Than Mozart' Classical Concert
Wednesday 30 May, 7.30pm in the Belfrey Hall: An evening of classical music to tie in with Jubilee week and More Than Gold, including instrumental and vocal works by Mozart, Haydn and Handel. Tickets are available at £3 from the Parish Centre. Contact rachel@gray-matter.co.uk for details. More Than Gold Musicians Directory
The Music and Worship team would love to serve your Belfrey Group's More Than Gold outreach event. For example, if you're putting on a dinner party might like to have some live classical music to enhance the atmosphere, or if you're hosting a barbecue you might want a few songs from a guitarist to complete the event. 24-7 Prayer: this week
This is a week of 24-7 Prayer in the Parish Centre from Friday 18 to Thursday 24 May in preparation for More Than Gold. Please sign up to pray for the mission and our city - whoever you are, whatever your age, and however easy you find it to pray.