April 12 Poetry and healing day
, Holy Rood House, Thirsk.
More here
April 12 Follow Me series with
Sister Carole OHP, Prioress of Whitby, 6.30pm Wakefield Cathedral. More here
April 13-15 Men's Spirituality Retreat Holy Rood House, Thirsk
Details here
April 14 Exploring The Bible in a Day, St John's Great Horton, Bradford 9.30am.
More here
April 14 Meet Missionary and author, Sheila Leech at St.Peter's Shipley.
Details here
April 14 Spring Food and Garden Show, Ripon Cathedral,
More here
April 14 A Lamp Unto My Feet, first of 4 lay training afternoons, 2pm, Sharow nr Ripon.
More here
April 14 Choral Society concert
for Castleford Church, 7.15, All Saint's church.
More here
April 15 Wakefield Area confirmation service
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Wakefield Cathedral, 3.30pm
April 15 Fracking in Yorkshire, talk and discussion, Roundhay Leeds,
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April 17 An introduction to Working with Young People, Trinity Church Ossett, 7.30pm.
Details here
April 18 Adrian Plass: Out of His Head tour, Otley Parish Church, 7.15pm
More here
April 19 Exploring Anglicanism
- a short course Thursday evenings, 7.15pm The Mirfield Centre -
More here
April 20 CMS Supper
, St Mark's Harrogate, 7pm
More here
April 21 Quiet Garden Day,
April 21 Relating to Sikhs and Sikhism, The Blackley Centre, Elland, 10am
More here
April 21 - May 13 Photography Exhibition, St Martin's Church, Potternewton, Leeds.
Full details here
April 22 Commonwealth Service of Celebration,
Leeds Minster, 3.30pm - More here
April 24 Ecclesiastical Law Society Lecture
, Sir Mark Hedley, 5pm Radisson Blu hotel, Leeds. Free.
Details here
April 26 Disciples making Disciples. Urban Saints evening for young people and leaders, 7.30pm St John's Bowling, Bradford.
More here
April 26 Exploring Anglicanism, Mirfield Centre, 7.15pm.
Details here
April 27 Choir Concert, St Matthew's Church, Rastrick, 6.45pm
More here
April 28 Strangers no longer CMS Learning Day St Chad's Headingley, 10am,
More here
April 28 How are we shaping the planet's future? Mirfield Centre, 10am.
More here
April 28 Hymns and Curry evening, Bradford Cathedral 7.45pm -
details here
April 29 Grand reopening of St John's Church Sharow 12.30pm -
more here
April 29 Cafe Church, first event at Christ Church Adel, Leeds, 5pm.
More here
April 30 Quiet Day, Parcevall Hall, 10am
More here
May 1-4 Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer
retreat, Parcevall Hall. More here
May 1 Second Bingley Lecture, Somewhere over the border, 7pm Holy Trinity Bingley.
Full details
May 1 Evening Julien Meeting, St Edmunds Leeds 7pm -
More here
May 1-3 Women Clergy retreat
May 2 Archdeacon's Visitation, Halifax Minster, 7pm
Details here
May 3 Exploring Anglicanism, Mirfield Centre, 7.15pm
More here
May 4 Andy Raine poetry evening, 7pm Trinity Church, Ossett,
Details here
May 5 Anna Raine in Concert,
All Saints Church Normanton, 7.30pm
More here
May 5 Exploring Faith with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley,
May 7 Cathedral Beer Festival, Ripon Cathedral
More here
May 8 Archdeacon's Visitation, Dewsbury, 7.30pm
Details here
May 12 Come and Sing the Messiah, All Saints Little Horton, 6pm
More here
More events on our Events pages here
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For safeguarding issues, contact: Jenny Price 07800 740001
Jenny Leccardi 07872 005189 or
Narinder Lyon 07872 005309
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The Who's Who directory lists clergy & diocesan staff (email addresses & phone numbers).
Access it here
New contact details for the Bishop of Ripon:
From April 18, the Bishop of Ripon's PA, Judith Richardson, will be based at T
he Bishop's Office, Redwood, Sharow, Ripon HG4 5BS. The new office phone number is
01765 601094
Emails remain unchanged.
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Moves and Appointments
Revd Paul Wheelhouse,
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ssistant Curate of St Margaret's Church, Ilkley; to be V
icar of St John's Church, Bierley (Bradford EA)
Retirements and departures
Bradford EA
Revd Jenny Savage to resign as part-time Vicar of St Stephen's, Steeton 30 April
Revd Marion Gaskell to retire as Team Rector of Shelf St Michael with Buttershaw St Aidan 16 April 2018
Revd Pat Smith to retire as Associate Priest in the Benefice of Silsden 16 April.
Huddersfield EA
Revd Captain Paul Knight resigns as Area Dean of Birstall 1 June
Revd Howard Pask will retire as Vicar of Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall 21 June
Revd Robin Townsend to retire as Vicar of Slaithwaite with East Scammonden and Priest in Charge of Marsden 31 July
Leeds EA
Revd Christine Bandawe to retire as Team Vicar of Seacroft 25 November
Ripon EA
Revd David Lewis, previously Rector of the Benefice of Wiske; had become Rector of Elmley Castle (Worcester)
Revd Ian Johnston has retired from the post of SSM Associate Priest Hampsthwaite with Felliscliffe, Killinghall and Birstwith
Revd Clive Todd to resign as Rector of the Benefice of Lower Swale 21 April
Revd Ian Robinson to resign the post of Rector in the Benefice of Bedale and Leeming and Thornton Watless 30 April
Revd Dr Linda Robinson to resign as Associate Priest in the Bedale and Leeming and Thornton Watless 30 April
Wakefield EA
Revd Timothy Kaye has resigned as Incumbent of All Saints, South Kirkby
Revd Charles Mark Watkins has resigned asTeam Vicar of Castleford Team Parish
Revd Canon David Munby will resign as Vicar of St George, Barnsley 30 April
Revd Jonathan MacGillivray to retire as Vicar of Darton with Staincross and Mapplewell 30 June
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 Following the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting next week, it's been announced that Leeds Minster is to host a major regional Commonwealth celebration. The service at 3.30pm on April 22 will have an international feel and all are invited - and wear national dress.
More here
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Nominations open on April 19 for the new three year term of Diocesan Synod and the diocese is hoping to attract younger members to serve on the decision making 'parliament' of the diocese. Wide ranging issues are discussed and debated from environmental improvements to care for refugee groups or the latest plans for church growth
More here
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The Diocese's new Chief Finance Officer, Geoff Park, is busy learning about the Anglican church to best understand future challenges and opportunities.
"I come from a Methodist and Baptist background and so it's fascinating to learn all about the Church of England's structures," said Geoff, Read more here
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The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, joined Christians from across the country last week at the first Spring Harvest to be held in Harrogate.
The annual teaching and worship conference attracted many from within our diocese including the Vocations and Ministry team offering advice. More here
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Sunrise services were held across the diocese on Easter Day, even when the sun was not to be seen. Thanks to those who have sent in pictures of their early morning services to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.
More here
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When gas supplies were cut to nearly 4000 homes in Silsden near Keighley over the Easter weekend, St James Church came to the rescue. The church hall became an emergency hub and incident room and emergency heaters and meal vouchers were handed handed out to elderly and vulnerable people without gas.
More here
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An online Leeds CofE Camera Club is now open for anyone to join and share photographs that celebrate the beautiful diversity of England's youngest diocese.
A new Facebook group has now been launched where all are invited to post images of the church in action
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More here
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Bookings are now open for the Diocesan Lay Conference which will bring together more than 1600 participants.
The conference is being held on Saturday 9 June at the Harrogate Convention Centre and is designed to support church members. More details here
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Ripon Cathedral's popular Spring Food, Home and Garden Show returns on Saturday 14 April with more stalls than last year and top experts cooker and gardening experts. They include
Lee Rushforth, Head Chef at The Old Deanery Hotel, a quarter finalist on BBC MasterChef The Professionals. More here
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Sir Mark Hedley will be giving this month's Ecclesiastical Law Society lecture in Leeds on Practical Aspects of the Clergy Discipline Measure. The lecture on April 24 at 5pm is free. In addition to being a High Court judge until his retirement in 2013, Sir Mark has been Chancellor of the Diocese of Liverpool since 2002. More details here
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Anglican Cursillo helps Christians grow as disciples through prayer, study & action helping them to share God's love and do His work. The next 3 day weekend for our diocese is 3-6 May at Wydale Hall. Find out more. See also the Leeds Anglican Cursillo web-page here.
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 Godparents' Sunday can be celebrated on
6 May or any time of the year. A great opportunity to invite baptism families to come along with godparents to a special service. Resources for invitations, the service and helping godparents understand their role can be found on the
Church Support Hub.
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Thy Kingdom Come is a ten-day Global Wave of Prayer from May 10-20.
And this year, at Bradford Cathedral
, there will be a Thy Kingdom Come Diocesan Celebration with contributions from across the diocese on
Sunday May 13 from 3pm - 6pm. More details here
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 Couples who were married 50 years ago in 1968 are being invited to a special Golden Wedding Celebration at Ripon Cathedral on the afternoon of
Sunday June 10 at 3.30pm . It is an opportunity to renew wedding vows and celebrate together. Preacher is the Bishop of Bradford, Toby Howarth.
More details here
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AROUND THE AREAS
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Rebekah Hinton, from West Bowling, who set up a clothing bank to help children in her local community has received a Rotary Young Citizen Award. W
hen she was 16 she bagan a children's clothes bank and organised distribution through schools and charities.
Now 20, she says she is 'surprised and delighted' to have received the Rotary Young Citizen Award. Read her story and watch a film here
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Whitechapel Church, Cleckheaton is to sponsor a child's education at a Kenyan school in Msambweni, Kenya.
Nishan Ramadhan is eight years old and has been suggested for sponsorship by the Emley African Education Project, a small charity run by Jim and Rosemary Donnan. More here
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Bishop of Kirkstall, Paul Slater, has unveiled a Blue Plaque to honour the life of religious, educational and social benefactor Agnes Stewart. The
memorial wall sign has been erected on the site of the former Agnes Stewart CofE High School. More with pictures here
Diamond wedding couple Gerald and Kath Clark have just celebrated 60 years together in the parish where they married and at the Harehills church they have attended ever since. Find out more here
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It will be a grand reopening after a long period of conservation and restoration for
St. John's Church, Sharow, near Ripon, at the end of this month. The church will open its doors on April 29th. For months it has been shrouded by scaffolding as conservators worked on stained glass, wall paintings and the construction of modern facilities.
More here
A group of parishioners from Bolton cum Redmire parish organised a 130 mile round-trip to Leeds last week to visit Leeds Minster, and St George's Crypt. Find out how they got on here
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Local marathon runner, Martin Holding, achieved his personal best marathon time of 3 hours 20 minutes in the Manchester Marathon last Sunday whilst running to support the Diocese of Leeds Mothers' Union 'Away from it All' (AFIA) holiday scheme. Diocese of Leeds
Mothers' Union members were on the line to cheer him home.. Read more here
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RESOURCES
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 The May 2018 edition of the Prayer Diary is now online.There are fresh prayers for Sudan as well as prayers for Tanzania and for new deacons and priests, as well as those in training. Download prayers
here.
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New regulations on Data Protection take effect from 25 May, 2018, replacing the existing Data Protection Act of 1998. They give individuals more rights and parishes will need to comply just like any other charity or organisation. Parish Resources have produced a guide with work sheets for PCCs.
Find out more here.
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Contactless payment is now permitted in parishes across the diocese following a nationwide launch by the Church of England.
And the Revd Robb Sutherland at Holy Nativity, Mixenden, has seized the opportunity and already has a terminal to take instant payments of fees or donations. Find out more here
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 Clergy are being challenges to have at least one conversation per month with someone about vocation. The CofE 'Great Vocations Conversation' has been launched by the Vocations division which says. '
Starting a conversation could be as simple as a chat in the queue for tea or coffee about someone's passions and gifts'. Find out more about the challenge here
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Are you thinking about making changes to your church but need some funding to develop your ideas? The National Churches Trust Project Development Grant programme is intended to help support churches at early stages of a project with grants of up to £10,000, 50% funds must be in place. The deadline is 25 April.
More here
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Encounter is a new Ministry Experience Scheme for those aged 18-29 years beginning in September 2018. Up to 6 participants will be able to experience ministry in one of four parishes for nine months along with theological education and time and space to discern what God's call means for you.
Find out more here
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Anyone looking to find a spiritual director, soul friend or prayer mentor can now access the diocesan list of 90 names, via their local priest.
Canon Paul Maybury, said, "I'm delighted with this development and pray that the wonderful resource of Spiritual Direction might become increasingly well used." Visit the webpage here or email
spirituality@leeds.anglican.org
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Would you benefit from training in theology? Are you taking on Lay Ministry? Leeds School of Ministry part of the Yorkshire Theological Education Partnership provides theological training in four area hubs: Bradford, Leeds. Mirfield and Ripon and is welcoming enquiries for September and. For more information and an enquiry form visit the
School of Ministry webpage
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. . . is the name of Bishop Nick's blog, which also includes his
Thought for the Day and Chris Evans show scripts.
Take a look at it here
Bishop Nick's appearances in the House of Lords are recorded
here.
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 With nominations opening on April 19 for delegates for the new three year term of Diocesan Synod, Richard Earnshaw introduced the subject with a short video for social media, 'Your Voice Counts'.
Watch and share it here
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For Easter 2018 Premier Christian Radio broadcast the traditional Festal Eucharist Service live from Ripon Cathedral.
The service was led by The Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon and introduced by Dean, the Very Revd John Dobson. Listen again here
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which you will find here. Comments are welcomed but will be moderated!
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 You can contact the Communications Team with your news for future editions. The e-news is published twice a month. The next edition will be sent out on
April 26.
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