Welcome to the churches of Little Horton in Bradford

Sunday worship:

As more people are gradually wishing to re-engage with worship services in person, our churches are now worshipping through two services on a Sunday morning, one in each building to ensure we can still maintain safe social distancing.

So we’ll be at St. Oswald’s at 9:30 and All Saints at 11:15 each Sunday morning.

The 9:30 am Sunday services are live streamed for you to follow at home if you’re still not sure about coming out in person yet, Feel free to join us live at the time, or at any point through the week – the services stay up on the Facebook page for as long as you need them!

On the first Sunday of each month though, we meet as one Church all together, alternating between our two buildings, check out the ‘Sunday Special’ image below for dates and details.

Safeguarding:

We belong to the Anglican Communion, within the CofE Diocese of Leeds. As a member of the Church of England, our Churches have adopted the House of Bishops safeguarding guidelines to Promoting A Safer Church.

If you have any concerns about the safety of children, young people or vulnerable adults, please Contact Pauline Lucas at St Oswald’s or Churchwarden Chris Graham, and for All Saints Contact Janet Firth. other useful contacts include Childline on 0800 1111, Bradford Safeguarding Unit on 01274 437500, Leeds Diocesan Safeguarding adviser Carla Darbyshire – carla.darbyshire@leeds.anglican.org, mobile 07399 809732 or Bradford Emergency Duty Team on 01274 431010

Keeping in Touch:

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St. Oswald’s and All Saints, Bradford

Did you know you can download the text for this week’s service?

We can also be found on Instagram and Twitter – why not come and join the conversation?

Carol’s Blog:

As part of her ministry as a lay reader in our parishes, Carol’s been writing a monthly blog, check out the latest instalment here.

Special Events coming up:

All Saints

At All Saints, we believe that God loves us and that he sent Jesus to die for us and to rise again from the dead. Through faith in Jesus we find our wrongdoings forgiven and we know peace with God and with one another. And one day we look forward to being with God in heaven.

(Photo taken pre-soicial distancing measures)

Sundays
Sunday worship is at 11.15 a.m. when we meet God in the teaching of the Bible and in Holy Communion. There is Sunday School for children during the service every Sunday except the first of the month. After the service time we serve drinks and cake and a chance to meet one another.

For beginners
Once or twice a year we offer a six week ‘START!’ course for those wanting to explore their faith. In a small group in the vicarage we meet over coffee and video to discuss the meaning of life.

Our Vicar
All Saints shares a Priest-in-Charge, Derek Jones, with St Oswald’s Church, further up Little Horton Lane.

Find us
All Saints Church, postcode BD5 0NG, is located on Little Horton Lane, opposite St Luke’s hospital. For easy parking, turn down Pullan Street, opposite the hospital; turn right at the end onto Little Horton Green, and there is plenty of parking there and on Kennion Street, right from Little Horton Green.

More about All Saints→

St Oswald’s↓

St Oswald’s

At St Oswald’s, we believe that God loves us and that he sent Jesus to die for us and to rise again from the dead. Through faith in Jesus we find our wrongdoings forgiven and we know peace with God and with one another. And one day we look forward to being with God in heaven.

Sundays

(photo taken pre-social distancing)

Sunday worship is at 9.30 a.m. when we meet God in the teaching of the Bible and in Holy Communion.

For beginners
Once or twice a year we offer a six week ‘START!’ course for those wanting to explore their faith. In a small group in the vicarage we meet over coffee and video for an hour and a quarter to discuss the meaning of life. Contact the vicar.

Our Vicar
St. Oswald’s shares a Priest-in-Charge, Derek Jones, with All Saints Church, further towards the city centre.

More about St Oswald’s→

Services and Events ↓

Services and Events

Sunday Services

As we return more and more to in person worship services, we’ll be at St. Oswald’s at 9:30 and All Saints at 11:15 each Sunday morning.

Starting in Advent, we’ll also be introducing a monthly service where get both churches together to celebrate God’s goodness in lively, family friendly setting – will you come a long and give it a go?

Private Prayer

All Saints is open every Wednesday 11-12 for private prayer, except for Ash Wednesday

For anyone you may know who doesn’t find the internet easy, did you know that the Church of England have created a helpline called Daily Hope? This is aimed at those who do not have access to the internet and all the online resources. Using a freephone number (0800 8048044), it offers a hymn, reading and prayer.

The Church of England have also prepared a really valuable set of reflections for promoting mental health and wellbeing at this time, why not take a look?

Weekly Bible Studies

St. Oswalds and All Saints are pleased to have a choice of weekly Bible studies for anyone wanting to think a little more about God’s word.

St. Oswalds meet on a Tuesday evening at 7pm on Zoom, All Saints on at Thursday evening at the same time. We don’t put the zoom link’s on the website, but you can get them by signing up to our weekly newsletter.

We also have a Bible Study group for those who are new to English. it’s on a break at the moment, but should be up and running again soon!

Pop up Pantry

Thanks to our Friends at InnChurches it’s great to be able to offer low cost food to anyone from the community who might be able to make use of it, as well as an opportunity for a cup of tea and a chat. We open the pantry at All Saints each Thursday at 12:30, and ask for £1 per five items. In order to make what we have go round everyone who might like some, we do ask that customers only take one of each item. The range of what we have varies week by week, but there’s always a selection of fresh and store cupboard food to keep you going!

Advent and Christmas

We’re really looking forward to Christmas – how about you? Why not come and think what Christmas is all about with us, we’ve got some great services coming up, including a midnight communion in St. Oswald’s on Christmas Eve at 11:30, and Christmas morning communion celebration in All Saints at 10:30.

We’d love to celebrate with you if you can make it!

News and Notices

Carol’s Blog

As part of her return to Reader ministry at All Saints, Carol Wood will be writting a monthly blog piece. You can find the instalment here.

Stu and Rosie Bayford

Our mission partners Rosie and Stu have arrived in Brazil again. Sign up to find out more from them here.

Bible studies

Each week we have two Bible study groups, one on a Tuesday and one on a Thursday, each at 7pm on zoom. We don’t give Zoom details on the website, but please contact Derek for details.