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Celebrating our Mums project for newest church in diocese

Submitted by jane-bower on Mon, 05/03/2018 - 16:19

Newest school in the diocese of Leeds Trinity Lighthouse

Celebrating our mums is the latest project for the newest church in our diocese - Trinity Lighthouse After School Church. Trinity Lighthouse is open to all children at Holy Trinity CoE Primary school...

It's panto time!

Submitted by jane-bower on Tue, 20/02/2018 - 12:40

Echoes of Oh No They’re Not! rang out from the parish hall of St Thomas’s Greetland last week as church and community come together to uphold the long held tradition of the village pantomime. Since...

Top marks for young minds on Ash Wednesday

Submitted by chris.tate on Thu, 15/02/2018 - 16:19

Some 200 pupils engaged with the start of Lent during a special communion and ashing service at St Michael and All Angels CE Primary School, Shelf, in the Bradford Episcopal Area. Revd Andy Greiff...

Pancakes and pretzels mark the start of Lent

Submitted by jane-bower on Mon, 12/02/2018 - 17:10

Pancakes and pretzels are all part of the preparation for Lent at churches and cathedrals across the diocese. On Sunday, St Nicholas, Upper Cumberworth made pretzels from scratch, pictured left, and...

Tom's club needs helpers

Submitted by jane-bower on Wed, 07/02/2018 - 16:18

A kids club which grew out of an ambition to get young people away from their phone and tv screens to explore new things through arts and crafts is about to celebrate its third year and is looking...

Book a summer holiday to remember! Introducing the Ripon Ventures for young people

Find out why each summer young people head for Ripon and two summer ventures held during July and August. Around 240 teenagers and young leaders take part in the Ripon Ventures, led by married clergy couple, Rector of Leeds, Canon Sam Corley, and Curate at St Edmunds Roundhay, the Revd Claire Corley . Read the full story here More information at riponventure.co.uk

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Leeds clergy couple plan to create a summer holiday to remember

Submitted by john-carter on Fri, 05/01/2018 - 17:26

How a Leeds clergy couple plan to create a summer holiday to remember for young people Leeds clergy couple, Sam and Claire Corley (pictured right) , are preparing to provide 240 young people from...

A poem of hope to start the new year from Wakefield Cathedral

Submitted by jane-bower on Thu, 04/01/2018 - 16:46

God knows, God loves, God Cares: 2018 message from Wakefield Cathedral

A poem of hope to start 2018 is the New Year message from Wakefield Cathedral's Acting Dean, the Canon Tony Macpherson. Writing his first column in the local newspaper, the Wakefield Express, Canon...

Bolton Priory’s wintry live nativity draws the crowds

Submitted by john-carter on Mon, 11/12/2017 - 13:14

There were shepherds in the snowy fields surrounding Bolton Abbey near Skipton as a young Mary, Joseph and a donkey travelled through the famous Abbey ruins, recreating the first Christmas at Bolton...

Above and Beyond for Huddersfield's Holy Trinity church

Submitted by jane-bower on Tue, 05/12/2017 - 10:50

Holy Trinity Church in Huddersfield is celebrating a small step in its ambitious five year project to invest in its future for ongoing ministry and witness in the town and beyond. For two centuries,...