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The Magazine of
Springwood Road, Leeds LS8 2QA
(Roundhay St John and Roundhay Methodist)
May 2017
The Minister of the
Methodist Church
Revd Dr George Bailey
16 Kingswood Gardens
Leeds LS8 2BT
Telephone – 0113 2662066
The Vicar
of Roundhay, St John
Revd Canon Kathryn Fitzsimons
227 Beech Lane
Leeds LS9 6SW
Telephone – 0113 2256702
Assistant Curate
Revd Sonia Kasibante
The Vicarage
21 Shakespeare Close
Leeds LS9 7UQ
Telephone 0750 677 8171
www.oakwoodchurch.info
Electrician Minor electrical work.
Extra sockets and lighting points.
Simply ask for help and advice.
Painter and Decorator Any internal work
undertaken.
Alan Cotter Telephone 0113 2656995
Mobile 07940814438
If you would like to
advertise in this space
please contact
Sharon Ness on
0113 2165562 or
email her at
Oakwood Travel Ltd
480 Roundhay road
Leeds LS8 2HU
Telephone 0113 2400419
British Rail
91-230646
No: 78984
FLORENCE
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SURGERY OR
HOME VISITS
If you would like to advertise in The Broadcast (either half page or two separate quarter page
advertisements) please contact
Sharon on 0781 1459379 or email [email protected].
Electrician Minor electrical work.
Extra sockets and lighting points.
Simply ask for help and advice.
Painter and Decorator Any internal work
undertaken
Alan Cotter Telephone 0113 2656995
Mobile 07940814438
HAIR @ GILDA'S
ANNA GRIFFITH
Hair Stylist
0113 2667891
34 Thorn Lane Roundhay
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Thursday Worship
09.15 - 4 May - Morning Prayer
10.30 - 4 May - Holy Communion
09.15 - 11 May - Morning Prayer 09.15 - 18 May - Morning Prayer
09.15 - 25 May - Morning Prayer
For the Spirit of Peace
that calms our mind
and stills our life,
we give you thanks.
For the Spirit of Love that touches hearts
and reaches out,
we give you thanks.
For the Spirit of Joy
that lifts our soul
and gives us faith we give you thanks.
For the Spirit of Power,
that gift of grace
for this your church,
we give you thanks.
Dear Friends,
I am writing this letter on the day that Theresa May has announced her intention to call a general election for 8th June. This is obviously a big surprise to everyone in the UK and appears even to have wrong-footed the political commentators. It has been a very difficult year since the EU Referendum campaign and result and the election campaign ahead now looks likely to raise many complicated and potentially divisive issues. The way a democratic society makes decisions is itself complex and the relationship between the government and the people is finely balanced. Arguably, all our democratic processes are a continual negotiation of the ongoing adjustment of this subtle partnership between those who lead and those who are led. We all have responsibilities in this, and I urge you to take them seriously and prayerfully as you prepare to vote on 8th June.
The church is also both a community and an institution. We live and worship together as a people which gathers informally each week around different events and focal points and which keeps in touch through a variety of ways. If you haven’t got into it yet, do check out one of the newest of these on our Oakwood Church twitter feed (@oakwoodchurchls). We are a community, but also an institution – by this I mean that we have a democratic way of governing ourselves and making decisions. It’s
not as complex or divisive as the general election, though we do take our responsibilities seriously and prayerfully, even if with a fair pinch of humour and humility! Later in the magazine, you can read Kathryn’s summary of the Annual Church Meeting in April – out of this annual meeting flows the Leadership Team and the Church Council, which in turn tasks a range of teams to get on with overseeing things in the name of the church.
What actually happens though, and the way things actually get done, is down to all of us as the people of the church doing our bit. The relationship between the community and the leadership system is subtle and finely balanced. Kathryn’s article also explains the way that the Church Council is reviewing progress with our three current church priorities – you are the people who are the church, so please have a look and take part in this.
Many of the issues which will form the substance of the general election are ones which, as Christians, we seek to take a view on, and to take action over. The church does not support any particular political party, but we do seek to encourage all who work for the common good of our society and the world, but also to call them to account for the sake of justice and to ensure care for all, especially the weakest and most vulnerable. I think my key message for life together as a church, as a community and as a society, is “please join in” – take up your responsibilities and help with the process of decision making. In Christian tradition we talk about discernment. This is a bigger concept, which includes us making a decision, but only in the light of our efforts to seek the will of God, and to consider the future from God’s perspective.
Paul, of course, puts it better than I can:
“And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what is best, so that on the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1: 9-11)
With prayers for your discernment as the election campaign unfolds,
Yours in Christ, George
Ordination as Priest
Sonia has been with us for a year now. On Saturday 24 June at 15.00, at a service in Leeds Minster, she will be ordained priest by Bishop Paul Slater.
It would be good to give Sonia support from the parish at this significant occasion in her life. If you wish to attend, please could you let Sonia know as admission is by ticket.
Sonia will preside at her first Communion Service at Oakwood on Sunday 2 July.
Next month Sonia will be writing on what it means for her to be a priest in the Church of England.
Please pray for Sonia and all who are called to ordination in both the Methodist and Anglican Churches.
Church Family News
We give thanks for the long life of Mr John S Hewitt who passed away peacefully in hospital on 23 February 2017. John was a former organist at both Roundhay Methodist Church and St John's Church and a friend to many people. His funeral service was held at Oakwood Church on Tuesday 21 March. We send our sympathy to his son John, daughter Margaret and relatives and continue to hold them in our prayers and love.
We welcomed into our church family by Baptism during February Tobias and Oliver Roberts and during March Lucas Pinder.
We hold Tobias, Oliver, Lucas, their parents and families, godparents and church sponsors in our prayers and promise our support and love now and in the future.
Coffee Morning Saturday 6 May from 10.00 to 12.00
in aid of Home and Overseas Methodist Missions
Please do join us for bacon butties, pain au chocolat, pain au raisin, toasted teacakes and hot drinks as we endeavour to raise money for Methodist Missions.
We will also have our usual cake, book and bric-a-brac stalls for you to browse and a raffle.
Methodist Missions support a huge variety of projects at home and overseas. The following is an extract from the magazine Mission Matters, and is an example of how our donations can help.
"I had the privilege of visiting Brunswick Methodist Church in Swansea on a blustery Monday evening in July. I was introduced to Huw and Cerys Davies, who coordinate a drop-in centre for homeless people and addicts.
Dubbed “Ogof Adullam” after the cave of Adullam where David took refuge from King Saul (see 1 Samuel 22), they and 36 volunteers offer a place of refuge to those in need.
It was a whirlwind of an evening. Before they started, the volunteers gathered for prayer. I was touched to see how deeply Huw, Cerys and the volunteers cared for each client. As the clients arrived, I met men and women of all ages, from individuals suffering with severe schizophrenia to heroin users and people struggling with alcohol. In contrast to such chaotic lives, the lower room at Brunswick Methodist Church provided a peaceful oasis."
If anyone could help on the day, bake a cake or some buns, donate a raffle prize or something for the book or bric-a-brac stalls we would be very grateful.
The Charity Giving Team
Sharing the Good News of Jesus
On 6 April we had the first ever joint Anglican and Methodist Annual Meetings at Oakwood Church.
This was a milestone as it demonstrates how closely the two entities of Roundhay St John’s and Roundhay Methodist churches are now working together as Oakwood Church.
We each did the legal necessities and then, as one body, reflected on what had been done in the name of Jesus over the last year. Written reports aren’t always exciting ... but it was great to hear the developments and new initiatives that have taken place in 2016.
Highlights include the implementation of the new Church Contacts and Visitors system, Oakwood Book Club, new bibles, hymnbooks and carpets, new contemporary worship - Branching Out in Praise as well as the steady undergirding of our corporate life through Sunday Morning worship, charity giving, home groups, social activities and building maintenance.
Thank you to everyone involved.
We also took time to reflect on our Mission priorities. You may remember that in summer 2015 we undertook a process to give a direction to our church life both internally and externally. Many groups and individuals participated and the Church Council drew out three priorities.
• Prayer in the life of the church. • Diversity, greater inclusion for non-traditional family
groups, e.g. Singles, those without Children, younger people in their 20’s.
• Greater Youth participation in decision making.
There was a buzz in the room as people talked in pairs as to how they had been involved in these priorities over the last 18 months.
In different ways, in different groups the life of the church has been invigorated by having these priorities as a focus.
The Church Council is wanting to review the priorities, to check out with the church family whether they are still the appropriate priorities, to hear whether things have happened that mean priorities should be modified or changed or whether we have done all we can at this time in one particular area.
There will be opportunities at services and other times to let us know how you have engaged. These will be gathered up to be taken to a special meeting of the Church Council on 14 May.
Please take the opportunity to tell clergy, wardens, stewards, church council members how you have been involved in these priorities.
Paul uses the metaphor of the body in his second letter to the Corinthians. “You are the Body of Christ and individually members of it.” As Oakwood Church we are an expression of the Body of Christ and each one of us is part of it. Everyone’s view is important to the Church Council as we look to God’s future.
Paul also writes “there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit; there are varieties of services but the same Lord and there are varieties of activities but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone”. We all have a part to play, whatever our age, gifts or abilities as we continue to share the Good News of Jesus in our community.
Kathryn Fitzsimons
April 2017 Headline Statistics
Between 1-31 March, Leeds South and East foodbank fed a
total of 735 people, 454 adults and 281 children.
Various reasons caused these folk to need help from the foodbank, benefit delays and changes accounted for 423;
debt, delayed wages and low income 248, sickness 10,
homelessness 9 and other reasons 45.
Many thanks to all our volunteers who help with
supermarket collections.
Volunteers urgently needed for the near future supermarket collections.
Please volunteer, if you can, for our next collection
on 5 and 6 May at Asda Middleton using doodle https://doodle.com/poll/hsx2u67ng7v2nfp2
Thank You
Our supermarket collection at Tesco in Seacroft on 18
March raised a magnificent 541.16 kg of much needed food.
Many thanks to all who volunteered to help collect and to
the generous folk who contributed food.
We had volunteers from BT who came into the warehouse
on Monday 20 March and helped with the sorting, recording
and storing of that collection.
on Saturday 6 May at 16.00
Families come along to our Messy Church for an hour and a half of fun, food and fellowship
We usually meet once each month, usually on
Saturday afternoon from 16.00 to 17.30
We start with a variety of messy (and non-messy) activities in the hall, have a short act of worship in the New Room sharing together the good news of Jesus, and then it's back to the hall for a bite to eat.
Activities are suitable for families with children of all ages. Join together in family craft and creative activities with biblical reference.
Enjoy uninterrupted time with your children and meet new people in a safe and friendly environment.
Sessions end with a bring-and-share tea.
Messy Church is free but, if you are able, we would like you to bring a small contribution of food, for example crisps, buns, sandwiches, fruit, etc
We hope you can join us. It's all about sharing the love of Jesus and having an amazing time together
Saturday Gathering
Alongside Messy Church we run what was previously known as ‘Friday Nite Live’
Children aged 8 to 11 (in school years 4, 5 and 6) can play pool, do crafts, play board games or table tennis mixed with activities and games that explore the Christian faith
For more information contact Jill Fraser - 0113 2409116 or Fran Bailey - 0113 2662066
Wild City Spring Led by Pippa Woodhams
Saturday 6 May - 09.45 – 13.00
at the Church of the Epiphany Gipton, Beech Lane, Leeds LS9 6SW
A break to explore God, the city and the natural world,
around an awe-inspiring Grade 1 listed building on a city
estate.
There will be refreshments, poetry, prayer and time alone
or with craft materials if you wish. Come dressed for the
weather but you are only outside as long as you choose.
Bring a poem, object or picture, if you like, to help us
celebrate spring!
Watch out for Wild City Summer!
Saturday 1 July at Harehills Baptist Church
(to be confirmed) Donation appreciated.
Booking: contact Anna Thomas -
or telephone Leeds Church Institute 0113 3917928
Our
Every Monday during term time
from 10.30 until 12.00
The Monday Cafe is a great place to meet
your friends and catch up and make new
ones. Anyone and everyone is welcome,
we have homemade cakes, buttered
toasted tea cakes and, by special request, we have added delicious bacon butties.
Photo Competition – Saturday 13 May 2017
Unlike most photographic competitions, this is a light-hearted
community entertainment with age Classes and subject
Categories suitable for all, from toddlers to centenarians. Competitors can use cameras, smartphones, tablets, even
webcams or scanners to capture images. It is your image’s
relevance to subject and the impression it makes on the Judges
when displayed on a computer screen that matter, not your equipment or technical ability.
Why not persuade family and friends to join you on the morning
of Oakwood Day and enjoy taking part together? You might like to
go out and about that morning, or simply capture images around your home.
Before capturing images, every Competitor must be in possession
of their ‘Entry acceptance and confirmation of fees paid' issued by the organisers. All images must be captured between 9.30 am
and 12.30 pm on Saturday 13 May within five miles of Oakwood
Church. No post-capture editing.
You must submit your images before 1.00 pm for judging. You
can either send them to email [email protected] or
attend in person at Oakwood Church for the files to be copied.
The Award Ceremony – Certificates, prizes and voting for the Best in Show prize – is at 4.00 pm in Oakwood Church, where you will
also find our all-day Café, Art Exhibition, and more…
You can enter the Competition right now online at www.oakwoodchurch.info/photocomp, or download an ‘Application
for entry’ form there. Alternatively, pre-printed entry forms are
available for collection from the front porch at Oakwood Church. If
you are able to help the organisers by entering the Competition before 13 May you will avoid having to enter at the Competition
administration desk in Oakwood Church, which opens at 9.00 am.
David Donaldson for Community Team
Nejebar’s Story
Nejebar doesn’t have a safe place to call home
Nejebar fled Afghanistan with her family after the Taliban threatened to kill her husband, Noor, who was a teacher. It wasn’t an idle threat - the Taliban first blinded, then murdered, another member of their family.
‘The last days and weeks in Afghanistan were the hardest,’ says Noor. ‘When I went to work, my heart was beating harder. I didn’t know if my family were going to be alive when I got back.’
Nejebar’s family is stuck in Greece
When the family arrived at the refugee camp in Greece, they thought they would only stay for 10 days. But they’ve been there six months now and there’s no end in sight.
The only protection they have against the wind and rain is their tent. There’s no school for their children. Five-year-old Sudai, their youngest, is ill, but Nejebar and Noor don’t know what’s wrong with him because they can’t communicate with the camp’s doctor, who is Greek.
Everyone should have a safe place to call home.
Nejebar’s hope for the future
Nejebar is the rock at the centre of her family, holding them together throughout all this uncertainty. She has even welcomed Faraidoon and Farzad into the family, two brothers who don’t know where their parents are, or if they’re even alive.
‘We still have some hope for our children’s future,’ says Nejebar. ‘We only want a peaceful life. We want our children to go to school. The most important thing is our children.’
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
SUNDAY 14 TO SATURDAY 20 MAY
Our church is continuing to walk with
refugees by holding a door-to-door
collection. Last year we raised
almost £2,500!
We’re not going to turn our backs
on refugees now.
Speak to Jeanette Shipley - Tel: 0113
2650883 to join our team of 25
volunteers.
Coffee Morning at
Thorner Methodist Church
on Saturday 20 May
from 10.00 to 12.00 in aid of
Please come along and help us to raise money for this
local charity as they support poorly children and their
families.
We look forward to welcoming you.
An appeal for the collection of clear plastic juice or pop
bottles with their lids please for Rainbows so that they can be used in the planned activities this term for their Science
Challenge badge - we need a lot! Please leave your
contributions in the large plastic box in the porch.
Many thanks - Anne Kirkland
Wide Awake Breakfast and Car Wash
in aid of
Transform Purulia Hospital
We were living dangerously when we chose Saturday 1 April for our fundraising event but we are not superstitious!
Breakfasts were on the go from 09.00 as was the car washing. The stalls were extremely well supported and we were so grateful to everyone who gave their help so willingly.
The total raised was £606.02 (including a generous £60.00 donation from the Monday Cafe!
Fundraising can be quite hard work and can only be achieved when we have the lo9ve of the Lord, who is there with us, as we try to care for His people.
May God bless you all.
Peggy, Sharon and Shanthi
A letter of thanks has been received from a doctor at the hospital, a copy of which is on the charity noticeboard at the back of Church (please take a look) and an excerpt of which is below.
"As I finished my ward rounds at the hospital this morning, I went on to the busy outpatients' department. It was crowded and chaotic and, as I was navigating my way through, I had a big smile on my face. Scanning through the crowds, I saw men, women and children with their baggage tired after a long journey to the hospital standing in a queue. My heart goes out to them.
But, today, I am optimistic. Because of you, our brothers and sisters in the UK, we can look forward to a fantastic new outpatients' department for people who are affected by leprosy."
FUN AND REWARDING OPPORTUNITY
01865 522005 / 07802 232072
Do you live within an hour of Queen Margaret's
School, York and have time to support an
international student?
Would you like to build a long lasting friendship with
an overseas family? We are looking for guardian
families for weekend breaks and half term holidays in
your area.
Generous expenses are paid.
Visit www.guardianfamily.co.uk for more information. Call Hannah now for an informal chat on 07802 232072 or
Quiet Morning
Saturday 17 June 10.00 - 13.00
Do you need some time out with God but find it
difficult to find the space?
Reverend Lesley Ashton will be leading a quiet
morning at Epiphany Church. There will be short
talks and time for personal prayer and silent reflection in the beautiful space of the Church of the
Epiphany.
All are welcome.
Further details later in the month.
Kathryn Fitzsimons
A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events
of the upcoming day into proper perspective.
The P Table (the 'P' stands for preserves)
The P Table makes jams jellies and chutneys and all the proceeds go to the church or other charities.
We run on a very simple system. Whatever fruit is given we will add sugar, vinegar, spices, salt and
pepper.
All the fruit is donated and thanks must go to the
following people who helped last year - Barbara,
Barry, Heather, John, Jeanette, Mike, Richard, Roger,
Sylvia and Viv.
We do not grow oranges and lemons in Roundhay so
one friend buys these for us.
£32.00 worth of these produces marmalade and
raises over £250.00!
If you like strawberries, raspberries or mangos
please buy these and we will make jams and sauces
which are often asked for.
We're all set to produce more preserves. If you could
provide any of the following we would be really
grateful -
rhubarb, gooseberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants,
strawberries raspberries, blackberries, eating apples,
cooking apples, crab apples, pears, plums, damsons, greengages, quince and sloes!
Last year we heard of apples rolling down the street. What a waste.
Thank you for your support. Martin Shipley
All proceeds to Oakwood Church
We need more donations and offers please!
Oakwood Charity Market will take bids of goods you would like to buy and will take goods/produce you would like to donate for others to buy. Just let us know what you want to get rid of, or what you need/want and we'll advertise it here! All the proceeds of sale will go towards the upkeep of Oakwood Church.
We currently have on offer:
▪ about 20 runner bean poles - price to be arranged ▪ a wooden blind (unopened) 155 x 80 cms - £4.00 ▪ lots of chutney, blackcurrant jam and Seville and lemon
marmalade - £1.50 each or four for £5.00 ▪ Powerblade leaf blower - £15.00 ▪ electric Tile Cutter - £8.00 ▪ ladder stand off attachment to keep ladder off wall -
£12.00 ▪ 16 volumes of Dickens's work - price to be arranged ▪ electric fan heater with flame effect - £5.00
Donations we would like are:
▪ fruit for chutney or jam ▪ jam jars
For more information please ring or email Martin or Jeanette Shipley - [email protected]
or telephone 0113 2650883
Thank you.
Weekly Notices Would anyone out there like to take over the production
of the Weekly Notices? If so please see me, ring me on 0113 8085703 or email me at [email protected]. I am looking
forward to being inundated with offers!! Thanks, Lynda
will be the recipient of our donations to the Big Blue Bin during May.
The following non-perishable items are needed please. Vegetable oil, salad cream/mayonnaise, gravy granules,
salt/pepper, red/brown sauce, instant mash, tin foil, washing-up liquid/antibacterial liquid, dishcloths, toilet rolls.
Thank you for your support.
What the staff do? provide good quality food at very reasonable prices
offer friendship and support provide opportunities to join a group of people with similar
interests offer a non-judgemental listening ear provide opportunities to help others
provide information and resources to support your life provide an opportunity to speak to a Minister without going to
church
Other things the staff offer: Confidential listening service, access to IT, job training and
work experience, signposting to other services, peer support, volunteering opportunities, seasonal activities, Dementia Café,
access to PCSOs, healthy eating options.
School Holidays Volunteers run a Holiday Extra session during each of the school holidays.
At our Meeting Point 'Holiday Extra' during the Easter holiday finger-painted Easter cards, bunny-ears, headbands, iced Easter buns, hatching chickens, gem-decorated crosses, chick and rabbit finger-puppets, wool-wrapped egg decorations and Easter egg mobiles were made by the children who attended. We had five mums come along with 15 children but, unfortunately, almost all of them understood so little English that we were unable to gain consent for taking photos. We were delighted that the language barrier didn't prevent the attendees from enjoying doing the crafts.
ROUNDHAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE
PLANT AND GIFT FAIR
QUALITY PERENNIALS AND BEDDING PLANTS
AT REASONABLE PRICES
SATURDAY 3 JUNE - 10.00 - 13.00
St Edmund's Church Hall
Lidgett Park Road, LS8 1JN
Admission - Adults £1.00 - Children Free
Gifts, Cards, Cafe, Cakes
NEW2U TOYS - TOMBOLA
RAFFLE - BRIC-A-BRAC
EVERY CHILDHOOD
IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
House Groups
Early Methodist gatherings were called 'societies'.
John Wesley encouraged different kinds of small
group to develop, so that both leaders and members of the societies could receive support and challenge
in their faith.
These groups, called 'classes', met regularly, and the
idea was to be accountable to each other about how
each person was living the Christian life. So people
had to be very open and willing to be changed by the
experience.
In the twentieth century it became less common for
classes to meet in this way but recently many
Methodists have been trying to reclaim the tradition.
The supportive small group has been found to be one
of the most powerful ways for people to feel that they
belong, and to learn, grow and expand their opportunities for Christian conversation about the
things that matter.
Foxwood House Group
A small group of us meet together on Tuesdays as
arranged to study the bible. If you are interested
please contact me. Everyone will be made most
welcome.
When Tuesdays, as arranged
Where Contact for details
Contact Joyce Kilvington
Telephone 0113 2651582
Email [email protected]
Red Hall House Group
When Friday, monthly, as arranged
Where Announced in Weekly Notices
Contact Roger Hartley
Telephone 0113 2933077
Email [email protected]
St. Catherine’s House Group
When Usually on a Monday or Thursday, about
twice a month
Where 1 St Catherine’s Walk, Leeds LS8 1SB
Contact 1 Susan Howdle
Telephone 0113 266 7822
Email [email protected]
Contact 2 Sue Noble
Telephone 01937 849679
Email [email protected]
Mind The Gap for those aged 18 to 40(ish)
One session a month is a themed social and the other is a
study evening. The group maintains its own closed
facebook page.
When Twice a month, as posted on facebook
Where As posted on facebook
Contact Anna Sheasby Thomas
Telephone 0113 2170242
Email [email protected]
Oakwood Church...
...is a Methodist – Anglican partnership between
Roundhay Methodist Church and St John’s Parish
Church. All services and activities are united.
The Oakwood Church Council comprises the two church councils which only ever meet together.
St John’s Parish Church
Vicar:
Revd Kathryn Fitzsimons, 227 Beech Lane, LS9 6SW 0113 2256702
Curate:
Revd Sonia Kasibante, 21 Shakespeare Close, LS9 7UQ 07506778171
Churchwarden: Miss Anne Bond 0113 2663192
Parochial Church Council
Hon Secretary:
Miss Anne Bond 0113 2663192
Hon Electoral Roll Officer:
Mr Peter Oldfield 0113 2738930
Planned Giving Scheme: Mr Eric Jones 0113 2400918
Roundhay St John’s Church of England
Voluntary Aided Primary School
Head Teacher: Mr Andrew Graham School 0113 2658451
Roundhay Methodist Church
Minister:
Revd George Bailey, 16 Kingswood Gardens, LS8 2BT 0113 2662066
Stewards: Mr Alasdair Fraser, Mrs Leanora Rankine, Mrs Christine Stopford, Mrs Anna Sheasby Thomas
Methodist Church Council
Church Council Secretary
Mrs Susan Noble (also Oakwood Church Council Secretary)
Planned Giving Scheme:
Prof Roger Hartley
Applications for banns, baptisms, weddings and funerals at Oakwood Church should be to Revd George Bailey or
Revd Kathryn Fitzsimons (see above)
Church Booking Secretary - Linda Holden 0113 231602
Oakwood Church Week by Week (* non church group)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
09.00-13.15 09.15-10.15 09.00–10.00 10.30-12.00 18.30 18.30 19.00 20.00
09.45-11.30 13.45-14.45 17.45 19.00 19.30 19.30 19.30–21.30
09.30-10.30 10.00 14.00 15.30–18.00 18.30 18.30 18.00
09.15 12.00 18.00 18.15 19.30
10.00-12.00 10.15 14.15 18.30 19.30
09.00-12.00 10.15
20.00
Rhythm Time * Dance Fit * Pilates* Monday Cafe (Term time only) 2nd Roundhay Brownies Beaver Scouts Men's Fellowship (Snooker) Scouts
Babies and Toddlers Pyjama Drama 2nd Roundhay Rainbows 2nd Roundhay Guides Yoga Class * Oakwood Book Group Pilates*
Pilates Indoor Bowling Men's Fellowship (Snooker) First Class Learning * 10th Roundhay Brownies Cub Scouts (Powell Pack) 10th Roundhay Rainbows
Morning Prayer Luncheon Club 10th Roundhay Rainbows 5th Roundhay Brownies 5th Roundhay Guides
Baby Bonding* Toddlers Yoga (people with movement difficulties) * Ju-Jitsu * The Art Group
Fun Spanish for age 2-7* Junior Church and Crèche
SYNC [young people in school years 7-13]
Services – May 2017
4
7
11
14
18 21
25
28
09.15
10.30
10.15
18.30 09.15
08.45
10.15
09.15 10.15
18.00
09.15
10.15
18.00
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Revd Kathryn Fitzsimons - Holy Communion
Branching Out in Praise Morning Prayer
Revd George Bailey - Holy Communion
Revd George Bailey - All Age Parade Service
Morning Prayer Revd Kathryn Fitzsimons - Holy Communion
United Service at Cross Gate
Morning Prayer
Revd Melvyn Kelly
Revd John Mason
Monthly
1 / 3 Monday 1 / 3 Wednesday 2 Wednesday 4 Wednesday 1 Thursday 1/3 Thursday 2 / 4 Thursday Last Thursday Last Saturday Saturday monthly
14.00-16.00 20.00 20.00 19.30 10.30 13.15 13.00 20.30 ‘ish’ 09.30 16.00-17.30
Royal Voluntary Service * Scottish Dancing Ladies' Evening Club (not Holy Week) Our Digital World (Oct-Mar) Holy Communion ‘Nostalgia’ Group (Oct-Mar) Stroke Association * Men’s Meeting at The White House Walkers Messy Church/Saturday Gathering (dates as announced)
The deadline for the June edition of The Broadcast is
Sunday 9 May. The deadline for the Weekly Notices is the
preceding Wednesday of the Sunday concerned.
Please put your items for either of the above in the plastic
pocket labelled The Broadcast and Weekly Notices (by the
pigeonholes in the porch), telephone 0113 8085703 or email [email protected].
(Please note items for the Weekly Notices can be useful
to remind people of information in The Broadcast and to
publicise last minute arrangements.)
Group Contacts Last updated 20 March 2017
Monday Pilates (also Wed)
Dance Fit Rhythm Time
Monday Café Oakwood Friendly Group
French Language Beaver Scouts
2nd Roundhay Brownie Guides
Men's Fellowship - Snooker (also Wed) Scouts
Girls Get Together
Karen Brown
Sonja Harper Elizabeth Hawkhead
Linda Holden Andrew Parkin
Mireille Béguin Neil Haighton [email protected]
Don Banham Jonathan Betts
Fran Bailey
0113 293 1602
0758 363 9149 0113 232 8131
0795 663 7375 0113 887 3595
0793 230 4311 0777 964 9901
Please email 0113 265 7813
0113 232 9447 0113 266 2066
Tuesday Babies and Toddlers
Pyjama Drama Tots Play
2nd Roundhay Rainbow Guides 2nd Roundhay Guides
Yoga (also Fri) Physiotherapist led Pilates
Jeanette Shipley
Sara Hall Charanjit Patel
[email protected] [email protected]
Kath Morgan-Thompson Brian Urquhart
0113 265 0883
0113 834 6522 0774 650 6499
Please email Please email
0774 200 8950 0794 099 5561
Wednesday Pilates (also Mon) Indoor Bowls
Kangatraining Adult Ballet
Men's Fellowship – Snooker (also Mon) First Class Learning
Cub Scouts 10th Roundhay Brownie Guides
Ladies' Evening Club
Scottish Dancing
Karen Brown Philip Rayner
Anna Pisák Sara Horner
Don Banham Dawn Scargill
Jane Whittingham [email protected] Joyce Kilvington
Dorothy Bampton
0758 363 9149 0113 265 8599
0752 544 0377 0780 909 6408
0113 265 7813 0113 289 2985
0113 268 0922 Please email 0113 265 1582
0113 266 7826
Thursday Luncheon Club Splat Messy Play
Stroke Support 10th Roundhay Rainbow Guides
5th St John’s Brownie Guides
5th St John’s Guides Men's Meeting at the White House
Jeanette Padgett Arifa Masud
John Hart [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] Morris Smith
0113 265 5707 0777 197 8429
0113 240 1445 Please email Please email
Please email 0113 265 1587
Friday Toddlers Baby Bonding
Yoga (also Tue) Ju-Jitsu
Art
Hannah Laycock Sarah Duckworth
Kath Morgan-Thompson Sean Cohen
Barry Claughton
0113 266 4756 0793 019 4752
0774 200 8950 0797 965 8747
0113 266 7062
Saturday My Spanish Club Walking
Peggy Pantoja Morris Smith
0747 416 5473 0113 265 1587
Sunday Junior Church S.Y.N.C.
Jill Fraser George Bailey
0113 240 9116 0113 266 2066
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