The Parish of Seacroft based in St Richard’s Crypt is an outlet for Leeds (East) Foodbank. OBTAINING FOOD Food can be obtained by the presentation of a unique voucher at one of our distribution centres. It is essential to bring your referral voucher with you. DISTRIBUTION CENTRES East Leeds Foodbank now have two distribution centres […]
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Read More →Children and young people are a valuable part of our parish and are always welcome at all our events and services. Sunday mornings offer a special welcome to children and young people as part of our worship at St James’, St Paul’s and St Richard’s. Each church offers a group for children and young people during […]
Read More →13th Leeds Templars St James’ Seacroft Scouting Unit Important Parents’ Letter We run: Beavers for boys and girls 6 and 7 years old every Monday during term time 6pm – 7pm at St James’ Church, Seacroft Green. Cubs for boys and girls 8 – 10 years old every Thursday during term time 5.45 – 7pm at […]
Read More →The ecclesiastical parish of Seacroft was created in the 1840’s. Until that time Seacroft formed part of the parish of Whitkirk. It was John Wilson of Seacroft Hall and the Revd Arthur Martineau, Vicar of Whitkirk, who promoted the plan to build a church at Seacroft and they were major contributors to the cost of […]
Read More →We are indebted to the local historian Mr. John Gillenghan of the Skyrack Express for his invaluable assistance in composing this brief history of the Seacroft community. The earliest historical account of Seacroft occurs as a result of the battle of Winwaed (Whinmoor) in 655 AD, which is recorded by the Veberable Bede, historian and […]
Read More →As residents began to move into new housing in North Seacroft in the 1950’s a small group of people began to worship in the homes of several different people. When the group became larger, Grange Farm School was hired for two hours each Sunday. This meant a lot of hard work was necessary before and […]
Read More →St Paul’s Church is unique within the Parish as it does not have a building in its own right, but shares happily with Whinmoor St Paul’s Church of England (Aided) Primary School. Since 1967 the Church has enjoyed an excellent relationship with the school and with the wider community who use the premises for a […]
Read More →There has been a Church at the heart of Seacroft since 1845, St James on the Seacroft Village Green. After the post-war expansion of the area and the resulting population growth other churches were built to serve the new estates. The team ministry in Seacroft was created by a pastoral scheme on 9th July 1970. […]
Read More →As the Church of England in Seacroft, Swarcliffe and Whinmoor, we believe we are called: to worship God together to love and support one another to pray for our neighbours and for the wider world to learn and grow together to offer an unconditional welcome to all who come to us We share God’s love […]
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