A day of celebration
In 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.
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Jaden, Wellington, Marilyn, Tim, Amanda, Aga, Helen, Brendon, Franziska and Emma with our
two ministers Deacon Jenny Jones and the Revd Adrian Burdon
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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.
^^^ 5 March 2012 ^^^
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.
^^^ 13 February 2012 ^^^
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.
^^^ 25 November 2011 ^^^
Nurture at Oxford Place Opens
The 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 ...
^^^ 24 October 2011 ^^^
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.
^^^ 9 October 2011 ^^^
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.
^^^ 4 October 2011 ^^^
Nurture at Oxford Place
This 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 ...
^^^ 17 July 2011 ^^^
^^^ (updated 24 August 2011) ^^^
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The Church with a Mission
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.
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:
- ages
- races
- nationalities
- sexualities
- genders
- backgrounds
- cultures
We are bound to one another through
shared belief in the grace of God
revealed for all people through Jesus Christ.
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.
Sunday evening (second Sunday of the month): Reflective worship at 6.30pm.
Sunday evening (third Sunday of the month): Time to Talk at 6.30pm.
Wednesday lunch-time:Holy Communion at 12.30pm.
More information...
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!
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