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Street Angels Leeds has been running for 3 months now! We've had some great times of being able to practically, emotionally and spiritually be part of the city at night – and we want to do more of it! To develop the work we're looking at developing the team – and we'd love more volunteers to step forward to be part of this very simple way of loving the city. Training is on 19th April, 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Boar Lane. All are welcome to attend – even if it's just to find out a little bit more. Do come along, contact Beth Tash for more information: beth@leedsstreetangels.org.uk [More ...] |
The Oxford Place Centre has rooms for hire.
Oxford Place Centre
The centre is situated between the Leeds Town Hall and the Combined Courts.
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Adrian, our superintendent minister, is on sabbatical from 15th March till 15th June. During this time Adrian will be writing a blog. You can keep up with Adrian by following this link: Adrian's Blog |
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| Impossible God – a one-man passion play written by Frank Topping and performed by Mark Topping. Saturday, 19th May 2012 at 7.00pm at the Oxford Place Centre. [More ..."]" | |||
A day of celebrationIn our Sunday morning service on 4th March 2012 six adults and two young brothers were baptised. The six adults along with another two members of our congregation were confirmed and brought into the membership of the Methodist Church.
Our worship that morning was full of fun and celebration. Jugs of water were liberally poured and there was excitement among young and old. During Holy Communion we were treated to the singing of the Revd Gerry Thompson who was worshipping with us, and after the service we all gathered in our café for cake and coffee. Worshipping Together
The congregation from Leeds St Peter's (Leeds Parish Church) and from St Mary's in Lincoln Green joined the congregation at Oxford Place for morning worship on Sunday 22nd January 2012 in the middle of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The worship took the form of a Covenant Service led by the Revd Adrian Burdon (Superintendent of the Leeds Methodist Mission), the preacher was the Revd Sue Wallace (Vicar at Leeds Parish Church) and Holy Communion was celebrated by the Revd Tony Bundock (Rector of Leeds Parish Church). After the service the congregation shared a buffet lunch. Official opening of Nurture at Oxford Place
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn cuts the ribbon watched by Richard Cavadino At lunch time on 25th November, The Rt Hon Hilary Benn, MP for Leeds Central, officially opened the Nurture at Oxford Place Lounge Café. The opening was attended by representatives of St George's Crypt, Leeds Methodist Mission and other city centre churches. Also present were representatives from various organisations involved in or linked to the larger Nurture project based at St George's Crypt. Nurture at Oxford Place OpensThe Lounge Café, now run by Nurture at Oxford Place, opened on 24th October 2011. 
The café will be open each weekday from 10.00am until 2.00pm serving sandwiches, hot snacks, tea and coffee – eat in or take away. Nurture is a project run by St George's Crypt that helps those who have had periods of homelessness, or find themselves excluded from employment for other reasons. It also offers training to prisoners on day release from local prisons to prepare them to return to work. A particular aspect is training people to work in catering. The Lounge Café is a place where trainees can apply what they have learned. You can follow Nurture at Oxford Place on Twitter ... Follow @NurtureOP 176th Anniversary
At our anniversary service on Sunday, 9th October the preacher was Michael King (Pictured with our superintedent Adrian). Michael is Vice-president designate of the Methodist Conference and will begin his year in office at the end of the Conference next summer. His sermon drew on the lectionary reading from Matthew's Gospel (22:1-14) in which Jesus tells the parable of the king who invited guests to the wedding of his son, but no one turned up. The king sent out his servants to invite anyone they could find ... Michael stressed that we all invited into the Kingdom of God. Jesus ends the story by telling how one guest is ejected for not wearing clothes appropriate to the occasion. Michael suggested this means that when we respond to God's invitation we must change ... 
The Revd Liz Smith, Chair of the Leeds Methodist District, brought greetings to Oxford Place. The service was followed by lunch to which all were invited and many came.
A wedding
On Saturday, 1st October, the Revd Caroline Ryder (the Methodist Chaplain to the universities in Leeds) married Paul Arrowsmith at the Abundant Life Church in Bradford. We wish them much joy in their life together. Nurture at Oxford PlaceThis is a new venture that is in its early stages.Nurture is a project run by St George's Crypt that helps those who have had periods of homelessness, or find themselves excluded from employment for other reasons. It also offers training to prisoners on day release from local prisons to prepare them to return to work. A particular aspect is training people to work in catering, and Oxford Place is presently negotiating with Nurture towards the granting of a licence for Nurture to run a café on our premises where trainees can apply what they have learned. More information about this will be found in Life and Work ...
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Latest news from Oxford Place
News from the Methodist ChurchFollow @NurtureOP
Oxford Place Centre The Church with a Mission
If you would like a copy sent to you by post at a total cost of £4 please contact our Administrator at Oxford Place. Oxford Place Church is a community of people of different:
All are welcome to share in the worship and the life of the Church. Oxford Place Church is part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain, The Leeds District of the Methodist Church, and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. It is a member of Leeds City Centre Churches Group and the Methodist City Centre Network. Worship at Oxford Place
Sunday morning: All-age worship at 10.30am. The Lounge Café
The Lounge Café opened on Monday 24th October under the management of Nurture. (See news item)More information about weekdays ... Can you help?Why we are asking...In addition to being a place of Sunday worship, the Leeds Methodist Mission has a distinctive weekday ministry to Leeds City Centre. As we are a relatively small congregation, the continuance of this ministry depends upon the support of volunteers from throughout the district. Please help us to maintain a Methodist presence in Leeds City Centre. We can accept offers of any amount of time – a day per week, or perhaps every couple of weeks, or even monthly. Read more and make us an offer! Online information from the Methodist ChurchThe Methodist Church of Great Britain provides a number of on-line resources:
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Colin Dews, of the Wesley Historical Society in Yorkshire, has compiled a history of Oxford Place (1835-2010).
This 70-page book is available from Oxford Place Methodist Church and costs £3.
