Welcome

Welcome to the United Parish of Aldborough, Boroughbridge, Dunsforth, Minskip and Roecliffe

Thank you for visiting our website – we hope you can find what you need here, and something which interests and inspires you.

Our worship and our connection with the people of our town and village communities are at the centre of our priorities and we want to offer a genuine and inclusive welcome to all. We are pleased to be able to offer all the important rites of passage which the Church of England allows for (christenings, weddings, funerals and memorial services) and welcome enquiries about these, or, indeed, on any matter. We are also continuing to support a number of local charities including Resurrected Bites, Ripon Foodbank and Ripon City of Sanctuary, as well as working closely with our Church of England School in Roecliffe.

Dunsforth and Minskip Churches have both recently decided to join the Inclusive Church Network, which is one way we can affirm our commitment to our Whole Parish “Somewhere to Belong” statement.

Churches which sign up to Inclusive Church are committed to celebrating and affirming every person, rejecting all discrimination on grounds of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality. Inclusive Churches are committed to welcoming, serving and enabling participation of all people in the name of Jesus Christ, sharing God’s inclusive love.

Those who are searching for a Church which they will experience as safe and fully welcoming are able to check out the Inclusive Church register, and once we are fully signed up, they will be able to find our contact details and come and join us, knowing that they are accepted and welcomed just as they are.

If you are interested in learning more about Inclusive Church, do check out their website, inclusive-church.org

If you would like to find out more about what is important to us, you might like to click on the above link “Our Vision” or perhaps take a virtual tour around one or more of our Churches. The different types of Church services that we offer can also be found on one of the links above as well as our most recent news. You might also like to explore our Instagram page or Facebook Page.

Whatever has brought you to this website, we hope that you will find some enrichment and hope here.

Every blessing,
Rev Karen

Download an information leaflet about the churches here: Churches leaflet

Our Parish Records

The Parish Records are held by North Yorkshire County Council at The Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton, DL7 8TB, Tel 01609 777585. See NYCC Website for more details.

You can view our Safeguarding Page here