St Augustines Kirkby in Cleveland

Welcome to the website of St Augustine’s – the Church of England in Kirkby-in-Cleveland and Great Broughton.  The inhabitants of our two villages have professed their Christian faith, and have worshipped on this site, for over a thousand years and we continue this wonderful tradition.

We are part of a four-church benefice, which includes the Parishes of Ingleby Greenhow, Kildale and Chop Gate, in the Diocese of York.

You will find information on the team, on the services in our church and on our support for all in the community at the key points in their lives, by scrolling through the following pages.  The calendar of services and the notice pages, which are regularly up-dated, are a good first point of reference.

Sunday 24th March 2024 is Palm Sunday. The United Benefice Service is at 9:30 am at St Augustine’s. This will be Holy Communion with a dramatized reading of the Gospel.

The readings are: Mark 11:1-11; Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-end; Isaiah 50: 4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1 – the end of Mark 15.

The Gospel readings today are the familiar story of Palm Sunday, with Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey to the Hosannas of the crowd, followed by the Last Supper (Maundy Thursday), and the arrest, sham trial, and execution of Jesus (Good Friday). The story is so familiar to us that, perhaps, it loses its shocking power. Here is the Son of God, acclaimed one day and destroyed less than a week later, betrayed by the same crowds that had cheered him. Here are the worldly religious leaders plotting with oppressive authorities to be rid of one who seems to threaten them. Here are the friends who flee when Jesus is arrested, who deny knowing him for the sake of their own safety. And, finally, those who never knew him but who are still willing to mock the dying man.

We know how the story ends. The agony of Good Friday becomes, through the power of God, the joy of Easter Sunday. But along the way who do you identify with? If Jesus were ministering today, where would we stand? With the friends, the mockers, the authorities, the soldier?

 

Website up-dated  23rd March 2024

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