Church in The Playhouse
Lent course leads to dining on the Ark
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Wesley Playhouse outreach manager Caroline Holt serves church members Tony Gray and Kathleen Sutton as they tuck into trifle and Bible study.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Wesley Playhouse outreach manager Caroline Holt serves church members Tony Gray and Kathleen Sutton as they tuck into trifle and Bible study.
A MORLEY church has been set adrift in a modern day Noah's Ark for its annual Lent course.
Members of Morley Community Church have been meeting on Tuesday evenings for a meal at the Wesley Playhouse in Howden Clough.

They have enjoyed meals together in the Playhouse Ark Cafe there and after tucking into good food they have enjoyed a menu of Bible study, discussion, reflection, prayer and fellowship.

In the four weeks before Easter they have followed a series of studies on the parables of Jesus before his crucifixion.

Church members enjoyed listening to keynote after-dinner speakers next to the giant 24-foot high Noah’s Ark, which is the key feature of the Wesley Playhouse.

The speakers were Rev Mike Plant from the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (EFCC), Revs Paul Howell and Richard Myerscough from Pontefract Congregational Church and Rev Peter Lane from Seacroft Congregational Church.

Pastor David Bisset of Morley Community Church said the studies focussed on the reasons for the death of Jesus.

Members of their sister church - Birstall Community Church - joined them for the course and meals and Mr Bisset added that everyone had enjoyed the unique surroundings of the course.

The Wesley Playhouse and Ark Cafe is a project run by Howden Clough Methodist Chapel.