Posted on: 2nd July 2026

The Parish of Swarcliffe and Whinmoor is a brand-new parish that came into being on 14^th May 2026. Worship will begin at St Luke’s Community Church on Sunday 6^th September 2026, led by a church planting team, headed by our vicar, Rev. Hannah Jones.

The planting team is being sent by St George’s, a resource church based in the centre of Leeds and committed to church planting.

The vision for the parish is that, over the next two years, we will have planted two churches that are vibrant, multi-generational congregations, actively serving their communities.

St Luke’s was originally planted in 1961, and worship continued until December 2011. Since then, the building has been used as a community space and rented by local groups. At the heart of re-establishing St Luke’s as a worshipping community is seeing new people come to know Christ. The calling of St Luke’s is to be a blessing to the parish, with a particular call to the poor and the young.