Riding Lights are bringing their tremendous theatre to Central once again at 7.30pm this coming Saturday, 2nd November, to finish the national tour of ‘A Different Drum’.

small stories to change a troubled world

In the blood of a flea, wrapped in a bundle of French silk, the plague arrives in the Derbyshire village of Eyam. With it comes a devastating decision. As the entire community chooses the bold path of sacrifice… they begin to march to the sound of a different drum.

Beginning in the 17th century the play follows a thread through history to the present day, picking up accounts of other men and women who dare to break the boundaries of self-interest. Beating with a heart of resistance and selflessness these are stories of individuals who set out in hope and discover their potential for remarkable love in action.

Full of life and colourful music, a different drum imagines how different the world could be if we responded unswervingly to the golden rule – ‘do unto others as you would have them do to you.’

Tickets are available and you can buy them via the Riding Lights website.  You can also buy tickets by phoning the Riding Lights box office on (01904) 613000 – which avoids the transaction charge applied for booking online.

On Saturday, 5th October at 4.30pm there will be a concert at Central given by the boys’ choir of St Mary’s, Lübeck (Germany) as part of their UK tour.  Following their appearance at Central they will be going on to perform in concerts and worship in a number of other venues around the country, including the cathedrals of Bristol and Coventry.

The history of a boys’ choir singing at St Mary’s, Lübeck, goes back to the seventeenth century and in its current incarnation the choir is celebrating its 65th anniversary.  They will be singing a variety of sacred music dating from the sixteenth century to the present day.

Admission is free.

On Saturday (21st September) at 2.30 there’ll be a celebration concert at Central.  Philip Paul has reached the milestone of 10 years as our organist and he’s arranged for John Scott Whiteley (organist emeritus at York Minster) to come and play our spectacular organ.  Admission is free (there will be a retiring collection) so please come along and hear one of the finest organs in the area played by one of the finest organists in the area!

On Sunday we celebrated our harvest festival: here’s a glimpse of the decoration in the church.  We collected gifts for use in Carecent.

Many churches in the local area support Carecent with gifts from harvest festivals; this year the appeal for help is going wider.  The City of York Council and The Press (our local paper) have joined in by providing collection facilities for gifts.  There’s more in this article from the Press.