Author: Emily Smith
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January 2025 Newsletter
Click here to read our December 2024 Newsletter: January 2025 Newsletter You can subscribe to the Newsletter here: Yorkshire West Methodist District (list-manage.com)
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One man’s journey to connect a community
This article was originally shared on The Methodist Blog in January 2025 and written by a member of the Connexional Media Team. You can find the original blog here: One man’s journey to connect a community in West Yorkshire – The Methodist Church “Hi, I’m David. I’m a pioneer listener and shaper,” was the conversation…
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I watch the sunshine lighting the sky!
This blog post was originally shared on the Thackley Methodist Church and Community Centre website on 01 December 2024: I watch the sunshine lighting the sky! “We’ve done it! “At the beginning of the year installing solar panels was just a pipe dream. In March we had hope of turning the dream into reality when…
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Lakeside Creative Arts Centre at Newmillerdam
The decision to redevelop Newmillerdam Methodist Church and reconfigure this chapel into a Creative Arts Centre dates to 2019, when serious consideration was given to re-envisioning an alternative future. In similar fashion to many small Methodist chapels, the existing congregation had diminished in size over a period of years, and it was difficult to imagine…
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Shepley helping Eco Elves deliver Christmas
Reflecting on how keen Jesus was for his disciples to pick up all the scraps of food and not let any be wasted, even after some 5,000 people had been miraculously fed (John 6:12), scripture seems to suggest that recycling is to form an integral part of Christian discipleship. Shepley Methodist Church were already doing this…
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District Grants receive Warm Welcome
The Yorkshire West Methodist District was delighted to be able to offer grants to churches in our District for the purposes of providing Warm Spaces to local communities in Winter 2024. Read on for good news stories, great feedback and photos from some of the participating churches… Mosaic Community Café at West Ardsley Methodist Church,…
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3Generate 2024
Once again we had a significant number of young people from the District attend 3Generate, with groups from Leeds North & East, Huddersfield, Calderdale, Leeds South & West, and Aire & Calder, as well as various volunteers who headed to Birmingham for a weekend of fun at the NEC. Over 1800 people took part in…