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• Helen Harrison’s Parish Walk Challenge

  

  The Parish Walk is a walking race that takes place on the Isle of Man each year around the Summer Solstice. It is a unique endurance challenge where competitors have 24 hours to complete the 85 mile route which takes in all 17 of the island’s Parishes – only 127 walkers completed the full distance in  [Read the rest…]

• Please pray for all our new deacons

  

  Eighteen men and women enter ordained ministry as deacons at two services in Ripon Cathedral on Saturday 30th June led by the Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines.  Alongside our new Curate, Chris Clayton, two others from the Ripon Episcopal area will be ordained at the 11:00 am service – Tony Carlton, who will serve at  [Read the rest…]

• Vicar Launches Organ Appeal

  

  All is not well with our church organ, the problem must be dealt with before the coming winter – because cold, dry weather causes the mechanism in question to seize up.  The cost of this particular repair is £5,000 and other, less urgent, repairs are also in the offing. To help us reach this this  [Read the rest…]

• Christian Aid Week

  Thank you to all our St Peter’s house to house collectors who gave their time, commitment and energy during Christian Aid Week last month to raise funds for Christian Aid’s work in Haiti. They collected £971.91. Well done! Thank you, too, to all those who gave so generously in Church on the 20th May. That  [Read the rest…]