Welcome to the Aire & Calder Methodist Circuit Website
The Aire & Calder Methodist Circuit is a group of 33 Methodist Churches at the southern end of the Leeds Methodist District. Formed in September 2011, the circuit includes the city of Wakefield; the towns of Castleford, Featherstone, Horbury, Knottingley, Normanton, Ossett, Pontefract, Rothwell and their surrounding villages. The circuit covers the majority of the Wakefield Metropolitan District plus a portion of the Leeds City Council area. The circuit is named after the two major rivers that flow through and converge in the circuit. The website is always changing, so please add to your bookmarks and keep coming back to have a look.
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Welcome to the Aire & Calder Methodist Circuit
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The Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit was inaugurated on 1 September 2011. It brought together four separate circuits and has been formed to create something new for the work that we are seeking to do as the Methodist people. The function of any circuit is to resource and enable worship and mission to take place in our churches, and we believe that our large circuit will be able to draw on a bigger pool of experience and skills.The vision of our new circuit is based on the calling of the
Revd. Richard Oldroyd (superintendent minister)
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Circuit News
Click here to visit the circuit news page. If you have any 'good news stories' to share with the circuit please email them to Tom Ferguson (tomferg80@gmail.com)
New News Stories
Model Railway Show at Upton - 21/04/2012
News from The Methodist Church

