Welcome To St Columba's Church Web Site!

Welcome to St Columba's Anglican Church Topcliffe Thirsk Web Site.  We hope you find it interesting. If you have anything for us please contact the Webmaster.

The church of St Columba dominates the village of Topcliffe. In times past it served as the focus for all community life. But times change: the church no longer holds the same level of importance. Once the village would have had its own parish priest; today St Columba’s is only one in a group of five parishes, although the Vicarage is still situated here.

Nowadays, the church can not rely on people coming automatically through its doors. If it is to have any impact, the church must go out and be involved at every level of community life, and yet St Columba’s is still an important focal point, especially in times of celebration or sadness. Children are brought for baptism; couples come to make their marriage vows before God; loved ones are remembered in thanksgiving and their lives entrusted to the care of God before burial.

Above all our church seeks to be a centre of living worship and a place of prayer. Services are held every Sunday and the Gospel is proclaimed in language relevant to the society and world in which we live.

I hope you enjoy our website and will visit our church if you are in the area. A ready welcome awaits you.