A City Centre project focusing on Wellbeing, Activism and Discipleship.
Leeds Sanctuary are delighted to announce we are releasing a book! “Everyday Sacrament” is a collection of meditations and images written and curated by local artist, Shaeron Caton Rose, and commissioned by Leeds Sanctuary. The meditations were originally written in response to the Covid19 pandemic, as we aimed to support people with their wellbeing, and… Continue reading Everyday Sacrament
It is a Lent tradition within the Church to give something up, but why do we do it? We asked our Leeds Sanctuary team why they’ve given things up (or started new things) during Lent, or for any other reason… David: One year I gave up social media for Lent which gave me more time… Continue reading Why do we give things up for Lent?
Name: Sam Havis, Wellbeing Practitioner Tell us a bit about you: I’ve just begun my role as Leeds Sanctuary’s Wellbeing Practitioner. I’m going to be running workshops and courses promoting positive wellbeing to help members of our community flourish and live their lives to the full, rather than simply surviving. I’ve lived in Headingley for… Continue reading About Me: Sam
Prayer is perhaps the most accessible element of life as a Christian, as it can be done any time, any where, without any thing! In the Methodist Church, Prayer forms an important part of the Methodist Way of Life, and is about making space in the day to remember that we are always in God’s… Continue reading Prayer
This week, Josh from Holy Trinity Boar Lane has kindly written a blog for us about the upcoming Week of Prayer for Church Unity... This week, we mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In this week, we celebrate that whilst the different denominations of the Church disagree on many things, ultimately, there is… Continue reading Week of Prayer for Church Unity
Name: Emily Smith, Communications Co-ordinator. Tell us a bit about you: As Communications Co-ordinator, I look after our website and social media channels, write blog posts, create online content and market our communities, events and courses. I am originally from York but moved to Leeds 9 years ago. I live in West Leeds with my… Continue reading About Me: Emily
Name: Revd David Goodall, Missional Communities Enabler Tell us a bit about you: I’m a Methodist Minister serving both in Leeds City Centre and across the Yorkshire West Methodist District. My role is to help individuals and churches to develop their discipleship and mission in a more intentional way by being in community with one… Continue reading About Me: David
Name: Anna Bland, Development Officer Tell us a bit about you: I started in my role in Summer 2019 and was asked to build something new in Leeds City Centre. It has been an interesting and exciting road to get where we are at now; with a clear vision, a growing number of communities and… Continue reading About Me: Anna
This week, Anna discusses Flourishing - a holistic, God-centred understanding of wellbeing... Flourishing is the final value of Leeds Sanctuary. This value was developed during Lockdown. We were seeing so many people struggling with their wellbeing that I started to explore wellbeing resources that might help people see themselves as a full, whole, complicated human… Continue reading Flourishing
This week, David discusses "Sanctuary"... Sanctuary offers us both our name and one of our values at Leeds Sanctuary. Like so many words it can mean different things to different people. What then does Sanctuary mean to us as the Methodist Church in Leeds City Centre? The Rock Chapel at St Bueno's Church, North Wales… Continue reading Sanctuary