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News

Bishop Smitha welcomed to diocese in service at Halifax Minster

The new Bishop of Huddersfield, the Rt Revd Smitha Prasadam, was welcomed to the diocese and the Huddersfield area at a service at Halifax Minster. On Saturday, September 2, the Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Revd Nick Baines, led a service of inauguration of Bishop Smitha’s ministry at the Minster. Read more here

Churchyards Conference to help churches care for and use their green spaces

How we can care for and use our churchyards and green spaces effectively is the topic of an upcoming one day conference hosted by the Diocese of Leeds and Ecclesiastical. The conference will be on Wednesday, October 4, the feast day of St Francis of Assisi and the end of the Season of Creation. Read more here

Check up on your giving this Generosity Week

PCCs from churches across the Diocese are encouraged to carry out a Generous Church Check Up to mark Generosity Week, which runs from Sunday September 24 to Sunday, October 1. The Generous Church Check Up is a simple task that will help PCC members to talk about and explore how to encourage giving and generosity in churches and the wider community. Read more here

Community Green Fair brings 300 folk to church's environment event

A wormery, a woodturner and organic wines were among the stalls at a Community Green Fair that brought some 300 people to one of our churches on Saturday. All Hallows, Bardsey aimed to bring people together to share ideas on how to live more sustainably at the afternoon event in its churchyard, with 17 stallholders from around Leeds bringing ideas on how to be more ‘green’. Read more here

Wakefield area church celebrates summer in style

One of our Wakefield churches has been celebrating this summer, marking major milestones and sending people back to school in style. The congregation of All Saints' Church in Crofton, along with people and groups from around the parish, worked together to produce a tapestry which celebrates the life of the community in the year of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Read more here

Modern slavery subject of upcoming workshop

How we can spot and support those affected by modern slavery is the subject of an upcoming workshop. Wellsprings Together is working with The Clewer Initiative to run a workshop for all to learn more about modern slavery, about spotting the signs, and about the options that victims have. Read more here

World premiere of new choral work at St John's Sharow

A brand new choral work is getting its world premiere at one of our Ripon area churches. North Yorkshire-based consort Jervaulx Singers have commissioned a choral song cycle for eight voices and piano from creative duo Murphy & Attridge (composer Lewis Murphy and writer Laura Attridge). Read more here

For more diocesan and regional news, visit www.leeds.anglican.org
Living and Learning
If you wish to apply for the Eco Mission Enabler (Saving Creation Gold) and Lay Worship Leaders Courses for the 2023-24 academic year, please ensure that you speak to your incumbent urgently and return an initial enquiry form as soon as possible. Find out more here.

Autumn 2023, online
There is still time to sign up for our eight-week course, looking at how best to engage in environmental mission and ministry. Find out more here.

Prayer Course

Starts Monday, September 18, East Keswick Methodist Church

Want to grow in confidence in your prayer life? Why not take part in this eight week prayer course, based on the Lord’s Prayer? Find out more here.

Being With - Train the Trainer

Monday, September 18, Tuesday, September 19 and Thursday, September 28, 1pm - 2.30pm, online
Interested in supporting people to form a deeper relationship with Christ? Leading the Being With course in your church could be the answer. We are offering a taste of the course to people who might be interested in leading it in their context. Find out more here.

Digital Clinic

Tuesday, September 19, 10am - 4.30pm, St James' Wetherby

The Stewardship team will be hosting another Digital Clinic this month. You can either attend in person or arrange a Zoom call. Parking is available on site but is limited but other parking is available nearby. At the clinic you can seek advice on buying a contactless device for your church, how to set one up, discuss issues you are having with your current device or find out how to set up an online giving page. The clinic will run on an appointment only basis so that you can receive one to one support. To book a slot email the Stewardship Team at resourcingparishes@leeds.anglican.org or call 07376 525684.

The Being With Course

Wednesday, September 20 to Friday, September 29, Holy Trinity Skipton

Want to explore your faith and the meaning of life? Join a positive and inclusive group for discussion and discovery. Find out more here.

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Saturday, September 23, 10am - 12pm, Leeds Minster
An opportunity to be still and be led in a meditative reflection from the deep wells of Christian Spirituality. Your guide is Revd Canon Paul Maybury, an experienced spiritual practitioner for the past 30 years. No prior experience is necessary and all are welcome. Booking is essential (maximum numbers of 30) and costs £5. Optional refreshments are available at the end. Find out more here.
Monday, September 25, 10am - 2pm, Fountains Church Bradford
This half-day event will raise awareness of Modern Slavery in its various forms, to give you confidence to spot the signs and know what action to take and what further training and resources are available to support you and your colleagues. We warmly invite community project leaders (e.g. leaders of foodbanks, Places of Welcome, Warm Spaces), church and other faith group leaders to come to this event. Find out more here.
Tuesday, September 26 at 12pm
EasyFundraising is a free to use fundraising platform which your church can use to receive unrestricted funding on an ongoing basis. EasyFundraising’s Fundraising Manager Becky Coleman will explain and demonstrate how it works, show you how to get started, show you how to make the most of it and answer all your questions! This is an easy and effective way to boost your funds so do come along to find out more! Click here to register.
Saturday, September 30, 11.10am - 2.30pm, Holy Trinity, Meanwood or Saturday, November 4, 10am - 12pm, online via Zoom
How can the church better welcome and value neurodiversity? We will be learning from people who have personal experience of neurodiversity about the difficulties they have encountered within church and how we can better welcome and value people’s diverse gifts. There will be time for questions and sharing best practice, as well as worship. All are welcome. Find out more here.

HTBL Prayer Course

Starting Monday, October 2, Holy Trinity Boar Lane

Holy Trinity Boar Lane is a church with a midweek ministry to workers in the centre of Leeds. Starting on October 2nd we will be running the prayer course which is an eight week course designed to equip and enable followers of Jesus to go deeper in their prayer life. To find out more about the course click here and to sign up for the course click here.

Saturday, October 7, Bradford Cathedral
The final Children, Young People and Families Team TEND event of the year takes place at Bradford Cathedral on Saturday, October 7. If you are a volunteer or leader involved in children, young people and families work and haven’t been able to attend an event so far this year, it would be lovely to see you. For more information and to reserve your place, please click here. Please note this is a pre-booked event and tickets will not available on the day.

ReSourcing Hope in Smaller Churches

Wednesday, October 18, 10am - 4pm, Christ Church Penrith

This day is aimed particularly at clergy and lay leaders in smaller local churches (typically 15-55 worshipers on a regular Sunday). In addition to plenty of space for prayer and reflection, there will also be an opportunity to hear more about ReSource’s ministry including information about the expansion of our Alongside Scheme which supports clergy and lay leaders with a prayerful Companion. For further information and to book a ticket please click here.

Wednesday, November 15, 10am - 12pm, Bradford Cathedral
Sharing findings from Suzanne Vernon-Yorke’s recent PHD research with interfaith practitioners in the UK, we will think about gender dynamics and inclusivity, as well as the impact of exclusion and the implications for interfaith practice. Open to all – to book a free place, please email Diocesan Interfaith Adviser, Jenny Ramsden, at jenny.ramsden@leeds.anglican.org. Find out more here.
Spring 2024 online, Summer 2024 in Bingley
Ever wondered what theology means and how to study it? Need some guidance on how to dig a bit deeper? This introductory course may well be for you. This course is also required before you can apply to train as a Licensed Lay Minister. Find out more about Spring 2024 here.

Our Lay Training Bulletins are currently showcasing the different Lay Ministry Pathways in turn. If you do not receive our bulletins and would like to, please visit the Digital Learning Platform, sign up for an account and tick the Lay Training box in the Areas of Interest section of the form here.

Past newsletters and bulletins can be found here.
For more Diocese of Leeds training visit the Digital Learning Platform
Events across the diocese
Saturday, September 16
Wakefield Cathedral

Fundraise for your special cause by abseiling down the cathedral tower! Whether you're passionate about education, healthcare, or environmental causes, you can make a difference. Choose Wakefield Cathedral as your supported charity and pay nothing upfront. Find out more here.
Saturday, September 16
St John's Bierley

Join us as we explore the varied beliefs of the Hebrews and earliest Christians through passages of Scripture which speak of things in the unseen realm. How did they understand and write about the afterlife and spirits of the dead, and what can they teach us today? Find out more here.
re/a/dress - An Art Installation for Creationtide
Saturday, September 16
St John’s Bilton

As part of Creationtide the church is showing an art installation designed by Shaeron Caton-Rose. This is an opportunity to consider our part in the care of creation through hands-on creativity and environmental visuals, starting on Saturday 16th 2.30-4.30 with responsive craft activities, meditation and video artworks. This is a drop in to help make the installation, and/or join us from 7pm when we will take time to reflect on ecological issues through meditation and visual imagery. This is free entry and will have activities for all ages to take part in.

Choral Evensong with Concordiamici

Saturday, September 23 at 3.30pm

St John’s Menston


Concordiamici is a group of friends, of all denominations and none, from many walks of life. They come from all over the north of England and are united by their love of singing sacred music. Each year they sing evensong times in different locations.

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Sunday, September 24 at 4pm
Wakefield Cathedral

All are welcome to a service to say goodbye to Archdeacon Peter Townley, as he moves to a role in the Diocese of York. Find out more here.
Saturday, September 30
St George's Leeds

The conference jointly hosted by the Anglican Minority Ethnic Network (chair: the Rt Revd Smitha Prasadam, Bishop of Huddersfield) and USPG. We will be asking what 'living well' looks like for Christians. How to live well within oneself, the Church, and within our communities and wider society, drawing on Christ, our Living Well. Guest speakers will include the Rt Revd Arun Arora – Bishop of Kirkstall and co-chair of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Task Force, and Canon Sanjee Perera – Cognitive Psychologist and Ecclesiologist, Associate at Virginia Theological Seminary, and formerly Archbishops' Advisor on Minority Ethnic Affairs, Church of England. Find out more here.

'Rain falling by the River': Poems of faith, love and grief

Sunday, Ocotber 1 at 7pm

Holy Trinity, Skipton


Professor Chris Southgate, Exeter University, will be preaching on the topic of 'Sabbath, Psalms and Eucharist' at the 9.45am service of Holy Communion at Holy Trinity on Sunday 1st October. At 7pm, he will lead a poetry reading, 'Rain falling by the River, poems of faith, love and grief'. Chris Southgate is based on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England. He works at the University of Exeter as a Professor in Theology. His main fields of study are the science-religion debate, ecotheology and environmental ethics.

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Sunday, Ocotber 1, 6pm - 7.30pm
Bradford Cathedral

Robin Gamble, Bishop's Advisor in Church Growth, retires this autumn. All are invited to come and celebrate his dynamic and fruitful ministry as a parish priest and as an encourager of evangelism. The service will include sung worship, testimonies, presentations and prayer. Find out more here.

Follow Me

Thursday, Ocotber 13, 6.30pm - 9.15pm

Wakefield Cathedral


The eighth series of evening teachings to explore faith and discipleship returns. The first session is with the Bishop of Kirkstall, the Rt Revd Arun Arora. For more information or to book a place, please email Caroline Asquith, PA to the Area Bishop of Wakefield at caroline.asquith@leeds.anglican.org.

Saturday, October 14, 6.15pm
All Saints Ilkley

For the first time in the Ilkley Literature Festival's history, All Saints, Ilkley is sponsoring (as well as being the venue for) an event with a distinct Church focus. The Revd Fergus Butler Gallie will be talking about his book 'Touching Cloth - Confessions and Communions of a Young Priest'. Bishop Nick will be the host and interviewer at the event which is also being live-streamed. The ticket office is now open for in-person tickets or for live-stream tickets.
Thursday, February 29 - Thursday, March 7, 2024
An eight day Pilgrimage with the Revd Mike Green, Vicar of St Andrew’s Kildwick, St John’s Cononley and St Mary’s Bradley, to the Holy Land is being arranged in February and March 2024. Find all the details and how to reserve a place here.
Resources
Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence is the way in which the Diocese of Leeds wants to support churches to move forward in mission, ministry and sustainability, in a way that is prayerful, intentional and, within the grace of God, possible. Barnabas offers every church resources and support at different levels, with a view to us all working towards the diocesan vision of Confident Christians, Growing Churches, Transforming Communities. Find out more here
If you missed August’s edition of the Generosity Week newsletter you can read it here. For other ideas on how to celebrate Generosity Week, earlier editions of the newsletter can be found on our Generosity Week page here.

As Autumn approaches now is the time to start planning those essential repairs to your church building and a Diocesan Church Buildings Grant may help you meet the cost of the repairs. The next closing date for applications is Tueaday, October 31. To find out more and to download an application form please click here or email resourcingparishes@leeds.anglican.org for further advice.

The latest edition of the Prayer Diary is now online to download. There are fresh prayers for Sudan as well as prayers for Tanzania. Download prayers here.
Dates for 2023
Creationtide: Friday, September 1 - Wednesday, October, 4

Diocese of Leeds Generosity Week: Sunday, September 24 - Sunday, October 1

COP 28: Thursday 30 November - Tuesday 12th December
Media

Generosity Week 2023 - Bishop Nick's message

Generosity Week in the Diocese of Leeds runs from Sunday, September 24 until Sunday, October 1. Hear from the Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds, about the generosity of God and why we give, what's going on, and how churches can engage.


Watch Bishop Nick's message here.

Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence is the way in which the Diocese of Leeds wants to support churches to move forward in mission, ministry and sustainability. Watch this video to hear more about what Barnabas is and how is can help.
...is the name of Bishop Nick's blog and his most recent entries can be viewed here.
Vacancies

Data Manager - Diocese of Leeds

We are seeking a Data Manager to gather and utilise data in support of our Barnabas project. The Data Manager will work alongside the Strategic Portfolio Manager and the SDF Project Support Officer. They will have the opportunity to work alongside senior staff, project leaders, parish representatives, and church teams to ensure that data is gathered, analysed, and embedded to assist the progression of projects. They will play a key role in developing new ways to view, track, analyse, and use datasets to monitor and feed into projects, and act as a point of reference across teams for the strategic programmes. Find out more about this role here

Older Persons Outreach Leader - The Bradford Moor Cluster of Parishes

We are four urban parishes, with some of the highest levels of pensioner poverty in the country, working together in Bradford and Pudsey, and are looking to recruit an Older Persons Outreach Leader to further develop our existing work with older people in order to meet their spiritual needs. Find out more about this role here

Administrator - Pudsey Parish Church

We are looking for a skilled church administrator to coordinate effective running of the Parish Church as part of the church’s leadership. Find out more about this role here

Useful Links & Information

Safeguarding

For safeguarding issues, contact our advisers on:

safeguarding@leeds.anglican.org or call 0113 353 0257 

Jenny Leccardi - Safeguarding Adviser

Narinder Lyon - Safeguarding Adviser

Nikki Rose - Safeguarding Adviser

Click here for Safeguarding Training in 2023

Moves and Appointment

Revd Solomon Adetoye has been granted Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Leeds


Revd Jon Berry to be Associate Priest (SSM) for the parishes of Ingrow and Keighley in the Bradford area


Ms Julie Moody to be Capitular Canon of Ripon Cathedral


Revd Brunel James has been granted Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Leeds


Revd Canon Andi Hofbauer, currently serving as Incumbent of the Benefice of Leeds St Aidan in the Diocese of Leeds has been appointed as Priest-in-Charge of St Cuthbert, Hawick and St John, Jedburgh in the Diocese of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church

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