Parish of Leeds City

Parish of Leeds City

BULLETIN

for the week beginning Sunday 9th January 2011

THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST – EPIPHANY I

9.15 amHoly Communion [1662]Leeds Parish Church

9.45 amHOLY COMMUNIONSt Mary’s

Preacher: Canon Ann Nicholl

10.30 amCHORAL MATINSLeeds Parish Church

Preacher: The Rector of Leeds

11.00 amMORNING PRAISEHoly Trinity

6.30 pmCHORAL EVENSONG Leeds Parish ChurchPreacher: Canon Ann Nicholl

6.30 pmEVENING PRAISE Chapel of the Holy Spirit

This year’s Epiphany Carol Service is at 6.30 pm next Sunday 16th January at Leeds Parish Church

Church of England – Diocese of Ripon and Leeds – Parish of Leeds City

Rector of Leeds: The Reverend Canon Tony Bundock [0113)] 245 2036 [office], 278 6237 [home]

Vicar Choral: The Reverend Susan Wallace [0113 278 9339 [home]

Lay Minister: Canon Ann Nicholl [0113] 245 2036 [office], [0113] 269 4045 [home]

Assistant Curate: The Reverend David Ford [0113] 245 2036 [office], 212 8095 [home]

Leeds Parish Church (St. Peter at Leeds), Kirkgate, LS2 7DJ ~ Parish Office: [0113] 245 2036

Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, LS1 5HW

Church Office: [0113] 245 4268 ~ Café Create at Holy Trinity: [0113] 246 8196

St. Mary’s Church, Lincoln Green, LS9 7SG ~ Church Office: [0113] 240 7349

Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Centenary House, North Street, LS2 8 JS

Part-time Diocesan Chaplains for Deaf People: The Reverend Rachel Wilson, The Reverend Bob Shrine

St. Peter’s Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Cromwell Street, LS9 7SG

Headteacher: Mrs. Elizabeth Holliday [0113] 293 4411

Chaplain: Canon Ann Nicholl [see above]

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Monday, 10thWilliam Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 17th cent

Lesotho (South Africa) – vacant
St Wilfrid Harrogate – Gary Waddington, Timothy Burrell (also chaplain to the Bishop of Beverley) John Thompson-Vear, David Andrews (R), John Greenwood (R)

9.45 amMorning PrayersLeeds Parish Church

10.30 amNeedlework GuildLeeds Parish Church

1.05 pmLunchtime Concert [Phillip McCann/Simon Lindley]Leeds Town Hall

5.30 pmChoral Evensong [Boys’ Voices]Leeds Parish Church

Tuesday, 11thMary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 19th cent

Lexington (Province IV, USA) – Bishop: Stacy Fred Sauls
Lower Wharfedale: All Saints Kirkby Overblow, St Peter Sicklinghall, St Barnabas Weeton, St John North Rigton and Stainburn and St Wilfrid Pool, St Peter Arthington – Stuart Lewis, Rachel Nelson (H for D Pool (Arthington), Lois Plows (R)
All Saints, Kirkby Overblow CE Primary School – Headteacher: Trish Shepherd
North Rigton CE Primary School – Headteacher: Alison Hill
Pool in Wharfedale CE Primary School – Headteacher: Mark McDermid

8.50 amPrayersSt Peter’s School

9.45 amMorning PrayersLeeds Parish Church

10.00 am Coffee MorningLincoln Green Centre

1.00 pmHoly CommunionHoly Trinity

Wednesday, 12thAelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 12th cent

Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 7th cent

Liberia (West Africa) – Bishop: Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart
Knaresborough Team Ministry: St John the Baptist Knaresborough, Holy Trinity Knaresborough, St Mary Goldsborough, St John the Baptist Brearton, St Paul & St Margaret Nidd – Elizabeth Sewell (Rector), Eather Foss (Vicar), Sue Reilly, Carryl Hall, John Bullamore (H for D Goldsborough), Gordon Wren (R), Andrew Smith (R), Christopher Metcalfe (R), Richard Charters (R)
Knaresborough St John CE Primary School – Headteacher: Emma Higgins
Goldsborough CE Primary School – Headteacher: Matt Shillito

9.45 amMorning PrayersLeeds Parish Church

5.30 pmChoral EvensongLeeds Parish Church

Thursday, 13thHilary, Bishop 4th cent, Teacher of the Faith

Kentigern (Mungo), Bishop in Strathclyde, 6th cent

George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends, 17th cent

Lichfield (Canterbury, England) – Bishop: Jonathan Michael Gledhill, vacant (Shrewsbury), Alfred Gordon Mursell (Stafford), Clive Gregory (Wolverhampton)
St Robert of Knaresborough, Pannal, St Michael and All Angels Beckwithshaw – Nigel Sinclair, Sue Pearce, Carole Ellis (R)

9.45 amMorning PrayersLeeds Parish Church

10.00 amCoffee Morning Lincoln Green Centre

1.05 pmHoly Communion [BCP]Leeds Parish Church

5.30 pmChoral Evensong [Men’s Voices]Leeds Parish Church

7.00 pmPCC MeetingLeeds Parish Church
Friday, 14th

Limerick & Killaloe (Dublin, Ireland) – Bishop: Trevor Williams
St Andrew Starbeck – Francis Wainaina, David Leonard (R), Adrian Waring (R)

9.45 amMorning PrayersLeeds Parish Church

12.00 noonMidday PrayersLeeds Parish Church

12.30 pmOrgan Recital [Dr Simon Lindley, organist]Leeds Parish Church

1.05 amHoly CommunionHoly Trinity

7.00 pmChoral Evensong[Full Choir]Leeds Parish Church

Saturday, 15th

Lincoln (Canterbury) – Bishop: John Charles Saxbee, Timothy William Ellis (Grantham), David Douglas James Rossdale (Grimsby)
Walkingham Hill: St Oswald Farnham, St Thomas Scotton, All Saints Staveley, St Michael Copgrove,
St Bartholomew Arkendale – Peter Midwood, Brian Shipman(R), Sarah Shipman (R), Joan Dixon (R)

11.45 amMorning Worship [Girls’ Voices]Leeds Parish Church

NORTH CRAVEN HERITAGE TRUST: There is no New Year recital by the Parish Church Choir in 2011. Officers of the Trust are inviting us in the Easter season instead.

AN EVANGELICAL FAMILY REVEALED is a recent publication by Margaret Ford of the Bickersteth and Monier Williams Letters and Diaries 1880-1918 available from YPD-Books, 64 Hallfield Road, Layerthorpe, York, YO31 7ZG (tel. 01904 431213) for £20.00 plus p&p £2.95. Online orders at See that website for further details. Canon Samuel Bickersteth served as Vicar of Leeds from 1905 to 1917. Many LPC folk will recall the visit here made some years ago by The Right Reverend John Bickersteth, formerly Bishop of Bath and Wells and the interest that attracted.

PARISH TRIP TO IONA 18-22 October 2011: There are three places remaining on the parish trip to Iona later this year. The cost is £200 plus travel; accommodation is in shared rooms in Bishop's House, the episcopal retreat house on the Island. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend a very relaxing few days in one the most beautiful and spiritually refreshing places in Britain. For more information please see the notice board in the City of Leeds Room or have a word with Fr David.

BIBLE READING FELLOWSHIP: Do consider a daily Bible reading for 2011. There are already a dozen members of the parish who avail themselves of the BRF booklet for the year. It’s still only £11.00 for the annual subscription. Details from Ann Nicholl.

SPECIAL GREETINGS: come from Dr Egerton Hingston and family in South Africa.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN MUSIC: in January is entitled The Star proclaims the King is here and reflects music inspired by the great themes and hymns of Epiphany.

CAROLS & CRIBS: Don’t miss Dr Judith Blezzard’s absorbing presentation at the Parish Church on Sunday 23 January at 4.15 for 4.30 pm. Come prepared to participate. This is an entertainment of real quality and considerable interest – please give it your support. Admission Free – Retiring Collection in support of the Bridging the Gap initiative.

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY – in residential care

Christine Caines, Maureen Coles, Ted Marks, Thomas Reynard, Veronica Rutkowska, Sylvia Wilkinson, Evelyn Wilkinson, Susan Williams

THOSE WHO ASK OUR PRAYERS

Albert Andrews, Anne Backhouse, Sonia Bywater, Audrey Clarkson, John Cooper, Robert Denton,

Bridget Durkin, John Edmonds, Francesca Eyre, Logan Firth, Bethany Fitzpatrick, Ivy Frampton,

Maeve Gomersall, John Harrisson, Karen MacDonald, Peter Milner, Alice Normington, Irene Revie,

Jack Richards, Cathryn Robinson, Iris Rutkowska, Althea Shevill, Mavis Simpson, Denis Stenning,

Nancy Taylor, Erik Thornton, Raymond Ward, Charlie Ware, Jean Weinstein

YEAR’S MIND

Kenneth Burton Webster [10 January 2005], Florence Rotimi Rebecca Aghedo [12 January 2001],

Jenny Stockdale [12 January 2001], George Simpson [12 January 1999],

Gladys May Wray [13 January 1996], Russell Wilkinson [14 January 2004]

RIP
Jean Short, mother of Michael, for long Principal Flute in St Peter’s Chamber Orchestra

FOCUS ON . . .

Many of the stories of our faith are infused as much with the tradition of the church as with scriptural authority. Where the Bible has been reticent in offering us detail, the tradition of the church has frequently been more than generous in seeking to fill in the gaps.

The Feast of the Epiphany, which we celebrated on Thursday, offers us a perfect example of this. The story only appears in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew (although it also appears in the non-canonical gospel of St James) and we are given precious little detail.

The Epiphany commemorates, of course, the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem. Matthew tells us that they are wise men from the East, that they followed a star in search of the new ‘King of the Jews’ and that they offered Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

It is only tradition however that tells us that the wise men were Kings (see Psalm 68 Verse 29 or Psalm 72 Verse 10), that they were three in number (because there were three gifts), that one each came from Asia, Africa and Europe (a suggestion of Bede’s) and that their names were Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar (the Eastern church calls them Larvandad, Harmisdas and Gushnasaph).

Whether elaborating on biblical stories like this matters depends on whether the tradition of the church sheds light on core biblical truths or unnecessarily distracts us.

Whoever the Magi were, the arrival of these non-Jews at the feet of Jesus symbolises the universal relevance of Jesus’ birth. However much we love the traditions that surround them let us not lose sight of this central truth of The Epiphany. Father David