Garforth Methodist Church

Alwoodly Park Methodist Church

It was a leap of faith when, in the depths of the 2nd World War, a decision was made to open a new Methodist church in what was then a partly built-up and sparsely occupied district of north Leeds.
In May 1941 the church opened in an adapted bungalow. Fifteen years
later the church we see today was opened and large and small church
halls followed during the 1960s.

For the last year the country has been in the depths of another emergency caused by the Covid19 outbreak, as we begin to emerge from the worst of the pandemic we are slowly starting to restart in-building services and other activiies. We are commited to continue enabling those who can't join us on site to continue joining online services which are streamed live on Zoom every Sunday. You can email the church stewards on apstewards17@gmail.com for details of how to join.

In 2020 Alwoodley Park church is using this time of enforced idleness to dream dreams and have visions for the future. There has been a long tradition of social care and concern in the church with a play school and occasional 'messy church' for the young, 'Night 16', a social group for the later middle aged and a fortnightly Lunch Club for the more elderly. There is an annual fund-raising drive – this year for Yorkshire Air Ambulance and church members are active in the Leeds North and West Foodbank.

We are a congregation who love to sing. We are a welcoming church, eager to see new faces come through the door and we are unafraid of change. That is why we are planning to cater for and serve the younger age groups in our community. Whilst We haven't re-initiated our monthly all-age services on the fourth Sunday of the month we now have a 9am Breakfast Church where all are welcome.

We intend that Alwoodley Park Methodist church will have an exciting future and we want to see new people come and, with us, be a part of it.