September sees the start of a new Methodist year and the beginning of the second year of the York Circuit (the local group of Methodist churches Central belongs to).  At 6.30pm on Sunday, 8th September there will be a united circuit service at Central, with the theme A Celebration of God’s Call.

The service will be led by the Chair of the York & Hull District, Revd Stephen Burgess, with our circuit superintendent minister, Revd Philip Turner, preaching.  The service will include a celebration of holy communion.  We will be welcoming a new circuit minister, Revd Ian Hill, and hearing news about the introduction of a pilot scheme for local pastoral ministry and the district’s youth interns who are based in our circuit.

Feel free to come along; refreshments will be served afterwards.

There’ll be a poetry reading here at Central on Saturday, 3rd August at 6.30pm.  One of our congregation will be reading from his collection Ballads for the Consciousness Soul, exploring the theme of “Healing the Schism: Christ in the East-West Divide”.  All welcome.

I was reminded today of this video we used in worship at Central some months ago.

For more: Tell. Show. Be.

Yesterday evening was the official opening ceremony for Basement Central, with Revd Chris Humble (Central Methodist) and Revd Matthew Porter (St Michael-le-Belfrey) cutting the ribbon.  Basement Central is already proving a valuable and fruitful location for youth and children’s work but yesterday was a chance to show the place to a few more people and celebrate how we’ve got to where we are.

Have a look at some pictures which give a taste of the occasion:

Gathering for the opening ceremony for Basement Central

People waiting for the opening ceremony

Lee Kirkby, head of youth and children’s work at St Michael-le-Belfrey

Revd Matthew Porter, vicar of St Michael-le-Belfrey

Revd Chris Humble, minister at Central Methodist

Joy as Chris and Matthew cut the ribbon to declare Basement Central officially open

We enjoyed drinks and nibbles in the corridor

Exploring the main room

Games to enjoy (and we’re not telling you the score of the table football game between our minister and senior steward!)

Update (24.6.13): the opening ceremony has now been covered by our local newspaper, The Press.  Click here for a link to the report in The Press.

There’ll be an opening ceremony for Basement Central on Wednesday, 19th June from 6pm. Feel free to pop in and see for yourself the transformation in Central’s basement led by our friends from the Belfrey.

Click here for more information.

We apologise that there is not yet any step-free access to the basement.