In: News, Refugee Support

With an increase in the number of men arriving at the local hotel and a faster turnover, the stocks of clothes and essential items have almost all been used up! Please do help us provide ‘Welcome Backpacks’ filled with essential items as pictured. Why not see if you have an unwanted/unused backpack lurking in your cupboard and fill it with as many as you can of the following items: Also desperately needed are UNWANTED PHONES please! You can take them to the Horsforth Community Cafe on a Monday or drop off at Holy Name Church Tues – Fridays 9.30 -11.30am, or drop off at CraggRead More →

In: Lent Talks 2024, News

You can access all our Lent Talks 2024 on THIS PAGE We were given a warm welcome at Central (with their new boiler!), and Jon Swales passionately presented stark trajectories due to our reliance on fossil fuels, followed by showing us the part we can play in talking to others, and living a life of love, compassion and justice, as Jesus did. You can listen to the talk here: There was lively discussion in the question time grappling with the issues, and we continued to share together afterwards.Read More →

In: News

Jonathan Cain, Vicar at St James’ Woodside gives this very encouraging update on Horsforth Community Pantry: ‘Many of our friends in Horsforth churches will remember the conversations about the plans for a Food Pantry in Horsforth at the Cafe of Hope last October.  By the grace of God, this project is coming to fruition.’  ‘Claire Evans and others at Horsforth Community Assets Project (HCAP) and St Margaret’s have moved part of the existing pantry operation from Kirkstall into a temporary home in St Margaret’s Parish Centre.  The Horsforth Community Pantry opened its doors in this temporary home on 07 November.  Working with referrals from theRead More →

In: Lent Talks 2024, News

You can access all our Lent Talks 2024 on THIS PAGE For our second Lent Talk we were treated to a ‘masterclass’ on the theme of Faith and Education by Joyce Simpson (retired Head of Humanities, Trinity University), who delved into key points and people in our education history as well as reflecting on examples from the present day. You can listen to the whole talk below, it is broken up into two parts due to the size of the file: We enjoyed chatting with friends from other churches afterwards.Read More →

In: Lent Talks 2024, News, Refugee Support

You can access all our Lent Talks 2024 on THIS PAGE We gathered with anticipation on Weds 28th February for our first Lent Talk and were inspired and challenged by Inderjit Boghal, both the man and the message. He shared gently but passionately about his own experiences, way of living, theology, and how we can challenge the current policies, all with a disarming authenticity and clarity. If you missed the talk you can listen to it here: Afterwards we enjoyed chatting, meeting new friends and discussing the issues raised in the talk.Read More →