Diocesan News March 2019 www.leeds.anglican.org National funds worth £3.9m to Wakefield boost city centre church projects centre’s special Urban worship is getting a birthday huge boost with £3.9 A special week night service million of with a free evening meal national funds for vulnerable people in the being invested Wakefield area is celebrating in church its first anniversary. projects in Leeds and St Catherine’s Church Centre Bradford city centres. Canon Sam Corley, Rector of has opened its doors for a A new-style church for city Leeds (pictured bottom left) service called Open Hands workers will soon open for who said: “This project will every Monday evening since business at Holy Trinity, Boar strive to ensure that the church January last year, since Lane, Leeds, thanks to an thrives as a centre of worship when attendance has almost £800,000 Church of England and mission.” trebled, said its vicar, Revd grant. And a brand new church David Gerrard. backed by £3.1 million is set to The new Resource Church open in a former nightspot in in Bradford’s City Park will “We started with about 15 Bradford’s City Park. embrace the whole community people and now we have – especially the large resident some 40 people every week, Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane student and business which shows a huge need. will offer special weekday population. The nature of the people that services at times tailored to come means some are very people’s busy lives. The project, Bishop of Bradford, the Rt regular, and others we see which was proposed to Church Revd Toby Howarth (pictured for a couple of weeks. Open Commissioners by the diocese, top) said: “The new church Hands grew out of a desire to will be overseen by the Revd will have a mandate to grow also meet the spiritual needs and send folk out to plant new of people who use our food churches and revitalise existing bank.” congregations around the area.” St Catherine’s hosts Wakefield’s biggest food bank Bishop Nick Baines added: “I five days a week, as well as am delighted the vision and running projects to help the hard work of clergy and lay lonely, the isolated and those people has been rewarded.” with mental health issues. I Let’s strive for Honorary balanced living Canons take this Lent their places at Ripon Cathedral Bishop Paul Slater RIPON The following people were installed into their particular roles by the Bishop of Kirkstall, the Rt Revd Paul At a recent Diocesan in the last twenty years, but Slater: Environment Group Meeting, where we have seen the we got into bemoaning discrepancies between the Capitular Canon: Dr Richard material consumption as a rich and poor increase. Noake, Director of Education major contributor to carbon and a member of the Ripon footprint. After a short while, Almost a third of children in Cathedral congregation. one of our group stopped the Leeds are affected by poverty Honorary Canon: Revd drift of the discussion in its and in households where that tracks by bringing us back to is true, two thirds have family the nature of Christian faith as members in work. incarnational. That is why I am keen We believe in God who to support Living Wage became entwined with flesh. initiatives. In Jesus, we see God taking on the material with all its In terms of living gracefully pitfalls and living hopefully with our church buildings, Matthew Peat, Vicar and Area and gracefully. Lent is a good time for Dean of Whitkirk. Honorary Christian communities to Canon: Revd Brendan Giblin, As someone once said: “God look at what’s involved in Priest in Charge of St James’, likes matter - he made it.” becoming an eco church. Wetherby. Honorary Canon: Revd Veronica James, Rector So in a season when we often On an individual level, while of Holy Trinity, Skipton and think about shunning or doing this may not be open to those currently acting Archdeacon without material things, in fuel poverty, some of us of Richmond and Craven. perhaps the call of Christian could do no better this Lent Honorary Canon: Revd Penny disciples is to live more fully than to get onto a solely green Yeadon, NSM of the Penhill and gracefully in the stuff of tariff for our domestic gas and Benefice, Wensleydale and the life in the twenty-first century. electricity provision. Wensley Area Dean. Honorary Lay Canon: Mrs Debbie Child, Part of that is to challenge Live gracefully in God’s Diocesan Secretary for the and work for a more equitable material world... Anglican Diocese of Leeds distribution of material and a worshipper at St John’s, Cullingworth. Honorary wealth. I work in a city which +Paul Ecumenical Canon: Revd Leslie has grown in material wealth Bishop of Kirkstall Newton, Chair of the Methodist Yorkshire North and East District. II Archbishop of York addresses Life long love of lawyers at Bradford Cathedral learning BRADFORD The Archbishop Mayor of Bradford. WAKEFIELD Some 250 of York, Dr John Sentamu, people gathered in Wakefield has preached a special Very Revd Jerry Lepine, Dean Cathedral to say goodbye to centenary sermon at Bradford of Bradford said: “The Legal Canon John and Canon June Cathedral as part Lawson whose life-long love of of the annual Legal learning has helped forge the Service. enduring relationship between the Community at Mirfield and The Archbishop, the church in this area. John will who is an Advocate resign his post as residentiary of the High Court canon at Wakefield Cathedral of Uganda, joined while still continuing as members of the principal of the Leeds School of judiciary, including Ministry hub at Mirfield. June High Court judges is to take up parish ministry and magistrates from across Service is one of the high points as vicar of the parishes of All West Yorkshire, for this public of civic life in the Cathedral’s Saints, Pontefract and St Giles service. calendar.” with St Mary’s. Sub-dean, Canon Tony Macpherson He entered the cathedral in Dr Sentamu added: “As a said: “It was fitting to say a procession which included former lawyer, I am committed our goodbyes on Candlemas clergy, lawyers, the High Sheriff, to upholding the justice and Sunday which tells us to ‘Let now Lord Lieutenant and the Lord mercy of God in our nation.” your servant depart in peace’.” Wonky donkeys repairs offer Yorkshire Cadets HUDDERSFIELD Does your has recently carried out LEEDS The South and West church’s Nativity set have a restoration work on a Nativity Yorkshire Wing Air Cadets wonky donkey or shabby sheep set from St John’s, a church were welcomed for the first in need of repair? If so, then in the same benefice of time to St Hilda’s Church to a help may be Cleckheaton. at hand. John is a keen craftsmen The hard who began work done repairing by these similar much-loved Nativity service of thanksgiving for the figures in figures last work of the Air Training Corps. our churches year. “I want The service was attended may have the light and by fifty cadets from across taken its toll and only come to love of Christmas, Jesus’ birth South and West Yorkshire, light when they were packed and life, to be seen at its best along with Father Darren away after Ephiphany. for everyone and that is why I Percival, Priest in Charge of do this work,” explained John. Saint Hilda’s Cross Green, John Neale (pictured), a who presided and Bishop Paul member of St Luke’s Church, Slater who preached. III News......News.....News.....News.....News.....NewsDiocese of Leeds news Archbishop encourages all to take New milestone part in LentPilgrim course 2019 on diocesan Green Journey The Green Energy Saving Scheme, which has led to the reduction of 2,142 tonnes of annual carbon reductions in churches since its introduction 3 years ago, is to be retend- ered for a greener future. Introduced to the Diocese of Leeds in 2015, 212 churches in the diocese now purchase The Archbishop of York, Dr John “However you approach this Sentamu is encouraging all to Pilgrim Journey, I would like to share in the Church of England’s encourage all to make space LentPilgrim journey. for God this Lent. Allow His word to dwell in you as we all Written by Bishop Steven seek to know Jesus better and Croft, co-author of the Pilgrim to become more Christ-like in Course, the Pilgrim Journeys: everything that we are and in their electricity and/or gas The Beatitudes, provides a everything that we do.” through the Green Journey, short daily reflection, a Bible delivering an estimated total reading, a prayer and suggested Pilgrim Journeys: The of £105,846 annual savings. response. Beatitudes, along with Pilgrim Journeys: The Lord’s Prayer are “By working in a dynamic Throughout the season of being used across the Church partnership with a large com- Lent, the reflections are of England as part of this year’s mercial energy management based on the Beatitudes, as LentPilgrim and EasterPilgrim company, we have been able taught by Jesus. Daily online campaigns. to help churches switch to reflections as extracts from this a renewable electricity and booklet will be added to www. Sign up now or download the carbon neutral gas tariff,” said archbishopofyork.org. app to receive daily reflections diocesan Environment Officer, on the Beatitudes on the Jemima Parker. The Archbishop said: “Jesus Church of England website Christ gave the most powerful www.churchofengland.org/ If you would like more infor- and beautiful talk, the Sermon pilgrim mation about how the Green on the Mount, which begins Journey could help your with eight sayings known as the church please contact jemima.