Kildwick, Cononley and Bradley service pattern changes

Kildwick, Cononley, and Bradley service pattern changes

STARTS Sunday 8th April 2018

One of the consequences of Kildwick, Cononley and Bradley churches coming under the care of one priest-in-charge, in place of two vicars, is that it is necessary for our service patterns to change. To help me in this process, I carried out a consultation exercise in December and received 51 replies across the three churches to the survey.

It has not been easy or straightforward to come up with a new pattern that is not dependent on the (much appreciated) involvement of retired clergy. It is not possible with one clergyperson to provide morning services for all three churches every week. So now the three church councils have approved a revised pattern for an experimental trial period of 6 months.

The preferred option was the one that was fairest, resulting in a morning service in each church on three Sundays out of four:

On the week when there is no service in your usual church, you are very much encouraged to attend a service at one of the other churches, where you will be most welcome. St Andrew’s will host a BCP Communion at 8.15am on the fifth Sunday.

This translates into the following pattern for each individual church:

With my thanks and prayers
Julie