We believe God loves Holbeck and Beeston Hill!
And we are committed to showing our community that God loves them. You might call this our mission.
We do this mission work in a variety of ways:
- We actively tell people about God’s love, shown chiefly in Jesus.
- We teach people about following Jesus and impact that should have in our lives and in our community
- We do works of kindness and love, meeting real needs. We have a number of ways we do this:
- Historically started and continue to support St Luke’s Cares
- ESOL classes
- Host Scouts, Cubs and Beavers
- Tots, Tea and Toast – our Tuesday morning Toddler & Baby group
- Host for the local dance troupe Reetwirlers
- International Meals
- Community Fun Days
- Light Party
- Trips and outings
- We speak up for the community; challenging unfair and unjust systems. Examples of this:
- Member of the Voice of Holbeck – working with the council and police on the Managed Approach
- Hosting a Listening Well event
- Engage with politics and the local council – we encourage participation
- Relationship with our local MP, Hillary Benn
- Relationship with Local Councillors (we’re in the Beeston & Holbeck ward)
- We’re a Polling Station in Local Elections
- Host the St Luke’s Tenants and Residents’ Association
- Member of Leeds Citizens, who work across Leeds on social action and justice issues
- Member of the Voice of Holbeck – working with the council and police on the Managed Approach
- We take care of the land we live on. We encourage people to take seriously God’s call for us to tend and protect the Earth. How can we do this:
- We have church members who run allotments
- Others participate in local/national protests
- We preach about care of the planet
- Simple things like litter-picking
These five marks of mission shape the way we engage with our community.
We are extending our church in order to improve this engagement.
If you can think of anything else we could do for the community please do get in touch!
