Leeds (South and Central) Circuit
On 1st September 2013, Oxford Place Methodist Church and the six churches
of Leeds South Circuit will join together to form a new circuit to be known as
Leeds (South and Central) Circuit.
We have been working towards the creation of this new circuit for most of 2012,
but there is still much to do during 2013. As well being a church in the new circuit, the Oxford Place Church
will no longer have responsibility for the Oxford Place Centre.
The people of the Oxford Place Church
will continue to worship in the Oxford Place Centre
on Sundays, but the mission work during the other six days of the week will become, along with the
management of the building, the responsibilty of a new project of the Leeds Methodist District
with a new Management Committee.
This does not mean that the people of Oxford Place Church will
not be involved with city centre mission, rather it is hoped that, by being relieved of
the demands of the management of the building, they will work with the new project
to further God's purpose in the city centre with renewed energy.
Until September we are in a transition phase working with an Interim Management Committee that
is anticipating the new Management Committee. This Interim Management Committee
also acts as the Circuit Meeting of the present Leeds Mission Circuit
until it ceases to exist when the new circuit is formed.
From 1st January 2013 the two circuits will operat a joint preaching plan.
^^^ 2 December 2012 ^^^
Deacon Jenny Jones
On the afternoon of Sunday 17th June we held a special service –
a service of celebration at which Deacon Jenny Jones gave her
testimony prior to being ordained as a Deacon on the 1st July
as part of the Methodist Conference.
During the same service Jenny was admitted to the office of Local Preacher
of the Methodist Church. (Jenny is pictured with her husband Ali who preached the sermon.)
Our service was preceded by lunch and at the service there was hardly an empty seat.
In the congregation were family and friends, and many of those with whom Jenny has
worked during her time in Leeds, as well as representatives of other churches.
This was an opportunity for all to celebrate these two significant events in
Jenny's life and to wish her well and ensure her of our prayers for the future.
As part of the service Jenny was present with a bowl and a towel symbolising
the servant ministry of deacons and recalling the occasion when Jesus
took a towel and a bowl of water and washed the feet of his disciples.
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More about deacons and the Diaconal ministry ...]
^^^ 20 June 2012 ^^^
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 ^^^
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 ^^^
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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.
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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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