Bishop Street Methodist Church is part of the Leicester Trinity Methodist Circuit. This is a group of 15 Methodist churches on the south, east and centre of Leicester. The Circuit is part of the Northampton District, stretching from Leicestershire to Oxfordshire, and from Rugby to Peterborough.

We are part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain and Ireland. See www.methodist.org.uk/momentum for news.

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If you are looking for service resources for use in your services - or have your own material that you are willing to share - have a look at www.twelvebaskets.co.uk

LIVING LIGHTLY: For ideas and discussions on helping look after God’s world, see the A Roche website: http://arochalivinglightly.org.uk/

Adjacent to the Church is Pilgrim House. Formerly the Sunday School rooms, this We now have the Wakerley Room available for hire as a meeting room. Also in Pilgrim House there is:-

• Christian Resources, Bookshop, music and Church supplies (formerly SPCK);
• The Leicester Council of Faiths;
• NewEnglish Design Company.

Until recently we had the Just Fair Trade Shop, Leicester’s dedicated fair-trade outlet, based in our premises. they have now moved to St Martins Square, 36 Silver Street, Leicester; New telephone  0116 253 8032

Leicester Street Pastors have their administrative base in the Church Office, and share our phone (Tel 0116 255 4111).

Each Monday morning our foyer hosts the Maitri drop-in, a place for a listening ear. This is run by the by the Maitri project, a multi-faith support group for people of all faiths or none.

‘The Bridge’ is a volunteer run support service for Leicester’s homeless people. Now providing a drop-in in the Church Foyer, on Thursday evenings, 6.30-9.00, and on Sunday afternoons, 2.30-4.30. further details from Keith Lawson West, Tel 0116 221 8635

Transition Leicester is a movement aiming to help Leicester move beyond oil dependency to a more sustainable future. The Food group holds a Transition Café in our foyer on the third Saturday of each month, 12.00 to 4.00pm. Details from Dani Pattuzzi pattuzzi@tiscali.co.uk Website: http://www.transitiontowns.org/Leicester/Leicester

On Sunday afternoons the New Life Covenant Church meet in our chapel, from 1.30 to 4.30pm. Pastor: Pardon Tapfumaneyi, tel. 07903 740931

We host Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at various times on every day of the week. For times see the AA website.