Over the summer, our Growth Groups will be doing a five week series looking at holiness. The two growth groups we will be meeting together - starting on Wednesday 23rd July, and continuing on Tuesday evenings for the following four weeks.



The flyer can be downloaded as a PDF file here.

Here is the workbook the series is based on.

Some people from REC may be attending Opera in the Park on Saturday 26 July. Please let Doug or Denise know if you are interested in attending as they will need to organise tickets.

"Enjoy a fabulous evening of classical music and entertainment on Saturday 26 July. Opera North will be joined by leading orchestras to perform a repertoire of music from the movies amid the beautiful surroundings of Temple Newsam Park.

The region's very own Orchestra of Opera North and the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus will once again be performing at Opera in the Park, presenting a programme of well known classics and themes that have featured in the movies, including music by Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and Bizet.

Soloists Anne-Sophie Duprels, Frances Bourne, Edgaras Montvidas and David Kempster will also be performing and the conductor will be Oliver von Dohnányi.

Free tickets

With a capacity of 50,000 for Opera in the Park there are still a limited number of tickets available for the event. They are limited to four per person and must be collected in person...."

New Word Alive is a Christian conference held over the Easter holidays. Some people from REC may be going to week 2 next year (4th - 9th April 2009).

Here is the conference's promotional video.

The latest calendar is now available from here, and the latest notes&news is available to download - see the link on the left side menu.

Eight intrepid walkers left the car park at Kirkby Overblow on the latest Monday Morning Meander - they were a few minutes late because the youngest member of the party had to be dug out of bed! It was cool and cloudy but ideal for walking, and spirits were high as they set off. To begin with the route was straightforward, the views magnificent, and the wildlife varied and beautiful. Cries of delight accompanied the sighting of each new bird or flower and the walkers were even treated to the sight of a fawn bounding across the path.

Blind faith in the map was not rewarded however, and before long the expedition leader was wearing a puzzled frown. Did the path go down this side of the fence or the other, and were our lives in danger from the cow valiantly protecting her calf? After several false turns, a hazardous trek across a building site and two knife edge scrambles under an electric fence, we emerged into idyllic woodland and the grounds of a monastery. After a five minute break for water and a sit down we resumed our trudge, while a few people made wistful remarks about lunch, and others commented that it might have been meant to be an eight mile walk but surely we had done ten already!

Worse was to come! The lamentable decline in the nation's walking habits and the abundant growth of early summer (nettles, brambles, weeds, etc) meant that the remaining paths were almost completely overgrown. What had started as a typical country ramble now became a desperate struggle with almost tropical undergrowth, much of it head high - at least for the shorter members of the party! The aforementioned lie-a-bed now became the expedition's hero as he forged a path through the nettles and laid low the brambles for others to pass. As for our noble leader, she wrapped her map around her legs in a vain attempt to protect herself from stinging weeds.

Despite all obstacles, but rather later than intended, we arrived back in Kirby Overblow for a well deserved lunch. And despite all reports to the contrary, you can see from the photos that everyone had a really great time!




(Click on images to enlarge)

The latest notes&news is available from to download from the left hand side menu of the homepage.

This is a rare opportunity to hear someone at the forefront of academia share insights and principles on the Bible.

Our guest speaker is Peter Williams. Peter is warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge (a centre of Biblical scholarship). Previous posts include Senior Lecturer in New Testament at Aberdeen University, Research Fellow in Old Testament and Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic in Cambridge. He is an excellent speaker, and a good teacher at all levels (from PhD students to children on French beach missions!).

"Not many scholars can speak competently across as many technical fields as can Pete." (D.A. Carson)

The Bible is absolutely key to the Christian faith. This is a day that will greatly increase our appreciation of what God has given us.

Programme, venue and times still to be confirmed - watch this space.

See Conference Flyer