Talks and sermons available free for download now

If you would like to listen again to some of our talks and sermons, there are three churches offering these as Podcasts at the moment.

  • Christchurch weekly sermons online  link here
  • St Margaret’s Church Easter Sermon  link here
  • All Saints have have a page of audio  link here
  • St John’s audio (thinking about it)  link here

Many of our churches are entering the 20th Century with zeal and some are fearlessly introducing digital technology to their sacred spaces.  If you feel this is a good thing or a bad thing you are welcome to send a comment either by email ctilkley@gmail.com  or Facebook

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Feel like things are falling apart? We’ll pray for you.

You don’t have to believe in God to ask for prayer.  We’ll pray for you.  

24/7 Prayer for Wharfedale is an initiative to pray for people whatever their need and to pray for God’s blessing on the valley.

Your prayer request will be read by a small group of prayers only.  They are members of the established Christian churches, who are committed to pray for Wharfedale and its people.

Requests can be made by filling in the form on this link

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Has science disproved God? Sunday 11am at All Saints, Ilkley

If you are 16 – 19 you are invited to join The Big Questions team for another session this Sunday the 23rd of October. Discussion starts at  11am.

Under discussion this week: Has science disproved God?

We will be meeting in the Youth Office in Church House, and not in Oasis.

Big Questions is a monthly event and all young people 16 – 19 with an equiring mind are welcome.

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Bishop Nick Baines at All Saints Ilkley, Sunday 9th Oct at 10.45am

Bishop Nick Baines will be preaching at All Saints in Ilkley this coming Sunday, that’s the 9th of October at 10.45am.  

All Saints would like to welcome anyone to hear him talk (without missing your own service), and especially if you are not a member of any church.

You can find out more about Nick Baines on the following websites

Biographical information Bishop Nick Baines on Wikipedia

Musings of a restless bishop Bishop Nick Baines blog

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Ilkley Art Trail including some of our church members

The first Ilkley Art Trail will see more than thirty local artists exhibit work in local venues including private homes and, unusually, the Ilkley brewery.  

The curator Lorna Bird thinks that there are many talented artists in Ilkley but that they work in isolation.  She hopes that the Art Trail will bring them together and be the start of some creative new relationships.

The trail incudes the work of Graham Wilson who’s work is well known to the congregation of St Margaret’s.   We’ve been to meet Lorna to find out more.

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More Big Questions at All Saints Ilkley this Sunday.

If you are 16 – 19 you are invited to join The Big Questions team for another session this Sunday the 25th of September. Discussion starts at  11am.

Under discussion this week: The Old Testament – is it relevant today?

Please note the change of venue! We will be meeting in the Youth Attic in Church House, and not in Oasis.

Big Questions is a monthly event and all young people 16 – 19 with an equiring mind are welcome.

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With the Literature festival approaching here are some dates for your diary.

Friday 7th October:
7.30 pm at King’s Hall. Melvyn Bragg: The Book of Books – explores the impact of the KJ Bible over the last 400 years.

Saturday 8th October:
8 pm at the Playhouse. John Donne: Songs, sonnets and sermons performed by the Milton Consort.

Monday 10th October:
7.30 pm at All Saints’ Church. Translating for King James: Lancelot Andrewes and the Bible of 1611.

Thursday 13th October:
7.30 pm at All Saints’ Church. The Follow The Fleece Company presents “1611” by Nigel Schofield, celebrating the life and times of the KJB. Also included will be the story behind the Gunpowder Plot, the writing of Shakespeare’s final plays, the birth of America and the growth of the British whaling industry.

Saturday 15th October:
3 pm at All Saints’ Church. Poetry and the KJ version. Members of local churches and local actors read passages from KJB and poems of same era – by Milton, Martin Luther King, Blake, Emily Dickinson and others.

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