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Webteam: 30/10/2019

Bishop Street used to donate food to the Red Cross for people in need. Red Cross are not accepting food donations any longer and the Church Council has decided that our partners Zinthiya Trust would be a suitable alternative charity for food donations. They are suggesting tinned foods with a...

Solar Panels Project

Webteam: 30/10/2019

Here at Bishop Street, we're wanting to make our premises more sustainable by installing solar panels.There is room on our roof for 72 high-yield solar panels, which would cut the carbon impact of the many meetings and activities that take place at Bishop Street each week. One installed, the...

Inter-faith Week

Webteam: 30/10/2019

Inter-faith Week this year is between 11 and 15 November. Each day — Monday to Friday — in the Bishop Street main vestry, there will be talk and discussion about the current climate emergency from different faith perspectives.The meetings last just 30 minutes: from 1.00 pm — 1.30 pm. All are...

Gift Day

Webteam: 25/10/2019

On the occasion of the Chapel Anniversary, which this year is Sunday November 3rd we are asking for an 'extra' gift of money to help maintain the General Fund here at Bishop Street. As many of you know we have some substantial financial commitments in 2020 and need your generous support...

Night Shelter

Webteam: 17/10/2019

The pilot Permanent Night Shelter at Central Baptist Church, Charles Street, run by One Roof Leicester opened its doors to guests on Monday 14 October. The new permanent shelter offers accommodation to women as well as men. The shelter is critically short of volunteers to cover the overnight...

Chris Parker

Webteam: 07/10/2019

We're pleased to welcome Chris Parker to the newly-formed post of Centre Administrator.Chris has worked in the Church for the past two years so already knows it well. Chris' usual hours in the Church Office are Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, 10.00 am — 4.00...

Come and sing 'Messiah'

Webteam: 05/10/2019

On Saturday 14 December, Bishop Street offers you the chance to listen to — or sing in — a performance of Handel's 'Messiah'.For singers, rehearsals will be between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm; for listeners (and singers!) the performance will begin at 3.00 pm.The Knighton Orchestra will...

The Organist Entertains

Webteam: 04/10/2019

On Saturday 9th November 2019, at 2.30 pm at Bishop Street, Nigel Ogden will give a concert of popular and light classical music.For many years the presenter of BBC Radio 2's 'The Organist Entertains', Nigel now spends his time travelling across Britain playing recitals on theatre...

Bookbinding Day

Webteam: 30/09/2019

The Society of Bookbinders are holding a bookbinding day in the Church on Saturday 5 October between 10.00 and and 4.00 pm.Choose a title from their list, and the Society will have the equipment to print it, bind it and do all the necessary finishing to make your own hand-bound copy to keep.A...

Prayer Handbook 2019-2020

Webteam: 23/09/2019

Copies of the 2019-2020 Methodist Prayer Handbook are now available.Designed to be used at home, the handbook offers prayers and short bible readings every day of the year. Two members of the Bishop Street congregation have contributed prayers to this year's handbook — but you will have to...

Fund-raising bike ride

Webteam: 16/09/2019

On 14 September, Robin Stevenson rode The Tour de Leicestershire 2019, organised by Open Hands. He completed the ride as part of the effort to raise £23,000 to install solar panels on the Bishop Street Methodist Church roof.Malcolm writes: "Tour de Leicestershire, 81.25 miles...

Organ Concert

Webteam: 12/09/2019

The next Lunchtime Organ Concert is on Thursday 26 September at 1.00 pm and will be given by Philip Bricher.Philip is organist at Holy Trinity Northampton. In his recital, he will be marking the deaths this year of two celebrated organ composers, Noel Rawsthorne and Peter Hurford, and will be...

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