Wharfedale and Aireborough is an area north of Leeds and Bradford encompassing post-industrial towns, rural communities and tourist hotspots.
Our worshipping congregations within our district, all offering a warm welcome and share a unifying passion to transform lives, share the Gospel and sustain hope.
School pressures, the effects of social media, cyberbullying, cuts to youth services, children growing up in poverty and the effects of living through Covid have had a dramatic impact on the mental health of young people. In response our circuit designated 2025 as a year of prayer for children and young people, with particular focus on mental health and wellbeing.
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Jesus answered them, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.' (v. 23)
Loving God,
May all that we learn
from you and alongside one another,
challenge and transform our thoughts, words and deeds.
May your message dwell richly in our hearts.
May it be treasured.
May it pour out from us in expressions of praise, proclamation and protest.
Help us to listen to all who have been marginalised
to hear what cannot be spoken.
Prepare us for the times when your message will pierce and break our hearts.
Change us as we join in your work as your body here on earth.
In the name of the One who came as Teacher, Justice Seeker and Defender of the Oppressed. Amen.
God of all, we praise you for the life that you give us,
even when we cling to it by no more than our fingertips
and, in Jesus' name, we protest the inequality created by human greed. Amen.
Wharfedale & Aireborough Methodist Circuit ℅ Menston Methodist Church
Main Street, Menston
LS29 6AH