And the sun shone…following in the footsteps of S Aidan
The sun shone brilliantly for the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Tony Robinson as he led the first day trip for Wakefield’s Community of All Saints to Holy Island, following in the footsteps of [...]
EASTER MESSAGE from Bishop Tony – We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!
To the members of The Community of All Saints Springtime is lush with rebirth, new beginnings, and new growth. Our Lenten journey ends on Good Friday; we move from death to life. We are gifted [...]
Share your story for Lent: God was like a knuckle in my shoulder-blade
Some people talk about the ’hound of heaven’ when referring to the Lord’s tenacity: to me it has always felt more like a knuckle in my shoulder blade. Early years My junior school was Anglican. [...]
Share your story for Lent…..why I am a Christian
Part of the answer to this – which is a HUGE question – is because I met Brian (now my husband). As in so many of the gospel accounts, it was seeing something in another [...]
Share your story for Lent….God is our refuge and strength..
I have been a member of All Saints, Normanton for many years and I felt that I am strong in my faith and obedient to God, reading my bible and praying each day. Our Curate, [...]
Share your story for Lent….my faith has brought me an inner peace
In 2014, I lost my wife after a very long and distressing illness, in organising her funeral I was introduced to our local parish church and the priest who had only recently been appointed. I [...]
Share your story for Lent…help me love those I find difficult to love
In John Ch.15 Jesus said “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.” The love God has for us is beyond putting into words. It seems to be quite the in thing [...]
Share your story for Lent….God is spirit
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go’ A year ago I wrote about how I was struggling with my faith. I’d no idea who God was, where he was, if he existed at all [...]
Share your story for Lent …All that I am, all that I can be, all that I have, all that is me
Life changes come with four legs! So much has happened this past year and I’ve had a roller coaster of a time. It started with adding a furry four-legged friend to the household. [...]
Share your story for Lent…..”My time at New Hall”
MY TIME AT NEW HALL Being a Mothers' Union member has certainly provided many opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of worthwhile causes world-wide. A significant one came into my life twelve years ago. [...]
Share your story for Lent….I had a vision….
During an interregnum in 2010 the church had a prayer meeting one January evening. I was asking God how we might best love and serve the people of our village of Crofton, Wakefield. As often [...]
Share your stories for Lent…What does my faith mean to me, Ethan, aged 11
What does my faith mean to me? To me, faith means to learn a deeper understanding of my Christian and other religious beliefs. Since God is with me wherever I go it means that I can [...]
Share your story for Lent….Why am I a Christian?
I started going to church regularly shortly before my youngest son was born, having been inspired by my child-minder’s life. It was some years later that I became a Christian, and only within the last 5 [...]
Share your story for Lent….My faith means wherever I go, I know I am not alone.
Michelle is pictured here on her confirmation day with Bishop Tony and her vicar, Fr David For nearly 50 years I was lost in a spiritual wilderness, I have quite an academic type of brain, [...]
Share your story for Lent….Do all the good you can …sustains me
Eileen, middle, with other members of the Wakefield branch in Pinderfields hospital with their dementia project. Jane, my daughter, was born on All Saints, so that is a special day for me - [...]
Share your stories for Lent…..sustained by the story of The Good Samaritan
This was a stressful situation for me to deal with but I was sustained by The Parable of the Good Samaritan.
Share your stories for Lent …..I can’t imagine life without my faith
Over the years my faith has grown gradually without me really noticing, but now I find I have compassion in areas where before I had not and I try hard to be less judgemental of others. I still get impatient at times – that`s a work in progress between me and God!
A message from Bishop Tony for Lent….
I committed to the Rule of Life from Advent Sunday like many of you who joined me in trying to build up a Community of All Saints here in the Wakefield Episcopal Area. It is [...]
Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral
Barnsley Lent Course
Prayer is at the heart of this year’s series of teachings in Barnsley for Lent. The five week course will take place every Wednesday in St Mary’s church in the centre of town and starts [...]
In the footsteps of S. Aidan
A Day Pilgrimage to Holy Island SATURDAY 17TH JUNE Please email allsaints@leeds.anglican.org to register for a place on the coach