February 2014 [Web Edition 01-02-2014]
The Magazine of
and Thorner Methodist Church
Oakwood Church Thorner Methodist Church Springwood Road Main Street Leeds LS8 2QA Thorner LS14 3BU Roundhay St John and Roundhay Methodist
The Minister of the The Priest in Charge of Methodist Churches Roundhay St John Revd Dr George Bailey Revd Dr Colin Cheeseman BA 16 Kingswood Gardens 2a Ryder Gardens Leeds LS8 2BT Leeds LS8 1JS Telephone 0113 2662066 Telephone 0113 2669747
www.oakwoodchurch.info
ELECTRICIAN
Extra sockets
and lighting points - Edge 232 Easterly Road
minor electrical work Leeds LS8 3ES
Simply ask Telephone: - for help and advice 0113 2481199
Contact Opening Hours
Tuesday - Wednesday ALAN COTTER Cutting 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Telephone - 0113 2656995 Thursday 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Mobile - 07940814438 Friday unisex 9.00 am to 6.00 pm hair Saturday salon 8.30 am to 3.00 pm
OAKWOOD TREE Services
Fast Efficient Service 24/7 Tree Felling / Dismantling Pruning / Hedge Trimming Storm Damage Crown Reduction
N.P.T.C. Arborist
For a friendly , no obligation quote call :- Darren 07908257753 Steven 07908250201
OAP Discount Given
Oakwood Travel Ltd
480 Roundhay road Leeds LS8 2HU
Telephone 0113 2400419
British Rail
91-230646 No: 78984
T D Goodall Fresh Yorkshire Milk
Fresh locally produced milk and produce delivered to your doorstep, come rain or shine.
We currently supply and deliver the following items: Whole, Semi-skimmed, Skimmed & Homogenised Milk, Double, Whipping & Single Cream, Channel Island, Organic & Kosher Milk, Longley Farm Yogurts & Cottage Cheese, Bottled Orange Juice, Free Range & Farm Eggs, Blue Keld Still, Sparkling & Flavoured Water, Cartons of Orange, Apple & Cranberry Juice, Mason’s Carbonated Soft Drinks.
Beech Grove Farm, Scarcroft, Leeds, LS14 3HQ 0113 2892229 www.tdgoodall.co.uk
B M Revill J L G Construction LTD
Plumbing & Heating Services Specialising in domestic work such as: Extensions, Loft Conversions Conservatories, Converted Garages, Block Paving.
For all your repairs All aspects of joinery including and installations Kitchens, wardrobes, fencing, decking and doors hung 18 Hollin Park Place Oakwood 0113 2655939/07515104071 Leeds LS8 2NS www.jlgconstruction.co.uk
0113 2730008
07900927206
JST BURWELL’S COMPUTERS
Here for all your IT needs Painting + Decorating Tuition Repairs Advice Domestic + Upgrades Installations Commercial To discuss your requirements, please ... Tel - 07892905427 Call on 07989257193 or email All work undertaken [email protected] www.jstcomputers.co.uk
February Letter from the Clergy
Do you sometimes wonder how we come to be using some of our common phrases or sayings? I was made to think about this the other day when I was talking to someone about the various things I had to do, and as we parted he said, “Oh well, keep your nose to the grindstone”. I knew exactly what he meant, but as I walked away I thought what an odd turn of phrase this was and I wondered how it had acquired the sort of common usage and understanding it has amongst us. So, I looked it up.
The people who look into these things think that the grindstones are the stones used by a smith for putting a sharp edge on a tool. And the original use of the saying was to hold someone else’s nose to the grindstone – sort of grinding them down. Apparently, there is a cartoon from the mid seventeenth century showing the future Charles II’s nose being held to the grindstone by the Scots. Over the years, though, the meaning has softened a bit.
Thinking about all of this made me reflect a bit about this month of February. This is the month when there is nothing special happening in the Church’s year. The Christmas season ends on February 2nd with the feast of the presentation of Christ in the Temple or Candlemas. The season of Lent starts on March 5th and runs all the way through that month. But the weeks of February this year are a sort of in between time and just the right sort of time for getting on with all the routine things that need to be done and that really should not be left – in other words, it’s the time for keeping your nose to the grindstone and just getting on with it all. If that seems a bit boring, then it made me remember what Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German Lutheran theologian of the Second World War, said. He was arrested and eventually executed by Hitler for his opposition to the Nazi regime. Writing from his prison cell as he awaited his death, he spoke of the need for ‘this-worldliness’, by which he meant “living unreservedly in life’s routines, duties, problems, successes, failures, experiences and perplexities. In so doing we throw ourselves completely in the arms of God.”
As I write this, we had our very first joint Council meeting of Oakwood Church last night. It became clear to us that there’s a lot for us all to do. So maybe keeping your nose to the grindstone is not such a bad thing. And February will give us the opportunity.
Colin Cheeseman ______The Walking Group
The next walk is Saturday 22nd February - for more details contact Morris Smith.
STAMPS FOR HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE
Used stamps can help to train these amazing dogs?
Please don't throw them away when they could help improve a deaf person's life. There is a collection envelope at the back of Church. Since 2005, donations of used stamps have helped support the training of 4 hearing dogs. Your stamps will help
train dog number 5! Thank you - Martin Shipley
Thorner News
Where does the time go? Here we are - in February! However, I must tell of what occurred at the events that I reported to you in our Dec/Jan Broadcast. Our Christmas Fayre held on Nov 26th, thanks to your support, raised over £400:00 for Thorner Methodist Church Funds. Without the support of the Roundhay folk this sum would not have been possible. Thank you SO much for supporting our fund raising events. Our next fund raising event will take place on Sat March 22nd, 10-12noon in the Social Centre, in aid of The Home/Overseas Missions of the Methodist Church. These are very worthwhile Methodist Charities supporting the needs of Mission in our own country and overseas. Do support us if you can! As usual, Bacon Butties will be served at this event!!!!
Our Millennium Green Carol service was held on the Green as usual on Sat Dec 14th. We had a collection in aid of the Children's Society. The event had mulled wine and warm mince pies and once again we were fortunate to have the North Leeds Music Centre, led by Mervyn and Lois Manning, playing for us. Many thanks once again to them for leading our carol service; it was wonderful!
On Sun Jan 19th at 9:30am, we held our joint Ecumenical Covenant service with St. Peter's at Thorner Methodists. The service was very well attended and appreciated by all who came. This service also took place in The Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan 18-25th).
Our next joint effort will be our Lent Group which will begin on Monday March 10th for five weeks, finishing on Monday April 7th. This will be held at Thorner Methodists’ Social Centre from 10:15am onwards. All are welcome.
Ann Johnson, Senior Church Steward, 0113 289 3532
Illusions @ Oakwood!
On January 4th we held a spectacular evening of magic and mayhem here at Oakwood Church. We were delighted to welcome Steve Price, member of the Inner Magic Circle, to entertain 180 of us. He was utterly sensational! The audience were spellbound as he amused and amazed us in equal measure.
Over home cooked soup, bread and cheese we were treated to some close up magic, much to the delight of young and old. Games were played and we finished off with a rousing sing of The twelve days of Christmas, complete with actions and jumping out of our chairs!
How did he do it?
Ethan improvising a pack of cards with a loaf of bread.
For those who missed out on tickets for this event, and for those who had a blast with us, do keep your eye on the Church Website and Facebook for other events coming soon. Is Christ Divided? This is sharp and challenging question, offered this year by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland as the theme for the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity. We will engage with this material for 2014 against a backcloth of significant change in West Yorkshire. As Methodists in the Leeds district we wish to be prayerfully supportive of all three of the Church of England Dioceses (Ripon & Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford) as they prepare to come together into a single Diocese to serve West Yorkshire and the Dales, from Easter Day this year. This journey of change means that they are currently in a time of transition, with Diocesan Bishops departing and Suffragen Bishops preparing for changes in their roles as they become Area Bishops within the new Diocese. The staff of three Cathedrals and many others, lay and ordained, are caught up in the uncertainty of how new ways of working will impact them. In recent years there have been radical changes in every Christian denomination, and of course we have experienced our fair share of change and reshaping as Methodists. As I bid farewell to valued ecumenical colleagues at this time, one of my reflections has been that if we were ‘divided’, we could each remain untouched and unmoved by the changes around us. The reality, however, is that we are deeply affected by them because across North and West Yorkshire at least, the whole breadth of Church traditions are closely interwoven. We are co-dependent in valuable partnerships for mission and ministry; we value the commitment and insights of our sisters and brothers in Christ; we benefit from the energy they bring, the prayerfulness that they embody, and the resources they are willing to share with us. In short, we have come to know and respect and love one another, in all our variety of gifts and faults, and we recognise one another as members of the Body of Christ. Is Christ divided? Of course not! Does it appear to the world that Christ is divided? Only if we are determined to live within theological barricades of our own constructing. Is Christ divided? No! But there is a challenge for each of us: where do we glimpse something of the colourful creativity of our shared rootedness in Christ’s sacrificial love, that will convince us of the unity that we already share in Christ?
Liz Smith Chair of Leeds Methodist District Our Digital Age group Oakwood Church
Wed 26th February 2014, 7.30 - 9.00 pm Upstairs Meeting Room
Making a Photo Book Live Demonstration
Many of us take photos on our digital cameras, telephones or tablets. Others are sent digital photos by friends and relatives. We may prefer to have our photos taken by professional photographers, such as White Box photography who hold sessions here and deliver your digital photos on CD
Some of us prefer to view our photos as prints but they look so much nicer when beautifully printed as a bound album complete with descriptive text. Nowadays that is surprisingly affordable, easy to achieve and creatively satisfying
Open meeting - all welcome
Please bring friends and questions
Enquiries David Donaldson 0113 232 3565 [email protected] or Morris Smith 0113 265 1587
http://www.oakwoodchurch.info/ourdigitalage.html Thorner, Coffee Morning Saturday
February 1st 2014
10.00 am – 12 noon
IN AID Of MHA &
Action for Children ______
Weekly Lent Group 2014 Five Sessions
Begins on Mon Mar 10th Ends Mon April 7th 10am for 10:15am
'Build on the Rock… Faith, doubt - and Jesus’
Refreshments served Thorner Social Centre Main Street
All are welcome ! Come and join us here at
on Saturday 1 February - 3.00 to 5.30
at our Winter Warmer event in aid of Methodist Women in Britain's support of Oxford Place Children's Centre
The Oxford Place Children's Centre is open Monday to Friday for children whose parents are attending the adjacent courts as defendants, witnesses or because of domestic proceedings. The centre is supervised by qualified staff.
FREE ADMISSION
A very warm welcome awaits you - children will be able to have lots of fun on the bouncy castle and play games. Adults can relax in a warm friendly atmosphere and all can enjoy hot drinks and food (including hot dogs, cheese toasties, buttered teacakes and homemade cakes).
We will also have a tombola and bring and buy and cake stalls.
Wanted - Sorcerer’s Apprentice(s)
A year after we conceived the idea I continue to enjoy working creatively with everyone in the wider church community on developing www.oakwoodchurch.info
We haven’t written any software. We don’t command the skills to do that and it wouldn’t be sustainable to deploy anything that depended on more than an ordinary person with average common sense.
We deliberately chose to build our website using a software package that was designed for ordinary home PC users and the owners of small businesses.
Serif WebPlus X6 runs on any Windows PC running XP or better that is connected to the web at basic broadband speeds. Anyone who can use a package like Word or PowerPoint could learn how to use WebPlus.
The thing is – I enjoy taking touring / walking holidays lasting several weeks. And there is always a possibility that I might take poorly or ‘fall under a bus’. Consequently, Oakwood Church needs one or more people to train as my back-up and to make any minor changes to the site that may be called for in my absence (such as updating the Events page).
No CV or interview is required and of course these opportunities are open to persons of any age or gender. I will simply hold an introductory session at my home for anyone who would like to explore this chance to learn with and work in partnership alongside me while developing new skills.
The backing-me-up workload will be minimal. Once trained your occasional involvement would be measured in minutes or hours rather than days – but if you did want to take on more that would be possible.
Hours are flexible. You can work from home at whatever time of the day or night you prefer. And it won’t cost you a penny. The software will be provided free – empowering you to apply your new skills to developing websites for others, if that took your fancy.
If I have sparked your interest then explore it with me. No commitment.
David Donaldson Tel. 0113 232 3565 Email [email protected] Nostalgia - Spoken history group 6th and 20th February 2014
The group is thriving and we have chatted about our personal memories of Roundhay Park, events attended there such as Children’s Day and going to the Swimming Pool.
We also met on 19th December and reminisced about Christmas. We saw the unwrapping of a loved home-made Christmas tree first used in 1949 and learned why the first mince pies were cradle shaped.
At the time of writing we plan to meet on 16th January when we will reminisce about Healthcare e.g. the first doctor or hospital we went to, medicines and how treatments have changed.
Participation is free and everyone is welcome. Refreshments are available for a small donation.
If you are able to bring along materials such as old books, menus, adverts, postcards, photographs, letters, maps, newspaper cuttings, objects and so on to inspire our reminiscing, that would be wonderful.
Or simply come along, enjoy the company, ask and listen. You don’t have to contribute if you don’t want to.Elaine Pye and I look forward to seeing you there.
We plan to continue to meet in the New Room on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 13.15 until 14.45 during the winter months from October until Easter.
Finally, you may like to look at our History web pages e.g. www.oakwoodchurch.info/roundhaymethodist.html to see the first chapters of our History of Roundhay Methodist Church.
Enquiries: Sharon Donaldson, Tel. 0113 232 3565 [email protected] Advance notice of Mission events
Sat March 15th Wide Awake Breakfast and car wash 9am to 11.30am in aid of the Leprosy Mission. Come along have your car washed, read the papers and eat a tasty breakfast
Friday April 18th Hunger Lunch 12.30pm
Sat May 10th Family Treasure Hunt and Supper Hunt 4pm. supper 5.30pm
Sun July 13th AfC Strawberry Tea 3pm to 5.30pm ______Christmas in Lancashire Once again Ian and I spent Christmas in Fleetwood. Every year for the last 12 years Anne’s Trinity Church has held a Christmas Tree Festival. This lasts for 3 days and is well supported. This year there were 32 trees provided and decorated by church members and local groups. Each tree has a theme. Two well known local people are invited to be judges and the money raised goes half to the church and half to a charity of the winner’s choice. Usually well over £1000 is raised. Refreshments are served all time the festival is on and there are other fund raising activities. A lot of hard work but the sight of all those trees lit up in a darkened hall makes it all worthwhile. On Christmas Eve we went to Cleveleys Park Methodist church to a Nativity Festival, a new venture. Table tops were placed over the pews and on each were 3 or 4 nativity scenes from all over the world. These were made in any available material – wood, china, plaster, clay, wool etc. We were glad we had made the effort to go through the rain and the gale especially as, hopefully, we shall spend next Christmas in Consett, Co. Durham. Anne moves there in August. Joyce Kilvington.
Event 2 When? : Friday 31st January 7.30pm – 9.30pm Where? : Oxford Place Methodist Church (next to Leeds Town Hall) What? : Poverty and Homelessness Question Time with John Battle in the Chair and a panel made up of politicians, community workers and activists. NB : Questions from the audience to be submitted in writing between 7.00pm and 7.15pm on the day or, prior to the event, by email to [email protected].
Event 3 When? : Sunday 2nd February 4pm Where? : St.Aidan’s Church, Roundhay Road, Harehills, LS8 5QD What? : Ecumenical Service with speaker Andrew Grinnell from Leeds Poverty Challenge Refreshments and market-place of displays representing various charities and organisations working in the field of Poverty and Homelessness.
ALL EVENTS FREE NO BOOKING NECESSARY ALL WELCOME
For further details contact Fr.Paul Payton, Chair, Leeds CAP Tel : 07570999477 email : [email protected] Two thousand join Bishop John at Fountains Abbey as he leads his final Boxing Day Pilgrimage
A record two thousand people, young and old, joined the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, Rt Revd John Packer at Fountains Abbey as he led his final ‘Boxing Day Pilgrimage’ from Ripon Cathedral to Fountains Abbey before retiring in the New Year.
Hundreds of walkers from across the city and region enjoyed a crisp sunny day which started with sub-zero temperatures and frosty footpaths. The four-mile pilgrimage follows in the footsteps of a group of Cistercian Monks from York who walked from Ripon to Fountains on December 26th, 1132, and founded the Abbey.
The Boxing Day Pilgrimage began with a short service of Holy Communion in Ripon Cathedral, before several hundred walkers set off through the streets of Ripon, led by Bishop Packer, for the one and a half hour walk.
The route wended its way from the West Front of Ripon Cathedral, out of the city and through beautiful parkland and countryside following the banks of the River Skell before entering the Studley Royal Deer Park and on to the World Heritage site of Fountains Abbey.
The numbers swelled to twelve hundred once the walk reached the Studley Royal Water Gardens entrance...
The National Trust said that a further eight hundred visitors joined the pilgrims for the final service of carols held in the Cellarium of Fountains Abbey and led by Bishop Packer. It was standing room only with many more outside for the twenty five minute act of worship.
The Boxing Day Pilgrimage has been described by Bishop John as one of the highlights of his year. He has led the walk each year for the past fourteen years as Bishop of Ripon and Leeds.
“For me, the Boxing Day Pilgrimage has always been one of the highlights of the year, though more so on a crisp winter morning than if it is pouring with rain!” says Bishop John. “The walk gives us the chance to talk with one another and gives us a sense of pilgrimage and of moving forward and on into the New Year. This year in particular I will be looking forward, to a new chapter in my own life and to a new chapter in the life of the diocese.”
During the concluding service of carols, Bishop Packer announced that next year’s Pilgrimage will be led for the first time by Bishop James Bell, the Bishop of Knaresborough, who becomes Area Bishop for Ripon in the new diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales.
A final farewell service for Bishop John and his wife Barbara will take place at Ripon Cathedral on Sunday January 5th at 3pm.
OASIS
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
Dear Friends – Oasis 6th/20th February
We wish you the spirit of love and the promise of peace during this special time of year. May your family be blessed with all the joy that life can bring. Oasis starts 9.45am with Communion 10.30am.
A Prayer for Fairtrade (Fairtrade Fortnight 24/2-9/3)
Tilt the scales,
O God of the mustard seed: that the poor shall see justice.
Share the feast, O God of Eden’s abundant garden: that each crop may fetch a fair price.
Upset the tables, O God of the upside-down Kingdom: that the least can benefit from their trade.
Open our eyes, O God of life in all its fullness: That we may learn to walk the way of your son tilting, sharing, upsetting this world.
Not satisfied until the products we bring to our table give a better deal, to all who hunger for one.
Amen Sunday.Youth.Need.Christ / chocolate / crisps!
19 January 8.00 at S.Y.N.Controversy and Cooking – the Manse Hot topic and pizza 26 January 8.00 at S.Y.N.Card games, board games, the Manse quiz games Bring a game to share 2 February 8.00 at S.Y.N.Cultural experiences – the Manse Graham tells us about his trip to India [he’s there earlier in the month] 9 February 8.00 at S.Y.N.Crazy games – Church big games at Church 16 February NO SYNC! Half term 23 February NO SYNC! Half term 2 March 8.00 at S.Y.N.Cakes in the desert – the Manse Looking at Lent 9 March 8.00 at S.Y.N.Christian faith – the Manse exploring faith 16 March 8.00 at S.Y.N.Creativity – Church ‘big art’ at Church 2 March 8.00 at S.Y.N.Christian experience – the Manse grill a guest speaker 30 March 8.00 at S.Y.N.Cross buns [Hot ones] the Manse 6 April NO SYNC! School Holidays 13 April 7 and 8 April 9.00 - 12.30 S.Y.N.Craft helpers... At Church please help us run ‘stay and play’ sessions for 0-7 year olds. 20 April Easter Meet at Church at 5.30, to walk to Roundhay Park Sunrise for 6am service [Mansion bandstand], then back to Church for breakfast at 7-ish [donations £1.50 each welcome]. Join in at any point! Invite anyone you can... parents, siblings, friends. Any guidance on numbers welcome. Back at the Manse for next term on 4th May 2014 ADVANCE PLANNING Saturday 11 BIG NIGHT Meet at Church – time TBC May OUT 23 to 25 May CLIFF Weekend away - Talk to Fran and George for FESTIVAL details
Traidcraft ‘A poor man's field may produce an abundant harvest but injustice sweeps it away’. Proverbs 13:23
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.
Here at Oakwood Church we support that by having a fairtrade stall once a month in the New Room (on the 2nd Sunday after Church Parade) where you can purchase many different items – chocolate, coffee, tea, rice cakes, jewellery, Geobars, dried fruit, to name just a few things! Many other items are available too – clothes, bags, scarves, household items – do borrow a catalogue and have a browse! As well as supporting Traidcraft 10% of all sales goes to our Church.
Did you know that over 1.2 million bananas are sold in the UK every year, but only 1 in 3 of these is fairtrade. Fairtrade Fortnight 2014 (24 February-9 March) marks the launch of a special campaign that aims to transform the banana industry to ensure those at the sharp end of the supply chain, the millions of struggling banana farmers and workers, get a fair deal. Have a look at the Fairtrade Foundation’s Website for more information.
If you would like to be involved with fairtrade and Traidcraft at Oakwood Church please do get in touch with me!
Hannah Laycock ______Men's Meeting at The White House
The next meetings will be on Thursday
30th January & 27th February
We will meet at the usual time of 8.30 pm ‘ish’
Hope you can join us. Please check the notices for updates. Morris Smith – 2651587
You and Me Smiles from Jack Let us be grateful for each precious day That is free from pain and sorrow Find the strength to face up to Whatever comes tomorrow. Let us accept what we cannot change And find the will to endure Face life with a smile and a song No matter what may come along Pray each day for guidance And we will surely see Our prayers will be answered Yes for you and me.
Friendship If you are blessed with one good friend On whom you know you can depend To be with you and always share Your times of joy and of despair, Then do not let that friendship drift For friendship is a two-way gift And you should show by what you do How much that friendship means to you ______
Leeds Gilbert & Sullivan Society Present Pirates of Penzance At Carriageworks Theatre, Millenium Square, Leeds
22 seats have been reserved in the stalls for the 2.30pm performance on Saturday 8th March 2014 at £15.50 each. To book your place put your name on the list on the church notice board or ring Paul Butler 2892184 before 16th February. An Ending and a Beginning I am writing this amidst packing boxes and sorting much paper. We are moving! In a few days time this manse will cease to be the home of the Chair of the Leeds District. It has been the District Manse since 1957, so as I pack the boxes I find myself reflecting upon all the living, thinking, praying and conversing that these walls have held during those 56 years. I think of all the visitors who have been welcomed, the meals shared, the laughter enjoyed; the phone calls taken, and emails responded to; all the business conducted through these rooms when the District Office was based here; the cups of tea and coffee consumed, tears shed, encouragement shared; and all the profound thinking and theologising of my predecessors in this role (!) The role of Chair of District has changed and developed during these years, and we continue to be challenged by further significant changes to our ways of being Methodists across the connexion. My thoughts are not all about the past. At this time of moving house, I am already wondering how the new manse will work, wanting to make that too a place that is home and prayerful, and that offers a welcome, for family and for others. In parallel with this domestic ending and beginning, I have been listening to some of the many commentaries on the life of Nelson Mandela. His passing marks the end of a monumental chapter in the history of South Africa, and of the wider world. For many people, however, his death has also invited or provoked a recommitment to the ideals of peace, racial justice, and reconciliation for the next generation, and not only in South Africa. At a service of commemoration for Mandela in Leeds Minster, the final Act of Commitment began with these words:
We cannot live in the past; neither should we forget it. We are here in the present because those who have gone before us have given it to us. We have the future to explore: may we not waste it, but live it to the full.
These are perhaps fitting thoughts as we all embark upon the challenge of another year. I pray that it will be a peaceful and fulfilling year for each of us, and in our shared journey of discipleship. Liz Smith Chair of Leeds Methodist District
Donations to the February Big Blue Bin Charity
PAFRAS - Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
has a high demand for food parcels due to the ever increasing numbers of destitute people that turn to them for support. They need help to provide 80-100 food packs per week and urgently need the following:
Tins: Baked Beans, Tomatoes, Soup, Pulses, Rice, Small Juice Drinks, Spaghetti, Sardines/Tuna Long Life Milk. Coffee/Tea, Toiletries Vegetables Please drop your donation(s) into the bin in the Church porch. One item from everyone could make a real difference to the support PAFRAS gives to some of the most vulnerable people in Leeds.
Coffee Mornings at The Parochial Hall
On the third Wednesday in every month, we hold a coffee morning at The Parochial Hall, on Fitzroy Drive. Friends meet together for a cup of coffee and a chat. It is a lovely way to socialise and to make money for local charities at the same time. In 2013 Caring for Life and St George’s Crypt both received £143.69. Why not come along and join us? We would love to see you there. If you are able to bring along any contributions to the book stall or bring and buy stall, that would be greatly appreciated. Make a note of the date of our first coffee morning in 2014 – Wednesday 19th February from 10am. We look forward to seeing you.
Anne Bond & Brigid Jones ______Saturdays 4pm-5.30pm For children and adults together Creative fun and crafts exploring a Christian theme, time of gathering and celebration, shared tea. Please bring something to share for tea if you can. For more info, contact George Bailey, 266 2066
Upcoming Dates: Saturdays... 1st March
______The deadline for each edition of The Broadcast is the 2nd Sunday of the preceding month. Please choose one of the following to submit your item: Put in The Broadcast Plastic Pocket (by the pigeonholes), phone me on 2738930 or email me at [email protected] (preferred!) Thanks - Pete Oldfield ______
LADIES' EVENING CLUB
We meet once a month on the second Wednesday at 8.00 pm. Please come along, you'll be made very welcome.
Next meetings 13th February – No Meeting – Ash Wednesday 13th March – Mrs Dorothy Burrows – My favourite bits of the UK
The Deadlines for the Weekly Notices For items to be included, please telephone me on 0113 8085703 or email me at [email protected] by the preceding Wednesday.
Please note that space is limited on the notice sheets but items can be useful to remind people of information in The Broadcast and to publicise last minute arrangements.
ST JOHN'S PARISH CHURCH
VICAR: Reverend Dr. Colin Cheeseman, BA 2669747 2a Ryder Gardens, Leeds LS8 1JS Churchwardens: Mrs Brigid Jones, 30 Oakwell Mount, LS8 4AD 2400918 Miss Anne Bond, 2 Greenview Court, Davies Avenue, LS8 1LA 2663192
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Hon Secretary: Mr Peter Haddleton, 9 Oakwood Green, LS8 2QU 2931524 Hon Electoral Mr Peter Oldfield, 23 Oakwood Green, LS8 2QU 2738930 Roll Officer:
OTHER OFFICIALS
Planned Giving Mr Eric Jones, 30 Oakwell Mount, LS8 4AD 2400918 Scheme: Readers' Rota: Miss Anne Bond, 2 Greenview Court, Davies Avenue, LS8 1LA 2663192
ROUNDHAY ST JOHN C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL
Head Teacher: Mr Andrew Graham School 2658451 ______
Applications for Banns, Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals to the Vicar.
ST JOHN’S CHURCH WEBSITE has now been closed – all material is being transferred to www.oakwoodchurch.info ______
on Wednesday 19th February at 10.00 am at the Parochial Hall
Please support this event by coming along and, perhaps, providing something for the bring and buy table or cake stall
Your help will be much appreciated. All proceeds going to charity.
Oakwood Services – February
2nd 10.15 am Holy Communion - Rev’d George Bailey 4.00 pm Evensong - Rev’d George Bailey 6th 9.45 am Oasis 10.30 am Holy Communion 9th 8.45 am Holy Communion - Rev’d George Bailey 10.15 am Parade – Rev’d George Bailey 3.00 pm Circuit Service at Newborne 16th 10.15 am Holy Communion – Rev’d Colin Cheeseman 20th 9.45 am Oasis 10.30 am Holy Communion 23rd 10.15 am Rev’d Trevor Bates 4.00 pm Holy Communion - Rev’d Colin Cheeseman
Thorner Services – February
2nd 9.30 am Mr Peter Harper 9th 9.30 am Rev’d Francesca Rhys 3.00 pm Circuit Service at Newborne 16th 9.30 pm Holy Communion - Rev’d George Bailey 23rd 9.30 am Mr Graham Dawson
Roundhay and Thorner Methodist Churches applications for Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals to The Minister - Rev’d Dr. George Bailey – 2662066
Roundhay Methodist Church Website – all information is now available and updated at: www.oakwoodchurch.info
Church Booking Secretary - Linda Holden 0113 293 1602
Roundhay Week by Week (* non church group)
Monday 9.00 am Rhythm Time * 9.15-10.15am Dance Fit * 6.30 pm 2nd Roundhay Brownies 6.30 pm Beaver Scouts 7.00 pm Men's Fellowship (Snooker) 8.00 pm Scouts Tuesday 9.45-11.30am Babies and Toddlers 9am-4pm Little Stars 5.45 pm 2nd Roundhay Rainbows 6,00 pm Zumba * 7.00 pm 2nd Roundhay Guides 7.30 pm Yoga Class * Wednesday 9.30 – 10.30 am Pilates* 10.00 am Indoor Bowling 2.00 pm Men's Fellowship (Bowls) 3.30 – 6pm First Class Learning * 6.30 pm 10th Roundhay Brownies 6.30 pm Cub Scouts (Powell Pack) Thursday 12.00 noon Luncheon Club 6.00 pm 10th Roundhay Rainbows 6.15 pm 5th Roundhay Brownies 7.30 pm 5th Roundhay Guides Friday 10.15 am Toddlers 2.15 pm Yoga (people with movement difficulties) * 6.00pm Friday Nite Live [children in years 4,5,6] 6.30 pm Ju-Jitsu * 7.30 pm The Art Group Saturday 9.00am-Noon Fun Spanish for age 2-7* Sunday 10.15am Junior Church and Crèche 8pm SYNC [young people in school years 7-13] Monthly
1st/3rd Wednesday 8.00 pm Scottish Dancing 2nd Wednesday 8.00 pm Ladies' Evening Club (not Holy Week) 3rd Wednesday 10.00 am-11.30 am Coffee Morning - Parochial Hall 4th Wednesday 7.30 pm Digital Age Club 1st/3rd Thursday 9.45am / 10.30 am Oasis / Holy Communion 2nd/4th Thursday 1.00pm Stroke Association * Last Thursday 8.30 pm ‘ish’ Men’s Meeting at The White House Last Saturday 9.30 am Walkers
Group Contact Names and Telephone Numbers Monday 2nd Roundhay Brownies Anne Kirkland 2947249 Beaver Scouts Liz O'Sullivan 2405283 Men's Fellowship (Snooker) Ian Kilvington 2651582 Scouts Jonathan Betts 2329447 Dance Fit Sonja Harper 07956637375
Tuesday Toddlers Jeanette Shipley 2650883 Little Stars Sarah Turner 245 6533 2nd Roundhay Rainbows Debra Cooper 2400884 2nd Roundhay Guides Carol Massey 2823651 Yoga Class (also Friday) Kath Morgan-Thompson 07742008950 Zumba Keanda Shepherd 07904228915
Wednesday Pilates Karen Brown 2932507 First Class Learning Dawn Scargill 07946854408 Indoor Bowling Philip Rayner 2658599 Men's Fellowship Ian Kilvington 2651582 10th Roundhay Brownies Deborah Padgett 2788476 Cub Scouts (Powell Pack) Jane Whittingham 2680922 Ladies' Evening Club Joyce Kilvington 2651582 Scottish Dancing Dorothy Bampton 2667826 Our Digital Age Group David Donaldson 2323565
Thursday Luncheon Club Jeanette Padgett 2655707 10th Rainbow Guides Fiona Lewis 07939572467 5th Roundhay Brownies Janette Handyside 2940586 5th Roundhay Guides Lois Manning 2936585 Men's Meeting at White House Morris Smith 2651587
Friday Friday Nite Live Fran Bailey 2662066 Ju-Jitsu Sean 07979658747 Toddlers Hannah Laycock 2664756 The Art Group Barry Claughton 2667062
Saturday Church Walkers Morris Smith 2651587 Spanish for Fidgets www.littlefidgets.co.uk
Sunday - Junior Church Debra Cooper 2400884 SYNC George Bailey 2662066
Kingswood House Group Every Wednesday 9.30-11am Venue – 16 Kingswood Gardens Contact – Fran Bailey on 2662066
Oakwood Park House Group Tuesdays as arranged at 7.00 pm Venue – 13 Oakwood Park Contact - Joyce Kilvington on 2651582
Red Hall House Group Fridays (monthly) at 7.30 pm Dates as announced in weekly notices Venue as announced in weekly notices Contact – Roger Hartley on 2933077
St Catherine’s House Group Thursdays (2 per month – as arranged) at 7.30 pm Venue - 1 St Catherine's Walk (usually) Contact – Susan Howdle on 2667822 or Sue Noble on 01937 849679
Lynsey Howarth MORFITT SHAW BSc (Hons) MChS Independent Estate and Letting Agents
Mobile Chiropody / Podiatry
Just 0.66% to sell your home Routine treatment includes: All properties featured on Rightmove, Dry or hard skin removal, FindaProperty, PrimeLocation and reduction of thick or long nails and other portals removal of painful corns for No extended lock in period £24.50 Walk through videos & floorplans Accompanied evening viewings No sale, no charge Free valuations, Owner managed No termination penalty Tenant finding & referencing Free ads, brochures & alerts We are not a franchise outlet Speedy marketing Large buyer & tenant databases Contact : 0758 644 3496 80 Street Lane, Leeds, LS8 2AL
Telephone - 0113 393 0113 HPC Registered, receipts www.morfittshaw.co.uk available. Discounts when more than 1 person.
Robinson’s D J B Services Aerial Services Property Maintenance, Repair
Digital Aerials / Satellites And Installation Installed and Repaired Kitchen and Bathroom Design and Freeview/Freesat Installation Tuning and Set Up Service Plumbing, Joinery, Electrical Additional TV/SKY Points Roof repairs, Aerials (including multi room) Specialist TV Wall Mounting Fencing, Decking, Paving, Patios Service Exterior Painting Telephone Engineering Service No job too small (Extensions & Repairs) Friendly Reliable Local Service Free no obligation quotes All areas of West Yorks covered Contact David 07736 776304 / Tony Robinson 0113 2402268 Tel: 01924 472232 / 07885528041 www.djbservices.com www.robinsonsaerials.co.uk [email protected]
G.E.HARTLEY K S Heating & Plumbing & SON LTD Services
The Complete Funeral Service All Aspects of Heating and Plumbing A Family Run Business ● Boiler Changes ● Cookers Established 1808 ● Gas Fires ● Servicing 24 Hour Personal Service ● Powerflushing Private Chapels of Rest ● Landlords' Safety Checks Monumental Masonry ● GAS SAFE Registered Pre-paid Funeral Plans
Thorner: 0113 2892354 Garforth: 0113 2862980 Wetherby: 01937 588888 300560
26 Main Street Kenneth Sinclair Thorner 7 Oakwood Rise Leeds LS8 2QY
Leeds LS14 3DX Tel: 01132171604
Mobile - 07903152957
SUMMERS CITY STATIONERS PLASTERING
466 Roundhay Road Specialising in Oakwood all aspects of plastering Leeds LS8 2HU
Internal, External and (opposite the Co-Op) Ornamental Telephone: 0113 2359916 Free Quote
. SOCIAL, OFFICE AND GIFT Telephone: STATIONERY 0113 2166850 . LARGE RANGE OF GREETINGS Mobile: CARDS 07811674418 . RUBBER STAMPS
. ART MATERIALS Summers Plastering . FAX SERVICE
4 Barlby Way, Oakwood, . COLOUR AND BLACK AND Leeds LS8 2PS WHITE DIGITAL COPYING
Chiropodist FLORENCE Easterly Road
HAIR FASHIONS 0113 2359760
. 8.30 am - 6.00 pm 145 Easterly Road (including Saturday mornings) Leeds LS8 2RY . Ground floor premises . Shop front parking Difficulties with transport? . Established 10 years Book an appointment . Reimbursement by Leeds Hospital Fund (HSA) and other care plans
on Thursday or Friday and we'll . routine collect you from home and take you chiropody CUNNIFFE J & JM back again, absolutely . diabetic MSSCH MBCHA
free of charge. patients 129 Easterly Road . orthotic LS8 2TP Telephone insoles . verruca clinic SURGERY OR (0113) 2402556 HOME VISITS and podiatry (appointments not
always necessary)