Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Kirkham URC The United Reformed Church in Kirkham ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Sunday Services: 10:30am](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/services-preaching-plan/) - 25th Feb - Nigel Lemon 04th Mar - Wendy Wyper 11th Mar - Kaye Dickinson 18th Mar - Bob Worswick 25th Mar - Ernest Wrennall 01st Apr - Elizabeth Fletcher - [Open morning 5th August 17](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/open-morning-5th-august-17/) - Lovely morning, open to all to come in and have a look round church and share some of our history. - [Easter Pansy](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/easter-pansy/) - Adam Wright planted his Pansy a few weeks ago at Sunday School. It has now flowered to remind him of Christ's resurrection...and it looks very pretty! Happy Ester to you all - [Family afternoon](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/family-afternoon/) - The children had a great time making yummy treats at the family afternoon last Saturday. They had to try the ingredients first to check they were ok! The next family afternoon is on the 12th March at 2.30pm in the drop in centre at church. Please come and join us for crafts, activites and games! - [Happy Christmas](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/happy-christmas-2/) - A happy Christmas to everyone from Kirkham United reformed church. Thank you to everyone who has been involved with services and activities on the run up to Christmas. My boys thoroughly enjoyed the christingle service and are now looking forward to the big day! This year has flown by so I would like to take - [Remembrance Sunday](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-2/) - Thank you to all who attended our remembrance Sunday service. It is a poignant time for so many who have lost love ones or fought in conflicts old and new. Our thoughts go out to you all as we remember the fallen and those on active duty today.... - [New e mail address and search for an organist](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/new-e-mail-address-and-search-for-an-organist/) - The search for an organist goes on! Our thoughts are with Marilyn as she waits to go into a new care home. This is an uncertain time for her but hopefully she will be settled in soon. Phillip is doing fantastic work for us on the organ but any weekends that can be covered by an - [Shoe box appeal](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/shoe-box-appeal/) - Thank you to everyone who contributed a shoe box to the Christmas appeal. They will make a huge difference to children who would otherwise have no presents. Now Santa will bring something for them! Annie and Ben were a huge help gathering the boxes together.....and not peaking! - [Commitment for life visit](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/commitment-for-life-visit/) - Thank you to John Griffiths for coming to talk to us about the work of Commitment for life in Central America. It was a fascinating talk and demonstrates the need for ongoing community support in these countries. The church will keep this work in our prayers and I will continue to keep the church updated through - [New screens in church](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/new-screens-in-church/) - Thank you for all the positive feedback we have had regarding the new screens in church. It has been a new way of welcoming people to the church and hopefully will be increasingly used during services. The screens can display welcoming images, hymns and video footage for use with services or for events organised by - [The Joining of 4 Churches](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/the-joining-of-4-churches/) - Sunday the 13th January 2015 marked a momentous occasion for our church as we officially formed a new pastorate with Penwortham, Leyland and Fulwood URC. The day was marked by a joint service held at Kirkham URC in the afternoon where the new constitution was signed and a paper chain formed with the names of all members from the - [Christingle](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/christingle/) - Happy New Year!! Although Christmas is behind us (Nathan was asking me at the weekend while our tree was still up!) the boys were telling me this week how much they enjoyed the Christingle services they went to at Treales and Kirkham, so I thought I would keep Christmas going just a little bit longer - [Happy Christmas!](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/happy-christmas/) - A very happy Christmas to all at the church and our wider family in Kirkham and beyond. It has been an exciting but uncertain time at the church as we have been without a minister and entered into a new pastorate. As we now enter the patient wait (or not so patient in the case of - [Remembrance Sunday](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/remembrance-sunday/) - The Junior church provided A moving and thought provoking service. The names of the war dead were read out and everyone had time to contemplate the great sacrifices made both in the great war and since, both among soldiers and the civilian population. Thanks to everyone who attended, the children all enjoyed the service, especially - [Harvest](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/harvest/) - Harvest time again. Time to bring in the produce! Thanks to all that helped with the harvest festival. This year we had a wartime harvest theme and the children had a great time looking at the old farming equipment.....complete with plough! - [Updating](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/updating/) - Hi, I am currently updating our information and site, let me know if there is anything you wish to add. Helen - [Lent Labyrinth 2013](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/lent-labyrinth-2013-2/) - Kirkham URC hosted the Churches Together in Kirkham and District Lent Labyrinth on 21st March 2013. It was a poignant reminder of the events leading up to Easter, and a prayerful, reflective way of traveling the 'Journey to Easter'. Here are some photographs of the stations. - [Welcome to Kirkham URC's Website](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/an-open-door/) - A warm welcome awaits through the open door. - [Easter Services 2013](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/easter-services-2013/) - EASTER SERVICES 2013 at Kirkham United Reformed Church Thursday 28th March at 6.30pm Maundy Thursday Service Friday 29th March at 10.30am Good Friday Service Sunday 31st March at 10.30am Easter Communion - [Easter Labyrinth](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/easter-labyrinth/) - Following the Advent Labyrith held in December, Churches Together in Kirkham and District are to hold an Easter Labyrinth at Kirkham United Reformed Church on Thursday 21st March 2013. Come and follow the labyrinth - open from 10am to 8pm - Coffee and tea available. - [Men's Group](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/mens-group/) - About 2 years ago some colleaugues at St Michael's Church, Kirkham, decided that they would have an evening out. Since then they have met on the 4th Monday of each month (excluding August and December) and the number attending has risen to about 20. They have visited a Hindu Temple, a Brewery, 'Street Life' in - [A part of the community](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/a-part-of-the-community-5/) - [A part of the community](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/a-part-of-the-community-4/) - [A part of the community](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/a-part-of-the-community-3/) - [A part of the community](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/a-part-of-the-community-2/) - [The Church on the High Street](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/the-church-on-the-high-street/) - [A part of the community](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/a-part-of-the-community/) ## Pages - [Newsletter - Dear Friends](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/news-and-events/newsletter-dear-friends/) - A post Christmas Carol…… I love Victorian ghost stories. They are spooky, but in a lesson affirming kind of way. The most famous of these is a Christmas Carol, in which Scrooge goes on a spiritual journey whilst having the living daylights scared out of him, but Dickens wrote lots of these stories for eager - [Dear Friends......](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/news-and-events/dear-friends/) - Feb - Mar Newsletter editorial by Ian Wright A post Christmas Carol…… I love Victorian ghost stories. They are spooky, but in a lesson affirming kind of way. The most famous of these is a Christmas Carol, in which Scrooge goes on a spiritual journey whilst having the living daylights scared out of him, - [News and Events](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/news-and-events/) - Elders meeting - Monday 5th March Church Meeting - Sunday 18th March Womens World Day of Prayer - Freckleton Methodist Church on Sunday 2nd March, 7:30pm - all welcome Ladies Social Group - 27th February - 7:30pm, speaker Stuart Gay on his work with the Salvation Army Ladies Social Group - 20th March, 7:30pm, Celebration - [Elders](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/elders/) - Ian Wright 07816337293 Elizabeth Flether . 01772682333 Peter Awberry-Beck. 01772681238 Mary Wadsworth. 01772 682775 Shelia Wilkinson. - [Contact us](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/contact-us/) - You can get in touch using the email address below or phone one of the Elders. Be happy to help where we can. kirkhamurc@hotmail.com - [Autumn Fair 2nd September 2017](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/news-and-events/autumn-fair-2nd-september/) - Saturday 2nd September from 11am Stalls: produce - fresh fruit & vegetables, home made jams books, gifts, tombola, cakes name the teddy or doll raffle, bric-à-brac refreshments everyone welcome please come and support us - [About Us](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/about-2/) - We are a small, mixed group of people. While predominently of more senior years, we have a number of younger families with children. We seek to help everyone along their faith journey through Sunday Morning Worship, Junior Church, Pause and Reflect (midweek devotional time), and Reel Issues (discussion of faith issues raised by current films). We - [Coffee Morning](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/midweek-activities/coffee-morning/) - Coffee Morning every Thursday Morning from 10am to 11.30am. Enjoy coffee, tea, biscuits, crumpets, bacon balms and conversation. With New to You stall and bric-a-brac. Access by Hall Doors from the Car Park. - [Midweek Activities](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/midweek-activities/) - Here you will find pages related to our midweek activties. - [Worship](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/worship/) - Every Sunday at 10.30am. Communion on the third Sunday of the month. Junior Church during Sunday Worship - [Where We Are](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/where-we-are/) - You can find the church on Poulton Street next to Morrison's supermarket, right in the centre of Kirkham. There is a free public car park behind the church. (Please do not use Morrison's car park, or the small car park area closest to the church which is reserved for occupants of the offices on Poulton ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/uncategorized/) - [Newsletter](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/newsletter/) - [Notices](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/notices/) - [Harvest](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/harvest/) - [News and Events](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/news-and-events/) - [Worship](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/worship/) - [Services](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/category/services/) ## Tags - [Church](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/church/) - [Easter](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/easter/) - [United Reformed Church](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/united-reformed-church/) - [Welcome](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/welcome/) - [Kirkham](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/kirkham/) - [Christmas](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/christmas/) - [labyrinth](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/labyrinth/) - [Lent](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/lent/) - [prayer](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/prayer/) - [Holy Week](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/holy-week/) - [Kirkham URC](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/kirkham-urc/) - [Remembrance](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/remembrance/) - [Commitment for life](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/commitment-for-life/) - [church organist](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/church-organist/) - [Family afternoon](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/family-afternoon/) - [Harvest](https://kirkhamurc.org.uk/tag/harvest/)