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Latest stories from across the diocese:

Sikh broadcaster calls forn faiths to work together in Ripon Cathedral lecture

Volunteers needed for interfaith environmental clean-up

Copenhagen 'mini-summits' as schools meet MPs

Hundreds of children take part in musical premier for Songs for St Wilfrid

Buy a bus shelter for Christmas - churches in Leeds join radio and pster campaign

Commemoration service for one of Leeds' famous sons, John Smeaton

Angel Dinner raises £20,000 for Cathedral

New Synod votes on marriage anomaly, giving and clergy pay rise

'Come as you are' - Bishop's Back to Church Sunday invitation in Harrogate

Archbishop calls Leeds teenager 'an inspiration'

Bishops visits UK Wedding Show as church takes a stand

New term - new classrooms

Alan celebrates quarter of a century at St Aidan's

Pioneering 'Minister to Business' appointed

Singers invited to join Jazz Mass at Ripon Cathedral

New advice issued to clergy during the current phase of the Swine Flu pandemic

Wilfrid returns to Ripon's streets, 1300 years on

Bishop calls for asylum overhaul

Three Yorkshire dioceses join forces in pioneering approach to deaf chaplaincy

Bishop's visit to Great Yorkshire Show highlights spirituality and support for farmers

Memorial Service announced in Leeds for the late Travis Johnson OBE

Family trees and guided walks as Dales church launches Visitor's Guide

Clergy numbers boosted as eleven new curates ordained at Ripon Cathedral

Synod makes children a priority- and agrees 1% parish share increase

Harrogate rector announced as the next Bishop of Horsham

Dales churches celebrate as £65,000 Youthworker target met

Hero's welcome as Eric arrives into Harrogate after epic 1100 mile cycle ride

'Add God to Fathers' Day'.CofE produces prayers and service ideas

Great Yorkshire Show appoints new Chaplain - Rural Officer, Leslie Morley

Eric crosses the Alps – member of St Mark's Harrogate, Eric Waters is cycling 1000 miles for charity

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North Yorkshire church's annual photo competition grows in prestige and attracts international entries

Churches in North Yorkshire defy the credit crunch to edge close to youth worker target

Vicar's dizzying descent marks start of appeal for landmark Harrogate church

Cathedral filled with dance as acclaimed Rambert company join with local schools

Ripon's innovative church features in The New Statesman

Prayers for Pandemic fears as Bishop John speaks in House of Lords on Swine Flu

Leeds churches open their doors for Treasures Revealed this May

AntiBNP declaration signed by senior churchleaders at Fulneck

Easter Children's Holiday Club breaks new records

Christian Aid launches appeal for humanitarian relif in Sri Lanka

Ripon gets behind Wilfrid1300 Festival

'Let there be light'-Cathedral's Easter celebration to commission new lighting, wiring and seating

Donkeys in demand as Palm Sunday processions mark start of Holy Week

West Yorkshire church leaders urge voters to 'use your cross' and defeat BNP

Harrogate Vicar appointed to pioneering clergy development role

Leading Islamic scholar addresses Interfaith conference for Christian leaders

Children's author and sports professionals address major education conference

'End the buckpassing'-Bishop John takes 'raintax' debate to the House of Lords

National speakers to headline 'crucial' interfaith conference – Generous Love, March28

Bishop challenges the diocese to take risks in Presidential Address to Synod

'The most important year of my life' – Bishop John Packer on the Miners' Strike

West Yorkshire church leaders speak out on debt

Text of the St Wilfrid's Lecture, 19.2.09,given by the Archbishop of York

Capacity audience for inaugural St Wilfrid lecture by the Archbishop of York

Dean calls for Cathedral vigil as General Synod debates Women Bishops

The Voice of the Church in Society – Bishop writes in Guardian – Face to Faith, 7.2.09

Education Sunday celebrated with music and dance in the Cathedral

Prayers for trouble torn Sri Lanka as 21 years of the link marked by new fund

Stolen silver communion sets recovered days after Harrogate church break-in

£2m renovation plan for Harrogate church

Cathedral launch for Sri Lanka Appeal Fund - February1st

Bishop leads prayers for Gaza

Stolen goods warning following church break-in

Daily vigil in the centre of Harrogate for the children of Gaza

Leeds church receives newspaper accolade as 'best music venue 2008'

Church offers new prayers for those facing redundancy

Hundreds take part in traditional Boxing Day Pilgrimage

Diocese set to make 2009 the Year of the Child

Leeds parish church unveils new life-sized nativity

Christmas appeal – toys needed

Local churches advertise Christmas on the radio

Cafe or Fresh Expression? Cafe Culture opens in Harrogate

Speaker who won over the Lambeth Conference comes to North Yorkshire

Church House publishes Nic's guide to youthwork

Multi-faith ceremony in Leeds to open innovative Academy worship space

O Little Town of Bethlehem – Bishop John's Christmas message inspired by pilgrimage

Gift of £20k to help ensure choir's future

Don’t forget the marginalized – Lord Hope speaks out

Roman Catholic Cathedral dean and Harrogate Vicar honoured

Emergency services join forces with Ripon Cathedral to highlight road deaths

Lighting up the Cathedral – work starts and weekend raises £65k

Churches strengthened as nine new Readers licensed

Marriage made easier – Anglican Church changes rules on getting married in church

Leeds churches help CofE plan for a year of action on tackling climate change

Jumping for Joy – Parachuting Vicar sees £400k project reach completion

Bishop John's move to Leeds

RIP Bishop David Young

Bishops return from Lambeth

Visiting overseas bishops

The Great Yorkshire Show

Youth vigil

Emmerdale Wedding Dress

Back to Church Sunday

Vandalism at Ripon Cathedral

 

 




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