At Dayspring we really encourage people to discover the call on their lives and run with it. Over the years this has led to many new initiatives starting in Leeds which, although they were set up by Dayspring people, are not specifically under the banner of ‘Dayspring Church’. We prefer to think of everything we are involved in as under the banner of ‘Leeds’ Church’.
So whatever your passion/heart is, there are many Christian-run projects across Leeds that you can get involved with. We don’t run a lot of ‘Dayspring’ ministries for this reason. A thorough database of the projects and the most up-to-date info can be found on the Network: Leeds website which has just had a makeover!
Below is a list of events which we feel may be of interest to you:
CITY NEWS
KINGDOM PERFORMANCE MINISTRIES - is a new group in Leeds. ‘God has given us a vision and goal of raising up a Christian performance community across the city that can work towards a production in a major venue and that will attract a large audience of both Christians and non-Christians. This will use people of all ages and backgrounds to lift up God and tell ‘his story’ with the aim of drawing the people of God together to celebrate him in a fresh and exciting way and to tell the good news of the gospel!’ See nph@kingdomperformanceministries.com for details.
HUNGRY HEARTS – the next meeting will be on Saturday February 18th at St. Matthias’ Church, Burley at 7.30. A group meets from 7.00 to pray for the meeting if you would be interested in joining them.
KIDZKLUB - it’s pancake party time again on 21st February. Could you host a fund raising party for KidzKlub? Please see Annie if you’re interested.
DAILY DEVOTIONALS - Network Leeds has a series of devotionals currently working through Matthew.
RIDING LIGHTS ROUGHSHOD THEATRE COMPANY – presents ‘Take the World’ a new sketch show. Date: Thursday 23 February. Venue: Reconciliation Centre, Avenue Hill, Leeds, LS8 4EX. Admission Free but there will be a collection to fund the ongoing work of the company. Box office: 07970350406 Time: 7.30pm. (Doors open 7.00pm)
AN EVENING FOR MEN – Two Blokes on Tour – ‘an evening of comedy and chat about life, God and everything else in between’ with Andy Kind and Carl Beech. Date: Friday 24th February, Venue: John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton Grove, Beeston, LS 11 5DJ, Time : 7.30pm. Tickets available from Bridge Street Church, LS2 7QZ. Tel : 0113 2431375 or email info@bridgestreetchurch.
YOUTHWORK UNITED: CHURCHES WORKING TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM THEIR COMMUNITIES. Urban Saints is putting on a mini conference for all those involved in doing youth work in Yorkshire and the North East. Date: Friday 24th Feb. Venue: St Paul’s Church, Holgate, York. Time: 9.30 – 2.00 and finishing with a pub lunch. For further details see http://www.urbansaints.org/pages/10719/Youth_United?.htm
24/7 PRAYER FOR LEEDS – there will be an event to pray for the city 2nd -4th March. Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, Leeds. Time: 2.00pm Friday – 3pm Sunday. If you wish to sign up see http://doodle.com/y9pq59mg9xzg294h
SPACE- During the Easter holidays the ‘Deeper Space’ is going on a mission trip to Thailand to work with Rainbow House Orphanage and Top Kids in Bangkok. As part of their fund raising they are doing a community fun day on 10th March and need donations of good quality bric a brac, books, cd’s, dvds, toys, and prizes that would be suitable for the tombola/raffle.If you have any donations please would you contact Chris L or Sharon.
HOPE FOR THE NATIONS- SPRINGTIME. An event for all with an international buffet. Please bring food from your own culture, savoury and/or sweet, enough to feed 12 people. ( Food can be warmed when you arrive). Tea and coffee will be served from 2.30 and Kingdom Praise will open with worship at 3pm. There will be a play activities for children and slots from Kingdom Performance Ministries, and the Iranian Drama Team and lots of time to catch up with friends. Date: Saturday 10th March. Venue: Living Hope Church. Time: 2.30 for 3.00. Contacts: see the HFTN website.
BARAKA ALPHA - please continue to pray for the ongoing course at Baraka on Mondays.
STREET ANGELS is starting up again in Leeds. If you’re interested in joining them look on the Network Leeds website for details.
IVAN AND ISABEL ALLUM - are making a return visit to St. Matthias in May and booking is now open by leaflets available at Baseline. Date/time : Fri 11th @ 7.30and Sat 12th 10.00, 2.30 and 7.30.
HOPE FOR THE NATIONS - the annual event dates have been confirmed for 2012. The Global Day of Prayer will be on Sunday 27th May at New Testament Church of God at 7.00 and the Briggate event Saturday 7th July at 12 noon.
LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE - has joined forces with St. George’s Church charity shops and will be selling pieces of furniture that they can’t rehome in the usual way. This is a valuable source of funding for LMFS – if you have any furniture that you no longer require give them a ring on 01132739720. For more news on this venture see Network Leeds.
AGLOW – there will be meetings at the Ramada Jarvis at Seacroft at 7.15 on the following dates:- 20th February, 19th March, 16th April, 21st May, 18th June, 16th July. All ladies welcome – £5.00 for a meal, worship and interesting talk.
NETWORK LEEDS – to keep up to date on news across Leeds see their great NEW website. They also have a job opportunities advertised, news from Premier and bible verses with commentary that are updated regularly. They’ve just moved offices so there may be some disruption to emails etc until 25th January.
LEEDS’ CHURCH INSTITUTE – see their website for latest events and opportunities.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
BREATHE – 2012 LENT CONSUMER DETOX – Creative and challenging small group activities, with Bible discussion suggestions, inspiration from a daily Lent blog and online talks, or read through Consumer Detox by Mark Powley (Zondervan 2010). Details are available on the Network Leeds website.
PIONEER ANNUAL LEADERS’ CONFERENCE 2012. Date: March 2nd and 3rd. Venue: Central Hall, Southampton. Theme – ‘The Harvest.’ See the Pioneer website for more details. There is a 20% discount for bookings before the end of November – get your skates on !!
RIDING LIGHTS – Between March and June 2012 Riding Lights will be touring nationally an original, extra-ordinary piece of theatre about the revival of the modern Olympic Games. Monsieur de Coubertin’s Magnificent Opymlic© Feat! takes you back to where it all began – to the glittering banquets in Paris where big moustached men made big plans, to Shropshire’s Much Wenlock Olympicks, a huge source of inspiration for the father of the games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. It’s set to be glorious fun and games – epic and energetic, this new production will appeal to sports fans and theatre nuts…. everywhere! It will capture the mood of the country in the build-up to the London Games and it will also bring together the Company’s natural church-linked audience with a new audience of people who are passionate about sport. The show will provide a really enjoyable meeting point for outreach in the local community. We hope it will bring people together in a way which will kickstart relationships that become much more than bronze, silver or gold.
Riding Lights would like to bring this production to you and be part of your Olympic celebrations! If you would like to host in your church, village hall, local leisure centre, or theatre, then get in touch with the administrator for this tour, Jessica Lawson, on Jessica.lawson@rltc.org or 01904 655317.
iFast -Pull the Plug iFast is a fast for the 21st Century. Instead of fasting food, people commit to spending at least half an hour a day ‘unplugged’ from the distractions and technology of the modern age. Armed with a Bible, notepad and pen they wait to hear what God might be saying to them, and get ready to go back into the ‘connected’ after spending time with their creator. A Facebook page has been set up for people who choose to iFast to share what God says to them during these times .
YORKSHIRE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION - is a worshipping community of over 100 churches. Its role is to encourage healthy Baptist churches to enjoy CONFIDENT discipleship, evangelism, leadership and spirituality, whilst all the time listening to God and the local church. For more details and events see www.yba.org.uk There is a very helpful ‘spiritual health check’ on their site.
KINGDOM CONNECTIONS – an online resourcing community for those who want to see heaven here on earth, here, today. Check out www.kingdomconnections.org.uk to keep up to date on upcoming events / conferences.
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE -for up – to – date news and their new resource FRIDAY NIGHT THEOLOGY see their website www.ea.org
CHECK OUT THE WORSHIP AND TEACHING FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
FREE WORSHIP AND RESOURSES.
Premier has numerous articles on radio, TV and for general interest.
Bethel Church (Bill Johnson) for free worship and talks.
xpmedia Patricia King
On DAB radio – tune into UCB Uk.
Graham Cooke has a series of dvds on U tube.