The tenth Sunday after Trinity
Sung Eucharist for the tenth Sunday after Trinity
Today at 10.00 am · Watch the service · View the order of service
Other services
Said Eucharist
This Wednesday 27 August at 10.00 am
Sacred Space
This Thursday 28 August at 6.00 pm
Pilgrims in the Park
This Saturday 30 August at 2.00 pm
Sung Eucharist for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Next Sunday 31 August at 10.00 am · Watch the service · View the order of service
The Leeds South & East Food Bank: What's Needed?
The Leeds South & East Food Bank continues to be in urgent need of donations of food to help feed those in most need. In particular at the moment they are asking for UHT milk, biscuits, custard, cooking sauces and tinned or packet mashed potatoes.
If you are able, you can donate by picking one of these items up in your weekly shop and dropping it in the box at the back of the church. You can find other ways to help, including donating money or your time, on their website at wkrk.uk/fbd. If you need the help of a foodbank yourself, see wkrk.uk/fbh.
Renewal of the Prayer List
Praying for those who are sick and in long-term care, or in any other kind of need, is central to our mission and it happens daily at Morning and Evening Prayer, and also at our Sunday Eucharists. In order to ensure that the prayer list remains up-to-date and manageable, however, we have decided to renew it twice a year. This will happen on the first Sunday of September and the first Sunday of March. A list is now available at the back of church for you to add the names (first names only, please, for data protection reasons) of anyone for whom you would like us to pray for. It is of course fine to add names at any time by contacting Claire or leaving a prayer on one of the cards that are always available at the back of the church, but please do also remember to ask for names to be removed if the person is recovering or a moment of crisis has passed. As well as those remembered by name, we always also pray for any others who are in need of our prayers, so please be assured that no-one will be left out. God knows our needs and the needs of those who are on our hearts, even when we do not articulate them in so many words. There is no need to renew the list of those whose year’s mind we remember: this will continue as usual.
Adam Kelly
Adam’s last service at Whitkirk before he leaves us to start his training for ordination will be on Sunday 31 August. We would like to invite you to celebrate all that Adam has brought to Whitkirk at a bring-and-share lunch after the service on that day. Food contributions can be left in the fridge in the Community Centre before the service. Please do stay and celebrate with Adam if you are able to do so.
Teddy Bear's Picnic
This Saturday 30 August at 12.30 pm
St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
Well-behaved bears and their humans are welcome at this event, especially suitable for under-10s. Bring your own picnic and we will provide drinks and treats. Teddy Zip Wire, Teddy Bear Trail, Treasure Hunt, games and loads of fun.
Open Church
This Saturday 30 August at 2.00 pm
St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
Don’t forget that St Mary’s is open every Saturday afternoon until the end of September for anyone to come in and look around. This may be an easy way for you to invite friends and neighbours who are not churchgoers to come in and find out more, so please do spread the word and encourage people to pop in. Refreshments will be available.
Concert Season: Smeaton String Quartet
Saturday 6 September at 2.15 pm
St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
The Smeaton String Quartet return as part of our 2025 Concert Season. All are welcome. Free Admission with a retiring collection. Refreshments will be available.
The Annual Whitkirk Lecture: The view from the tower
Friday 12 September at 7.30 pm
St Mary's Church Whitkirk Community Centre
This year’s lecture explores the history of places you can see from our church tower, covering subjects including the Knights Templar, one of the oldest railway lines in the country, and a lost sporting venue.
All Creatures Great and Small: Pet blessing service
Saturday 20 September at 2.00 pm
Whitkirk Vicarage Garden
Join us with your furry (or feathery or scaly) friends for a special service to celebrate the pets with whom we share our lives. Whether you have a donkey or a stick insect, all are welcome. Weather permitting, we will meeting in the vicarage garden (in the church, if wet) to sing, pray and praise God for the wonderful animals who keep us company, with a special blessing for pets and their owners. Please keep dogs (and larger animals) on a lead and have smaller animals in a basket or carrier, and come prepared to clean up after your pet.
Harvest lunch
Sunday 5 October
St Mary's Church Whitkirk Community Centre
Our Harvest Festival will be taking place this year on Sunday 5 October and will be followed, as usual, by our Harvest Lunch. More details to follow soon, but keep the date free for a wonderful feast with friends as we give thanks for all that God provides for us.
Songs of Praise: Whitkirk's Top Ten Hymns
Sunday 5 October at 6.00 pm
St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
On the same day as the Harvest Lunch, we will be holding a Songs of Praise service in lieu of our usual Choral Evensong. There will be a chance to vote for your favourite hymn and to see if it makes the Top Ten which we will sing on the day. Voting slips are available in the church today and you will also be able to vote via our Facebook page. One vote per person only, please!
We will also be looking for a few volunteers to say _why _they chose a particular hymn. If you would be willing to do this on the day, please tick the box on the voting form.
The Church family
For your prayers
The sick
- Bill
- Brandon
- Faye
- Jean
- Michelle
- Tom
- Jill
- Mona
- Stephen
- Caroline
- Katie
- Dominic
- Kelly
- Mary
- Shirley
Those in long-term care
- Margaret
- Jennifer
- Michael
- George
- Ginny
Anniversary of death
- Ronnie Butterworth
- Edward Guy Cox