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'The Leeds Big Bookend' Festival and 'Strangers in a Strange Land' - June
“Why has there never been a Leeds book festival?” (Author: )

Adult Literacy Courses
Free Basic Literacy Course (Author: )

Coffee 0'Clock for Kidz Klub
Can you help Kidz Klub? (Author: )

Volunteers needed at Leeds Festival
Leeds Festival Angels are looking for volunteers to help at Leeds Festival at Bramham Park, and also to support the angels in prayer between 21st and 26th August. (Author: )

Keeping House - Funding available
Funding available for Church Projects to promote idependance (Author: )

Flash Mob for HFTN Briggate Event!
Kingdom Performance Ministries would like to invite you to be part of a flash-mob gospel dance to be performed as part of the Hope for the Nations day. (Author: )

Room For Rent, In Shared House in Horsforth, Hawksworth Road
4 bed shared house, suit professional or Post Grad (Author: )

Angels needed at the Leeds Festival
Free places and Leeds festival for volunteers (Author: )

City Centre Conferencing and meeting Rooms
LCI offers state of the art conferencing with an ethical edge in Leeds City Centre . Special rates for Voluntary Groups. (Author: )

New service for people with Learning disabilities
Prospects is a dynamic Christian organisation working together with people with learning disabilities so they live life to the full. They are are setting up new Christian support services in Yorkshire (Author: )

Holbeck Food Bank Helps Its First Family
A new food bank in South Leeds has been set up by the Holbeck Christian Fellowship and Mosaic Church to help households in crisis. (Author: )

DNA / Eden Network Partnership
DNA very recently entered into an exciting partnership with the Eden Network. (Author: DNA)

Trans-cultural Health Partners - Leeds
TCHP is a small Organisation based in Ebor Court, set up to advance equitable access to health in sub-Saharan Africa and to the International community in Leeds. (Author: )

'About My Area' - Promoting Local Churches, Events and Activities in North Leeds
About My Area is excited to be partnering with Network Leeds to help to promote local churches and their events and activities. (Author: )

Holbeck Vicar Honoured
Alistair Kaye, priest in charge of Holbeck, Beeston Hill and Hunslet, made an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral. (Author: )

Duke Of York's Award Scheme Seeks to Reward Local Community Groups
Last year recipients included: Middleton Elderly Aid, Caring For Life, Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store, and the Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe Project for Elders (HOPE). (Author: )

New Life Newspaper
NEW LIFE is a great 12-page monthly outreach newspaper, packed with real life testimonies and celebrity interviews, helping you reach your community with the Gospel. (Author: )

Lightline Pilgrimages - Specialist Christian Travel
Specialist Christian Travel To The Holy land (Author: )

Leeds Foodbank 2013
Leeds Foodbank is a new venture. Supported by churches from many different backgrounds and traditions. (Author: John Casey)

White Papers - Fusion
Fusion will be releasing White Papers on different areas of student work. The topics will be quite specific - depth rather than breadth. Have a read! (Author: )

Volunteer Actors wanted for The Narnia Experience, Leftbank Leeds
Step through the Wardrobe follow the wintery trail + meet Mr Tumnus, Mrs Beaver + The White Witch! (Author: )

Scargill - The Final Push
Our God is good at moving mountains, large or small. (Author: )

Yorkshire Church Leaders Learn About Peacemaking at Corrymeela
A group of senior West Yorkshire church leaders has learned of the Northern Ireland experience of peacemaking and reconciliation. (Author: )

What would you say if you were given the opportunity to talk on Premier Drive Show for 2 minutes?
From Mid-April.. (Author: )

New Logo, Website and Branding for Cocoon!
Cocoon seeks to raise self-esteem with women and girls in the UK by equipping professionals with resources and training. (Author: )

The 90 Challenge - This Summer!
They're hoping to connect 2,500 school leavers to churches this year, which costs £200 a day over the 90 days of the Student Linkup season. (Author: )

Public Consultation on Lap Dancing Clubs in Leeds
Leeds City Council are publicly consulting on lap dancing clubs in Leeds (Author: )

Advertise paid job vacancies or your Business with Network Leeds from £30
We email our bulletin every week to over 1300 members across Leeds. (Author: )

Resourcing Organisations - Citywide
There are a number of organisations working ‘behind the scenes’ to resource, connect and help to facilitate the church in Leeds to fulfil its mission to the city. (Author: )

Student Linkup Resources - Life After Graduation and More!
Student Linkup from Fusion helps provide 360° preparation for University and has some great resources available! (Author: )

Church Hall for Hire! - Stainbeck
Wide range of rooms and facilities (including kitchen and toilet) available for low cost! (Author: )

HeatinGlobal - Church Heating Specialist
We are Church Heating Specialists that can assist you in designing, planning and installing a heating system that suits your church heating projects. (Author: )

Asylum Justice and Release
AJAR is a network of people in Leeds, often from faith communities, seeking to help people currently in detention who have a valid case for applying for bail. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 27th - Hope Revolution
Hope Revolution ‘We are Neighbours’ is a new initiative working to see a great awakening across youth ministries in Bradford and Leeds. Our hope is to see how a disconnected generation can connect once again with the church. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thurs 28th - LFIS and Space
Leeds Faith in Schools provides a flexible and professional Christian resource to high schools in Leeds. Space is a network of 15 youth groups for 11-19 year olds in six of the more deprived areas of inner-city Leeds. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Good Friday
‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Matthew 27 v 6, Mark 15 v 34 (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sat 30th - St George's Crypt
Please pray for God’s continuing provision for us during 2013 with all its potential political and financial implications. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Easter Sunday
Unity, prayer and mission. Why? Because Jesus is alive! (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Fri 22nd - Include Food at Miry Carr Farm
The idea is to get people, who would not normally have the opportunity, to get back to nature and reconnect with creation, enabling them to benefit from the healing that it brings. (Author: )

Leeds Foodbanks Braced to Feed Thousands
More and more cash-strapped families in leeds are relying on food bank handouts to tide them over as living costs rise and cuts begin to bite. (Author: )

Unplanned or Urgent Dental Care Questionnaire - Can You Help?
The NHS locally is asking people to advise on the task of planning the future of unplanned or urgent dental care for the whole of West Yorkshire. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thurs 21st - Suitcase and Spectacles and The Narnia Experience
'Miss Dotty’s Specs’ is a light hearted play based on the Prodigal Son, designed for Key Stage 2-3. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sat 23rd - Interactive
Interactive is an interfaith youth project. It is part of the work of Inter-Active, a Leeds-based organisation working across faith traditions through sport. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sun 24th - Abigail Housing and Just Housing
Abigail Housing is a West Yorkshire-based charitable company dedicated to providing housing and support to people made homeless at the end of the asylum process. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Mon 25th - St Monica's
St. Monica's Housing provides accommodation for eight destitute asylum seeking women in two houses provided by Catholic Care in Headingley. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Tues 26th - Activ8
Activ8 Leeds aims to transform lives and empower communities through advocacy and education. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Tues 19th - Joanna
Joanna is a Christian project working with women involved in street prostitution. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 20th - CODESA
CODESSA is a connector between the Christian community and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups in Leeds. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thu 14th - Foodbank
Supported by churches from many different backgrounds, and traditions, the Foodbank network aims to provide three days of emergency food to local people in crisis. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Fri 15th - CAP
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is a national debt counselling charity which offers free debt advice and long term support to anyone struggling with the pressure of unmanageable debt. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sat 16th - Street Pastors
Street Pastors is an inter-denominational Church response to urban problems, engaging with people on the streets to care, listen and dialogue. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sun 17th - Asylum Justice and Release
Asylum Justice And Release (AJAR) was born out of the experience of Christians at All Hallows Church coming into contact with people detained while living in Leeds, but being held in privately run Detention Centres. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Mon 18th - Leeds Pregnancy Crisis Centre
Leeds Pregnancy Crisis Centre offers free confidential advice and counselling for those who have experienced an unplanned pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth/ baby loss, fertility issues and abortion. (Author: )

Life For The World Trust - The Way Ahead
Life For The World is a charity that has trained churches and individuals to work with people and families affected by addictions, especially alcohol and drugs. (Author: )

CRC Online Community - Social Justice Sharing
CRC is developing an on-line collaborative community through which Christians can share information relating to social justice. We would be pleased if you would like to be part of it. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 13th - The Beehive
The Beehive has a heart for fair trade. World trade rules and big business disadvantage smaller producers by forcing down prices to unsustainable levels in order to maximise profits and limit access to markets. (Author: )

Call to refurbish Leeds properties, not build
How do we approach the great need for affordable housing in our country? (Author: Jack Blanchard)

Little Stars - Innovative Early Years Scheme Launch
This month sees the taster launch of 'Little Stars', an innovative new scheme for pre-school children and their parents in Leeds – and thanks to financial support from the council it's offering free taster sessions throughout March. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 6th - Education Achievement Academy
We run as a Further Education college taking on pupils that are disadvantaged and have low literacy skills. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thurs 7th - Sunflower ESOL
Sunflower ESOL is a very new initiative with the aim of making English classes accessible to those unable to access ESOL through main stream or private colleges. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Fri 8th - Divine Expressions
Divine Expressions has been ministering through dance in Newhall Prison since 2004. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sun 10th - Citizen Magazine
Citizen magazine aims to shine the spotlight on these good works; celebrating the things people are doing around the city to support individuals and strengthen communities. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Mon 11th - Connecting Crossgates
This new pioneering project involves the church and community looking to connect in new ways for the good of Crossgates. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Tues 12th - Hunslet Initiative
The Hunslet Initiative is a community project rooted in the local churches which exists to be a witness in the community through providing positive activities and support. (Author: )

Cocoon - Youth Worker resource
A 10 session resource for use by youth workers, social workers, teachers and others working with vulnerable young women. (Author: )

Leeds Lent Prayer Diary 2013
Join with thousands of other Christians mobilising prayer in the city, for the city, in a significant way. Pray for 50+ organisations focussing on ecumenical mission work across Leeds (Author: Leeds Churches Together in Mission)

Lent Prayer - Mon 4th - InterACT
We facilitate activities so that people from all walks of life can meet, build relationships, develop skills and, importantly, have fun. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Tues 5th - Leeds Needs
Leeds Needs is an exciting new charity shop in Leeds Kirkgate Market run in partnership between St Luke's CARES and RETAS (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Fri 1st - Spacious Places
Spacious Places is an abstinence-based structured day treatment centre for alcoholics anddrug addicts. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sat 2nd - Scandal of Inequality
Leeds is a city of great inequality. In fact it is one of the most unequal cities in the United Kingdom. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sun 3rd - Horsforth Missioner
‘From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise,’ Psalm 8. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Tues 26th - Leeds Youth Cell Network
LYCN seeks to help Christians work together to support the young people of our city in their Christian faith (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 27th - Kidz Klub Leeds
Kidz Klub Leeds is a partnership of many churches working together to reach hard to reach children living in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thu 28th - West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network
West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network (WYDAN) has the aim of improving the support given to destitute asylum seekers by increasing awareness of the issues they face. (Author: )

Missional Generation
Can you help support a developing culture of unity, prayerful worship, and missional transformation across the M62 Corridor? (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thu 21st - Faithful Signposting
As I visit the more deprived areas of our city talking with clergy and congregations, the most frequent lament is that people in need struggle to access the resources that are available (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Fri 22nd - Addiction Consortium Leeds
Addiction has the power to drain people’s finances, relationships and both their physical and mental health. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sat 23rd - Manuel Bravo Project
The Manuel Bravo Project aims to provide free legal advice to asylum seekers at appeal stage and in making fresh claims. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sun 24th - Meeting Point
Meeting Point provides social, emotional and spiritual support to asylum seekers and refugees (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Mon 25th - Cottingley Youth Project
The Cottingley Youth Project works with young people on the Cottingley Estate in South Leeds, lifting aspiration and achievement. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 20th - Salama
Depression is common in today’s society and affects many within the church, as well as people we meet in the workplace, our neighbours or our families. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Wed 13th - 'Catch Me If I Fall'
As we start this time of Lent, may we be able to sit quietly before God in humility and stillness. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Thu 14th - Leeds TEAM
TEAM stands for ‘Together, Everyone Achieves More’. It is a network of pastors and churches working together to promote the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ across the Leeds City region. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Fri 15th - Friends International
"Our vision is for internationals students to know the life-transforming power of Christ and to return to their home countries with a passion for spreading the Good News." (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sat 16th - Hope for the Nations
Hope for the Nations (HFTN) is a relational network of international congregations, ministries and organisations. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Sun 17th - Angels at the Festival
"'As I sit here Monday afternoon recovering from my lack of sleep over the weekend I’m blown away by how a prayer tent in the midst of a festival somehow created the most authentic “church” I have ever experienced.’" (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Mon 18th - ReFuel
Refuel is a termly opportunity for children from Leeds’ churches to get together. It is ecumenical and is led by a great team of children’s leaders from all over the city. (Author: )

Lent Prayer - Tues 19th - Street Angels / Club Angels
"We are out from 9.30pm – 3am on Friday nights and spend the first half of our evenings getting to know door staff, police and ambulance crews." (Author: )

15 minutes of Inconvenience
For lent, why not try giving 15 minutes a day to help, include, notice, protect or compliment others? (Author: Paul Scanlon)

Consultancy for Mission and Ministry (YICT)
A two-year part-time programme leading to a Postgraduate Diploma or Masters Degree (Author: York Institute for Community Theology)

CHURCH LEADERS PUSH WEST YORKSHIRE MPs + MEPs TO TAKE ACTION FOR TAX JUSTICE
On Friday 1st February MPs and MEPs representing West Yorkshire will receive a letter from church leaders calling for concerted action from all political parties to address the issue of tax justice. (Author: )

Kingdom Performance Ministries - Moving word
KPM have a brand new programme of education and community outreach work and a gospel style dance workshop! (Author: )

Volunteers are Vital
A person may never be an apostle, a leader or enjoy celebrity status, but we can all follow the ultimate example of Christ by becoming a volunteer. (Author: )

Leaders from the new international churches in groundbreaking meeting with traditional churches
For the first time, twenty key leaders representing the new international congregations in Leeds met, talked and prayed with around fifteen leaders of the main established Christian denominations. Most had never met before, and in many cases (Author: John Carter (Canon))

Pray for the streets of Leeds - Sign up now!
According to this only 9 people praying for Leeds! Come on and lets sign up, it takes less than a minute to do so. (Author: )

Mosaic Church has gone Local in Leeds!
Mosaic has recently gone through a period of transition, from being one church that meets in one location, to being one church that meets in three locations. (Author: )

The Daniel Fast for the Body, Soul and Spirit
The Bible teaches us that we are a spirit, we have a soul and we live in a body. The Daniel Fast affects all three parts of us as we enter into a period of time for focused prayer and fasting. (Author: )

The Firebird Chronicles - Rise of the Shadow Stealers
Inspired by the parable of the wedding banquet (Matthew 22: 1-14), Daniel Ingram-Brown’s new book. It’s aimed at children aged 8-12, but is suitable for anybody young at heart! (Author: )

The 'Luv Jesus Gospel Show'
Internet Radio - a Variety of Praise, Worship, Urban and Gospel Sounds (Author: )

New LYCN Staff Video Blog
Check out the latest from the LYCN team video blog! (Author: )

More people than ever can access CAP!
Christians Against Poverty is a national debt counselling charity with a network of 218 centres based in local churches. CAP offers hope and a solution to anyone in debt through its unique, in-depth service. (Author: )

Salama - Freedom from Self harm, Depression + Anxiety
With the New Year, comes an opportunity to get involved in a new project launching in Leeds. (Author: )

Leeds + Moortown Furniture Store Wins Top Royal Award!
The Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store has won the The Duke of York Community Initiative Award! (Author: )

Operation Noah
Operation Noah works for the complete decarbonisation of the British economy by 2030. (Author: )

Hardship Fund - Destitute Asylum Seekers
Estimates of the numbers of destitute asylum seekers in Leeds range from 1,500 - 3,000. (Author: )

Streetwise has moved!
Streetwise is now based at Domaine, Bridge Street (Author: )

Leeds Needs Charity Shop
A new charity shop based in Leeds Market supporting RETAS and St. Lukes Cares (Author: )

Seek the Welfare of the City - Lent 2013
The Scandal of Inequality is about cultivating outrage, challenging inevitability and creating alternative possibilities to reduce inequality in Leeds. (Author: )

A successful Interfaith Event in Leeds
The 'Faith in Each Other' event ,celebrated as part of the National Interfaith Week, was a great success. (Author: Hotline Network Leeds)

Eco Congregation - Supporting the Church in Addressing Environmental Issues
Helping the church to face up to environmental issues. (Author: )

Youth Work Magazine Monthly Update
Why raise up young leaders? Interview with Jahmene Douglas. Youthwork Writers Masterclass and much much more! (Author: Hotline Network Leeds)

Forget-me-not Foundation Romania - Childrens DVD
Forget-me-not Foundation has just launched its new Childrens DVD check out the details here. (Author: )

The National Day of Prayer and Worship Roadshow
2 key announcements about the National Day of Prayer (Author: )

Global Issues Resources - The Sanctuary
A fantastic list of resources to help us tackle global issues. (Author: Hotline Network Leeds)

Acorn Christian Books
Some Advent reading suggestions from Headingley-based Acorn Christian Books! (Author: )

Adult Literacy Centre - Chapletown
A growing adult education centre which works with those who are disadvantaged and have low literacy skills. (Author: Tim Hearson)

Ask Your MP To Speak Out On Tax Dodging Will you ask your MP to speak out on tax dodging?
Tax dodging has been in the news again this week. But what can you do? (Author: )

Leeds Youth Cell Network Staff Video Blog
The Brand new LYCN Video Blog is Now Live! (Author: )

Friends International Leeds - Connecting with International Students
Friends International Leeds helps churches bring transformation in International students lives. Check out their new website at (Author: )

Miss Dotty's Specs - New Theatre Production for KS2 - Now taking Bookings!
Could the play 'Miss Dotty's Specs' work in your local school (Years 5,6 or 7) or community church cafe? Check out the exciting details of this wonderful new production. (Author: )

Connect 2012 - Connecting Across Our Diver-City
This is the 3rd annual Connect event and this year’s theme is ‘Connecting across our DIVER-city’, emphasising the importance of connections in a world often segregated by cultural and regional circumstance. (Author: Tim Hearson)

International Congregations and Organisations in Leeds - Directory
The directory has been produced in conjunction with the "Direction in Diverse-city?" report and both together aim to encourage more understanding and partnering together in mission. (Author: )

Christ In The Passover - UK Tour Easter 2013
Jews for Jesus will explain the significance of the Passover including setting up a Seder table. (Author: )

Joanna Project - Can you help support them?
Joanna is a Leeds based Christian Project that works with vulnerable, hard to reach women who are trapped in prostitution and life controlling addictions. (Author: )

Bag of Hope - Free Christmas resource for Teens
The United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) are once again offering their various resources packaged ready for the Christmas season. (Author: )

Hope For The Nations - Direction in Diverse-city? Report
This report, whilst citing and commenting on a number of developments, is not seeking to give definitive answers, but rather to stimulate thinking and provide pointers as we move forward together. (Author: )

Leeds Space Network - Shelving Needed!
Space are in need of shelving. Could you help them out?! (Author: )

Cheap + Effective Energy Saving!
4c Leeds (Christians Combating Climate Change Leeds) wants to help local churches to save money on their energy bills by installing energy efficiency measures. (Author: )

Life For The World Trust - CHARITY FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
Life For The World (LFTW) is a charity that trains churches and individuals to work with people and families affected by addictions, especially alcohol and drugs. (Author: )

Starbucks and tax avoidance: legal but immoral?
Rev Matt Stone explores whether Christians should join in the public backlash around certain profitable multinational corporations paying little or no tax in Britain. (Author: Rev Matt Stone on behalf of Network Norwich and No)

Make a Will Month
Shocking research by Will Aid (www.willaid.org.uk) reveals that almost half the population mistakenly believe their estate will automatically pass to their partner when they die.Will (Author: )

Anger at ‘delay’ in rehousing asylum seekers in Leeds
The firm involved in the Olympic security shambles is now at the centre of a row over where more than 160 asylum seekers in Leeds will be rehoused. (Author: David Marsh (Yorkshire Evening Post))

What's Next After Wembley?
Follow up from the National Day of Prayer and Worship (Author: )

The Christian Blog Awards!
Christian New Media Blog, App and Website Awards! (Author: )

A Lesson from Miranda Hart
Perhaps – like Miranda – we are in a time of silence. We aren’t seeing the fruit of our labour, we aren’t seeing success in our youth work. (Author: )

You’re invited to the Sanctuary’s centre
It’s a house of prayer and worship and creative resourcing centre with a particular emphasis on poverty and justice issues. (Author: )

Neighbourhood Prayer Network
The Neighbourhood Prayer Network aims to see every street in the UK covered in Christian prayer. (Author: )

Baraka: Coffee in the Community
If money was no object and you could do anything with your time, what would it be? (Author: )

Top Award For Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store
The Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store has won a prestigious community initiative award. (Author: )

Alpha In Leeds
Find your local Alpha Course! (Author: )

Theatre group for the homeless fuels fresh hope for former Leeds rough sleeper
Two years ago Richard Preston was desperate and destitute, sleeping on the floor of a homeless shelter without a friend in the world. (Author: )

Church-goers star at Leeds cinema in big screen debut!
Looking through the movie listings for the latest big-budget Hollywood releases, you certainly don’t expect to see church meetings scheduled in at your nearest cinema. (Author: )

NDOP (National Day Of Prayer) Post Event Feedback
On the 29th September over 32,000 people (100 from Leeds) made their way to Wembley Stadium for the National Day of Prayer and Worship. Find out more about the day the British Isles changed, the Legacy Book and Christmas shoe boxes. (Author: Karen Williams)

Unity In Progress - New book now available
Unity in Process is a new book from Christian publishers DLT. Edited by Clive Barrett, from West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council, it tells national and local stories of bringing churches together (Author: )

Urgent need for drums and trumpets!
Urgent need foo drums and trumpets! (Author: )

Homeless Services Mapping - September 2012
The face of homelessness may have changed over the years but the problems haven’t. While most of us can head back home after a hard day in the office, for the homeless and vulnerable who don’t have a home or families to go to, the end of each day can o (Author: Chris Bond YEP)

UCB - Free 'Bag of Hope' Halloween Goodie bags available
Why not do something different this Halloween?! (Author: )

Catch the Tax Justice Bus this Autumn!
Seven weeks, 50 towns and cities across Britain and Ireland, one goal: Tax justice for the poorest communities locally and globally! (Author: )

Tiddlywinks Parent and Toddler Group - working in a multi-racial and multi-faith area
Tiddlywinks is run by Ashurst Drive Baptist church, Gants Hill, on the edge of East London. We have a very varied ethnic population around us and the make-up of our group reflects this. Those who come along include mums and dads and grandmothers and grand (Author: engagetoday.org.uk)

Church Action On Poverty - Help Fuel Our Campaign For Fair Taxes!
Our big red Tax Justice Bus is on its way around the UK. It's already made its way through the South West, along the south coast, through London, and into Eastern England. It's met with MPs, councillors, comedians, campaigners, church leaders and more, an (Author: )

New Archbishop of Canterbury to be chosen
Who's going to be the next Archbishop? Church officials are preparing to decide who will be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, ahead of Dr Rowan Williams stepping down in December. (Author: Robert Pigott, BBC)

Active Citizens - Globally connected, Locally Engaged
Active Citizens connects organizations and people, especially young adults, involved in local initiatives that benefit their community. (Author: )

Urgent need for food - St Vincent's Support Centre
The Leeds St Vincent's Support Centre are in great need of food donations please read on to see if you could be of help! (Author: )

Only 80 Miles to Christmas! - Riding Light Theatre Company
You’d think it would be simple enough… one carpenter on his own, pops down to Bethlehem, registers for the census and nips back home again. No problem. (Author: )

Leeds Parish Church Becomes a Minster
Leeds Parish Church has a long and distinguished history at the heart of Christian ministry in Leeds. The establishing of Minster status affirms the importance of its role in God's mission to the whole of the city. This is a move which I know is welcomed (Author: www.itvnews.com)

LFTW - 200 + Christians in the Workforce Equipped to Tackle Addictions
Christian addictions-training charity Life For The World Trust have awarded over 200 individuals with University certificates in gospel-based training in addictions over the past 8 years. (Author: )

Leeds hospice that makes life worth living for seriously ill children Martin House Hospice -Wetherby
August 14 was he 25th anniversary of Martin House, a Leeds hospice dedicated to helping children and their loved ones affected by life-limiting illness. (Author: Yorkshire Evening Post)

The Education Achievement Academy
The Academy provides a Literacy programme for students who are further advanced in their English skills and an ESOL programme for students of foreign nationality. (Author: )

New Magazine for children's workers launced by Premier Christian Media
It’s here at last. The culmination of a lot of hard work, prayer and biscuit consumption! Childrenswork magazine, a great new resources for those involved in childrenswork. (Author: )

How Leeds avoided the worst of the riots
After a deadly shooting raised tensions in Chapeltown (Leeds), police held back while community workers talked to potential rioters (Author: Helen Clifton)

International English Language Testing System Language Course - RETAS Leeds
The IELTS course is now available to anyone who would like to improve their English Language and achieve an IELTS score to help their education and career plans. (Author: )

Homeless Outreach Project Streetwise - Temporary location - July - Sep
Streetwise will be moving to a temporary location until further notice. (Author: )

Change in Opening times for Acorn Christian Bookshop, Leeds
Acorn are an independent Christian bookshops. Their aim is to serve individual Christians and churches and to be a witness to the wider community. (Author: )

Homeless Mapping - Updated Document
A quick guide to services that are immediately available to the homeless in the Leeds area (Author: )

Your Church Can be Part of the Solution to Debt and Poverty
We believe that the church is the hope of the world. It holds in its hands the only message that can change lives and communities both now and for eternity. That’s why our services are always run in partnership with a local church. (Author: )

Lovingly Presenting the Gospel to Groups Such as Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses - UPfC
UK Partnerships for Christ exists to equip Christians UK wide to be able to confidently and lovingly present the gospel when coming into contact with groups that claim to be Christian but have departed from the biblical gospel. (Author: )

Christian Vocations - Job Site
Featuring Jobs, Mission Opportunities and Much more from the UK. (Author: )

Treat yourself to a well earned break at the Jonas Centre
Nestling at the heart of Wensleydale in the tranquil beauty of the Yorkshire Dales, the Jonas Centre is uniquely positioned to provide all that is needed for individuals and groups, seeking relaxation, to enjoy all that the Dales has to offer. (Author: )

Foodbank Opportunities in Leeds
Foodbank is a national initiative run by The Trussell Trust to distribute food to those in need. (Author: )

'The Sanctuary' News
"We’ve recently been struck by a new understanding of Jesus’ famous words in Matthew 7 and Luke 11 - ask (and keep on asking); seek (and keep on seeking); knock (and keep on knocking)." (Author: )

Social Media - God’s Tool?
"With modern technology, I believe we are experiencing new ways by which God is speaking to us and to the nations." (Author: )

Global Day of Prayer Video - Leeds
A video of the events from last Sunday's Global Day of Prayer held at New Testament Church of God, Leeds. (Author: )

Politics and Social Action - Leadership Development Programme for Students
Undergraduate ParliaMentors provides students with the opportunity to be mentored by an MP or Peer, receive leadership training and to work with other students of different faiths and beliefs on social action and empowerment projects. (Author: )

Pedal power: Trustee Dave gears up for an 800 km fundraiser
Dave Gladman a trustee of both Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store and St George's Crypt along with two friends are gearing up for a quite extraordinary fundraising feat... (Author: )

Global Day of Prayer Feedback
A message from Paul Lancaster of Hope for the Nations (Author: )

Food for Thought - £1 a Day!
"A Leeds youth worker is to try survive on £1 a day for five days next week to focus attention on the plight of the world’s poor." (Author: )

Spacious Places Launch New Website!
Spacious Places offer a structured day treatment programme for five major focuses. (Author: )

Olympic Initiatives in Leeds
As the countdown to the London 2012 Olympics continues, churches and organisations across Leeds are gearing up for Summer. (Author: )

Leeds Steiner School Application
Leeds Steiner School is applying to open a new school following the Steiner curriculum in September 2013, as part of the Government's Free Schools programme. (Author: )

Faith Through a Lens
A national photography competition which showcases the positive impact of faith in the community. (Author: )

Debt Counselling Centre Celebrates its First Year In Leeds
A church-based charity is celebrating its first year of rescuing local people from personal debt – a free service that is literally saving lives. (Author: )

City service of welcome for new Archdeacon of Leeds, Paul Hooper
The new Archdeacon of Leeds, the Venerable Paul Hooper, has been welcomed and licensed at a special Service of Collation in Leeds Parish Church on Sunday April 15th. (Author: )

'House Swapping' - Holiday Alternative!
Consider simply swapping homes with another Christian household for a cheap holiday experience! (Author: )

Introducing the Sanctuary - Ilkley
The Sanctuary is a house of prayer and worship, and creative resourcing centre, with a particular emphasis on poverty, justice and intercession. (Author: )

Leeds Takes a Major Step Towards Health and Social Care Integration
The city’s NHS and Adult Social Care services have taken an important step towards integrated working, with the first demonstration site now up and running in Kippax/Garforth. (Author: )

Christian Census on Climate Change Being Taken
CConCC is designed to gather opinions from Christians across the country and from all denominations on how they see their responsibility towards the impacts of Climate Change. (Author: )

Leeds Lent Prayer Diary 2012
This diary contains many diverse entries from different initiatives which have been involved in serving God and the people of Leeds over this last year and opportunities to pray for them (Author: )

Do you know Hawksworth Wood?
St Mary’s church is investigating how God is moving to invest in the community and young people of Hawksworth Wood into the future. (Author: Hawksworth Wood Project)

WYEC - Olympic Possibilities + other News
A news update from West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council. (Author: )

Wharfedale churches are praying together round the clock...
On 18th January, around eighty pray-ers from more than fifteen churches began a second season of 24:7 prayer for Ilkley, Wharfedale and the surrounding area. (Author: )

HOPE Together - Diamond Jubilee Opportunity
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations offer churches a great opportunity to get out into the community. Serve your neighbours and the families in your area by taking in a lead. (Author: HOPE Together)

Leeds Needs...
A new Charity Shop is opening in Leeds. It is aimed at raising money for Leeds based charities: St. Luke's Cares and Involve - working with young people in South Leeds, and RETAS - enabling refugees into work and training. (Author: )

'Not Wasted But Wanted'
Listening to Young People: Church Leaders Express Concern (Author: West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council)

Redeeming Our Communities (ROC)
Craig Virco is an ROC Ambassador for our area and would like to bring people together for a 'ROC Conversation' to encourage networking and joint working between Christian groups, churches, secular groups and the public services to bring about change. (Author: )

Feed The Hungry UK
Feed The Hungry is a person to person, church to church programme responding to the scriptural mandate to care for the poor, strengthen the church, and reach the lost. (Author: Feed The Hungry UK)

Turning a Hobby into a Career
Tania from Beeston is enjoying exploring her creative side - something she says she's always loved doing but is now trying to make a living from it. (Author: )

Celebrate Recovery: In Leeds?
Celebrate Recovery are looking for churches in the Leeds area to catch the vision and think about starting a Celebrate Recovery group in their area. (Author: Celebrate Recovery)

Romance Academy Starting in Moortown
Hannah Dey (youth worker at the Chapel Allerton Youth Project) and Glenda at Moortown Baptist are joining forces once again for a new initiative. (Author: )

New LYCN Website and Apps!
LYCN is an inter-denominational project born out of the unity of Christians in Leeds. It is a project which is playing a part in shaping the church of this next generation here in Leeds. (Author: )

News about Three Churches Project
This has been an important year for the Three Churches Project. Beginning with the formation of a new strategy group to look at its development and future, we are now ready to begin 2012 with a new name and new partners to help us take the vision forward (Author: Vanessa Brown)

epetition - Loan Sharks
epetition that addresses the problem of high cost loans and debt in our most deprived communities: (Author: )

Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store
Poster campaign to coincide with the 25th year of operations to raise awareness. "With your help we can make this house a home." (Author: )

Connect 11 - Our Response
'Connect' lived up to its name as over 200 people came from all over Leeds to talk, eat, dream, think, pray and learn together about social action within Leeds. (Author: Andrew Grinnell)

Exciting new business link for two Leeds charities
With funding tight and demand for its services running at record levels, the Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store, a registered charity that was formed Moortown Baptist Church in 1986, has recently unveiled details of an exciting new project... (Author: )

NURTURE cafe now open in Leeds - cheap and cheerful
Nurture opened it's first cafe at Oxford Place Methodist centre, in the heart of Leeds on Monday 24th Oct in the lounge cafe at 10am. (Author: )

Life For The World Trust based in Leeds
Life For The World’s mission is to enhance addiction treatment and recovery through quality addictions training and project support, particularly in partnership with local churches and Christian community projects (Author: John Lowton)

Welcoming the world to Leeds
This autumn the world comes to Leeds as thousands of International Students arrive to study at the universities here. If you are interested in sharing God’s love with the world, then do consider this amazing opportunity (Author: )

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