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September brings the start of school and university, and, for the Intern Team at the Diocese of Leeds, the start of a new year for our interns and Mission Apprentices.
Churches across the country and beyond will be marking Disability Awareness Sunday on September 20 or September 27.
The Rt Revd Toby Howarth, the next Bishop of Leeds, recently spent a day meeting people and visiting places across the diocese as he prepares to take up his new role.
The bishops of the Diocese of Leeds have sent warm greetings to Jewish friends and colleagues as they celebrate Rosh Hashanah.
Summer is cricket season, and Bishop Chris Edmondson, Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s chaplain, is a firm believer in bringing sports and Christianity together.
New clergy and lay members are being elected to General Synod this year, and nominations for the elections have closed.
Many of us have special 'Pilgrim Places' - sites that are often beautiful, maybe historic, but which all give us a sense of belonging and perspective and of being closer to God. We have been spotlighting some of the places in our diocese that are very special for many, and today are looking at a new five-mile pilgrimage launching this autumn that connects two Pilgrim Places and two episcopal areas of the diocese, along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Many of us have special ‘Pilgrim Places’ - sites that are often beautiful, maybe historic, but which all give us a sense of belonging and perspective and of being closer to God. We are spotlighting some of the spots in our Diocese that are very special for many both locally and from further afield, beginning with our own diocesan retreat house, Parcevall Hall, near Appletreewick in Wharfedale.
Christians and Muslims in Shipley are inviting their local community to join them for family fun day this Thursday as they celebrate six months of getting to know each other.
The Diocese of Leeds is excited to be working with Growing Hope to pilot new Accessibility Training and an Accessibility Award scheme to help our churches be more accessible to children and young people with Additional Needs.
