Welcome to the Churches in and around Kirkby Lonsdale. All are welcome!

This week’s churches’ notice sheet

All the details of worship in the churches in and around Kirkby Lonsdale are in the current notice sheet – available here in PDF form.

Worship in Churches

Our churches are open for face-to-face services. We have provided guidance around attending for collective worship here. Please read this before attending. All will be welcome at any of the services. The current pattern of services is below (showing the Sunday of the month). Please check the latest information on the Notice Sheet.

Sunday –	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
St Mary’s	11:00 HC	11:00 MS	11:00 MS	11:00 MS	11:00 *
			6.30pm E
KLMC	10:30 *	10:30 *	10:30 *	10:30 *	10:30 *
St Joseph’s	9:00 Mass	9:00 Mass	9:00 Mass	9:00 Mass	9:00 Mass
Barbon	10:30 MS	10:30 MS	10:30 HC	10:30 MS	10:30 MS
Casterton				10:30 *
Hutton Roof				11:00 *
Lupton	9:30 MS		9:30 HC
Mansergh		11:00 HC
Preston Patrick	9:30 HC	9:30 MS	9:30 MS	9:30 MS	9:30 *

HC – Holy Communion, MS – Morning Service, E – Evensong. * – format varies. Cowan Bridge and Middleton Churches are currently closed.

The following churches are open for Private Prayer:
St Mary’s – Daily from dawn to dusk.
St Joseph’s Catholic Church – always open.
St Peter’s, Mansergh – always open.
St Bartholomew’s, Barbon – During day time.

Morning Service

This week’s online service is here

Online Services since March 2020

All of our online services remain available on our YouTube channel here or search for @kl.church on Youtube.

Morning Prayer

8.15am on weekdays, the clergy meet together for Morning Prayer using ‘Zoom’. This is open to everyone to join. Please email info@kl.church for details. The readings for the day can be found here (just select the right date). The orders of service are as follows (click on the day) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday.

Around Kirkby Lonsdale

Everything happening in Kirkby Lonsdale can be found in our own magazine AKL! Online version here

Family Projects

During term time, there are wonderful groups for families: story time groups, drop in chats, messy & muddy church, take time, and more! Please check out the events tab for date and time information.

Family Projects Facebook page

Our Messy Church Facebook page.

The Community Cupboard and Hub

We support the efforts of the community initiatives which have proved so useful during the pandemic. A food box for donations/uptake of supplies is in St Mary’s Church porch. The contact number is the same as the Hub: 015242 36404 between 10:00 and 13:00. Website here: https://klcommunity.co.uk

Other Services

All of our other services and reflections, are on our Youtube Channel. Please have a look.

In an attempt to reduce the size of our weekly notice sheet, the majority of the unchanging pointers to nationally-broadcast services have been moved here.
Methodist Central Hall in Westminster Sunday morning service via YouTube.
Church of England online weekly service.
Catholic services can be accessed via a schedule online here.
Radio and TV services on Sundays:  
BBC1 TV: 12.25pm Songs of Praise.
BBC Radio 4 FM: 8.10am Sunday Worship.
BBC Radio 3: 3.00pm repeat of last Wednesday’s Choral Evensong.
Radio service on Wednesdays:
BBC Radio 3: 3.30pm Choral Evensong.

Our local ecumenical covenant

Kirkby Lonsdale is notable for the very close links between our different churches. The covenant signed by the clergy to emphasise those links is available as a PDF file here.

Covid precautions

Updated Covid-19 Guidance for Churches
Following the change to Covid-19 advice from the government, the following advice is recommended accordingly for worship.
• There is no requirement to wear a mask, this will be a choice. Please be sensitive to those who still need to wear a mask.
• Please do not attend worship if you are unwell or experiencing Covid-19 symptoms.
• Please maintain good hand hygiene, sanitise hands on arrival.
• Maintain adequate ventilation.
Thank you to everyone for your co-operation over the past two years as we have tried to keep each other safe. Please refer now to the Regular Risk assessments for your setting.