Activities

As well as our Sunday Services, every week at 11am, there are other groups which meet regularly:






A monthly "Sparklers Children's Programme takes place on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Children will be in the service until their story, and will then go into the Vestry with leaders for their own activities.



Bright Lights is an intergenerational worship session, which will be four times in this year, the first session is reported on the Recent Services page, and the next session will be on during the child friendly morning service at 11 a.m. on Sunday 9th June with Rev. John Harley, Unitarian Youth Officer, at 11 a.m. More details will appear in the York Unitarian for June.


Other dates are 22nd September and 24th November.


Sessions involve stories, nature, craft, spirituality, music, humanity, fun, community, creativity and food.





The chalice candle was made at a Bright Lights session.








Can you spot who is hiding here?


"Alice and Tamaris helped to create our hibernation den in the chapel garden at Bright Lights. We weaved an autumn blanket with twigs, leaves, berries and stars to light the winter dark. We decided we didn't fancy hibernating ourselves though, thinking we'd miss too many things like frosty mornings, Christmas, our family and friends and teddies."




OTHER ACTIVITIES

The Meditation Group meets weekly on Thursday, at 10.30 am for coffee, and meditation at 11 a.m. - 12 noon.


The Healing and Spirituality Group meets at 7.30pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, September to July.

The Poetry group meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month.

The Play Reading group meets monthly on the last Friday of the month.


For more information about any of the above groups, send a message to the Secretary on the Contacts page.

For more information see the York Unitarian newsletter.

Many other activities are arranged as required.


Ceremonies which are sensitively designed to meet individual needs such as Marriages, Blessings for Marriages and Civil Partnerships, Child Namings, Funerals and Memorial Services. For more information, e-mail the Minister on the contacts page.

Concerts - The Chapel's magnificent acoustic qualities are regularly used by The York Early Music Festival and the Late Music Concert Series and much appreciated by other musical groups who enjoy performing here. For more detailed information about forthcoming concerts please click on the heading for 'Music in the Chapel'

An Animal Service is held annually in October to honour and remember the animals that have held a special place in our lives.

Walks are held from time to time to local places of interest. A walk took place on 20th October to fundraise for the Chapel's "Chosen Charity for 2012", the Peasholme Charity for Homeless Young People.


The York Inter Faith Group uses the Chapel occasionally and welcomes our inclusive, respectful and tolerant approach to all Faiths.


Other Groups (with their own Public Liability Insurance) can arrange to use the Chapel facilities and meeting rooms.

Initial enquires for booking the Chapel should be made by e-mail, via "Send a message" at the end of the Music in the Chapel page


The ground floor of the Chapel is accessible, with assistance, to wheelchair users.

For more information please click on the box below and send a message.