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Housegroups in Leeds
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Alex and Karen Griffin
Oakwood, Mondays
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Howard and Gunita King
Moortown, Tuesdays |
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James and Karen Garvican
Horsforth, Tuesdays
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Nigel and Claire Tapp
Red Hall, Wednesdays |
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Ian and Cyndy Dowling
Wellington Hill, Wednesdays
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Bob and Kay Mee
Meanwood, Wednesdays
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Erik and Birgit Peeters
Headingley, Thursdays
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Jason and Gwen Procter
Osmonthorpe, Thursdays |
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Ian and Hannah Ripping
Moortown, Thursdays |
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Steve and Naomi Nixon
Alwoodley, Thursdays |
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Tom and Julia Cameron
Chapel Allerton, Thursdays
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Nik and Maggie Gee
(for young people)
Moortown, Tuesdays
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Roman and Shona Tatarek-Gintowt
(for young people)
Headingley, Tuesdays
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Housegroups surrounding Leeds
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 Housegroups
Housegroups are very important in the life of Wharfedale Vineyard. We describe them as the place where you can know and be known. Housegroups are the places where we have seen most of our healing and life change happen.
One of the first things that Jesus did was to start a small group! In this setting Jesus trained and transformed a group of twelve ordinary people into effective disciples.
Later, Jesus' followers met together to worship, receive teaching, pray and share their lives with each other, with the result that they had a powerful influence upon their communities. From its earliest days, when the church met together it would gather in both larger settings as well as smaller groups (see Acts 2:46), the two complementing one another.
It's the same today. We've found that alongside the many positive and beneficial aspects of a larger crowd assembled at a weekend event, there are also limitations to our effectiveness in caring for people in the way we want to. So the small groups - what we call Housegroups - become all the more important.
In the Vineyard we seek to extend pastoral care through housegroups. This is where you can be known and where you can know others. Where you can give and receive ministry and care. This is one of the reasons we urge you to join a small group, so that when the issues of life emerge and you seek support and help, you have a group around you whom you already known and trust.
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