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Bishop Colin celebrates 50 years ordained ministry in style

Submitted by john-carter on Sun, 07/09/2014 - 19:14

More than forty people heard Bishop Colin Buchanan, the former Bishop of Woolwich and an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese, deliver a tour de force on Saturday September 6th as he reflected on...

Go on retreat – in Harehills!

Submitted by alison-bogle on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 17:38

Harehills may not be the most obvious place for a spiritual retreat, but on Wednesday 24 September , a group of Christians engaged in mission in the city will be walking the streets as part of a...

Steve Chalke lecture

Submitted by alison-bogle on Mon, 01/09/2014 - 15:04

In October, well known Baptist Minister, the Revd Steve Chalke, will give a lecture entitled 'Faith, Human Sexuality and Relationships' at St Chad's Headingley. This is the launch of a series of...

Bishop Nick visits Leeds Festival

Submitted by alison-bogle on Mon, 25/08/2014 - 09:50

Bishop Nick spent Sunday evening at Leeds Festival - finding a path through the thousands of tents, beer cans and mud, catching a bit of the Arctic Monkeys and seeing the work of the Festival Angels...

Shadwell appeal for Iraq crisis

Submitted by alison-bogle on Mon, 18/08/2014 - 09:50

This weekend, Anglican and Methodist churches in Shadwell came together to make an appeal for refugees fleeing the fighting in Northern Iraq. St Paul's and Shadwell Methodist Church met under canvas...

Christians across the diocese join Prayer Vigil for Iraq

Submitted by john-carter on Sat, 16/08/2014 - 17:12

Christians from every Episcopal Area of the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales have gathered in Leeds to hold a Prayer Vigil for Iraq. More than one hundred people, representing a number of...

Urban Parish Support Officer for Leeds

Submitted by chris-freeman on Fri, 15/08/2014 - 13:56

The Revd Kingsley Dowling has been appointed as Urban Parish Support Officer for the Leeds Episcopal Area. In this one-day a week post (which he’ll combine with his post as Vicar of Wortley &amp...

St Edmund's Roundhay on Songs of Praise

Submitted by alison-bogle on Thu, 14/08/2014 - 16:46

BBC Songs of Praise comes from St Edmund's Roundhay on Sunday 24 August. The theme is Christians in the arts and music in Leeds. One of the interviewees is Claire Fox, a viola player with Opera North...

Lights Out to remember the First World War and those in conflict zones today

Submitted by jane-bower on Tue, 05/08/2014 - 18:04

Solitary candles burned in our churches and church communities this week to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War and to remember those caught up in conflict today

SOLITARY candles burned across our church communities, in our churches and in our cathedrals to mark the 100th anniversary of the moment Britain entered the First World War and to remember all those...

Poppies become potent symbol of WW1 commemorations.

Submitted by jane-bower on Tue, 05/08/2014 - 16:36

Poppies are flowering across our new diocese as we mark the anniversary of the outbreak of WW1 Poppies planted to mark the centenary of WW1 by churches and church communities across the new diocese...