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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...

After eleven days and nearly as many excursions, it’s a fond farewell to our Romanian friends

March 17, 2019 News

As our Romanian friends fly home from Doncaster Airport Howard Dews has sent in some pictures taken during their visit. Venue’s visited by “Rod’s Tours” included a sixteen hour round trip to London, Filey (taking in the now traditional fish and chip lunch) the Yorkshire Dales, York, Whitby, Kirkstall Abbey and of course Primark. On […]

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Haddon Willmer invites you to meet Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his poems from prison – 7.30pm, MBC, 9 April 2019

March 16, 2019 Haddon's Blog

The Poems. In his ten prison poems, Dietrich Bonhoeffer breaks out of the disciplined reticence of a learned Prussian theologian, and comes into the light as a human being, struggling with loneliness and fear and anger, suffering as war and bad government and loss of faith and love destroyed humanity, all the while trusting in […]

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Caring for God’s Creation… as our world changes it’s up to us to face up to our responsibilities

March 13, 2019 News

By John Sturges… “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis, chapter 1, verse 31. God was pleased with his creation, and He chose to share it with Mankind; Adam and Eve were installed in the Garden of Eden, showing us that God’s intention was that we should […]

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Nepali cake bake draws the crowds and raises almost £350

March 11, 2019 Mission

Last Sunday morning, combined with a presentation about MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) which reported on the relief that helicopters operated by MAF brought to Nepal following the tragic 2015 earthquake our young people put their baking skills to the test in aid of the International Nepali Fellowship. The work that Chris and Debbie Drew do […]

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Rewind to Easter – set up Sunday

March 10, 2019 News

With Rewind to Easter just a matter of days away here’s a gentle reminder to our team that this coming Sunday is “Set Up Sunday.” This year we have a total of 344 Year 5, that’s 9 and 10 year old children from 9 primary schools as our guests. Looking after them and sharing what […]

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Joe Kapolyo’s Whitley Lecture could be the first of many

March 9, 2019 News

Thank you to Joe Kapolyo for giving the Whitley Lecture here at MBC on Wednesday March 6th. Such was the response that it has got us thinking that we might like to do something similar in the coming months. However, in the meantime if you would like a copy of the booklet that accompanies the […]

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Come on be honest… who among us can resist a crispy bacon butty?

March 8, 2019 News

This coming Sunday, March 17th, we are once again trying something new. By that we mean that whist we are continuing our programme of two morning services, with this being the third Sunday of the month i.e. our week for communion we thought that we would have just one communion service during the 10.45am gathering, […]

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Shimmer a zimmer – as we celebrate our Seniors’ Lunch Club, watch out for some new look walking aids

March 6, 2019 News

A couple of weeks ago Graham told us a little bit of history about St David. Born somewhere around 500AD, David, the Patron Saint of Wales became bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. A renowned teacher and preacher we learned that St David’s most famous miracle took place when he was […]

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Shelley Dring to head up MBC’s children and families work

February 27, 2019 News

Shelley Dring who starts her new job on April 15th comes to MBC with a wealth of experience. We asked her to introduce herself… Hi I’m Shelley and I am very much looking forward to taking on the role of Lead for Children and Families here at MBC. I feel the experiences I’ve had in […]

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Being With – Graham’s blog

February 27, 2019 Graham's Blog

We have embarked on a series of services on Sunday mornings looking at ‘Being with’. Try this thought – God’s chosen goal from creation onwards has been to be with us. From walking in the Garden of Eden – to being present in the Holy Spirit, from being in the temple to being among us […]