Harvest Sunday was on Sunday 6th October, 2019. The Eucharist service included the traditional harvest hymns “Come Ye Thankful People Come” and “We Plough the Fields and Scatter”. The choir sung the cheerful anthem “Thou Visitest the Earth”. After the service there was a celebratory harvest lunch. It was also the first Sunday of our […]

We were delighted to welcome children from local nursery schools once again for our Tots service. Although not all our local nurseries were able to attend this time, some of them kindly called in with harvest gifts. Revd Jane led the children with plenty of action songs, stories and prayers, then Mothers’ Union provided squash, […]

The Leeds branch of the Jamaica society celebrated the 57th anniversary of the independence of Jamaica with a service held at St Aidan’s on Sunday 4th August 2019. Several floral displays were created by the St Martin’s flower team. These included two large arrangements. One had pride of place in the church itself and the […]

Fr Ericcson was officially welcomed as our curate on Sunday 14th July when he took his first Mass service. He prayerfully guided us through the service and delivered a thought-provoking sermon on the meaning of “who is our neighbour” based on the Gospel reading for the morning, Luke 10:25-37. He welcomed everyone to the communion […]

Bracken Edge, one of our local primary schools, held its awards ceremony in church on Monday 15th July. Awards took into account pupils’ efforts, their learning attitudes and the progress made. The presenters of these awards included Councillor Jane Dowson and Fr Nicholas lo Polito. The ceremony was very well attended and the church was […]