We will be joining with our friends at St Peter’s Sowerby as we mark Mothering Sunday with a service recognising and giving thanks for our mothers and all those who have a caring, nurturing role in our lives. All are welcome so please come along and stay for refreshments and chat afterwards.

Please note that there is only one service in the Ryburn Benefice this coming Sunday, 31st December, as we join with our friends at St Luke’s Norland for their regular service at 3.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

There are a variety of services throughout the Ryburn Benefice this Christmas, and we hope the different times and styles will mean there is something to suit everyone.  Here’s what’s happening at St Mary’s: Sunday 17 December 6.30pm 9 Lessons & Carols Service – a traditional service to mark the 4th Sunday of Advent Sunday […]

This Sunday we will be joined by our friends from St Luke’s Church Norland and St Mary’s Church Cottonstones at our 10am service, where we will be observing Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday before Advent. We will also be celebrating Revd Jeanette’s 5 year anniversary of being with us and giving thanks for […]

The November issue of Connected magazine is now available free from the back of church.  Please let the editor, Lesley Ennis, have any items for inclusion in the next issue by 15 November. Do feel free to take more than one copy and pass on to neighbours or friends who may like to see what […]

St Luke’s feast day is celebrated on 18 October, so this coming Sunday we are joining with our friends at St Luke’s church, Norland, at their patronal festival service at 3.30pm.  There will be no service at St Mary’s on that day.

Please  click here to go to the Ryburn Benefice Magazine July – August 17  

Sunday 2 July is St Peter’s Day, and all three churches in our Benefice will be joining together at the 10am service at St Peter’s church to celebrate their patronal festival. We will then come together again at 4pm for a Thanksgiving service of song and prayer, as we mark Revd Lesley’s retirement and give thanks for her […]

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The annual Mill Bank Owl hunts returns this month on 10 June – a perfect, fun-filled family day out to enjoy our local surroundings and help raise money for a worthy cause – a new classroom for local students at St Mary’s school. The theme of this year’s hunt, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, […]