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Christmas Gift & Food Fair

Join us on Saturday 23rd November for the greatest Christmas Fair in Yorkshire!

Saturday 23rd November, Open from 9.30am – 4.30pm – entry just £3

With over 100 local traders selling seasonal goodies to help you find that perfect present, making Christmas Shopping enjoyably, whilst supporting local, independent businesses.

Visit Santa in his grotto, and enjoy turkey sandwiches and mulled wine, whilst listening to carols, all in the beautiful setting of Ripon Cathedral – the perfect festival day out!

Bishop Nick's Christmas Video Message to our diocese and beyond

Submitted by chris.tate on Fri, 21/12/2018 - 12:27

Bishop Nick has filmed a Christmas Day video message for our website and social media platforms with the following message: “Christmas is when God breaks into the ordinary. We build it up as...

Wakefield has room for all at Christmas says Cathedral's New Dean

Submitted by chris.tate on Fri, 21/12/2018 - 09:46

The new Dean of Wakefield Simon Cowling has told how the city is welcoming thousands for Christmas. In an article for the Yorkshire Post he writes: "It was a damp and rather cold mid-November evening...

Making Christmas happier for the homeless in Harrogate

Submitted by john-carter on Fri, 14/12/2018 - 16:23

The town centre church of St Peter’s Harrogate, which provides the homeless and vulnerable with breakfast each day throughout the year, will be trying to make Christmas happier for those in need this...

A busy Advent underway at Wakefield Cathedral

Submitted by chris.tate on Wed, 05/12/2018 - 10:24

Wakefield Cathedral is preparing for Christmas with plenty of opportunities for people of the city and beyond and for those of faith and no faith to come together to prepare for and celebrate the...

Celestial Sound Cloud to light up St Mary's Barnsley

Submitted by richard.earnshaw on Mon, 26/11/2018 - 16:01

At St Mary’s Church a celestial sound cloud will be installed to capture the imagination of visitors during Barnsley's first ever Christmas Bright Nights. From Wednesday 28 November to Saturday 1...

Archbishop to share the Art of Advent online

Submitted by chris.tate on Fri, 23/11/2018 - 10:47

The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu is to share daily online extracts of his chosen Advent book for 2018 ‘The Art of Advent’ to encourage all to know something of the closeness of the Kingdom of...

Cathedral verger’s winning Christmas card

Submitted by john-carter on Wed, 21/11/2018 - 16:24

Wakefield Cathedral’s has just unveiled this year’s winning Christmas card – and the surprised victor is one of its own vergers. Rich Wainwright, 28, is more comfortable behind a video camera, and...

Churches advised to prepare as cashless Christmas cometh

Submitted by chris.tate on Mon, 19/11/2018 - 15:11

The Church of England's Parish Buying team are advising churches to gear up for contactless, giving as the UK ditches cash for plastic. And they have just created a new online resource for parishes...

Christmas worship numbers continue to grow says new report

Submitted by chris.tate on Wed, 14/11/2018 - 11:32

Christmas worshippers in our churches are continuing to grow in number year after year, says the Church of England's latest Statistics for Mission Report released today. In the Diocese of Leeds the...