Activities

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




Midweek services
A lunchtime monthly midweek service will be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 12 noon, the next midweek service will be on Wednesday, 8th February. This will be an informal service of reflection and music in the round, and will be followed by refreshments.


A monthly "Sparklers Children's Programme will commence on 12th February and will continue 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 meeting monthly on the fourth Sunday of the month.


It is family friendly, and all ages are welcome. Come with your family or come by yourself.



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





Bright Lights will next meet on Sunday 26th February 2012 at 2 p.m.



The chalice candle was made at a worship session.








Can you spot who is hiding here?


"Alice and Tamaris helped to create our hibernation den in the chapel garden at Bright Lights on November 27th. 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."



Dates for 2012 are:

January 22nd
February 26th
March 25th
April 22nd
May 27th
June 24th
July 22nd
On holiday in August
September 23rd
October 28th
November 29th
On holiday in December



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 third Wednesday of the month.

The Play Reading group which 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, in 2011 this involved Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, and a collection was made for the charity.

Walks are held from time to time to local places of interest.

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


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.