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Welcome to MBC

Good morning and a very warm welcome to Moortown Baptist Church. MBC is a community of Christians that seeks to love God and live generously. We are an active church based in the Moortown and Alwoodley area of North Leeds, while at the same time gathering many people from surrounding towns and villages. We are a church of people from different cultures and backgrounds. We are here to help people meet God, to grow in relationship with one another and to make a difference in today's world. There are many exciting things happening here at MBC, some of which you will see highlighted below. For more information please visit our About Us page and have a browse around our site...

Day of Prayer – Saturday March 7

January 20, 2020 News

MBC’s next Day of Prayer is currently being planned. We are putting together a team – anyone wishing to be part of the group planning this please see Abi, Sam Tilley, Shona Shaw or Graham Brownlee. Thank you to those who have already offered. Having taken feedback the Day of Prayer will now be held […]

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Spring Harvest, Harrogate 14 – 18 April

January 19, 2020 Mission

Spring Harvest, a brilliant teaching and worship event is running in Harrogate from the 14th to the 18th of April. For more details visit www.springharvest.org Tweet This Post

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A message for our Home Group Co-ordinators

January 18, 2020 News

We are holding a special meeting of our Home Group Co-ordinators here at Church on Tuesday 28th January. The meeting which begins at 7pm will look at our Relating Well Together process.

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A winter newsletter from PAFRAS

January 13, 2020 Mission

Hilary Willmer has just sent us this. It is a winter newsletter from PAFRAS (Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers). In a note accompanying the newsletter Hilary adds her thanks to all those people at MBC who by donating food and toiletries continue to support this important charity. You can find out more about […]

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM MANASTUR CHURCH IN CLUJ, ROMANIA

January 6, 2020 Mission

Shortly before Christmas we received the following greeting and letter from Manastur Baptist Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The comments in italics have been added by Howard Dews. Dear members of the Romanian Support Group in Leeds, We hope that this finds you all well and also that everything is well with your families. With this […]

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Santa joins Moortots to say goodbye to Holly

December 19, 2019 News

Ever since Diane Towns and Pauline Bridle stepped back from leading Moortots, the responsibility for running this long standing and much loved MBC project has been in the very capable hands of Holly Button. However, last Thursday was Holly’s last day with us as she too is bowing out only in her case to develop […]

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Oasis, a place of refreshment and calm – not with Santa around!

December 18, 2019 News

Oasis, MBC’s Tuesday morning café is usually just that; an oasis. Somewhere for travellers to rest, in our case where mums, dads, grandparents, carers etc. etc. can find refreshment, where they can drink tea and coffee, sit, chat and chill while their little ones play. This week, however, all that changed when despite an incredibly […]

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MBC’s Carol Service hits all the right notes

December 16, 2019 News

What better way for a church to continue it’s already buoyant Christmas programme than with a service of carols and readings. And that’s exactly what happened here at MBC last Sunday evening. With a ten piece orchestra and almost twice that number singing in the choir the hour long service was a skilfully blended mix […]

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In issue 46 of Engage BMS World Mission issues a Christmas challenge

December 16, 2019 Mission

In it’s latest edition of Engage, BMS World Mission pulls no punches in the way it describes the effects that the lack of clean water is having on some of the world’s most vulnerable people. “Dirty water,” it states “is a death sentence in Afghanistan. Children are dying from preventable waterborne diseases like typhoid and […]

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Overseas Mission Group – Open meeting, Jan 6th

December 12, 2019 News

Overseas Mission Group: The next meeting of the group on Monday 6th Jan at 7pm will be open to anyone interested in the church’s support for Overseas Mission. Please come along to share ideas and your own interests and to plan the future of our work in this area of our Christian service. Tweet This […]