Knaresborough United Reformed Church

Musings from the Manse – November

So what happens when you lose God, which we all feel we do from time to time, we can feel a sense of loss that God is not there but what effort do we really put into finding him? Jesus tells us in Matthew 6.33 ‘But seek first his kingdom

Musings from the Manse – October

So often we hear the church is the people and not the building and of course this has come into sharp focus in the last six months and is very much true. It is apparent that for most Christians this has been a shift in moving from thinking this to

Musings from the Manse – September

Church has always been a movement not a static institution and in the words of William Temple; ‘The church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.’ Which is added to by C.S.Lewis who said ‘The Church exists for nothing else but

Musings from the Manse – August

We will be meeting as churches in the first week of August to consider how we start to reopen our buildings and we need to pray that we hear clearly from God as to what he is saying to us. It’s very easy to look at other churches and see

Coronavirus Update No.4

As a church we held our first Trial service in the last week of October. This was to enable us to practice our Covid regulations and to consider the future opening of the church. However, with the second lockdown being introduced on Thursday 5th November, both churches, here in Knaresborough

Musings from the Manse – July

I guess that some of our responses are shaped by our personal experience of what we have been through during this period and how it has affected us, but certainly for all of us it has been a time to think about what is important to us and reassess what

Musings from the Manse – June

But where has the church been in this time in all these feelings, well for some the church has been deployed as there is so much more we are doing together now in an average week than we did before, we are sharing fellowship together by internet and telephone in

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

Musings from the Manse – May

How different those familiar words felt this Easter, indeed much of the familiar things in life have changed over the past few weeks and yet, however uncomfortable and difficult these times are, we look to God in the resurrection of Christ as we hear again ‘I am with you always,

Holiday Club 2020 – Seaside Rock – CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

CORONAVIRUS An Update on ‘Seaside Rock’ – Holiday Club 2020 After discussions within the church, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided NOT to go ahead with Holiday Club 2020 this year. It was a hard decision for us to make but was made for the safety

Musings from the Manse – April

I have found a real passion for God amongst us and an openness in the safety of the groups to share honest thoughts and views, however, I still hear about the difficulty people feel about sharing their faith outside church. It is interesting that as I look at my own

Cancelled due to the Corona virus – Easter Club at Gracious St. Methodist Church

The Easter Club held at Gracious St. Methodist church is open to all children whether they attend a church or not. There will be games, teaching and lots of fun. Please contact June Graham on 7759619780 or on ctikeasterclub@gmail.com in order to book your child a place or to volunteer

Dinner with Gladiator ‘Ace’ – Warren Furman on 7th March

After the meal our Minister ‘interviewed’ Warren about his life both past and present. He revealed how he had idolised body builders such as Stallone and so forth and started to work out in gyms etc. Eventually he gained a place on the Gladiators programme and became a household name.

World Day of Prayer held at KURC – 6th March

There were about forty people who attended at our church in the afternoon for approximately an hour’s service, followed by refreshments.  It was a lovely service and we Thank those who participated and set up the church with fabrics and colours of Zimbabwe.

Cancelled due to the Corona virus – Melody Cafe – On 29th March – led by Revd. AlanCrump

All are welcome, whether you come to our church or not, please feel free to join us.

Musings from the Manse – March

This prompted a response from the first church ‘God loves all his creations, including Dogs’. So the second church put up on its notice board ‘Dogs don’t have souls, this is not open to debate.’ Well the debate of these two church’s theology continued for all to see through their

Musings from the Manse – February

The Prince of course insists he will only marry if he finds someone to love, which is no doubt the view we would take. So if we agree that the foundation for marriage is love then what about other meaningful relationships is it not the same albeit a different kind

Posada Service – 24th December

This year they have been visiting organisations, charities, places of work and schools etc. The visits go on till Christmas Eve when they return at last again to out church and we celebrate with the ” Posada Service”.  (4.00pm till 4.45pm).  All are most welcome to attend. It will be

Our Gift Service

The picture shows just some of the gifts for the Women’s Refuge and another group of gifts was for the Homeless.

Christingle Service on Sunday 15th December