Knaresborough United Reformed Church

Coronavirus Update No.6 – April.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 being introduced  after Christmas 2020, both churches, here in Knaresborough

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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

‘Come and Join Us’ in one of our Christmas Services on Zoom

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 North Carolina in the USA. So, ‘Come’ and zoom in, we would love to see you. Please email:-

Mary and Joseph at KURC

We here at KURC wish all those who may read these posts a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

‘Lighten our Darkness’ and the Prayer Trail with Gifts

Our Prayer Trail outside the church briefly tells the story of the birth of Jesus and we see how his life here on earth  is mirrored by similar events  happening today and it gives thanks for all those who have risked their lives to serve us during this time.  Come

KURC joins the Christmas Tree Trail in Knaresborough 2020

Do come and see our tree and take a gift from us with love. We are No.15 on the map. The map can be downloaded from St.John’s website and other local websites.

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

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