Welcome - and Contact Details.
Welcome to the Parish of Tong and Holme
Wood, in the Anglican
Diocese of Bradford. Here you can discover more about the life and
work
of our three churches - St. James' in Tong Village, St. Christopher's,
in
Holme Wood, and St. John's, in Tong Street (The Upper Room). Use the
navigation headings above to link into each of the different areas of
our
work.
We seek to live by faith in Jesus Christ, and to become
more like him. Our common purpose is to become a 'Jesus Shaped
People', and the activities and services we offer are inspired by this
desire.
We are always delighted to meet up with people who would
like to know more about the Christian faith. There are lots of
ways in which we are able to help them to move forward in their
spiritual journey. We are always glad to welcome people who
would like to worship with us, or benefit from the wide range of
services that we offer.
A summary of some of the latest news of our
churches can be found opposite. Our usual times of Sunday worship
services
are given below.
Here is information as to how to make contact with us:
Vicar:
Gordon Dey - tel: 01274 682100
e mail:
gordon.dey@bradford.anglican.org
Address: Tong Vicarage, 74 Holme
Wood Road
Bradford BD4 9EJ
Curate:
Jane Trenholme - tel: 01274
788328
e mail:
jane.trenholme@btopenworld.com
Address: c/o The Vine
Parsonage Road. Laisterdyke
Bradford BD
Curate:
Moina Bernard - tel: 01274 687167
e mail:
moinab@googlemail.com
c/o St. Christopher's Church
Holme Wood Road
Bradford BD4 9EJ
Details of other senior staff and team members can be found in the
'People' section.
Our worship services
on Sundays are usually as follows:
8.00 am Holy Communion - at St. James Tong except
on the 2nd Sunday of the month, when this service is at St.
Christopher's Holme Wood.
9.45 am Family Communion at St. Christopher's
Holme Wood - with specialist children's groups for every age of
children - except on the 2nd Sunday of the month when this service is a
Family Service.
4.00 pm Evening Worship at St. James, Tong,
with a creche for young children - except on the 1st Sunday of each
month when this service is a Family Service.
Our parish is also clustering with the neighbouring
parish of St. Mary's,
Laisterdyke.
St. Mary's Church meets for worship and other activities at 'The
Vine in Parsonage Road.
Jane Trenholme, one of our curates, is also Priest in Charge of this
church.
11.15 am Morning Worship at 'The Vine' on
two Sundays of the month this is normally a Service of Holy Communion.
The first Sunday of the month is 'Cafe Church' a lively all age
experience of worship with refreshments.
ALSO - 'TUESDAY CHURCH'
3.30 am 'Tuesday Church' at St. John's Tong
Street - the 'Upper Room' An All Age time of worship for
allcomers - that specially includes children.
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Current News
- SCARBOROUGH WEEKEND - information
and booking leaflets are now available for this event at
Green Gables hotel in Scarborough. The weekend will be from March
25th - 27th 2011, and the main speaker with be Revd. Alistair Kaye -
Mission Priest in the Armley Deanery.
- ST. MARY'S PRIEST IN CHARGE - Jane
Trenholme has recently taken over from Gordon Dey as Priest in Charge
of St. Mary's, following the completion of Jane's period as curate in
training. Jane continues as curate to Tong and Holme Wood, and
Gordon now adopts a similar role to St. Mary's.
- FABRIC WORKING PARTIES - we would be
delighted to welcome folk willing to help us tackle a wide range of
'jobs' at St. James on Saturday August 7th at St. James, Tong, and on
Satuday August 14th at St. Christopher's. Holme Wood. Both begin
at 9 am.
- TONG/FULNECK VALLEY - An Association
has been established to protect the interests of the Valley, and
challenge any plans that would lead to the development of
substantial new housing there. If you would like to
become a member of this Association please contact John Finnigan by
e mailing him at: jhfinnigan@btopenworld.com
- START COURSES - there will be a new
round of Start One and Two begin in September. These are a great
opportunity to explore personally the Christian faith. More
details later.
- 'TUESDAY
CHURCH' - is our opportunity for
people to take part in midweek All Age worship. Tuesday
Church meets at the Upper Room, Tong Street at 3.30 pm each week.
All are welcome to join us for this new spiritual adventure.
- YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMME
- our Wannabe Week starts on Monday July 26th at Ryecroft School, and
our Sports week on Monday August 2nd at Salvationb Army Centre.
More information from Andy Sykes.
- BOLTON ABBEY TRIP - we are to have a
coach trip to Bolton Abbey on Sunday August 8th., We will be leaving
after morning worship at 12.30 am. Bring a packed meal - and
we'll have a picnic, a good stroll together, and end with Taize worship
in the Priory Church. All seats on the coach have now been taken.
- PLAYING
WITH PURPOSE - is part of the Family
Project at St. Christopher's, and aims to encourage language and
communication skills in pre-school
age children. Shirley Hodgkin is our Resources Organiser and
Betty
Pedley is the Project Manager. They would be glad to know of folk
who would
like to become volunteers with the project. They would also be
glad to hear of families who would like to benefit from it.
- FAIR TRADE - We are a Fair Trade parish, as is the Diocese of
Bradford. . Fair Trade goods are available each week after worship at
St. Christopher's.
- TONG
HISTORY - a remarkable DVD packed with
pictures, photos and information about Tong, Fulneck, Drighlington and Tong Street
has been put together by Sam Greenhough. The DVD contains over
5,000 photos - many of them old ones of the district. Copies are
available at St. James for only £14.99.
- AEGEAN CRUISE PILGRIMAGE - Gordon is to
lead a pilgrimage cruise around the Aegean Sea in June 2011, visiting
many of the
places associated with the ministry of St. Paul and St.
John. Booking forms and brochures are available in each of
our churches.
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