Welcome to St Mary’s! November 18th, 2009
Welcome to St Mary’s Parish Church web site. The site contains information abut the church and community, services, history, photographs and news. Woodkirk Parish is very large and contains Woodkirk, West Ardsley and Tingley.
You can also find ways to support the church and it’s work in Woodkirk. One easy way is to access Amazon through this web site. St Mary’s will receive a referral fee for any purchase made if you access Amazon using the Search box on the right. Thank you for your support.
Garden Party July 11th, 2010
On the day we made about £1000 which was a very good effort.
Thank you to all who volunteered to help on stalls, set up on Friday evening and Saturday, and who helped to put everything away again.
Web site outage July 7th, 2010
Hopefully normal service is resumed!
Introduction to Ikizu May 30th, 2010
Peta spoke about her journey to Ikizu, the situation the Anglican Church finds itself in in this area of Tanzania, and about the people and location of the church.
These are photos taken by Peta during her visit and were shown during the service.
The previous week, we raised through a bucket collection, enough to buy a large Bible in the people of Ikizu’s own language and a large wooden cross. These will be really important to the church who have to rent a ‘classroom’ in a teachers’ building, and hence does not seem very church-like.
Event: Opening Organ Recital – UPDATE May 11th, 2010
The recital will be by Mr Colin Porter who is Organist and Choirmaster at Mossley Hill Parish Church in Liverpool. He has been organist and choirmaster there for over 24 years and is also Director of the Liverpool Festival Choir.
The recital will last for about 50 minutes, and will ‘show-off’ the capabilities of our new organ.
Please encourage family and friends to join us for this memorable evening in the life of St Mary’s.
Admission is free and refreshments (wine, soft drinks and nibbles) will be available. For more information, contact Neal Pinder-Packard, Churchwarden, on (0113) 252 4001.
Organ Dedication Service May 2nd, 2010
Afterwards, the Lord Mayor decided to have a go at the organ with John Hardcastle our organist:
A new musical beginning for St Mary’s April 26th, 2010
We would like to invite everybody to a special service on Sunday 2nd May 2010 at 10.30am to celebrate the new organ. We are delighted that the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Judith Elliott, is able to join us.
Easter Services 2010 March 23rd, 2010
Sunday 28th March – Palm Sunday
10.30am Holy communion (Sung) & Gro-zone in Parish Centre
5-6.30pm Wannabees Youth Group at Vicarage
Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th
7.30pm Compline (Short reflective service for Holy Week)
Wednesday 31st March
9.30am Hill-Top Easter Service in church
7.15pm Prayer meeting in church
8.00pm Holy Communion (One World Setting)
Thursday 1st April – Maundy Thursday
10.30am Chrism Eucharist at Wakefield Cathedral
11.00am Holy Communion at Soothill Manor
7.30pm Passover meal in Parish Centre
9-10.00pm Church open for quiet prayer
Friday 2nd April – Good Friday
12noon – 3.00pm ‘At the foot of the cross’ – reflections on the final hours of Jesus’ life (Followed by refreshments in the Vicarage)
Saturday 3rd April
8.30pm Easter Eve short reflective service in church
Sunday 4th April – Easter Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion
10.30am All-Age Communion for Easter
Organ update March 4th, 2010
We are pleased to announce that we have now been able to order the organ.
We will keep you updated of progress, but expect the organ to be fitted by the end of April!
Gift from Tanzania February 7th, 2010
Lent Course 2010 January 26th, 2010
The course is for everyone, no matter how far in your journey as a Christian, you will get something out of the course. The groups are supportive and you will be made most welcome. Sign up on the list in the porch or contact the Vicar.
We will be using a book to support the course. You can buy it in advance from Amazon using the the link below.







