Lidgett Park Methodist
Church
Lidgett Park Methodist
Church
Lidgett Park
Methodist Church
Lidgett Place
Leeds LS8 1HG
2021
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Editor:Dr Stan Pearson
(0113) 273 6463
Lidgett Park Methodist Church is an
ecumenical partner in covenant with
St
Edmund's(Church of
England) and
St
Andrew's(United Reformed
Church). An ecumenical service is held once a month.
Shadwell
Methodist Church, with whom we share a
minister
Leeds
North & East Circuit (27/02)
Yorkshire
West Methodist District
The
Methodist Church in Great Britain
The
World Methodist Council
Welcome to Lidgett Park Methodist Church. We are a friendly community, always ready to welcome visitors and new members to our Sunday services and to any of our wide range of weekday activities. There is something for all ages, and we serve our local community by making our premises available to a number of outside organisations: the premises are busily used every day.
We are committed to expressing our faith in practical ways, and therefore hold many social events that raise many thousands of pounds a year for charitable work in this country and abroad.
We also house the Circuit Office and a substantial preachers' library that is available for anyone to use.
The first buildings (the current hall and vestry) were built in 1910, when the surrounding area was mainly farmland about to be developed into a housing estate. The chapel was opened in 1926. It is a fine building, furnished in polished oak, with something of an 'Arts and Crafts' character.
Click here for a colour brochure with pictures and description of the church's history and features.
To provide for our church family a basis for spiritual growth, mutual care and support, outreach of faith and witness and seek to raise their awareness of concerns in the wider church.
Currently on Sundays
Sunday morning worship is from 11.00
to 11.45 am in church and on Zoom (for Zoom codes contact
)
Sunday 18th April, 3rd Sunday of Easter - Mr John S. Summerwill. Book with Howard using phone or email between Thursday noon and Saturday noon
Worship
at Home sheet for Sunday 18th April
See weekly notices for midweek services and Bible studies
Morning services will remain starting at 11am until June 6 when services will revert to our usual time of 10.30am. It has also been decided that communion services will resume when we have reached Step 4 of the Government's Road Map, so not before June 21. We will not be holding the Ecumenical Covenant service planned for May 23.
Normally
Morning service and Junior Church, every Sunday at
10.30 am. Children of all ages welcome.
Evening service on some Sundays at variable times and often at other locations, with details available on the weekly notice sheet,The Link, and the circuit plan.
Holy Communion on last Thursday of each month.
David Wilks, organist at Lidgett Park, has produced a
CD which is entitled 'In a Lighter Vein' and
includes such favourites as The Dam Busters March, The
Flower Song from Carmen, the prelude Londonderry Air,
Elgar's Chanson de Matin and Juliet's Waltz Song from
Gounod's Romeo & Juliet, just to mention a few.
Importantly, the CD has been professionally produced and the result is a beautiful reflection of David's musical skill and the magnificence of our organ. The CDs are can be ordered from Kathy Benson (07503 083256). The cost is £10 per CD plus £1.38 p&p and ALL the proceeds will go to the Project funds.
Mondays, 6.00-7.30 pm 0751 964 6568
Term
time, Thursdays, 9.30 am
Contact: Jan Sanders
293 3700
Children from babies to 4 year olds come with mums, dads, grannies or carers. The children have freedom to play on equipment, do some prepared craftwork, socialise and enjoy drinks, fruit and biscuits. It is a welcome time for adults to socialise as well and make new friends. About a dozen women from the church are helping to run this group.
Mondays,
8.30 pm
Every year the talented and enthusiastic
drama group presents a pantomime, and two or three plays, which they
perform in several locations across West Yorkshire, not only at
Lidgett Park. The performances raise considerable sums of money for
charity. They also provide entertainment at social events and
sometimes contribute to services of worship.
Tuesdays, 7.30 pm
Contact: Carol Russell
269 8341
Slideshow of 2020 pantomime,Sleeping Beauty
Slideshows of other productions
Alternate Thursdays, 7.45
pm
266 5303 266 6910
Rehearsals after monthly
Saturday coffee mornings and at other times as arranged
293 2960
Informal group:
all instruments welcome. Plays in morning services every month or two
with rehearsal before the service.
(0113)
267 2986
Monday
afternoon group:
Contact: Margaret Mattocks
266 8727
Tuesday evening (joint with Shadwell Methodist
Church at Shadwell)
Contact: Revd Tanya M. Short
(0113)
266 6791
Bookstall, plants, cards,
Traidcraft, cake stall and refreshments, raising money for the annual
church project, which supports charitable work in Britain or abroad
1st Saturday of the month 10.00-11.45 am
Contact: Howard Clinkard
(0113)
267 2986
Frequent social events are organised which are entertaining and community-building, and that raise more than £10,000 per year for the annual charity project. In the past ten years the church has raised more than £100k for charitable purposes in Britain and overseas.
In 2017/2018 we raised money to make our main entrance on Lidgett Place more accessible and welcoming to people who come in that way. Included in this work was the addition of fully accessible toilets. In 2019/20 we have been raising funds for Oasis Relief Zambia which provides clean water and for Streeper Village Bangladesh which helps women in that area
Slideshows of recent social events:
For
children 2½ - 4 years
Monday and Tuesday 9am to 3pm, Wednesdays 9am-12 noon, term time
only
Contact: 0771 2847753
Jeannette heads a team of helpers who run this
structured Ofsted pre-school nursery, which was
started by Loma Crawford in 1964 and taken over by Jeanette in 1998.
Their many activities help them to learn [through play and socialise
together.
See also Toddlers@Lidgett above
Mondays
9.45 (0-crawling) and 10.25 (mixed age)
Tuesday
10.00-10.45am
Music and drama for the under 5s.
Contact: Ceri Ford
07736 937982
M
onday to
Friday
Term time: 7.30-9.00 am
and 3.00-6.30 pm
Candystripe look after children from about 6 to
11 years before and after school each day during term time. There
are many activities for them as well as some quiet space. They
provide a breakfast club and a variety of food for those who are
"starving" at the end of school.
Contact: 0113 225 1872
Friday
mornings and Saturday mornings.
Liam and his team have lots of fun with the children as they learn
new ball skills and learn to co-operate as a team.
Tuesday 6.15-7.15pm
For girls aged 5-7. Affiliated to St Edmund's.
They learn about belief, being kind and co-operating with one another.
Tuesdays
7.00-9.00pm
Aged 10-14 meet on Tuesdays in the Scout Hut with Stephen Milway and his team and are affiliated to St Edmund's. They enjoy camping, adventure and teamwork. They learn navigating, orienteering and mapwork skills.
Mondays
8.00-10.00pm
Affiliated to St Edmund's, Explorers age 14-18 meet in the Scout Hut at Lidgett Park to have fun indoors and outdoors, co-operating with others and making friends. Their activities have a strong spiritual base and a respect for others and the world.
Wednesday afternoon and evening classes, all ages
