Everyone is most welcome to come along to any of our services. Refreshments are served after every Sunday and Thursday morning services and after Evensong. Do join us!
Thursday 30th October at 11 a.m. - Midweek Morning Prayer
All are very welcome to join us for Midweek Morning Prayer, led by Revd Dawn. The service will be followed by refreshments and fellowship.
Sunday 2nd November at 8.30 a.m. - BCP Holy Communion [All Souls]
Rev Dawn will lead this short said service of Holy Communion taken from the Book of Common Prayer. All are welcome.
Sunday 2nd November at 6.30 p.m. - Requiem Mass for All Souls [Fourth Sunday before Advent or All Souls]
Everyone is invited to remember and give thanks for the lives of departed family and friends at this beautiful and uplifting service led by Revd Dawn Ward and Fr Robert Williamson and supported by the choir. The service will include movements from the Mass setting by the German composer and organist Caspar Ett (1788-1847). There is an opportunity for loved ones to be remembered by name and also to light a candle in their memory during the service. Names to be remembered can be added to the list before the service or, if preferred, emailed to John Phillips ([email protected]) or Chris Hewlett ([email protected] ). The service will be followed by pre-supper refreshments and wine.Thursday 6th November at 11 a.m. - Midweek Morning Prayer
All are very welcome to join us for our regular Midweek Morning Prayer, led by Revd Dawn. The service will be followed by refreshments and fellowship.
Sunday 9th November at 9.45 a.m. - Said BCP Communion
This will be a short service led by Revd Dawn Ward for those who would like to take communion before the Service of Remembrance.
Sunday 9th November at 10.45 a.m. - Service of Remembrance [Remembrance Sunday or Third Sunday before Advent]
All are invited to this special annual service of remembrance which will include a two minutes' silence at 11 a.m. and the laying of wreaths at the village war memorials in church. A group representing the 4th Regiment (Royal Artillery) will be attending. Refreshments will be served after the service.
Tuesday 11th November at 10.45 a.m. - [Armistice Day]
On this, the 80th commemoration of Armistice Day, The 4th Regiment (Royal Artillery) will hold their Regimental Remembrance Day Service at St Columba's, led by their Chaplain the Rev Dr Henry Afful CF. All service personnel in camp on the day are expected to be present, led by their Commanding Officer Colonel Harry Waller RA. Children from both Alanbrooke Academy and Topcliffe C of E Academy will also attend and both academies, as well as others from our village community, will be involved in parts of the service. The CO particularly hopes that this service will foster a stronger bond of relationship between the barracks and the communities of Topcliffe and Asenby and that as many as possible will be able to attend.
Thursday 13th November at 11 a.m. - Midweek Morning Prayer
All are very welcome to join us for our short midweek service of Morning Prayer, led by Revd Dawn. The service will be followed by refreshments and fellowship
Sunday 16th November at 10.45 a.m. - Sung Matins [Second Sunday before Advent]
Our service of morning prayer, led by the choir, is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. The congregation sings the hymns and the choir sings settings of the day's psalm, the Venite and Jubilate, Te Deum or Benedictus. There will be refreshments and a chance to chat after the service. All are most welcome.
Thursday 20th November at 11am - Midweek Morning Prayer
All are very welcome to join us for this short service of morning prayer led by Revd Dawn, and followed by refreshments and fellowship.
Sunday 23rd Novemberat 10.45am - Holy Communion [Christ the King, Sunday next before Advent]
Do join us for our service of Holy Communion, led by Rev Robert Williamson, with congregational hymns. There will be refreshments and a chance to chat after the service.
Thursday 27th November at 11am - Midweek Morning Prayer
All are very welcome to join us for this short service of morning prayer led by Revd Dawn, and followed by refreshments and fellowship.
Sunday 30th November - [Advent Sunday]
As it is the 5th Sunday of the month there will be no service at St. Columba's, but Revd Dawn will lead a Benefice Service at St John the Evangelist, Dalton, to which all parishioners in the Benefice are invited.
N.B. The PCC has undertaken all relevant risk assessments in the light of Covid-19 guidance over the past 5 years, and these are reviewed regularly. All restrictions have now been lifted.
In colder weather please dress warmly; the heating is on but the church is a large building.
Please note that at Communion services we have reintroduced Communion in two kinds, i.e. sharing the chalice. If you have any problem with this do mention this to the sidesman or churchwarden before the service. Should you prefer not to receive Communion, do come to the chancel for a blessing, indicating this perhaps by keeping your hands to your sides.
Everyone is most welcome, but if you have any doubts about coming to join us do please check here or contact John Phillips (01845 577034) beforehand for further information; every effort will be made to accommodate you. Access is not ideal, as the path is steep, but a temporary ramp can be provided for wheelchair entrance to the church; do let us know if you need this in place.
THANK YOU - WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.