"wonderful weekend full of space for grace"

13-15 FEB 26

York University

a diverse all-age festival

Rediscover how you can flourish in your faith

speakers | workshops | worship | activities | inspiration

A huge thank you to everyone who has helped make Flourish 2026 a success! A large event such as this relies on the sacrificial effort and commitment of many people. Thank you to everyone who has helped in any capacity: Contributors, speakers, musicians, and workshop leaders | All the staff at the University of York | All the organisations in our Marketplace | The Children, Youth & Family team | Our vast number of volunteers, from Stewards, Chaplains, Hosts, Tech & Photography | Set dressing, prayer stations, and installations by the Ripon & Lower Dales Mission Area Team | The craft project by South Bank Studios artist Katie Hill | The Yurt venue and everything from The Kairos Movement | Our safeguarding and first aid professionals | Our core planning team, headed up by our event manager Naomi Prince | And of course, our event sponsors: Methodist Insurance and All We Can
Thank you to everyone who attended, helped, or engaged with a fantastic weekend of inspiration, celebration, worship & renewal

Our theme for 2026...

Rediscovering our place together in God’s big tapestry

Rediscovering

curiosity at the heart of faith

Includes sessions that focus on bible study and learning, exploring our thinking & stories

Rediscovering

justice at the heart of life

Includes sessions that focus on our actions and living, exploring experience & creativity

Rediscovering

God’s call at the heart of you

Includes sessions that focus on ministry and leadership, exploring worship & our passions

Rediscovering

revolution at the heart of church

Includes sessions that focus on pioneering and spirituality, exploring openness to new ideas

Discover more

Details about our weekend of inspiration, celebration, worship & renewal. Click on the boxes to navigate to detailed information about the weekend:

Highlights Video (Coming Soon!)

Session Recordings (coming soon!)

Some of our contributors

Zac Carpenter | Siskin Green | Ruth Valerio

John and Jade Reynolds

Adrian Plass | Trey Hall

President and Vice-President

of the Methodist Conference

The Kairos Movement

All We Can | Joint Public Issues Team

and many more…

Get ready for the weekend

Flourish 2026 playlist

If you want to familiarise yourself with the music at Flourish 2026 you can listen to our Spotify playlist which contains music that will be included within worship and concerts over the weekend!

sustainability

The District is committed to becoming net zero by 2040 and this has been taken into consideration in the planning of Flourish. We are thrilled to have a sustainability statement which shows just how committed we are to keeping Flourish in line with our Net Zero goals.

safeguarding

Flourish is committed to being as safe an event as possible. Please see below links to the Flourish Safeguarding Risk Assessment. 

Brought to you by...

Yorkshire North and East Methodist District
(Lead Sponsor: Methodist Insurance)
Find out more here:
www.yorkshirenemethodist.org

Open to all

be INSPIRED
be CHALLENGED
REFLECT and be RENEWED
have FUN and LAUGHTER
your HEART STRANGELY WARMED
be EQUIPPED to FLOURISH

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