Welcome!

On behalf of Wesley Road Chapel we offer you a warm welcome.

Perhaps you are curious about what goes on in this building.

Maybe you are looking for friendship and a place to belong.

It could be that you would like someone to pray for you.

You may be here because you are part of one of the groups which use the building or because you are here for a wedding or baptism or funeral.

Whatever the reason we are glad you are here and would like to offer you some information about what goes on here.

Please do not hesitate to pick up a phone and find out more,

Every blessing

Rev Paul Allen and Rev Darren Garfield

Tel:  0113 279 4816

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MINISTER’S LETTER February 2012 Dear Friends,                                                                                     A silver wedding anniversary is always a significant event which people celebrate in different ways. Some will have a party while for others it may be a special meal for the couple on their own. Friends and relatives will mark the occasion with special silver gifts; it is one of those landmarks in life.   Wesley Road Chapel has reached this landmark in 2012.  Many of our Free Churches were founded many years ago so for example it is not uncommon to be celebrating a 250th anniversary.  In that sense Wesley Road is just a youngster, but in another sense we can be considered a mature church in the ecumenical movement. I was ordained in 1982 and of the 28 years ministry 13 have been spent in Baptist Churches and 15 in ecumenical churches and that does not count three years as student minister in a Baptist/URC Church. I still meet people who express surprise that three denominations can work together in such a way, when for us it has become the norm. So we should not lose sight of all that we have to celebrate in 2012.   In these days of austerity I have heard people say of the public services that we used to offer a silver service, now we must offer a bronze service.  The reality of course is that by definition people in public service still do their best to offer a silver service. This year at church we will look back with thanksgiving for the last twenty five years but we will also look forward to offering more silver service. We may do different things in the future or we may do fewer things but they will be silver service. I am sure we will offer the best that we can in our worship, our pastoral care and in the rich hospitality that the church has as part of its tradition.   May God’s blessing be upon our anniversary year, Best wishes to you all, Paul         25th ANNIVERSARY PREACHERS During this year when we celebrate 25 years since our building opened in 1987 we are welcoming preachers who have been important in our brief history.  The first such minister is Revd Keith Jones who was the Yorkshire Baptist Association leader who was instrumental in the merging of the Wesley Road Methodist and the Hall Road Sion Baptist churches and the setting up of our Legal Constitution.   For the past few years Keith has been Rector of the International Baptist College in Prague – a prestigious post.  Keith will be our special preacher oh Sunday 12th February.   Please be there to welcome him back and to get our silver year off to a splendid start.