News and Events

Sunday Services and weekly updates.

Week by week, you are invited to join us at 10.30 am on Sundays and at other times for special services as shown below. 
The 10.30 am service is usually livestreamed from St Paul’s Church or from our partners at St Barnabas’ Church on Jubilee Terrace.  You might like to visit our Accessibility page which explains what to expect when arriving at St Paul’s and what takes place in a typical service here.

Sunday 3 May - the Fifth Sunday of Easter

10.30 am service at St Paul’s: Holy Communion, children’s groups, coffee and a welcoming community; come if you can.

If you cannot join us in person, we invite you to click here to join the livestream which this week also comes from St Paul’s Church: ‍

https://www.youtube.com/live/X85O5T4Zzvw

The order of service is available here‍ ‍

For those attending this service in person, you are invited to stay afterwards for coffee.

Encounter, twice a month on Sundays at 7.00 pm

Encounter next takes place at St Barnabas’ Church on Sunday 3 May.

Encounter is a twice-monthly evening service of peaceful praise, prayer and space for silence; the service begins at 7.00 pm. There is a regular pattern: first Sunday at St Barnabas’ Church (our partner church on Jubilee Terrace, YO26 4YZ) and on the third Sunday here at St Paul’s Church.

The following few dates are: 17 May at St Paul’s, 7 June at St Barnabas’, 21 June at St Paul’s; save the dates and come along. All welcome.

Coming Up

Regular in–person Services or Worship

10.30 am on Sundays at both churches

7.00 pm First Sundays at St Barnabas’

7.00 pm Third Sundays at St Paul’s

Thursdays at 12.15 pm at St Paul’s

Second Saturdays at 9.00 am at St Paul’s

Zoom Prayers ONLINE

Mondays at 8.30 am; Wednesdays at 12 noon.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83970109685?pwd=Y0ZTMG53MzFRNTFKdXFrRENzQm9UZz09 .

Second Saturdays: Prayer Session at St Paul’s

9.00 am-10.00 am

Start the weekend well: come along once a month for peaceful prayer together.

Upcoming dates: changes to the pattern mean that the forthcoming dates are

18 April and 16 May.

Regular Groups

Mid-Week Children’s and Youth Groups at St Paul’s

Baby and Toddler Group

Mondays, 9.30 am - 11.00 am in term time; cancelled on bank holidays.

Parents, grandparents and carers plus their tiddlers for playtime, crafting, company and refreshments; all are welcome.

Youth Groups on Thursdays in Term Time

DMC and Open Table meet in St Paul’s.

 DMC: Discipleship, Mission, Curiosity: for school years 7-10. Meet in the crypt 6.30 pm– 8.00 pm

Open Table: Pizza and prayer vibes for school years 10-13. Meet in the first floor youth room 7.30 pm– 8.30 pm

For enquiries and further details contact Izzie: youthwork.stpaulsyork@gmail.com

Every Thursday, for Everyone

10.00 am—12 noon: Coffee and Co. Conversation, cake and community. All welcome.

12.15 pm: Holy Communion with hymns (lasts 45 mins). Come in your lunch hour.

Regular Giving at St Paul’s

We now use the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) and would like to encourage  everyone who gives regularly to St Paul’s to do so in this way.  

The Benefits

  • Givers benefit from PGS because it is secure, confidential and easy to use

  • No cost implications to churches (the diocese pays admin fees)

  • Gift Aid is calculated automatically

  • Our church volunteers are freed from the usual stewardship admin 

  • If you currently give by bank transfer, thank you!

  • If you are a new giver, or thinking about giving to St Paul’s, thank you!

Your gift is warmly appreciated...but please transfer to the Parish Giving Scheme by scanning the QR code in chuch. 

How it works (an example only)

  •  £50 is donated to St Paul’s

  • The donation arrives at PGS

  • PGS claims 25% Gift Aid—£12.50 extra!

  • St Paul’s receives £50.00 from PGS

  • PGS forwards the additional £12.50 in Gift Aid to St Paul’s

  • The full sum of £62.50 enables St Paul’s to grow and plan ahead confidently. THANK YOU

  • Eco Church at St Paul’s - an Arocha UK Bronze Eco-Church

Church Heating

Spring is progressing and we shall soon turn off the church heating for a few months. In hot weather, churches can often feel cool; please consider bringing an extra layer to wear when you visit.

The Notices is issued fortnightly on Thursdays; upcoming dates are 14 and 28 May.

Please scroll down and click to read full editions of The Notices.

Please send content to the office (see below) by 1.00 pm on Wednesdays.

For general matters please contact the church office: admin@stpaulsyork.org.uk

01904 658820 m: 07735 553679

In case of urgent pastoral need please ring the office mobile

07735 553679.