Past Events 2025

Special Horsforth Pentecost Celebration – Sunday 8th June 7-9pm at The Grove Centre

Let’s celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit – in birthing the church at Pentecost AND in His ongoing work today in our mission across Horsforth in its many forms.

Everyone is welcome to join us for:

• Worship
• Information and faith stories
• Fellowship
• Prayer
• and of course…cake!

Hosted by Horsforth Chaplaincy Project.

Horsforth Beer and Music Festival Fri 6th and Sat 7th June at St Margaret’s Church

Join us at St. Margaret’s Church Horsforth for a day filled with great music and delicious beer. Get ready to enjoy live performances from local bands while sipping on a variety of craft beers. The festival will have three sessions:

• Friday 6th June 5pm-10pm with headliners Go Your Own Way which will be adults only
• Saturday 7th June 12-5pm- The family friendly session!
• Saturday 7th June 5pm-10pm with Old Skool Anthems headlining which is adults only!

A variety of tickets from single sessions (£6.13 / £3.41 for 16-17 yr olds, free for under 16’s) to whole day (£11.55) to whole weekend (£16.96)

Kidical Mass Bike Ride Sat 7th June 1.30pm meet outside Grove Church

For the second year running HCA are hosting a Kidical Mass bike ride in conjunction with Leeds Cycling Campaign

Meet outside The Grove Church on Saturday 7th June at 1:30pm with your bike and helmet. the ride will be about 6 miles and will include some flat and some hilly sections.

This is a family friendly event and all ages are welcome if they are able to complete the distance. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Grove Cinema Friday 6th June 6.45pm ‘Saving Private Ryan’

An epic Steven Spielberg film set in France in 1944 shortly after the Normandy invasion. The story of a squad of U.S. Army soldiers on a perilous assignment behind enemy lines. The mission: to risk their lives to save the life of one man, paratrooper James Ryan, whose brothers have been killed in action.

Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore.

Entrance on New St, free but donations welcome to cover costs.

Family Film Afternoon Sat 31st May 2.30pm at The Grove Centre – ‘SING’

Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars dapper Koala Buster Moon who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he takes one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition. Five contestants emerge: a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine.

This Family Film Afternoon showing will be in an informal setting with a separate soft play area set up for younger children who prefer not to stay for the whole film. Plus there will be our regular ice cream and sprinkles at the interval!

19th – 23rd May

Thurs 22nd May 10am-3pm Dementia Experience Bus – at Lister Hill Baptist Church (nr Old Ball)

ALPHA course (Sundays at 6.30pm from Sun 11th May)

Alpha is a place to freely explore the basics of the Christian faith in an open, friendly environment. Everyone’s welcome, no matter your background or beliefs. Come with your questions and thoughts. It is an 8 week course which started on Sunday 11th May at Cragg Hill Baptist Church, but there’s still time to join. Contact Duncan Stow for more details duncan@horsforthchaplaincy.org

Commemoration of VE day – 80th Anniversary Thurs 8th May 6pm -9.30pm

Meet at Stanhope Stone 6pm for wreath laying, proceed to Horsforth Hall Park for wreath laying at Cenotaph, followed by live music, reflection and then lighting of Beacon at 9.30pm.

Perfectly Pitched Thurs 8th May 1pm at St Margaret’s

The fabulous baritone Neil Balfour returns, this time accompanied by Chris Pulleyn on the piano – don’t miss this great performance.

Refreshments served from 12 noon, concert at 1pm, free but donations welcome.

Annual Green Gardening Fair Sat – 3rd May 2-4pm at St Margaret’s – Horsforth Climate Action

Come and exchange your seedlings for something new, or just come along and pick up some new plants ready for summer! Plus composting info and advice, plant pot giveaway/exchange and kids crafts.

All donations of surplus seedlings are welcome (edible or ornamental), just bring on the day.

Grove Cinema Friday 2nd May 6.30pm (film at 7pm) ‘WILDING’

In conjunction with Horsforth Climate Action.
Documentary based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. They battle entrenched tradition, and dare to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments.

Free but donations welcome to cover costs. Entrance on New St, refreshments in interval.

CHOIR FESTIVAL at St James’ Sat 26th April 6pm

After last year’s popular event, St James’ on Low Lane are having another CHOIR FESTIVAL featuring these 5 local choirs: Horsforth Community Choir, three choirs from the Horsforth Music Centre and MOSS (Men Only Singing Songs from Ben Rhydding).

Tickets only £5 and include interval refreshments.

**POSTPONED** THE WORSHIP ROOM Friday 25th April 7 -9pm Cragg Hill Baptist Church

Jake has decided that he needs to pause The Worship Room sessions for now, due to other pressing commitments. We will keep you posted on this page as to any future sessions. Thanks.

Sunrise Service Easter Sunday 20th April 5.30am Hunger Hills

Meet at the Viewing Board in Hunger Hills Woods for a lovely short service celebrating the resurrection of Christ.
(Apologies for the mix-up on the start time!)

Easter Egg Hunt at St James’ SAT 19th APRIL 10 – 12

‘Our very popular Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Saturday – children young and old are invited to join in! It’s one of our ways of celebrating Easter and God’s love of fun.  There’ll be prizes of sweets for egg finders, a chocolate tombola, Easter crafts and refreshments and a chance to meet the characters from the Easter story.’ 

GOOD FRIDAY 18th April – WALK OF WITNESS & OUTDOOR SERVICE OF REFLECTION

11.30 am: Walk of Witness Everyone meet outside Central Methodist (near Library) – Follow the cross and sing hymns along Town St

12 noon: Outdoor service at The Green

12.30 pm: Hot Cross Buns and Soup at The Grove

ALL WELCOME!

Pop-up event on the Grove Grass – Sat 12th April 10am – 3pm: Free bacon butties, palm crosses and more

Everyone welcome to this pre-Easter event on the grass in front of The Grove Church on Town Street. Why not drop by for free food:

• 10 – 11.30am: Bacon Butties
• 11.30am -1.30pm: Soup
• 1.30 -3pm: Cake

Get your palm cross and leaflet about Holy Week and the meaning of Easter Sunday.

‘We look forward to meeting you.’

Everyone welcome!

LENT TALKS – ‘An Illustrated Creed’ at St Margaret’s Sun evenings from 9th March 6.30pm

This series uses famous paintings to reflect on our beliefs as expressed in the Nicene Creed.

• 9th Mar We believe in one God
• 16th Mar We believe in one Lord
• 23rd Mar He came down from heaven
• 30th Mar He rose from the dead
• 6th April We believe in the Holy Spirit
• 13th April We believe in one church

CLOTHES SWAP by Horsforth Climate Action SAT 5th APRIL 2-4pm at St Margaret’s

Bring along your unwanted good quality clothing (no underwear, swimwear or nightwear) and receive up to 5 tokens to exchange for New to You items.

There will also be a school uniform exchange, a chance to learn how to make simple repairs to your own clothes, kids crafts and much more.

FAMILY FILM AFTERNOON at The Grove Centre Disney’s TANGLED – SAT 5th April 2.30pm

Relaxed Family Friendly screening – all welcome, toys out in side room for little ones, refreshments in interval, free but donations welcome to cover license costs.

Stolen from her parents’ castle as a baby, princess Rapunzel is locked in a hidden tower, longing for adventure. Now an imaginative and determined teenager, she takes off on hilarious, hair-raising escapades with the help of a dashing bandit. With the secret of her royal heritage hanging in the balance and her captor in pursuit, Rapunzel and her cohort find adventure, heart, humour, and hair…lots of hair.

GROVE CINEMA next film Friday 4th April ‘The Fabelmans’

The Fabelmans is directed by the famous Steven Spielberg and stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Seth Rogen. Movies are dreams that you never forget. Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Free admission, donations welcome. Entrance on New Street.

The Worship Room Friday 21st Mar 7pm at Cragg Hill Baptist Church

Come and join in with an evening of contemporary worship – everyone welcome!

It’s helpful if you book via this link

Perfectly Pitched Thurs 13th March 1pm at St Margaret’s Woodwind Trio

Come and hear Deborah, Liz and Julia play together at this next concert – accessible venue, informal atmosphere, great music!

Free but donations welcome, refreshments from 12 noon.

Covid 19 Day of Reflection Sun 9th March 1 -3pm at The Green

2025 marks five years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic that changed many of our lives forever.

Horsforth Community Assets Project (HCAP) and Horsforth Town Council invites the community to join them in marking this significant milestone on the Covid 19 National Day of Reflection. A chance to:

• Remember and commemorate lives lost
• Reflect on the sacrifices made and the resilience shown
• Pay tribute to the work of health and social care staff, front line workers, researchers, volunteers and neighbours.

What to expect – refreshments, collective minute reflection, community activity, music, poetry. (Cafe Yoga will also be open for warming drinks.)

Grove Cinema Friday 7th March 6.45pm ‘Les Miserables’

Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway.

A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel about a recently-released prisoner named Jean Valjean struggling to survive during the French revolution.

Free admission, donations welcome to cover costs of licences, refreshments in the interval.

‘GET GROWING’ Horsforth Climate Action Saturday 1st March 2 – 4pm at St Margaret’s Church

Not sure about how to ‘get growing’ this spring? Come along for free seeds, nature friendly giveaways, tips on composting, and kids activities, including a great new video game Secrets of Soil.

Free and open to everyone!

Repair Cafe runs alongside this in the Parish Centre 1 – 4pm.

Family Film Afternoon Sat 22nd Feb 2.30pm at The Grove Centre – Disney Film MOANA

All families welcome, craft tables and tots play area, ice cream and sprinkles in the interval. Donations welcome to cover costs.

From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated adventure about a spirited teenager who sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and fulfil her ancestors’ unfinished quest. During her journey, she meets the once-mighty demi-god Maui, and together, they traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous fiery creatures and impossible odds.

Jigsaw Sale – Sat 22nd Feb 10 – 12.30 at Central Methodist

Browse jigsaws and grab a bacon butty and a cuppa!

The Worship Room Friday 21st Feb 7pm at Cragg Hill Baptist Church

Come and join in with an evening of contemporary worship – everyone welcome!

It’s helpful if you book via this link

Climate Conversation – Air Quality and Local Action Thurs 20th Feb 6.30 – 8.15pm at St Margaret’s

Horsforth Climate Action invite you to join in this Climate Conversation – an opportunity to hear from experts based in Leeds on air pollution and to discuss how communities can respond to the challenge.

Light refreshments provided, feel free to bring any additional refreshments for yourself.

Perfectly Pitched NEXT CONCERT Thurs 13th Feb 1pm

Join us for the first concert of 2025 when Valerie Barr will return with her fantastic accordion playing to delight us all.

Free but donations welcome, refreshments from 12 noon.

GROVE CINEMA Friday 7th Feb 6.45pm ‘TOP GUN MAVERICK’ (2022)

Starring Tom Cruise – Maverick confronts his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission.

All welcome – Free but donations welcome to cover costs. Entrance on New St, refreshments in interval.

Horsforth Climate Action Saturday – Sat 1st Feb 2 -4pm St Margaret’s Church

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse and Regift at this first HCA Saturday event of the year!

• Bring an an unwanted gift or a good condition second hand item and exchange it for something you want! (No electricals)
• Bring unused tech to be wiped and given to those who need them – laptops, tablets, mobile phones all welcome
• Bring aluminium cans – to raise money for Medecins sans Frontieres
• Bring the kids to enjoy activities!

Find out more about Horsforth Climate Action on their website

WEDS 29th Jan 7.30pm at Cragg Hill Baptist NEXT CHURCHES TOGETHER MEETING

(Rearranged from original date of 8th Jan)

All welcome to come and discuss the year ahead and how we work together effectively. This meeting will include our AGM.

Pulpit Swap Sunday 19th January

As in previous years, it has been arranged for church leaders and lay preachers/speakers to swap across our churches on Sunday 19th January, to promote unity, mutual understanding and good relationships between us. See who you will be welcoming to your church in the table below!

The Worship Room Friday 17th Jan 7pm at Cragg Hill Baptist Church

Come and join in with an evening of contemporary worship – everyone welcome!

It’s helpful if you book via this link

Healing Service Thurs 16th Jan 7pm at St Mary’s Church

This is a beautiful opportunity to pray for healing for yourself or others, whether physical, psychological, or spiritual. Remember Jesus is alive, and miracles can and do happen! Everyone is welcome, including non-Catholics and those of no faith – all that is needed is an openness to Jesus.

REMINDER: Messy Church is coming up

Sun 12th Jan 4 -5.30pm at The Grove Church CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Sun 19th Jan 4-5.30pm ast St James’ Woodside