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At Breakfast church this month we are looking at – From the Cross – Substitution

Our reading will be Isaiah 53:1-6

This service is not livestreamed – please remember that this is our ‘invitational’ service. We want people to come and meet the family of God in an informal setting as we eat in community.  Please invite someone to come with you this week!

Notices

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm this Sunday – St Martin’s Heaton

APCM

Our Annual business Meeting of the Church will be on 28th April after our Sunday morning service.  Please make sure to attend!

Roots and Routes – Sunday 5th May

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  We’re going to celebrate that with an event on Sunday 5th May at St Paul’s Manningham – this will be a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food!  10.30 for church – 12 noon for the celebration.  Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Pentecost – 19^th May 2024

On Pentecost Sunday Churches across Bradford are holding a wonderful public act of witness in City Park on 19^th May 2024 – in the afternoon.  Please keep it free and more details are coming!

Mary’s Meals

Learn more about a great organisation if you’re at a loose end on a Friday night in 2 weeks!

Summer Dates

More information to come – but save the dates!

30th May – Heaton Hub Community Day – Family Fun at Half Term
8th June – Celebrating 160 year of St Barnabas Church – 4pm Afternoon Cream Tea, Brass Band and Service of Celebration
16th June – Manningham on Sea – Community fun day in Manningham
6th July – Heaton Gala – Community fun day in Heaton

Our Parish worship service is at 10.30am at St Paul’s Church.  This is an All Age Service to celebrate Palm Sunday.

Our reading will be Mark 11.1-11

The live stream of the service is here. We will start streaming at 10.25am

Notices

(To get notices on this page please email notices@bradfordwest.church – we can’t promise to put all on – but will do our best!)

Song Survey

We’re having a think about what songs we sing – what songs you like?  Remember three years ago when we couldn’t sing and we had a survey on our favourite song to start singing with?? Can you fill in a form for us about songs and hymns?

Also don’t forget about our 2 playlists for you – this survey will allow you to add to the main list!  Please follow, subscribe etc etc.  Spotify and/or Youtube

Easter Services

We’re preparing our Easter services – to see what’s going on see our Easter Page

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm this Sunday – St Martin’s Heaton

Roots and Routes – Sunday 5th May

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  We’re going to celebrate that with an event on Sunday 5th May (Not 20th April 2024 as previously announced) at St Paul’s Manningham – this will be a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food!  10.30 for church – 12 noon for the celebration.  Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Pentecost – 19^th May 2024

On Pentecost Sunday Churches across Bradford are holding a wonderful public act of witness in City Park on 19^th May 2024 – in the afternoon.  Please keep it free and more details are coming!

Summer Dates

More information to come – but save the dates!

30th May – Heaton Hub Community Day – Family Fun at Half Term
8th June – Celebrating 160 year of St Barnabas Church – Afternoon Tea and Service
16th June – Manningham on Sea – Community fun day in Manningham
6th July – Heaton Gala – Community fun day in Heaton

Sorry – these notices were sent last Friday – but didn’t publish.  Here they are – but a bit late!!

This week we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for Breakfast Church where we will be looking at the first session of the Al Massira course.

We’re sorry- this is the week there is no livestream of the service.

Baptisms

As a parish we are looking forward to celebrating baptisms towards the end of November! If you haven’t been baptised before and would like to talk about what that means and looks like, chat to one of the leaders after the service.

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for our Parish Communion service

We are kicking off a new sermon series called ‘Follow Me’ as we focus as a parish on what it means to follow Jesus with our whole lives. This will be the focus at both our weekly Communion services, so whether you join us on a Sunday at St Paul’s or a Wednesday at St Barnabas, we’ll be thinking about discipleship, following Jesus, together.

Our Scripture reading will be from Matthew 4:18-22

To see the live stream of the service click here.

Harvest

This Wednesday, 4th October, we will be marking Harvest at our Wednesday Communion service at St Barnabas, 10:30am. You are welcome to bring goods to donate to the local foodbanks as we thank God for all his gifts to us.

Baptisms

As a parish we are looking forward to celebrating baptisms towards the end of November! If you haven’t been baptised before and would like to talk about what that means and looks like, chat to one of the leaders after the service.

Al Massira – 6th & 7th of October

Al Massira is a course where participants are invited on a journey to discover the basics of the the Christian faith – it is particularly useful for those from a Muslim background.  We are hosting this here in our Parish.  More Information found here.

Robin Gamble retirement service – Sunday, 1 October 2023, 6:00pm at Bradford Cathedral

Robin Gamble, Bishop’s Advisor in Church Growth, retires this autumn. All are invited to come and celebrate his dynamic and fruitful ministry as a parish priest and as an encourager of evangelism. The service will include sung worship, testimonies, presentations and prayer.  More details on the Cathedral Website

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for our All Age Communion service!

We are coming to the end of our ‘Proclaiming With’ sermon series concluding with Paul’s proclamation that he counts everything as loss in comparison to knowing Jesus! Our Scripture reading will be from Philippians 3:1-11

To see the live stream of the service click here.

Baptisms

As a parish we are looking forward to celebrating baptisms towards the end of November! If you haven’t been baptised before and would like to talk about what that means and looks like, chat to one of the leaders after the service.

Al Massira – 6th & 7th of October

Al Massira is a course where participants are invited on a journey to discover the basics of the the Christian faith – it is particularly useful for those from a Muslim background.  We are hosting this here in our Parish.  More Information found here.

Bradford Theology School

Bradford Theology School is running a new Year 1 course in 2024. This equips students with Foundations in Christian Theology. They have an open day on September 9th. This gives people interested in the course the opportunity to experience a day of teaching with the school, hear about the vision and values and ask any questions they have. For more details and for students to sign up for the day they just need to register here.

Robin Gamble retirement service – Sunday, 1 October 2023, 6:00pm at Bradford Cathedral

Robin Gamble, Bishop’s Advisor in Church Growth, retires this autumn. All are invited to come and celebrate his dynamic and fruitful ministry as a parish priest and as an encourager of evangelism. The service will include sung worship, testimonies, presentations and prayer.  More details on the Cathedral Website

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week is the second Sunday of the month, so we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for Breakfast Church!

We are continuing to explore the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5, this month we are thinking about the ordinary and yet often challenging fruit of Kindness! Our Scripture reading will be from Matthew 20:29-34

We’re sorry, but this is the week of the month that there is no livestream of the service.

Testimonies

Over the coming months we are focusing on famous proclamations of faith in the Bible.  To match it we’d love to hear stories from you!

Does anyone have a story about when………

a) You had to suffer or struggle

b) How you became a Christian

Al Massira – 6th & 7th of October

Al Massira is a course where participants are invited on a journey to discover the basics of the the Christian faith – it is particularly useful for those from a Muslim background.  We are hosting this here in our Parish.  More Information found here.

Bradford Theology School

Bradford Theology School is running a new Year 1 course in 2024. This equips students with Foundations in Christian Theology. They have an open day on September 9th. This gives people interested in the course the opportunity to experience a day of teaching with the school, hear about the vision and values and ask any questions they have. For more details and for students to sign up for the day they just need to register here.

Robin Gamble retirement service – Sunday, 1 October 2023, 6:00pm at Bradford Cathedral

Robin Gamble, Bishop’s Advisor in Church Growth, retires this autumn. All are invited to come and celebrate his dynamic and fruitful ministry as a parish priest and as an encourager of evangelism. The service will include sung worship, testimonies, presentations and prayer.  More details on the Cathedral Website

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for our Parish Communion service with Sunday school.

We are continuing with our sermon series ‘Proclaiming With’ and this week we are continuing thinking about God’s people in the New Testament, proclaiming with Peter ‘Salvation is found in no one else’. Our Scripture reading will be Peter’s speech in Acts Acts 4:1-23

To see the live stream of the service click here.

Testimonies

Over the coming months we are focusing on famous proclamations of faith in the Bible.  To match it we’d love to hear stories from you!

Does anyone have a story about when………

a) You had to suffer or struggle

b) How you became a Christian

Bradford Theology School

Bradford Theology School is running a new Year 1 course in 2024. This equips students with Foundations in Christian Theology. They have an open day on September 9th. This gives people interested in the course the opportunity to experience a day of teaching with the school, hear about the vision and values and ask any questions they have. For more details and for students to sign up for the day they just need to register here.

Robin Gamble retirement service – Sunday, 1 October 2023, 6:00pm at Bradford Cathedral

Robin Gamble, Bishop’s Advisor in Church Growth, retires this autumn. All are invited to come and celebrate his dynamic and fruitful ministry as a parish priest and as an encourager of evangelism. The service will include sung worship, testimonies, presentations and prayer.  More details on the Cathedral Website

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for our All Age Parish Communion service.

We are continuing with our sermon series ‘Proclaiming With’ and this week we are making our way into the New Testament, proclaiming with Mary ‘The Mighty One has done Great Things for Me’. Our Scripture reading will be Mary’s famous song, known as the Magnificat, from Luke 1:46-55

To see the live stream of the service click here.

Funeral of Alan Bean

A long term member of St Paul’s Church died last week.  Alan’s funeral service will be at St Paul’s at 2pm on Friday 1st September 2023 – afterwards there will be some refreshments and then the committal at Nab Wood Crematorium at 3.40.

Testimonies

Over the coming months we are focusing on famous proclamations of faith in the Bible.  To match it we’d love to hear stories from you!

Does anyone have a story about when………

a) Speak for Jesus in a public place? (work/school)

b) How you became a Christian

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for our Parish Communion service with Sunday School.

We are continuing with our sermon series ‘Proclaiming With’ and this week we are proclaiming with Habakkuk ‘I will rejoice in the Lord’. Our Scripture reading will be from Habakkuk 3:17-19

To see the live stream of the service click here.

Funeral of Alan Bean

A long term member of St Paul’s Church died last week.  Alan’s funeral service will be at St Paul’s at 2pm on Friday 1st September 2023 – afterwards there will be some refreshments and then the committal at Nab Wood Crematorium at 3.40.

Testimonies

Over the coming months we are focusing on famous proclamations of faith in the Bible.  To match it we’d love to hear stories from you!

Does anyone have a story about when………

a) Speak for Jesus in a public place? (work/school)

b) You felt fear or shame and you knew God was with you in it

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!

This week is the second Sunday of the month, so we are gathering together at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church for Breakfast Church!

We are continuing to explore the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5, this month we are thinking about that virtue of Patience! Our Scripture reading will be from 1 Peter 2:21-25

We’re sorry, but this is the week of the month that there is no livestream of the service.

Testimonies

Over the coming months we are focusing on famous proclamations of faith in the Bible.  To match it we’d love to hear stories from you!

Does anyone have a story about when………

a) How you can rejoice in God even in very difficult circumstances – financial

b) You felt fear or shame and you knew God was with you in it

Our CofE Like

From Monday 14th- Sunday 20th August Emma will be in charge of the ‘Our CofE’ Twitter account- sharing a week in the life of our parish from the Curate’s perspective! This means she’ll be taking lots of photos throughout the week and sharing the range of different things we do as a parish. If you don’t want to be in any photos which go on social media, chat to Emma and she’ll make sure to avoid you!

Giving

There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!