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.

The services in the benefice for Easter Day, 20th April, are 9:00 a.m. St Andrew’s, Ingleby Greenhow, 10:30 a.m. St Augustine’s, Kirkby in Cleveland, and 3 p.m.  at St Hilda’s, Bilsdale Priory. All are Holy Communion and everyone is welcome.

Tomorrow is the Second Sunday of Easter.  The Benefice Service of Holy Communion will be at St Cuthbert’s, Kildale at 10 am; the speaker will be Mark Sutcliffe and we hope that you will be able to join us. (There will not be a service at St Augustine’s.)

In the Gospel reading, St John records the disciples in a locked room shortly after the Resurrection, and, suddenly, Jesus appeared among them.  He showed them the marks of the nails on His hands and feet; the disciples knew that He was the Lord and they were glad.   He spoke to them and breathed the Holy Spirit on them, giving them the authority to forgive the sins of those who came them.  However, one of the disciples, Thomas, was not present and later, when the disciples spoke of seeing Jesus, he doubted them and asked for proof.   Some days later, when they were all together, Jesus again appeared among them.  He asked Thomas to see and to touch His wounds; Thomas did so, and believed.   Jesus then said to all the disciples that they believed in Him because they had seen Him, but that those who had not seen Him, and believed, were indeed truly blessed.   Jesus’s life, His preaching of forgiveness, His death on the Cross and His Resurrection provided the foundation of the Christian faith; we, who did not see Him, yet still believe, are indeed truly blessed.

The Bible readings are – Acts 5: verses 27 to 32, Revelation 1: verses 4 to 8 and John 20: verses 19 to the end.   The appointed psalm is 118, verses 14 to the end – O give thanks into the Lord, for he is gracious; the writer of the psalm calls on all people to give thanks to the Lord for His protection of them.

We celebrate four saints during the week: St George (transferred from 23 April) on Monday, Saint Mark the Evangelist on Tuesday and Saints Philip and James, Apostles, on Thursday.

On Thursday there will be a Service of Holy Communion at 10 am.

Website up-dated 26th April 2025