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On Thursday 16th April a group of refugees and asylum seekers gathered with invited guests and volunteers at Holy Name Church for inspiring presentations and a tasty lunch, to celebrate 11 trainees successfully completing the ‘Finding Your Voice’ programme. The course concluded with moving and inspiring moments, as each of the trainees gave a short talk, covering a range of topics including sharing their own personal stories, or giving an insight into their countries of origin and cultures: this was the culmination of five weeks of training delivered every Thursday to build confidence in public speaking in English, and presenting to audiences. One participant wasRead More →

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Hundreds of people gathered on Good Friday for our Walk of Witness down Town Street following the cross, and we were led through a moving reflection on the seven last words of Jesus by Fr Michael Doody of St Mary’s, and readers from seven different churches. Watch a 2 minute video below – see if you can find yourself in the parade! You can also see an great article about the event by Jill Stocks on West Leeds Dispatch below: See more articles about our area on their website: Afterwards we were hosted by The Grove Methodist for lovely soup and hot cross buns, raisingRead More →

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Missed any of our Lent Talks? Or want to watch OR listen again? We have made both podcast style audios and videos of all 4 of these thought-provoking talks – listen or watch below: PODCAST VERSIONS – AUDIO ONLY (SPOTIFY) TALK 1 TALK 2 TALK 3 TALK 4 VIDEO VERSIONS (AND SPEAKER BIOS) LENT TALK 1 by Jenny Sinclair About Jenny Sinclair Jenny Sinclair is Founder and Director of Together for the Common Good (T4CG), a Christian charity dedicated to spiritual and civic renewal. T4CG resources Christian leaders and churches across all denominations, as well as schools and charities, to read the signs of the times and playRead More →

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St Margaret’s church was full on Weds evening as we joined together to officially welcome Rev Chris Clayton at his Licensing Service. The service was conducted warmly by Right Revd Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall, who led the formalities of the event, as the Rev Clayton first reaffirmed his ordination vows before taking the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Canonical Obedience and leading the congregation in prayer. The service also included a hearty recommendation by Chris’ previous church in Harrogate, readings done beautifully by children from St Margaret’s Primary school and welcomes from various people in the Community including Simon Dowling from the TownRead More →