Leeds Centre of Mission
Seacroft, Leeds
The Seacroft estate in Leeds faces severe poverty, with local deprivation levels now four times higher than the city average. Almost a quarter of adults in the community live in poverty, limiting access to healthcare, education, employment, and housing.
Amid these challenges, our Centre of Mission, in partnership with the Diocese of Leeds, is committed to making a difference. With many in Seacroft disconnected from the church, we are actively sharing God’s love and demonstrating how His guidance can transform lives.
The vision for Leeds Centre of Mission is to start a new youth church on the Seacroft estate, an area where young people face many challenges. Centre leader Anjela is passionate about young people and longs to see young people develop life-changing relationships with Jesus.
Anjela Tells us…
We currently have 12-14 young people aged 9-12 coming to our youth group on a Friday, where we have the use of an amazing big church hall so we can play football and use the table tennis and burn off lots of energy. During the evening, we have a talk – usually in the church about God. It is generally well received and we read a short passage from the bible using the discovery bible method.
One week we played a worship song in the church and the girls especially sang along down the microphones!!! The young people really enjoy the club, and it is growing as they bring along their friends.
As they are unchurched, we are talking about God and His attributes and who Jesus is and what He has done. We have just launched an older youth which we are hoping to grow, and we need new volunteers to help us in our task of spreading the good news.
I’m also helping out at a community meal called ‘The Feast’. We have around 50 people who regularly use the food bank, join us for a free meal. It’s a wonderful chance for the church to really connect with its community, showing love in action.
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Type of Work
Food distribution
Schools work
Youth/Kids
Social isolation
Building Community
Church groups
Evangelists & Leaders
Anjela Jones
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Partnerships
Diocese of Leeds
The territory of the Leeds Diocese now covers parts of five counties; it comprises the Catholic communities in the northern part of what is now West Yorkshire together with some areas of North and East Yorkshire, e.g. Ripon, Selby and Howden – and some parishes now in Lancashire (Barnoldswick) and Greater Manchester (Uppermill).
Bishop Young Academy
Bishop Young CE Academy is a successful, caring and happy Academy in the east of the City of Leeds. Our students aged 11-19 come to receive an education in which we work together to stretch them academically, support them pastorally and help them to develop socially and spiritually, as expressed in our mission statement.
Parish of Seacroft
The Parish of Seacroft has three places of worship: St James’ Church, St Paul’s Church and St Richard’s Church which meet on a Sunday and three other groups that meet through the week. Together we serve the communities of Seacroft, Swarcliffe and Whinmoor in East Leeds.
Missional Youth Church Network (MYCN)
MYCN’s vision is to establish at least 30 Missional Youth Churches (MYC) over the next five years, enabling 11-18 year olds to build community and discover faith in Jesus Christ.
Leeds Faith in Schools
We have an active involvement in city-wide church youth work across Leeds, partnering with other youth organisations to help shape the landscape of Christian youth work in the city and support the local church.
Mothers Union Leeds Diocese
Through the love of God and in partnership with the Church, we seek to reach out creatively and actively to support stable family relationships and to promote a more just society.
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