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Climate Change Events 2021
We're building a directory of events happening in Leeds and beyond related to Climate Change, including of course COP 26 in Glasgow later this year. If your organisation has an event, or series of events, that you would like us to include, please email us at...
HOPE for Easter Sunday – A reflection from Andrew Grinnell
HOPE for Easter Sunday It’s a fair claim that 2020 united governments, organisations, faiths and people in hope. We all hoped the virus wouldn’t reach our shores, that our health care provision would be enough, and that a vaccine would be discovered. As we reached the...
Asylum Seekers & Refugees – resources for church and community groups
Maria De Angelis, of Leeds Beckett University School of Social Sciences and Project Director of the amazing online exhibition Asylum in Art, has developed a Seminar for students which we think makes a great resource for any church or community group interested in...
Time to speak out? by Becky Howcroft, Leeds Citizens
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 3 In the early days of my own journey of faith, this was a strong motivator for making my voice...
Changing our Churches in a 21st century Pandemic World
The pandemic of 2020-21 has presented one of the greatest challenges our society has faced for generations. This has had a direct impact on faith communities, both from a practical point of view and from a variety of theological aspects. Among the Christian...
Reflections – Poet Theologian Hannah’s exciting announcement to end the year
This is my last blog post as poet theologian in virtual residence. It has been a fabulous experience; the journey began at the start of Covid, when Leeds Church Institute was looking for a way to work formally with me. I had already been involved in some previous...
Give my heart – Poet Theologian Hannah Stone’s reflections for Christmas
This is my penultimate blog as poet theologian in virtual residence and will be the one for you to read over Christmas itself – quite a responsibility! There is so much great poetry and art which illustrates aspects of the Christmas story, it is hard to choose just...
Happy Christmas from all of us at Leeds Church Institute
A Sermon from a Seventeenth Century Pulpit – a reflection from Hannah Stone, Poet Theologian
We’ve heard the word ‘unprecedented’ used a lot in recent weeks, in connection now with the speed and volume of vaccines being produced, not to mention the formidable logistics needed to safeguard the health of the entire global population from this awful virus. At...
