A reflective service with sung worship, liturgy, communion and foot washing, taking us through the night before Jesus died.
Journey with the characters from the Easter story to the cross. A family-friendly event with interactive activities and crafts. Followed by refreshments and hot cross buns.
A time of reflection and prayer, remembering the three hours when Jesus hung on the cross before His death.
A time of reflection and celebration of the light of Christ returning after the darkness.
Join us afterwards for pastries and coffee.
Our celebration that Jesus rose again! With worship, teaching, communion and an opportunity for baptism.
We will have two services at 9am and 11am - please book a free space as we are expecting these services to be busy but have a limited capacity in the building.
Our 11am service will be more family friendly with kids activities and will be livestreamed for those who can’t make it in person but both services are open to everyone!
Our annual parish meeting to look back on 2024 at all we did as a church across all our ministries.
We will also sign off our financial accounts and elect our church council members and church wardens.
Join us for our Open House worship night, where we open up the House of the Lord to rest in His presence, to worship, pray and spend time with God.
This week we will be hearing an update about our CAP Debt centre and all the work it has done the last year to help those in need as well as hear from Rachel Arnold from CAP as part of our talk.
We’’ll be marking the start of Lent with a time of prayer and worship together as well as the opportunity to receive ashing.
Join us for our Open House worship night, where we open up the House of the Lord to rest in His presence, to worship, pray and spend time with God.
A chance to gather with others in our congregation to pray for our mission partners and their work across the world.
Email sue.lawrence@belfrey.org for the zoom details to join. The team gathers online once a month on the second Wednesday of the month so please do make a note for your diaries.
Join us as we celebrate together the birth of Jesus. We’ll have two services, one at 9am and a second service at 11am.
Join us to celebrate Christmas at this interactive, family-friendly service as we learn about the Christmas story together, telling it piece by piece and finishing with a beautiful candle-lit carol!
Our 4pm service will be an interactive, Messy Church style Christingle, with activities, crafts, story and carols. Everyone is welcome, but especially suitable for pre-school/young primary aged children.
Our 5:30pm service will be a more traditional family-friendly Christingle service, with carols and a short talk.
A quiet contemplative service for those who might be struggling during this time or not looking forward to Christmas this year.
Join us for our annual Carol Service in York Minster. All are welcome so do be inviting friends and neighbours. Doors will open at 6:45pm and the service will start at 7:30pm and last for around an hour. We’ll spend time hearing from the Word, singing carols and more.
We’ll be offering the opportunity to get baptised across the day at each of our services on this Sunday.
If you’d like to be baptised, please get in touch with one of the team or email hello@belfrey.org to find out more and get linked up.
We’ll be taking a break from our regular sermon series to spend time remembering those who have and are fighting in conflicts across the world as well as all those loosing loved ones.
Join us for an evening of Prayer and Worship as we gather together as a church family. Led by Andy, we’ll be having prayer stations around the De Grey Rooms and Thom and the team will lead us in worship and response.
We’ll be offering the opportunity to get baptised across the day at each of our services on this Sunday.
If you’d like to be baptised, please get in touch with one of the team or email hello@belfrey.org to find out more and get linked up.
Other dates for baptisms this term are:
24th November
Jesus and His Church: Why the Pastoral Epistles are all about Jesus, not about women in leadership.
Lucy Peppiatt will be speaking on the centrality of Jesus in the Pastoral Epistles and what this means for churches and church leadership today.
Lucy has been Principal at WTC since 2013. She teaches courses in Christian doctrine and in spiritual formation. Lucy’s research interests are Christ and the Spirit, Charismatic theology, theological anthropology, discipleship, 1 Corinthians, and women in the Bible. Lucy is part of Crossnet Church in Bristol and loves serving in the local church. She and her husband, Nick Crawley, are committed to teaching the Bible and discipling young people.
The Belfrey’s Social Action Team would love to invite you to an evening to celebrate everything that has been achieved through our Post Pandemic Fund and Social Action Programme over the last 3 years. We are incredibly grateful for the gift of £1million that enabled us to set up the Fund in 2021, to help the community of York recover from the Covid pandemic.
Come and celebrate with us and hear stories about the difference that this fund has made in the city, from the charities and churches that we’ve supported with grants, and from the social action ministries we’ve been able to start here at The Belfrey. We’re excited to share about all we’ve seen God do, and about our vision for the future.
This free ticketed event will be on Wednesday 9th October, 7.30pm at the De Grey Rooms. and you can book your ticket below
We’ll be offering the opportunity to get baptised across the day at each of our services on this Sunday.
If you’d like to be baptised, please get in touch with one of the team or email hello@belfrey.org to find out more and get linked up.
Other dates for baptisms this term are:
27th October
24th November
Join us for our Open House worship night, where we open up the House of the Lord to rest in His presence, to worship, pray and spend time with God.
From the 28th July until the 1st September we will be switching to a different service rhythm of 9am and 3pm.
Our 9am service will run very similar to normal with a more extended time of community in the De Grey Rooms themselves afterwards and our 3pm service will be a more family friendly all age service with children’s provision.
We can’t wait for you to join us this summer at either of our services.
Join us as a church as we head down to Shepton Mallet for a week of teaching, worship and community.
You can find out all the information, book on or sign up for a team at the new wine website.
Do come chat to Becca Tilbrook or Joe Portway on a Sunday or in the office if you want to find out more about our church going specifically.
We are expecting high numbers at our 11am service this week due to Baptisms and so asking our church family to save their seats to ensure we stay in safe numbers within the building.
We are expecting high numbers at our 11am service this week and so asking our church family to save their seats to ensure we stay in safe numbers within the building.
We’re so excited to launch our “Open House” worship nights. Where we open up the House of the Lord to rest in His presence, to worship, pray and spend time with God.
We’re delighted to be hosting a Summer Ceilidh in our beautiful ballroom with professional local Ceilidh band Hot Not Bothered. This will be a fun night out and will help to raise funds for the Impact building project.
Tickets cost £30 a head and include over 1.5 hours of barn dancing, a 2 course supper and drink on arrival. There will also be a licensed bar and Auction of Promises. We have a limited number of tickets, so be sure to book early!
AUCTION OF PROMISES
Thank you for the amazing promises donated. We have enough promises so no more are required.
We’re running two different auctions, with some incredible promises up for grabs! Our Online 4 day Silent Auction opens for anyone to bid at 9am Thursday 6 June and closes 9am Tuesday 11 June. Plus preview our Live Auction promises in advance of the Ceilidh where it will be happening.
Both auctions are raising funds for Impact - our major building project.
Happy Bidding!
Join us for a prayer walk and times of worship as we cover our Impact project in prayer, as it enters the next phase - construction! This will be a special opportunity to get together as a church family and pray for this last and crucial part of our building restoration & reordering project.
Come along at any stage of the evening:
7.30pm - Start at St Cuthbert’s Peasholme Green, the original home of our church; for a time of corporate worship and prayer
8pm - Prayer walk to St Michael le Belfrey;
8.30 - Prayer walk to the De Grey Rooms, to finish in corporate prayer
As large parts of the evening will be outside, please dress for the weather! Each venue is a 5- to 10-minute walk away, and we will spend some time standing.
Join us to welcome Revd. Claire Elwood to The Belfrey as she is licensed as our Interim Associate Minister!
Service at 7.30pm followed by refreshments.
Due to limited capacity, please book a free ticket below if you will be attending.
We will be looking back on the events and finances of 2023, and electing our lay representatives.
Head to belfrey.org/annualmeeting for more information about the meeting and read the accounts ahead of the meeting.
Nominations:
We have 2 vacancies on our Church Council (PCC), and we are now inviting nominations for this. If you would like to stand for PCC, please complete a nomination form by Wednesday 17th April or grab a paper copy from the De Grey Rooms and return to amber.boydell@belfrey.org.
If you are interested in becoming a Churchwarden, please contact the Interim Priest-in-Charge: andy.baker@belfrey.org.
Our celebration that Jesus rose again! A family friendly service of worship, teaching and prayer. We’ll have two services to ensure there’s plenty of space for people to celebrate with us but they’ll be the same service so don’t worry about missing out. Save your seat for either our 9am or 11am services below.
A time of reflection and prayer, remembering the three hours when Jesus hung on the cross before His death.
Journey with the characters from the Easter story to the cross. A family-friendly event with interactive activities and crafts.
Stay for refreshments and a hot cross bun after the service.
A reflective service with sung worship, liturgy and communion, taking us through the night before Jesus died.
