Worship

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Bradford Road, Burley in Wharfedale
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(Serves Burley, Burley Woodhead, Menston, Tranmere Park and Hawksworth)
Church of Saints John Fisher & Thomas More, Bradford Road.
Priest: Monsignor Anthony B Boylan, The Presbytery (next to Church)
863179 ssfisher.more@easynet.co.uk
Deacon: Revd. Patrick Kenny 876545

Saturday: First Mass of Sunday 6pm
Sunday: 9am: Masses 9am and 11am
Holydays: Masses 9am and 7.30pm
Weekdays: Wednesday and Saturday Mass 10am
                Mon-Tue, Thur-Fri as announced on weekly newsletter

The Church is usually open for prayer each day between 9am and 7.30pm

All other activities, celebrations and events are advertised in the parish weekly newsletter available in the Church porch.


METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale

Minister: Revd. Helen J. Harrell, 53 Prospect Road 863776
Caretaker: Mrs Sally Lambert, 1 Lawn Road 863456

Sunday services are as follows:-
9.00am: Holy Communion (first in month)
10.30am: All-age Worship with crèche facilities and activities for children and young people.
6pm: Evening Worship
7.30pm: Alternative Service (last Sunday in month)

In addition to our Sunday services, we have a variety of weekly, fortnightly or monthly activities including house groups, meetings for prayer and Bible study and discussion, young peoples activities, Wednesday Meeting (talks, slide shows, musical evenings etc.), Table Tennis, Dance Club, Walking Group and a “Tots and Teddies” service for pre-school children and parents.
We host a coffee morning in the Parish Room on the second Saturday morning of each month. We intend to make our newly refurbished premises as widely available as possible for community use.
For further details about any of our activities and enquiries about Marriages and Baptisms, or using our premises, please contact the Minister.

OPEN DOOR, 43 Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale
Tel 864405
At the centre of most homes there’s a warm kitchen with a cup of tea.
At the centre of the Christian faith there’s a welcome for everyone old and young.
At the centre of our village there’s a place where these two ideas come together – a warm welcoming place where anyone can simply drop in – for a chat, for a cuppa, for information about village activities, or where to go for help, for a listening ear – or just to put your feet up and read a newspaper!
Run by volunteers from the local churches, “Open Door” is open every weekday from 9.30am to 12noon and from 2 to 4.30pm, (Saturdays 10am – 12noon) at the Parish Office, 43 Station Road.

PARISH CHURCH, Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale
St Mary the Blessed Virgin
Working to be rooted in worship and prayer, striving to grow in faith and love, serving the community and bringing others to Christ.
Church website: www.bradford.anglican.org/burley
Vicar: Revd. Michael Burley, The Vicarage, Cornmill Lane 863216
michael.burley@btinternet.com

Parish Office: 43 Station Road 864405 parishoffice.burley@tiscali.co.uk
The outreach and administrative centre for St Mary's Church with facilities for refreshment, a friendly chat and photocopying.
Baptisms and Marriages: enquiries to the Vicar in the first instance.
Parish Room hire: enquiries to Jean Greening-Jackson, 10 Heather Rise 862850.
For further information about the Church Services and other activities, please telephone the Parish Office or the Vicar, or visit the website.
The Church Family gathers for worship in the Eucharist on Sunday mornings at 8 and 9.45am. At the later service we are able to offer special activities for children and young people and a crèche facility. Our evening worship normally begins at 6pm. On the second Sunday in the month, we have a shorter service at 9.45am which is not a communion service, followed by a simple said Communion at 11am.
A weekly news sheet is published giving details of both the daily services and all our weekly activities. Copies of the news sheet are always available in the Church porch and at the Parish Office. A magazine is published monthly and can be delivered to you.
Most of our activities are centred either in the Church Lounge (adjacent to the Church) or in the Parish Room at the bottom of Station Road. The Parish Room is a regular venue for coffee mornings on Saturdays. The room may be hired for parties and other functions (see above).

MOTHER’S UNION, Burley in Wharfedale
enrolling member Doris Followell 862081
Meeting place: Parish Room, Station Road: Wednesday at 2pm and Thursday (monthly) at 8pm.
To be specially concerned with all that strengthens and preserves Christian family life.

CHRISTIAN AID COMMITTEE, Burley in Wharfedale
Mrs Mary Wood, 25 Menston Old Lane 864404
The local committee holds quarterly meetings and fund raising events. It works for the relief of world-wide famine and poverty. website

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY, Burley in Wharfedale
Parish Office 864405
Raising money in Burley for the benefit of children at the margins of society.

SALEM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale
Minister: Revd. Mirella Moxon, The Ridge, Burras Lane, Otley 465353
Secr Mrs Elizabeth Collins 7 Lawn Avenue 862522
Room bookings: Andrew Horton, 6 Grange Road 862190

Sunday Worship: 10.30am, including Junior Church for children of all ages.
Holy Communion: first Sunday of each month.
Baptisms, weddings and funerals by arrangement with the Minister.
Weekday worship: Friday Half Hour service10.30am second Friday of the month.
Church Meetings: normally fourth Tuesday alternate months: 7.30pm Church Hall
Bible Study courses: see Salem’s monthly magazine.
Pilots: every Friday in term-time 6 – 7.15pm in the church hall: for a wide age range.
Weekday meetings – Time Together and Rhythm & Brews: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 2pm: speakers/slides/music/fellowship. Everybody welcome to these purely social events.
Christian Aid Video Club – 1st Monday of each month in Salem Church 7-8pm
All our work with children and young people follows Good Practice
Guidelines. Salem is a small friendly village church which is welcoming to people of all ages. Our church life includes social events, theatre trips and coffee mornings on the first Saturday of each month from 10-11.30am when a variety of stalls and home made produce is available.
A free monthly church magazine is available at coffee mornings and Open Door, as well as in Church. It is full of news and current events.

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