ADVANCE NOTICE Saturday 8th December Angel Festival St John’s Church Sharow This year instead of a Christmas tree festival we will be having an Angel Festival. Bring your Angels to Church on 7th December so that they can join the Heavenly Host on the 8th. Angels of any description, fabric, pottery, knitted, crafted, painted etc will be most…
DetailsSaying Thank you to God for his goodness and enjoying food and fellowship with one another are essential parts of the Harvest Season. St John’s, Sharow, and Holy Innocents’ Copt Hewick are both celebrating this year. On 7th October at 11:00am at Copt Hewick Village Hall there will be a Harvest Festival and Blessing of…
DetailsAfter a long period of conservation and restoration works, the church of St John’s, Sharow is opening its doors to the public once again. For months, the church was shrouded by inside and out as contractors and conservators worked on stained glass, wall paintings and the construction of new, modern facilities. Now, nearly half a…
DetailsAUCTION NOW CLOSED Thank you to all who have participated. Winners will be informed and Instructions for payment will be issued by email within the next 48hrs All monies raised from this auction will be shared three ways: Nth’n Aldborough Festival, Ripon Choral Society, St John’s Church Personal information disclosed in making your on-line bid…
DetailsFans of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ from across the world have been invited to take part in a performance of the oratorio at St John’s Church, Sharow. Ripon Choral Society member Bridget Taylor-Connor has organised a Come and Sing Messiah event to raise money for both the church and Yorkshire Cancer Research, a charity she has supported…
DetailsDavid joins us in March for his largest ever exhibition and sale of paintings. See here for more. Of course, everyone in the Ripon Choral Society knows David Page, but it was only during our recent trip to New York to sing in Carnegie Hall, that he and I really got to know each other.…
DetailsPhase 2 commenced with the appointment of a Heritage Learning Officer, Joe Priestley, who works half his week at St John’s. The other half of his week was with Ripon Cathedral but is now with the National Trust at Beningborough Hall. Joe has had a number of notable successes, particularly in environmental and educational initiatives…
DetailsThank you to all who voted for Roundabout, our Parish Magazine, on Aviva Community Fund’s website. Whilst we didn’t get through to the next round, we did gain a lot of votes and received £100 for our efforts. Thanks to the efforts of the committee, Roundabout is in a much better position into 2018. Well…
DetailsMany of you will have passed St John’s and noticed the scaffolders, men in high visibility gear and conservators in their zip-up suits. In fact, you would be hard pressed not to notice them! But what many won’t have been able to see is the skilled, delicate work which is being carried out on our…
DetailsIt is now necessary to visit the site daily to keep up with how quickly things are changing; windows come and go; the stonework rises around our new kitchen and toilet facilities; scaffolding appears by windows and the conservators are taking the first samples for the paintwork restoration. Whew! I have been cycling up most…
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