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 schedule for the upcoming Freshers’ Week 2020, please see our Freshers’ Week page.
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 on:
Mondays and Tuesdays at 14:00-15:30 – use this Blackboard link when it’s open.
Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00-12:00 noon – use this Blackboard link when it’s open.
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 20:1–16
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 4 and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. 5 When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. 6 And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ 8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ 9 When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. 10 Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. 11 And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? 14 Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
