Within Kairos we look for inspiration in ancient practices, Christian tradition and modern creativity for our worship. We emphasise particiupation and story-sharing in worship, and so you are less likely to find someone offering a sermon, but rather opening a conversation. We love to evolve our worship collectively, and so we experiment regularly, and are just as likely to be worshipping outside, using natural materials, as inside using liturgy. Our aim, however, remains the same as any gathering of worshipping people, to facilitate and encounter with God and with one another, at a deep and meaningful level, while still allowing for the playful.
Divine Focus is a gathering of photography enthusiast, who find photography a spiritual process, and a conversation with the divine. We choose a theme each month, and share our photos, to help us tell our stories and reveal God’s word to us for that day.
A monthly story-telling gathering based on the popular Tenx9 event. Five people, contribute five stories, each five minutes long drawing on the theme for the evening. After listening to the contributions those gathered then discuss what we’ve heard, and share our own stories in response. If appropriate, we may then respond with a short time of prayer.
Soul Space was an early incarnation of FiveX5, in that it shared the idea of worship being curated from individuals submissions of poems, readings, reflections, images and shared with those gathered, and recorded for later viewing.
Selby Street, one of Kairos’ partners hosts an act of worship each Friday. This takes place in a very relaxed way, and is often punctuated by new arrivals, and steered by those participating, but is warm and spirit filled.
Meeting monthly, the Nomad Podcast chat group, decide in advance on an episode to listen to from Nomad’s back catalogue (prior to the meeting), and then meet for an hour to discuss our reactions and emerging thoughts.
For personal devotional activities or prayer and meditation based events, check out the following.
We encourage a personal rhythm of prayer, but also to gather in triplets, small groups or even in a large group to pray with others. We offer zoom prayers each week that are open to everyone, morning and evening and space for meditation once a week.
We love the opportunity to share stories, and many of our activities contain the opportunity to both hear and share story. We host several events monthly, that offer the opportunity for conversation, and story sharing.
Over our time as a movement, we’ve recorded, published and shared resources we’ve found personally helpful. On our website, youtube channel and through our podcasts you will find recordings of our worship times, meditations, prayers and reflections to view.
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It is a relaxed time, although often 'interrupted' (in a good way) and very much shaped by who is there, and what is going on for… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
A small group, of between 4 and 12 presently meet each Sunday morning in-person, at Acomb Methodist Church at 9:15 am to pray through a simple liturgy of Northumbrian Morning Prayer. It is a simple structure, with very short bible verses and a reflection, and time for us to share openly in prayer for around… Read More »Northumbrian morning prayer
Divine Focus is a small spiritually focussed Kairos gathering, for those people who enjoy the creativity of photography, and for whom an image really is worth a thousand words. Inspired by a monthly theme, and short associated bible reading you are encouraged to take, or draw from your back catalogue, six photos which you can… Read More »Divine Focus
A quiet Space via Zoom led by Anne Atherton. Please note, this event will only go ahead if there are at least 3 people registered to attend, and there is a maximum of six, so please contact Anne in advance to register your attendance and confirm your place. Quiet Space Anne uses Music, Poems art… Read More »Quiet Space – OpeN Evening (Requires 3 people to register)
Kairos encourages gathering for prayer in many forms, times and places. For those who work, or who rise early, our weekly morning prayer is a great opportunity to gather with a small number of others, online on Zoom at the start of the day. It is simple in form, with a short liturgy, a piece… Read More »Morning prayer
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It is a relaxed time, although often 'interrupted' (in a good way) and very much shaped by who is there, and what is going on for… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
A small group, of between 4 and 12 presently meet each Sunday morning in-person, at Acomb Methodist Church at 9:15 am to pray through a simple liturgy of Northumbrian Morning Prayer. It is a simple structure, with very short bible verses and a reflection, and time for us to share openly in prayer for around… Read More »Northumbrian morning prayer
Wilderness Pilgrims is our blanket name for those Kairos Groups who sense they are in a time of wilderness and seeking to discover their identity, direction, purpose and community. Some of us use the phrase 'Faith shifting' to describe this. The Nidderdale Pilgrims is a small, newly formed Wilderness group and meets in-person twice a… Read More »WILDERNESS Pilgrims (NIDDERDALE)
Kairos encourages gathering for prayer in many forms, times and places. For those who work, or who rise early, our weekly morning prayer is a great opportunity to gather with a small number of others, online on Zoom at the start of the day. It is simple in form, with a short liturgy, a piece… Read More »Morning prayer
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It is a relaxed time, although often 'interrupted' (in a good way) and very much shaped by who is there, and what is going on for… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
A quiet Space via Zoom led by Anne Atherton. This event is a static group, comprising six people, who meet together with Anne, using the Quiet space techniques, but in a closed group enabling for deeper sharing. 'This intimate space takes place via Zoom in the comfort of your own home'. Unfortunately, the current group… Read More »Quiet SPACE – Grass Roots Group
Kairos encourages gathering for prayer in many forms, times and places. For those who work, or who rise early, our weekly morning prayer is a great opportunity to gather with a small number of others, online on Zoom at the start of the day. It is simple in form, with a short liturgy, a piece… Read More »Morning prayer
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It is a relaxed time, although often 'interrupted' (in a good way) and very much shaped by who is there, and what is going on for… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
Wilderness Pilgrims is our blanket name for those Kairos Groups who sense they are in a time of wilderness and seeking to discover their identity, direction, purpose and community. Some of us use the phrase 'Faith shifting' to describe this. The Nidderdale Pilgrims is a small, newly formed Wilderness group and meets in-person twice a… Read More »WILDERNESS Pilgrims (NIDDERDALE)
Kairos encourages gathering for prayer in many forms, times and places. For those who work, or who rise early, our weekly morning prayer is a great opportunity to gather with a small number of others, online on Zoom at the start of the day. It is simple in form, with a short liturgy, a piece… Read More »Morning prayer
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It is a relaxed time, although often 'interrupted' (in a good way) and very much shaped by who is there, and what is going on for… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
On the first Sunday of the Month, 10:30 am you are invited to join the Kairos Movement, and those from around the world who are part of the digital diaspora which developed over lockdown! We join for a time of Bible Study. This is a stripped-down gathering, centred on the bible, and followed by a… Read More »Sunday Zoom Bible Study Worship
A quiet Space via Zoom led by Anne Atherton. Please note, this event will only go ahead if there are at least 3 people registered to attend, and there is a maximum of six, so please contact Anne in advance to register your attendance and confirm your place. Quiet Space Anne uses Music, Poems art… Read More »Quiet Space – OpeN Evening (Requires 3 people to register)
Kairos encourages gathering for prayer in many forms, times and places. For those who work, or who rise early, our weekly morning prayer is a great opportunity to gather with… Read More »Morning prayer
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
Wilderness Pilgrims is our blanket name for those Kairos Groups who sense they are in a time of wilderness and seeking to discover their identity, direction, purpose and community. Some… Read More »WILDERNESS Pilgrims (NIDDERDALE)
Kairos encourages gathering for prayer in many forms, times and places. For those who work, or who rise early, our weekly morning prayer is a great opportunity to gather with… Read More »Morning prayer
The Selby Street Mission We invite and encourage any of our Kairos friends, to drop in and join Selby Street for their weekly worship between 10am and Midday weekly. It… Read More »Selby Street Mission Gatherings
A quiet Space via Zoom led by Anne Atherton. This event is a static group, comprising six people, who meet together with Anne, using the Quiet space techniques, but in… Read More »Quiet SPACE – Grass Roots Group