Are you free on Saturday 25 October? If so it would be great if you could pass by or help out at our fundraiser at St Crux (near The Shambles) for a shift anytime between 8.30am-4.30pm. We'll be running a cafe and bake sale with homemade cakes, plus selling our new Capturing York 2026 calendars and Christmas cards, together with wooden Christmas decorations and merchandise!

We're raising funds towards our work, including mission and social transformation. We're looking for people to help serve or sell on the day, or bake some lovely cakes. See here to sign up to volunteer or bake. Email fundraising@belfrey.org for further details. Thank you!

Kintsugi Hope is a UK charity that partners with the local church to support people with their mental and emotional wellbeing through a programme of Wellbeing Groups. We will be running our own Wellbeing Group at The Well Prayer House between 5pm and 6.30pm. The group will run for 12 weeks, beginning on September 17th. 

We would love for you to invite those you know at work, or in your area, to come along and receive some tools to help with worry, stress, resilience and more.

If you have any questions or would like to know more, you can get in touch at zoe.king@belfrey.org.

Come join us for Belfrey Messy Church. A space for families to gather together for fun, for creative activities, crafts and conversations whatever your faith background. There is no cost, just come along for some fun on a Sunday afternoon.

We’d love to be encouraging our Belfrey families to be inviting friends along, particularly those who might not have any faith background.

Do you have an eye for photography? We’re inviting you to send in your best images of York and enter our ‘Capturing York’ Photography Competition!

We’re looking for your images of York’s landmarks and landscapes across the seasons, to feature in a Belfrey 2026 Fundraising Calendar, as well as beautiful wintry or Christmassy shots for a charity Christmas card. 

Find out more here and don’t forget to enter by this date!!

Running for 10 weeks starting on Wednesday 30th April, we are excited to be running a new Alpha course this summer term, this time in the afternoons. Aimed at those who might struggle with evenings, such as those who are retired, students or parents who find childcare difficult, this course will run each week from 1:30pm until around 2:30pm.

Alpha is a series of conversations that looks into questions of life, faith and God. Each week you’ll join an in person group and watch a 25 minute video on various topics exploring the Christian faith, then afterwards chat with others and have honest and open discussions. Topics can vary from Who is Jesus? and How can we have faith? to Why and how do I pray? and How does God guide us?

Contact claire.elwood@belfrey.org for more information or to express your interest in joining.

Come join us for Belfrey Messy Church. A space for families to gather together for fun, for creative activities, crafts and conversations whatever your faith background. There is no cost, just come along for some fun on a Sunday afternoon.

This month we’ll be looking at Spring and Mothering Sunday

We’d love to be encouraging our Belfrey families to be inviting friends along, particularly those who might not have any faith background.

Events Upcoming:

• 27th April

• 25th May

An afternoon of rest and renewal for parents of adult children with autism.
We'll meet once a month with refreshments provided and we'll spend time in worship and supporting each other. 

For more information contact claire.elwood@belfrey.org and let us know you are coming by signing up on the event page.

Events Upcoming:

• 30th March

• 27th April

• 25th May

Come join us for Belfrey Messy Church. A space for families to gather together for fun, for creative activities, crafts and conversations whatever your faith background. There is no cost, just come along for some fun on a Sunday afternoon.

Additional dates for the upcoming term are:

• 23rd February

• 30th March

• 27th April

• 25th May

Our temporary home in the De Grey Rooms will be open to the public between 10am - 3pm. Come and take a look around this historic building to see the wonderful ballroom, see how we are using it currently as a church and learn about our current renovation project for our building on High Petergate.

Join us for our launch evening of Alpha where we’ll have food together and learn more about the upcoming course. It’s a great way to ask more questions and investigate what Alpha is all about without making any commitments.

Alpha will then run for 10 weeks every Tuesday with each session including a meal, short talk and time of discussion to share thoughts and ask questions about what you’ve heard. It is a great space to think and ask questions about life without any pressure.

Whatever questions you’ve got, you can ask them at Alpha.

For more details and to book on, head to belfrey.org/alpha

Join us to celebrate Christmas at this interactive, family-friendly service as we learn about the Christmas story together, telling it piece by piece and finishing with a beautiful candle-lit carol!

Our 4pm service will be an interactive, Messy Church style Christingle, with activities, crafts, story and carols. Everyone is welcome, but especially suitable for pre-school/young primary aged children.

Our 5:30pm service will be a more traditional family-friendly Christingle service, with carols and a short talk.

Join us for our annual Carol Service in York Minster. All are welcome so do be inviting friends and neighbours. Doors will open at 6:45pm and the service will start at 7:30pm and last for around an hour. We’ll spend time hearing from the Word, singing carols and more.

If you are new, welcome! We'd love you to join us for a meal to get to know you and help you get more connected with the life of our church here and meet some of the team. 

You can just come along but it's helpful to know in advance if you are able to make it for food numbers and if you have any allergies. Get in touch with claire.elwood@belfrey.org if you're hoping to come along. 
If you are in our congregation already but want to help welcome people or are planning to invite others along, let us know! All are very welcome. 

If you are new, welcome! We'd love you to join us for a meal to get to know you and help you get more connected with the life of our church here and meet some of the team. 

You can just come along but it's helpful to know in advance if you are able to make it for food numbers and if you have any allergies. Get in touch with claire.elwood@belfrey.org if you're hoping to come along. 
If you are in our congregation already but want to help welcome people or are planning to invite others along, let us know! All are very welcome. 

Alpha is a series of conversations that looks into questions of life, faith and God. Each week you’ll join an in person group and watch a 25 minute video on various topics exploring the Christian faith, then afterwards chat with others and have honest and open discussions. Topics can vary from Who is Jesus? and How can we have faith? to Why and how do I pray? and How does God guide us?

Join us for our launch evening on the 1st October where you can get a taste of the course. If you decide to join us for the whole course, we’ll then be running for 10 weeks each Tuesday in the De Grey Rooms from 7:30pm with one Saturday session in November (this is often people’s favourite part of the course!)

Let us know if you’re hoping to come or send any questions to alpha@belfrey.org

Come join us for Belfrey Messy Church. A space for families to gather together for fun, for creative activities, crafts and conversations whatever your faith background. There is no cost, just come along for some fun on a Sunday afternoon.

We’d love to be encouraging our Belfrey families to be inviting friends along, particularly those who might not have any faith background.

All the upcoming dates for you diary:

• 27th October

• 24th November

If you are new, welcome! We'd love you to join us for a meal to get to know you and help you get more connected with the life of our church here and meet some of the team. 

You can just come along but it's helpful to know in advance if you are able to make it for food numbers and if you have any allergies. Get in touch with claire.elwood@belfrey.org if you're hoping to come along. 
If you are in our congregation already but want to help welcome people or are planning to invite others along, let us know! All are very welcome. 

Come join us for Belfrey Messy Church. A space for families to gather together for fun, for creative activities, crafts and conversations whatever your faith background. There is no cost, just come along for some fun on a Sunday afternoon.

We’d love to be encouraging our Belfrey families to be inviting friends along, particularly those who might not have any faith background.

All the upcoming dates for you diary:

• 26th May

• 23rd June

• 21st July

Journey with the characters from the Easter story to the cross. A family-friendly event with interactive activities and crafts.

Stay for refreshments and a hot cross bun after the service.

Come join us for Belfrey Messy Church. A space for families to gather together for fun, for creative activities, crafts and conversations whatever your faith background. There is no cost, just come along for some fun on a Sunday afternoon.

We’d love to be encouraging our Belfrey families to be inviting friends along, particularly those who might not have any faith background.

All the upcoming dates for you diary:

• 24th March

• 21st April

• 26th May

• 23rd June

• 21st July

Dads and Little ‘Uns is starting back up again this year in Belfrey Hall.

It is open to all dads, grandads, godfathers and all father figures and for their children aged 0-10(ish). It is designed to offer the opportunity to spend more time with the kids and meet other dads whilst mum maybe has a lie in! There's free bacon butties, bottomless filter coffee and newspapers for the dads. Juice, biscuits, crafts and endless fun for the kids.

Future Dates:

• 20th April

• 18th May

• 15th June

• 20th July

If you’re new to The Belfrey, we’d love to invite you to a welcome lunch! It’s a great way to get connected, find out more about the church and meet some people. Let us know you’re coming and tell us of any dietary requirements below.

Come and learn more about the Alpha Course and what it's like to attend, ahead of this term's cohort. Alpha is a 10-week course run on Tuesday evenings, where we hear about one of life's big questions and have the chance to ask some of our own in a safe and welcoming environment. Weaving in the hope of Jesus, this is a great course to attend if you are new to Christianity or curious about it. Everyone is welcome, whether you're attending by yourself or with a group! Attending this Launch Night doesn't mean you have to do the whole course - just come and have a taste!

Find out more and sign up at belfrey.org/alpha

We're launching our Saturday Foodbank session at the start of February, in partnership with York Foodbank, to support people who are experiencing food poverty. Interested in being part of the team to make this happen? Come along to this information session to learn more about what is involved in being a foodbank volunteer. There'll be opportunity to ask questions and also to sign up to be part of the team to serve once a month or more. More details from Alison Dawson (alison.dawson@belfrey.org).

Join us to celebrate Christmas at this interactive, family-friendly service as we learn about the Christmas story together, telling it piece by piece and finishing with a beautiful candle-lit carol!

We'll be holding two Christingle services this year, one at 4pm and the second at 5:30pm. The 4pm is now fully-booked - we'd love to see you at the 5.30!

It’s a quiet contemplative service for those who might be struggling during this time or not looking forward to Christmas this year.

Join us for our annual Carol Service in York Minster. All are welcome so do be inviting friends and neighbours.

Doors will open at 6:45pm and the service will start at 7:30pm and last for around an hour. We’ll spend time hearing from the Word, singing carols and more.

Welcome to The Belfrey! If you are new or still trying to find your place in the church and get connected with others, we'd love to invite you to our welcome lunch. 

We'll be sharing food together, a time of community and one of our clergy will share some vision about our church and who we are.

Sign up here to let us know you’re coming and to help us prep any dietary requirements.