Knaresborough United Reformed Church

Musings from The Manse – October 2021

During lockdown I have heard from a number of politicians that they have been ‘working tirelessly’ to resolve a particular issue and I have seen this adopted in other areas including our own Synod in a communication that stated ‘the Lay Preaching planning group have been working tirelessly this summer…’.

Musings from the Manse – September 2021

When I was studying for my banking exams many moons ago, I did night school and afternoon release at Bolton Technical College and our tutor for Accounts had a saying that you need to hear and understand this because its ‘vitally important’. In truth he said it that many times

Musings from the Manse – August 2021

Reflection is an overused word but an underused practice. What do you think? Or are you reading this next sentence without anymore thought, just to prove the statement right? Sometimes, like when I took the above photo recently at Loch Rannoch, you are almost compelled just to stop and take

Our Church is Open for You for Quiet Time on Wednesday – 21st July / 28th July and 4th August (AM only)

Our church will be open for our Community on the Wednesdays of 21st July/ 28th July and 4th August from 9.30am till 12 noon. It will be a time for anyone to come in to reflect, pray, be prayed for or just to be still. There will be people in

The Fruit of the Holy Spirit

After Pentecost , when the Holy Spirit had come upon the disciples and gave them the power to go out and preach and tell people about Jesus, they learned in time what it meant to have the Holy Spirit living inside them. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is that

Musings from the Manse – July 2021

I confess to being apprehensive but excited and ready to get wet as I met with Lynne our coach and my fellow trainee a young woman who had come to learn the right skills having bought her own paddle board a few weeks earlier and already successfully tried it once.

Musings from the Manse – June 2021

As the theme of looking forward to what God is calling us to do is prevalent in my mind at the moment, I am reminded of a photo that I took just a few weeks ago during one of my morning prayer runs that I have shared on our Facebook

Musings from the Manse – May 2021

[drop cap type=”]When we travel back to Radcliffe to visit family or should I say when we used to be able to travel back, I am always surprised by the changes in the town. Of course some of these are good and some not so good and Shelley and I

Coronavirus Update No.7 – May 2021

As a church we held our first Trial service in the last week of October 2020. This was to enable us to practice our Covid regulations and to consider the future opening of the church. However, with the current lockdown restrictions being slowly lifted, both churches, here in Knaresborough and

trypraying – 27 Million Adults in the UK pray – think what it might do for You?

27 MILLION ADULTS IN THE UK PRAY 10 MILLION PRAY REGULARLY HALF OF THOSE WHO PRAY BELIEVE GOD HEARS THEIR PRAYERS OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT RELIGIOUS I IN 5 PRAY! Need help? – You could find the help you have been missing                                                                                          Curious? – You could discover

Musings from the Manse – April

                                                                                            ‘It is likely that as things move on with Coronavirus and we get closer to Easter, that Easter will look very different this year. There may be things we cannot do, we may not be able to meet, we

Musings from the Manse – March

I wonder if the journey towards Easter in Lent for all of us can and will cause us to stop and think again of how much God loves us;  ‘for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not

Walking towards Easter together

It begins with Shrove Tuesday, when we use up all the treats from the house in preparation for a simpler way of living. Sometimes people give things up or make sacrifices during Lent. It’s not about punishing yourself but it can be about rebalancing life. It ends with Easter Sunday

Online Easter Holiday Club – Contact June and join in the fun!!

Musings from The Manse – February 2021

I am writing this musing on the day when we very sadly hear that the number of lives lost to COVID in the UK has risen to over 100k and the present lockdown will continue and schools will not return until at least 8th March. It is also the day

Musings from the Manse – January 2021

Thankful that what was going to be a lonely Christmas turned into a surprising and unexpected one just as the coming of the Christ child. For the human spirit which makes something good despite difficulty and for all the beauty and fun we can share through modern media Thankful for

Sunday Services in January on Zoom – All Welcome, Come and Join Us!

All are welcome to join us in worship on Zoom, so please be assured of a warm welcome. The services are online and go out via Zoom, so you will need to have Zoom downloaded. We have people joining us from North Yorkshire. South Yorkshire, Lancashire, Liverpool, Dorset and even

Would You Like Prayer?

    If you wish you need only put your initial or the other person’s initial, God will know who you are asking  prayer for.  Also, you do not have to put a reason for the prayer, if you do not wish to, God will know your needs. An example might

Christians Together in Knaresborough deliver cards of Hope and Light to businesses in Knaresborough

We are thinking and praying for our shops and businesses all the year round but especially this year as times have been very difficult for them. We wish them ‘Light’ in their darkness and hope that they will be supported by the town and that their circumstances may take a