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Tour de France – Grand Départ 2014 – Sunday 6th July

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In case you haven’t noticed, the city of York is welcoming riders and spectators on the Tour de France this year. On Sunday the 6th of July the city is expected to be very busy with people celebrating this unique event.

To allow our congregation to take part (all spectating – no riders as far as we know!), and recognising that it will be very difficult to get to Central on Sunday morning, there will be no service on 6th July.

Other churches in the Methodist circuit are holding services (and special events). The evening service will be a joint service at Clifton Methodist church, so again no service at Central.

 

Lunchtime organ concert by Keith Dale at Central Methodist

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The 2014 lunchtime organ recital series continues at York Central Methodist on Thursday 19 June at 12:30pm with a recital by Keith Dale.

Keith has chosen an all English programme – perfect for this large romantic instrument! We look forward to hearing it.

Fanfare – Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Prelude on ‘East Acklam’ – Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Plymouth Suite – Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)

  • Allegro risoluto
  • Lantana
  • Chanty
  • Salix
  • Toccata

Larghetto in F sharp minor – S.S. Wesley (1810-1876)

Tuba Tune – Norman Cocker (1889-1953)

Free admission – retiring collection

A man on the island of Sark

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You may have heard of some of the Channel Islands but have you heard about Sark?
Deacon Cedric May lived on this beautiful island for three years and was minister of the Methodist chapel there.  He worked with a Canadian film company to produce a documentary called ‘A Man of the Island of Sark’ which was shown on Canadian TV.
Friday evening at 7pm we will show the film at Central,  giving you the opportunity to see some of beautiful scenery and gain a glimpse of the lives of local people and Cedric’s ministry there.  Life is very different from here – there are about 600 people and no cars.
Cedric will introduce the film to us and answer questions at the end.   Refreshments will follow.   There will be a retiring collection for Christian Aid.
All welcome!

Sark Film poster

Summer Organ Recitals

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Our summer season of Thursday Lunchtime organ recitals has begun!

Director of Music at York Minster,  Robert Sharpe got our 2014 organ concert series off to a great start with a stunning recital on Thursday 5 June with a varied programme which included music by former organists of York Minster as well as Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in d minor and the Carillon de Westminster by Louis Vierne.    If you missed that one we still have another eight concerts coming up !

The organ concerts are on alternate Thursday lunchtimes from 12:30pm to c.1:20pm and the line-up is as follows.  Admission to all of these  is free with a retiring collection to cover costs.

19 June – Keith Dale (Ripon)
3 July – SImon Earls (Wakefield Cathedral)
17 July – Nigel Holdsworth (St Columba’s United Reformed Church, York)
31 July – Matthew Atherton (Aysgarth School)
14 August – Nicholas Page (Osbaldwick with Murton Parish,  organist of Central 1990-1997).
28 August – Christopher Newton (St Bartholomew, Armley, Leeds)
13 September – recitalist to be announced
27 September – Philip Paul (Central Methodist,  York & St Helen with St Martin, York)

Full details can be found by following this link to organrecitals.com