Welcome to the Universities Chaplaincy in Leeds
Important notice:
The Emmanuel Centre is temporarily closed due to the pandemic, but Chaplaincy phone & e-services are open and available to all staff and students. To make a phone or video-call appointment with a chaplain for faith or pastoral support, or to attend a virtual drop-in session, please see the details below.
To see our current regular worship and events, please see the Chaplaincy-run Worship and Activities page.
If you would like to leave a prayer request and have a candle lit on your behalf, or see details of current worship, please see our Virtual Chapel page.
You can contact us by using the form on the Contact Us page or by:
– Emailing chaplaincy@leeds.ac.uk
– Leaving a voicemail with your contact information on 0113 343 5071
– Phoning the out-of-hours chaplain on 07780 613 862
– Attending our virtual drop-in sessions. Please see the Chaplaincy-run Worship and Activities page for details.
Up-to-date details of Chaplaincy support and activities will be posted on this website and on our social media channels:
– Facebook
– Twitter
– Instagram
When to contact a chaplain?
Chaplains at the Universities Chaplaincy in Leeds can support you or accompany you on occasions such as:
- you’re finding university life difficult and need someone to talk to
- you need time to think
- you need help in times of crisis
- you need to make a decision and need support in doing so
- you regret what has happened and need to move on
- someone has died and you need support
- you want to deepen your spiritual experience
- you have personal struggles or relationship problems.
Chaplains have links with specialist sources of help within the universities in Leeds and can help you to access appropriate support.
Where to Find Us?
The Universities Chaplaincy in Leeds is based in the Emmanuel Centre which is situated next to the Parkinson Building on the University of Leeds Campus, but open to staff and students from the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Arts University, and The University of Law. Drop in to relax with a cup of tea or coffee in our common room or to use the chapel for quiet contemplation and prayer. Space is bookable for your own prayer and fellowship groups.
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Matthew 22:34-46
34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: 42 “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? 45 If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” 46 No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.