Christian Selvaratnam

We all went to see Boro play York at a pre-season friendly tonight. Not a great game and a rather dissapointing 2-2 score.

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Yesterday I went to my first Deanery Chapter lunch.  The Chapter is the group of clergy in the various churches and chaplaincies in the local area (called the Deanery).
During the meeting Rev’d Tim Jones from St Hilda’s Church & St Lawrence in York spoke about his recent protest in a local stationery shop.  It started [...]

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I took the kids into town this afternoon for the baptisms outside St Mikes.  As last year, the Arch Bishshop of York, John Sentamu, was leading the activities.
Here’s a pic (taken by holding my camera in the air as I couldn’t see!)

Here’s the BBC coverage.

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This is a clip produduced by York University Christian Union for this Easter.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3-k4KJ8LQ

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We went into York this afternoon to see what was happening at the York Viking weekend.
Lunch was from the European market in Parliament Street and Amanda and the children had pudding at Milkshack - where you choose any combination of chocolates and they blend it up into a milkshake … nice. BTW I passed on [...]

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St Michael le Belfrey now has a sermon podcast. You can subscribe via iTunes here:
St Michael le Belfrey Church podcast on iTunes
… or get the just the feed here:
feeds.feedburner.com/stmichaelsyork

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There has been some great coverage of the Easter Outdoor Baptisms in York this year. Here’s some of the links:

York County Press
AOL
Metro.co.uk
MSN
CBS
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Tiscali News
The Guardian
The Lancashire Evening Post
One Voice York

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I’ve just recorded a short interview for BBC Radio York which will be broadcast in the breakfast programme tomorrow morning as part of a feature on a new report about church attendance in the UK.
My bit - which is likely to be edited down to 90 seconds is about G2 as an example of a [...]

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Besom is being launches in York on Monday.
Besom exists to form a bridge between a church and its community linking something someone wants to give, whether it is time, money or things, and finds someone who genuinely needs it.
The emphasis is on making it easy for people to give, taking what they have to offer [...]

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LUX is a scheme involving graduate and undergraduate students in ‘light’ projects that illunminate York landmarks after dark.
The displays that I’ve seen are amazingly striking picking out historic sites that you might have walked past and hardly noticed in the past. If you live in York then make sure you see them before they [...]

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