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VisitYork Minster is a living church with a thriving community made up of people of all ages. For many, York Minster is their regular place of worship, as part of one or more of our Sunday and weekday congregations.
There are lots of ways to get involved with the Minster Community, from simply attending services to joining one of our committees.
One of the easiest ways to get to know people is to join us for coffee after the 10am Sunday service. This is also a good way to find out about upcoming Minster Community events, which are organised by the Social Group.
York Minster offers a variety of opportunities for children and young people to learn and grow and to engage with the stories, seasons and symbols of the Christian faith in age-appropriate ways. For more information about any of the groups below, contact cypm@yorkminster.org.
In term time, two groups meet each Sunday during the 10am service:
To join either of these groups, please follow the cross to the South Quire Aisle during the second hymn.
Minster Mice is a fun, fortnightly service aimed at pre-school aged children and their parents/carers. We meet on alternate Wednesdays in term time at the high altar for songs, stories, crafts and refreshments from 10am-11.30am.
Other opportunities
Children and young people can also share in the work and worship of the Minster through serving, reading and singing in regular worship. If you are interested in exploring Baptism, Communion before Confirmation or Confirmation for your child, you can find further details here.
You can also find full details of York Minster’s Safeguarding policy here.
Every three years, we hold the Minster Community Elections, and everyone in our cathedral family is warmly invited to take part. If you are aged 16 or over and you worship, volunteer or work at the Minster, you are eligible to join the Minster Community Roll, our electoral register. The latest elections were due to be held in June 2020. In discussion with Chapter and the current members of the Committee, it has been agreed that the elections will be postponed until Spring 2021 and current representatives will serve for an additional year. When these elections are held next year, they will be for a two-year term so that the election of our representatives remains aligned with the cycle of elections for Deanery Synod.
The elections appoint a new Minster Community Committee*, and elect Minster Community representatives to our Cathedral Council and to York Deanery Synod – more information about these bodies and the work they do can be found here. Full details of the Spring 2021 election process will be published in due course.
We will be using the current Minster Community Roll for the 2021 elections. It is important that our elections have the benefit of reliably up-to-date contact details for everyone who wants to be involved in this important event in the Minster’s life. If you are already on the Roll, and none of your details have changed since you joined it, you don’t need to do anything. If you need to update your details, or you are not yet on the Roll and would like to be added, please complete a Minster Community Roll application form and return it to: Minster Community Roll, Church House, 10-14 Ogleforth, York, YO1 7JN. Once we are fully out of lockdown, application forms will once again be available from the Minster Community table in the Chapter House Vestibule on Sunday mornings, from the Vestry and from Church House Reception.
For more information, please contact Andy Oates, Chapter Clerk, at Church House, 10-14 Ogleforth, York, YO1 7JN (email chapterclerk@yorkminster.org, direct line 01904 557210).
The Committee of the Minster Community is elected by members of the Cathedral Community Roll and seeks to encourage the life and mission of the Minster.
There are a number of sub-groups where members of the Community Committee are joined by other members of the community to contribute to various areas of church life.
Sub-groups
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