Sunday 26 April : Fourth Sunday of Easter
8am BCP Communion
10am Communion
Monday 27 April
9am Morning Prayer on Zoom
11.15am Burley Hall Communion
Tuesday 28 April
2pm Greenholme Care Home Communion
Wednesday 29 April
12noon Midweek Midday Prayer
12noon Churches Together Lunch in the Parish Centre
Thursday 30 April
10.30am Midweek Service
Sunday 3 May : Fifth Sunday of Easter
8am BCP Communion
10am Communion
4pm St Mary’s@4 in the Parish Centre
Link to This week’s readings
St Mary’s is usually open 9.30am until 5pm each day for private prayer and reflection. There are various acts of prayer and worship being led via our Facebook Page
Please pray this week for:
Sick: Margery and Giuliano, Pam Atkinson, Judith Charnley, Rosemary Hensor, Mike Robinson, Tom Sumner, Graham
Praying for Burley Street by Street: Wellfield Lane, Gritstone Close and Woodpecker Road
Notices
The next Churches Together Lunch will be at St Mary’s Parish Centre on Wednesday 29 April, 12-1.30pm. Please let Phil or Susan Collins know if you are coming and any dietary requirements. This will be followed immediately by a meeting for anyone who would like to be involved in planning for Praise in the Park which takes place this year on Sunday 23 August at 10am.
The PCC Coffee Mornings have been very successful but we now need help from outside the PCC with finding people to volunteer to run the coffee mornings on June 20 and September 19. If you are able to help contact Annette on 07850 5445223. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Sharon and Annette are needing help with packing the bookmarks, addressing the envelopes and preparing them to go to the post office after the bookmark auction. So can anyone spare a couple of hours on any day from Tuesday May 26 through to Friday 29 May? Please contact us on 07850 544523 if you can help.
On Sunday 3 May, we are looking forward to welcoming Bishop Toby at our 10am service. During the service, he will be licensing Caroline Bishop as a Lay Pioneer. This is a role Caroline held in her previous parish in Chester Diocese. It involves seeking to reach out to those at or beyond the margins of the church and follows a similar training pathway to LLM’s/Readers. Do come and support Caroline.
Growing up in the online world: a national consultation–GOV.UK: This is an important survey for anyone who would like to pass on their experiences or concerns about the use of the internet and social media by children and young people. The Government is involving Mothers’ Union. You can access more details from GOV.UK using the address above. There are 3 surveys for adults and children to choose from. The closing date for this consultation is 26 May 2026. For more information please ask in the Parish Office, leave a message on 01943 864405 or contact Pam 07976125690
The Watoto Children’s Choir from Kampala in Uganda will be performing at St Mary’s on the evening of Wednesday 13 May at 6.30pm.Through uplifting music, dance, and inspiring testimonies, this year’s production, Better Days, is a vibrant celebration of hope, joy, and the power of God to transform lives. This is a great event to invite family, friends and neighbours. The concert is free of charge, but you do need to book via Eventbrite. There are flyers and posters around with a QR code you can scan to book or you can follow the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watoto-childrens-choir-in-better-days-2026-tickets-1986212243287. If you need help booking, please ask Caroline.
St John’s Ben Rhydding, Ilkley are having a ‘Celebration of the Earth’ on the weekend of 24-26 April. On Friday 24 April at 7pm there will be a free film night “Six Inches of Soil”, and on Saturday 25 2-4pm an afternoon tea with local environmentally friendly stalls.
Churches Together Social Evening Quiz at 7pm on Friday 24 April, in the Ss Fisher More Church Hall, with Curry Supper and Soft drinks. Tickets are £7.50, children free. Please come, we need 60 or 70 people! Tickets from Sue at suerix37@gmail.com or phone 07939063120. With great Quiz Master, all sorts of Questions, and lots of teams to join if you don’t have your own – Fun and Friendship guaranteed!
Andrew is appealing for members of the congregation who would like to join the choir at St Mary’s. We are very grateful to all the ladies who do so much to support our weekly worship, and it would be good to have some more members – men would be particularly welcome! No previous singing experience or audition is required, just a willingness to help lead worship and have fun singing! And if you can put up with Andrew’s strange sense of humour even better! We rehearse at 11:30 on Thursday mornings but if we have new members who are busy during the day we could look to move rehearsal times.
Cuore Chamber Orchestra is fast gaining a reputation as the leading professional chamber orchestra in the north of the country and following spectacular launches in May last year, a season opening concert in September and a first concert in Leeds, the orchestra returns to its roots in Harrogate, performing for the first time in the magnificent grade-I listed St Wilfrid’s Church. The concert, on Saturday 9 May, is a celebration of music by Joseph Haydn, featuring the first ‘Cuore Future Star’ Turkish cellist Cansin Kara. Alongside two Haydn works, the orchestra is playing music by Elgar, Mozart and Malcolm Arnold. Below is a link to Cuore’s website where you can book tickets directly. https://cuorechamberorchestra.com/season-25-26/