Bradford North Circuit

The evening service held at Crag Road on 1 February was a Circuit Service, to welcome the arrival of Anna as Children’s Ministry Enabler, and also to commission Peter J, Heather A and Kim and Mike A as Lay Communion Visitors. It was an uplifting service, and was well-attended. Quite a number of people came from Knaresborough to support Anna. A collection taken up at the service raised £184.50 for Christians Against Poverty . 

The Drop-In at Crag Road Methodist is struggling to keep open. Six members of our team have become seriously ill over the Christmas period.  Founded 2003 to offer confidentiality, friendship, support and hope to all, we are open every Friday 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. If you feel that you would like to be involved with this ministry, even for a short period of several months, please contact David or Jenny for more information.

On Tuesday 13 th January at 7:30 pm at St. Andrews , I uttered the fateful words “There will be no snow, I have banned it”. At 7:31 pm, it began to snow! On Wednesday 14 th it snowed. We decided to go ahead with the celebration, and after anxious phone calls from various people, we prepared to receive our guests. The weather might have been inclement, but the warmth of fun in the church was wonderful. Everyone was having a great time. After a vast quantity of tea/coffee and cakes, buns, etc, we settled down to a game of Musical Bingo. A visitor commented: “How can they guess the tunes, when they are all singing the songs?” Well, that is part of the magic. Soon it was lunch and everyone had a right royal feast. (We had declared the day a non-diet day!) After a delightful lunch we were entertained b...

There was a huge Christmas party held at the St. Andrew's church hall on 21st December, which included Christmas carols, a Christmas message and Asian food. The superintendent minister, Rev Nick Blundell, did the opening prayer for the Christmas programme. In this programme, we prayed for the people in Great Britain, for the Government and for Queen of Great Britain as well. We pray that God will give her long and healthy life.  People from all over the England attended this party and also people from other faiths were present. They also took part in the Christmas carols.  We received the following letter from the Christian village in Pakistan, which we support:- “Dear friends, Firstly we like to wish you a very happy new year! We pray that this year brings a lot of happiness and ...

In December, Thornton Methodist Church displayed paper Christmas trees representing the 12 days of Christmas. Each church group and all the organisations who hire our hall throughout the year, were asked to decorate a tree. All agreed to do so and the 12 trees were displayed from the first Sunday in Advent until the end of the Christmas period. So that as many people as possible could see the trees, an open morning was held on Saturday 13th December. Tea & coffee was served together with mince pies. Christmas music was played to provide a festive atmosphere. The trees provided a refreshing change to our usual decorations and were appreciated by all who commented upon them. A wonderful way to get everyone connected with o...

After 6 months of hard work, finding a warehouse, venues for the foodbank centres, volunteers and above all a large supply of food to be given out, the first ‘live’ session of a foodbank centre took place on Monday 12 January at Church on the Way, Five Lane Ends. On the following Thursday, St Luke’s Church, Eccleshill opened as the second foodbank centre. It is hoped that a third centre, at Shipley Baptist Church, will be opened in March. There will then be three venues, every week, to which needy people in BD2, BD9, 10 and 18 can be referred. I stress that we are not in competition with the other foodbanks in Bradford. The sad fact is that there is such a need for emergency food parcels in our city, that all the foodbanks are likely to be busy for several years to come. We are all showing God’s love to people, many of whom do not know him. God has blessed us in our preparations. We have found a perfect building for our warehouse, on the Inspire Bradford Business Park be...

HEATON CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL                              Members of Haworth Road Church were invited by St. Barnabas Church, Heaton to join in their Christmas Tree Festival and decorate one of the trees. We accepted their invitation and were delighted to be part of a local community event.  There were around 30 trees, all with lights provided. These were decorated by local churches, schools, businesses and individual families. (Our tree is the second from the left!!) On Advent Sunday evening an Ecumenical and Community Carol Service was held. This was a fitting and moving way to end their Celebration Weekend and the trees remained in the Church until 4 th J...