2026 has been another busy year at Lower Wyke. In many ways church life has replicated life in 2025 but has moved forward. Ecumenical relationships are still strong with the other denominations in Wyke, and several members work in the Food Bank and Meeting Place.
Autumn has arrived with very welcome rain in Yorkshire. Although we didn’t get to the stage of a hosepipe ban this year our fields, gardens and countryside have all suffered and ‘God’s own County’ has turned a straw colour instead of green!
End of the summer at Fetter Lane August and early September was a busy time at Fetter Lane as we hosted the fourth of our series of history talks under the umbrella of ‘Across Seas and Centuries’. This final talk, entitled ‘From Beyond the Grave’, was delivered by the Provincial Archivist, Sr Lorraine Parsons.
One of the joys of living in Gomersal is having Oakwell Hall and Country Park on our doorstep. Oakwell Hall is a beautiful Grade 1 listed Elizabethan manor house furnished as a 17th century home, with over 110 acres of country park surrounding the hall.
Worship We held our usual district gathering at Fairfield on 28th June. Br Woolford led the worship, which included a feat of escapology to illustrate the theme of ‘With God, everything is possible’. The service was a lovely time of fellowship with our sisters and brothers from the Lancashire District,