‘Our purpose is to serve Jesus Christ and share God’s love with all’ Thanks to Penny Fowler for the cover image Parish News Parish of Thornthwaite cum Braithwaite with Newlands www.tbnchurches.net Aug to Oct 2019 2 WHO’S WHO IN THE PARISH OF THORNTHWAITE CUM BRAITHWAITE WITH NEWLANDS Priest in Charge: Revd. Judith Ashurst, [email protected]78092 Churchwardens: Mr Colin Grant, Sour Riggs, Thornthwaite 78288 Mrs Margaret Throp, Jenkin Hill, Thornthwaite 78201 Local Lay Ministers: Colin Grant - see above Jackie & Peter Williams, Greystones, Braithwaite 78333 Alan Williams, 3 Coledale Gardens, Braithwaite 78454 Safeguarding Co-ordinator: Mrs Margaret Throp, Jenkin Hill, Thornthwaite 78201 Secretary: Mr. Colin Ashurst 78092 Treasurer: Mr Colin Grant, Sour Riggs, Thornthwaite 78288 Organist: Mrs Sue Grant, Sour Riggs, Thornthwaite 78288 Hall Bookings: Mrs Sue Grant, Sour Riggs Thornthwaite 78288 Parish Paper Ed: Colin Ashurst [email protected]Braithwaite Instute Booking Secretary: Mrs Penny Woodyer, Shotover, Braithwaite 78394 [email protected]Braithwaite Voluntary Car Service: Ms Sarah Dixon 78448 Newlands Instute Mrs Jenny Grange Newlands Gate, Swinside. CA12 5UE 78222 For up to date info keep checking the Parish website: www.tbnchurches.net Ideas for content welcome.
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‘Our purpose is to serve Jesus Christ and share God’s love with all’
Thanks to Penny Fowler for the cover image
Parish News
Parish of Thornthwaite cum Braithwaite
with Newlands www.tbnchurches.net
Aug to Oct 2019
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WHO’S WHO IN THE PARISH OF THORNTHWAITE CUM BRAITHWAITE
WITH NEWLANDS
Priest in Charge: Revd. Judith Ashurst, [email protected] 78092 Churchwardens: Mr Colin Grant, Sour Riggs, Thornthwaite 78288 Mrs Margaret Throp, Jenkin Hill, Thornthwaite 78201 Local Lay Ministers: Colin Grant - see above Jackie & Peter Williams, Greystones, Braithwaite 78333 Alan Williams, 3 Coledale Gardens, Braithwaite 78454
Safeguarding Co-ordinator: Mrs Margaret Throp, Jenkin Hill, Thornthwaite 78201 Secretary: Mr. Colin Ashurst 78092 Treasurer: Mr Colin Grant, Sour Riggs, Thornthwaite 78288 Organist: Mrs Sue Grant, Sour Riggs, Thornthwaite 78288 Hall Bookings: Mrs Sue Grant, Sour Riggs Thornthwaite 78288
Parish Paper Ed: Colin Ashurst [email protected] Braithwaite Institute Booking Secretary: Mrs Penny Woodyer, Shotover, Braithwaite 78394 [email protected] Braithwaite Voluntary Car Service: Ms Sarah Dixon 78448
Living here in the North Lakes is so different from anywhere else we’ve lived. Rural life is much more closely knit than suburban areas such as Chester le Street where I worked be-fore. There we were serving an area of over 26,000 people – that’s many more than Keswick and we were just one Parish Church!
Here, I’m really enjoying being part of a community where people know one another. Some have lived here all their lives, others have moved in and settled, becoming part of the community too. There are many pluses to this way of life. I’ve noted the care people take over their villages, the care people take to look out for one another. Maybe that became all the more important following the 2015 floods.
I’ve also noticed how much care people take about their church whether or not they choose to worship there. At Newlands recently our appeal for help from local residents for the day to day care of the church and grounds brought some wonderful offers – thank you so much. At St Mary’s Thornthwaite ‘friends’ of the church regularly turn out to help with maintenance and fundraising. At Braithwaite someone has recently pruned the hedging by the school to keep the access path clear. People help in so many ways - thank you.
We hope that the church in this parish will be serving the community here for many years to come. In order to do that, we need to make sure we are able to sustain our ministry and we need to be able to meet our financial obligations.
The truth is we are really stretched, and the costs are being borne by quite a small number of regular givers. It is of course right that the church members give to the church in the first instance, but we hope too that others might be able to commit to give a small regular amount.
We have been so pleased to be able to put on Messy Church and want to be able to continue to fund it from our church finances. As the Tesco ad goes ‘Every little helps’. There is further information about the campaign we’re going to be running ‘Generous Giving’ in the pages of this magazine, and how you could get involved.
With very best wishes,
Judith
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From the Editor
In this first quarterly edition of the TBN parish magazine we have an update on the Voluntary Car Scheme - volunteer drivers are urgently needed. We also have exciting news of progress of the Forest School initiative at Braithwaite School. There are a number of other articles including opportunities to support a number of important local groups. From a church perspective, there are two main items. I’m sharing some ideas from our recent church weekend on the theme of ‘Bread for the Journey’ (ie keeping going through the ups and downs of life). Also, we’re hoping for wide participation in our Stewardship Campaign and Gift Day - we need your support. The article on Generous Church explains more. I’m also hoping we’ll see a burst of creativity - see the article on ‘Creative Church’; Please plan ahead for the next edition which will cover November, December and January. In particular think about any events we can help publicise and make sure you let me have input by 15th October please. Best wishes Colin Ashurst
New Affordable Housing - Open Meeting The Above Derwent Community Land Trust Ltd (ADCLT) will be holding a drop in session to view the plans for the development of their housing project at Pow Wood, Portinscale.
The event will be held in The Grisdale Room at Portinscale Village Hall on Monday 9th September 2019: 7.15pm to 8.15pm.
For more information about the work of ADCLT and to become a member to help support the work contact John Bowlby on 017687 78863
Come and join the fun!
Messy Church is church
for
ALL AGES together.
Where? St Herbert’s Church, Braithwaite
When? Sundays 4.00 to 5.30pm
Sept 15th - Everything worships God
Oct 13th - toiletwinning.org
Nov 10th - Feast of faith
Messy Church is church with a difference. It’s all age. It starts with a variety of all age activities in the hall based on the theme. Then we have a celebration time in church. Finally, we share a meal together.
All are welcome. There is no charge (donations towards the cost of food are welcome). Just come along.
To find out more talk to any of the planning team: Judith Ashurst, Pam Kemp, Alison Biggs, Laurence Biggs, Mary Wardle, Colin Ashurst.
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Forest School Coming Soon!
Braithwaite School News
“Forest School is an inspirational process, that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve, develop confidence and self-esteem,
through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees.”
Quote from Archimedes Forest School Model
Pupils, Staff and Governors of Braithwaite School are excited to share their plan for the development of their Forest Schools area. This is due to be completed by the end of the Summer holiday. From September, all pupils will participate in regular Forest Schools sessions.
The Forest School approach will develop and enhance the work the school has already done on Building Learning Power as children question, collaborate and reflect on their learning.
Braithwaite CE Primary School
www.braithwaite.cumbria.sch.uk
Braithwaite School News
We have two qualified Forest School practitioners, who continuously maintain and develop their professional practice, to lead fun and engaging sessions with pupils from Nursery to Year 6. Forest Schools uses a holistic approach to edu-cation. It helps children to develop a deeper understanding of the world and themselves, by establishing a relationship with, and in, the community and the natural world.
The benefits for our pupils:
Character and personality
Develops reflective practice
Consciousness of self, others and the world
Control of emotions and behaviors through understanding of boundaries
Catalysts will occur that motivate and stimulate curiosity and explo-ration
Community develops
Compassion to others and the world is enhanced
Companionship is developed and becomes known and understood
Environmental identity is reinforced every session
Mastery of self and development of skills
Ability to shine brilliantly in the world
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WANTED! YOUR VILLAGE NEEDS YOU!
Above Derwent Flood Group
(ADFG)
The Above Derwent Flood Group (ADFG) needs more volunteers and Wardens. Storm Desmond may now be just a horrible memory but we do need to be prepared in case we have another one (More probable than possible).
What do Volunteers & Wardens do?
Wardens have an area within their village to oversee according to the village Flood Plan. They will get to know the residents and what help they are likely to need before, during and after a flood. They will work with Volunteers to help residents at all stages and know how to use flood equipment such as door flood barriers, street barriers, chemical “sand bags” and how the village Flood Plan works .
Volunteers are also trained to use flood equipment such as door flood barriers, street barriers, chemical “sand bags” and how the village Flood Plan works . They will go and help residents who may need assistance working with Wardens.
Wardens and Volunteers work from a central control room and are always in radio communication with them whilst the control room is in communication with the emergency Services and Police Bronze Command. Safety is paramount.
Training
Both Wardens and Volunteers are trained in the use of flood equipment, radios, communications with the Emergency Services, and how ADFG links in with Keswick Flood Control. There is basic “keep yourself safe” type training. Training is often undertaken with Keswick Volunteers.
An exercise to check the village flood plans, communications and how it is all working is undertaken once a year.
Training is completed over either a weekend day or two evenings during the week depending on the availability of the volunteer – we understand that people have to work or are otherwise busy.
All individuals are issued a suit of protective clothing.
Usually no more than two days to cover all training and exercises. These are flexible to allow for work etc. If you have been a Warden or Volunteer before then please contact us below. Your training will be less.
More Information?
Please ring either Brian Rutland on 07766557500 or Nigel Lewis on 07787411756.
GO ON GIVE IT A GO! YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE!!
"Skiddaw U3A.
Retired or semi-retired and want to stay active, learn new things and make new friends? Skiddaw U3A is having its Open morning on Wednesday 18th September from 10.00 to 12.30 in Southey Street Methodist Hall. Here you will be able find out details of the more than 50 activities on offer and sign up for groups. Or you can visit our website www.skiddawu3a.co.uk or contact Debbie Morgan 017687 8010. Our next monthly meeting in October will be held in Crosthwaite Parish rooms on Wednesday 16th October when the guest speaker will be Prof. Doug Thompson who will be talking about "Australian art". All meetings begin at 10.00am for coffee and 10.30am for the talk. Ukulele Group Every Monday from 2.00 until 4.00 at the Braithwaite Institute in the Harvey Davis Room. No experience needed. The main aim of the group is to enjoy themselves - singing and playing songs most people know. You don’t even need a ukulele as there is one to loan. For more information contact Peter Fox email: [email protected]
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Moving Forward at St Mary’s Reporting from the open meeting on 26th June
An open meeting was held by the Thornthwaite cum Braithwaite with Newlands PCC at St Mary’s church Thornthwaite on 26th June. There was input from the churchwardens Margaret Throp and Colin Grant as well as the vicar, Rev. Judith Ashurst and Rural Dean & vicar of St Johns, Rev. Charles Hope.
A first phase of the work has now been completed at the cost of around £190,000. This involved major work to the roof to make it watertight, repointing of external walls removing concrete mortar and replacing it with lime so that the church could breathe as intended. The old heating was also taken out and replaced by a temporary system. The work has been successful and the church is looking good as it dries out.
Plans are coming together for a second major phase of work. We hope to complete this over the next 2-3 years if we can get a loan through the Diocese which will then be repaid over 6-10 years. The work will include: finishing the external pointing; relaying the floor to include a damp proof layer and underfloor heating; new heating, probably an air source heat pump; finishing the internal walls; and bringing back the organ. We’ll make a start on the pointing as soon as the builder is available.
Our aim is to ensure that we leave a sound, building usable for many years to come. We want the church to be used for worship, as a sacred space for individual prayer and reflection and for a variety of uses by the community. We very much hope that, as the work is completed and particularly the new heating installed, that there will be growing, year round community use.
The PCC is very grateful to the Jessie Agnes Pearson Trust which has funded the work and without which it would have been impossible for the work to go ahead. At the meeting we also heard about a review of the governance of the Trust carried out by Rev Charles Hope to help us reflect on our stewardship of this valuable resource. New policies have been agreed (grants, investments etc. etc.) to make explicit how the Trust operates. The report from the review is available with the PCC and Trust minutes in each of our churches.
The project has also been a major commitment of time as well as money and the PCC is grateful to Colin Grant who has taken the lead throughout the work. We are also grateful to the Friends of St Mary’s for the work they continue to do caring for the church building and grounds.
Approval for the project was obtained from the Diocese at the beginning of the work. But as the PCC want to make a few changes, re-approval is required and until this is obtained we can’t proceed with some aspects of the work. The approval is similar to planning permission - but probably more concerned with the fine details. So the plans described above for phase 2 are not yet confirmed.
24 Hours of Prayer As individuals we pray at a variety of times and places. As a church community we pray when we meet: on Sundays at 10.15am ; each Thursday morning at 8.30am, each Friday at 10.30am. But we felt that wasn’t enough. So we decided to have a go at 24 hours of prayer. We started with a short service at 7pm on Friday 31st May and ended 24 hours later in the same way. Through every hour of that 24hr period at least one person was in church. It was a great opportunity to pray for some of the many people we know struggling with grief and illness, for family, for our community and our world. We were surprised how easy it was to pray for an hour or two. The various prayer resources and activities helped. We were delighted that the 24 hrs filled up so easily. We also gave thanks for Jesus’ promise
‘where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.’ Matthew 18:20
Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer many times. There are many ways to pray. Everyone can pray. We can all take a lifetime learning to pray. In our prayers we can share our deepest pain as well as our hopes and dreams, we also make time to be still and to listen.
Father in heaven,
When the thought of you wakes in our hearts, Let it not wake like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay,
But like a child waking from sleep with a heavenly smile.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Bread for the Journey You might have noticed that there was no Sunday church service in the par-ish on 7th July. That was because a large number of church members were at Scargill House near Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales for the weekend. Our theme for the weekend was Bread for the Journey. In chapter 7 of Mat-thew, at the end of what’s known as the ‘sermon on the mount’ Jesus tells the story of two people, one building their house on sand the other on rock. Both of them faced storms. But one of them pulled through. For all of us life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes we face major struggles, with family, work or health perhaps. Bread for the Journey was about how to keep going when life is tough. What helps us to live well? What helps us keep going in difficult times? We considered how might we live life:
Restfully.
Thankfully and in the present.
Generously and simply.
Slowly and patiently.
Truthfully. Here are a few thoughts from the weekend on just two of these themes.
Living Restfully What is the rhythm of your day, week, year?
Do you build in a break during the working day?
A pause for tea or coffee? For lunch? Do you have time during the week to rest? A day off? ‘Sabbath’ time? Have you planned for holidays or a retreat to give time for a longer ‘pause’? Might a pause help you move on with more focus and energy? How can you use pauses to re-orient to the real pri-orities of life? To listen to God? To see that this is our Father’s world? If there are none where might you cre-ate them? Rest might mean doing things we real-ly love doing. Perhaps this is about enjoying God’s creation. If you are really under pressure why not try tak-ing 10 minutes a day to enjoy some-thing you really love doing?
‘Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly’
Matthew 11:30
Living Generously and Simply Living simply. Decluttering is one place to start - we’ve heard a lot about that. We don’t need (more) stuff to live well. Declutter. Get to that charity shop with a load or two.
What about decluttering our days as well, by do-ing fewer things well? Living generously. Scargill is generous in its welcome, and its hospitality. You are welcomed as a friend into the life of the community. There is generous provision of food, and tea and coffee and cake. There is freedom - to join in or just take time off. God is our best example of generosity. Think about how much water he turned into wine or how much was left
over after the 5000 had eaten (see John 2 & John 6) In what ways have you tried to live more generously or simply? How might you make people feel spe-cial?
How might you be generous with your time this week? As Christians we try to respond to the generous love of God our Father in the way we live our lives. That’s not to say it’s easy, but the assurance of his love is the rock on which life is built. Gath-ering together on Sunday, and at other times are vital ways to support each other on the journey of life. In a way, we can be each other’s bread for the journey.
Church members at Scargill 5-7 July
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August 2019 CHURCH DIARY THORNTHWAITE CUM BRAITHWAITE WITH NEWLANDS
All services held are ‘Common Worship’ unless stated otherwise
Please let us know if you need assistance with transport
St Herbert's Church Hall
August 8th September 12th
October 10th
10.30 until 12.00 All welcome.
Do come along, meet your friends and perhaps chat to some-
one you haven't seen for a while. As usual, there will be no
charge for either event. See you there!
SUN 4th 10.15 am
Trinity 7 St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite
Parish Communion
SUN
11th 10.15 am
Trinity 8 St. Mary’s Thornthwaite
Parish Communion
SUN 18th 10.15 am
Trinity 9 St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite
Parish Communion
SUN
25th 10.15 am
Trinity 10 Newlands
Morning Prayer with Baptism
Every THURS
8.30 am St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite Short Morning Prayer
SUN 6th 10.15 am
Trinity 16 St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite
Morning Prayer
SUN
13th 10.15 am 4.00pm
Trinity 17 St. Mary’s Thornthwaite St. Herbert’s Braithwaite
Parish Communion
Messy Church
SUN 20th 10.15 am
Trinity 18 St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite
Morning Prayer
SUN
27th 10.15 am
Last after Trinity St Herbert’s Braithwaite
Parish Communion
SUN
1st 10.15 am
Trinity 11 St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite
Parish Communion
SUN 8th 10.15 am
Trinity 12 St. Mary’s Thornthwaite
Parish Communion
SUN 15th 10.15 am 4.00pm
Trinity 13 St. Herbert’s, Braithwaite St. Herbert’s Braithwaite
Morning Prayer Messy Church
SUN 22nd 10.15 am
HARVEST Newlands
Parish Communion
SUN 29th 10.15am
Trinity 15 St Herbert’s, Braithwaite
Café Service
September 2019 CHURCH DIARY
October 2019 CHURCH DIARY
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Generous Church - Stewardship God is a generous God. He loves each one of us with-out limits. He says to everyone ‘I’m especially fond of you’. As individuals and as a church we try and respond to the generosity of God by being generous in our own lives. Generosity includes time, talents and money. As a parish we have three churches, which we know are an important part of the life of the community and are treasured by many visitors. We’re currently working on a major project at St Mary’s to stop damage by water and damp. This work will be funded by the Jessie Agnes Pearson Trust. We’re also work-ing on urgent repairs at Newlands and will use reserves built up from donations by the Friends of Newlands for as much of this as we can. We hope all the churches and both churchyards will soon be in a good state of repair so they can be available for future generations. In terms of day to day expenditure however, we’re in some trouble. Our costs are in the region of £1,000 per week. To keep going we depend on very gener-ous giving from a small handful of people. We need to increase our income and spread the load so we have broad financial support from our communities and church members. So we’re running a stewardship campaign and gift day with the aim of ensuring we are financially sustainable. We’re also continuing to look at ways to cut costs and to make it easier for visitors to donate. If you are on the church membership (electoral) roll, we’ll be in touch with you with information about how you can help later in August.
It would be great if you could help! For example giving the cost of one cup of coffee a week would be £10 a month, which would be a good step towards our target. As part of the stewardship campaign we are having a coffee morning and a night of prayer. All are welcome. To make a donation contact Colin Grant (tel 78288 / [email protected])or see our web site tbnchurches.net/stewardship
Coffee Morning & Gift Day
10-12am Saturday 21st September in Braithwaite Church Hall.
Find out more about the church, what we’re doing and understand our finances. This is also an opportunity to make a one-off gift or set up a regular donation.
Harvest
thanksgiving
service 22nd September 2019
at 10.15am Newlands Church
The Harvest Service is a chance to give thanks for all God’s love. We’ll
celebrate harvest and the end of our Generous Giving Stewardship campaign
Night of Prayer - Generous Giving &
Generous Living
7pm Friday 20th September to 7am Saturday 21st September.
You can pray at any time and in any place. But there is something special and important about setting aside 12 or 24hrs to focus on prayer. This is what we’re planning in September.
We’ll start with a short service of Night Prayer (Compline) at 7pm and end with Morning Prayer starting at 7am. Through the night the church will be open for prayer with a variety of resources on offer to help you pray. There’ll be people there to pray through the night on a rota, anyone is very welcome to come
The Bishop of Carlisle’s Harvest Appeal 2019
This is the third and final year of a three-year commitment supporting farming projects in Malawi and South Africa. The collection at our Harvest Service (Newlands 22nd September) will go towards the harvest appeal.
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Creative Church: Time to have a Go Everywhere you look you can see signs of the creativity of God. In the variety of summer flowers. In the different shades of green on the trees and hills.
We want to celebrate our creator and His creativity. We want to celebrate the creative gifts he has given us.
Alongside our Stewardship Campaign we’re also having a focus on creativity. Would you like to share a poem, a prayer, a creed, a picture, a photograph, a song or some blend of these? It’d be great to see some of the gifts that are around us. To provide a focus for your creativity please think about either the 5 themes mentioned in the article on Bread for the Journey or use our Values as a starting point. See where the Spirit of creativity takes you. Email contributions to [email protected] or bring them along to the Coffee Morning on 21st September in St Herbert’s. We’ll share as many of the contributions as we can through the web site and magazine.
We Value
Having a go – because it’s ok not to get it right first time Love – because without love, our deeds are worth nothing and we cannot claim to be followers of Jesus Welcome – not just what we say at the door but built into everything we do and how we relate Prayer – because then we know we are depending on God’s strength, not our own Fun – enjoying being a Christian community here in this special part of God’s world
See tbnchurches.net
Cumbria Voluntary Social Car Scheme, Braithwaite/Thornthwaite/Newlands
NEW DRIVERS NEEDED
The Voluntary Car Scheme consists of a number of volunteer car drivers in the area, using their own car, who are prepared to give up some time during the week, to help members of the community who do not have their own transport to get to health appointments, go shopping, visit friends etc. where public transport is either difficult or non-existent. Those who drive on behalf of the scheme have their costs refunded, and liability insurance covered by Cumbria County Council. The scheme is a lifeline for many of the older members of the community who would otherwise struggle to go about their daily lives. There is no rota or set day for driving– each driver is rung up by the Scheme Co-ordinator who asks if they would be available for a specific journey. The driver is at liberty to refuse a job if it does not fit in with their own plans; they can do as many or as few journeys as suits them. It might well be that the journey that you are asked to cover enables you to do some business of your own at the same time. For those of you who are new to the area, this is a great opportunity to meet people and find out a lot more about what’s going on locally. At present, we are looking to increase the number of drivers in our area, because of increasing demand and the fact that some of our team have recently had to stop driving for us. Anyone with a driving licence up to the age of 80 is eligible to join us. I appreciate that there are many volunteering opportunities, in all sorts of organisations, that those of us who live here permanently need to fill. Indeed, all of the existing team of drivers are involved in at least one other form of voluntary work. If you think you could help, or want to find out a bit more about what we do, PLEASE get in touch with me. I would also like to ask if there is someone out there who would be able, for 3-4 weeks a year, to cover the telephone duties of the co-ordinator role. This involves taking calls from prospective passengers & then arranging a driver to do the journey. This is not an onerous task, easily fewer than 5 calls per week as a rule. It would mean that the scheme could keep operating while I am away. This role can be filled by anyone willing to help; it doesn’t have to be someone who drives for us. Again, please get in touch if you think you can help. It may be stating the obvious, but if you need transport – please get in touch. Finally, in case I don’t say it enough, THANK YOU to all members of the current team of drivers who do such a brilliant job! Sarah Dixon, scheme co-ordinator 78448 (please leave a message if I’m not able to take your call)
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Our faculty application has been approved by the diocesan authorities. Now we are proceeding with obtaining tenders and agreeing arrangements for the works to the roof and bellcote and renewal/repair of the schoolroom windows, and ap-plying for grant aid. We have also been looking at possible ways of how our buildings could be used on a more regular basis. One of these is champing – overnight camping at church. Whilst we have the basic facilities required available in the schoolroom, the organisation running the scheme do require that the church itself be used, and for various reasons that would not be practical for us, so we can’t really con-tinue with that idea. One thing which will be happening is our short season of afternoon teas – 25th August to 29th September. Cathy and Ken Sears will be co-ordinating this again, so if you could help by baking a cake, or assisting on the afternoon please could you contact them (78701). Do please come along – it’s a very pleasant way to spent a little time on a summer Sunday afternoon! There are further details in the advert elsewhere in this edition. Finally – it’s Newlands’ turn to host our Harvest Thanksgiving 10-15am on 22nd Sept. We will be dressing the church on the afternoon of 21st, and any gifts of produce will be gratefully received
TEAS at NEWLANDS CHURCH
Sunday Afternoons
25th August to
29th September
1.00pm – 5.00pm
Tea/coffee £1.50: Home made cake £1.50
We look forward to welcoming friends old and new
Thornthwaite cum Braithwaite WI
meets on the second Monday of each month at St. Herbert’s Church in Braithwaite at 7.30 pm.
We are very keen to welcome new members and visitors are very welcome. We do all we can to make them feel at home. Although there is a lot going on people are encouraged to take part in as much or as little as they wish.
Future meetings: September 9th Caroline Johnson-
The history and activities of Oaktree Animals Charity
October 14th - Open meeting - everyone welcome with Victoria Riley - The Art of Batik
plus
Macmillan Coffee morning 27th September 10am - 12 noon
St Herbert's Church in Braithwaite Entry by donation, Raffle, Produce stall
TALK ON THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN KESWICK AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA
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OUR LADY OF THE LAKES & SAINT CHARLES CHURCH HALL HIGH HILL, KESWICK CA12 5PB
To make a booking, though entrance is free, contact the organiser, Christopher Robson 01524 62465, [email protected]
A voluntary collection will be taken for Churches Together in Keswick
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From the Church Registers
Burial of ashes at St Mary’s Thornthwaite:
Patricia Anne GARDNER 29th June 2019
St. Herbert’s Church Hall
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A Resilient Life
In the last few editions of the magazine we have been exploring developing a more resilient life. One way to build resilience is to make the most of contemplating nature...
WALK: Set aside time for an unhurried walk in nature. Try a time when you won’t feel rushed by other appointments. Make a note of things you need to do or any concerns before you go to help you relax mentally. Set out on your walk and intentionally slow your pace. Feel each footstep. Consciously slow your breathing. ATTEND: Start paying attention to your surroundings. Notice sky and clouds, grass and bark, the swaying of branches and trees, the sounds of living things. LINGER: Sit down. Pick one sight or sound or smell to focus on. Notice it. Savour it. The goal is to be present in the moment. Ready to see listen and learn. LISTEN: What does all you see, feel, and experience tell you about God? How can this lead you to trust him more?
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See more in Resilient Life by Sheridan Voysey which is based on Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). https://sheridanvoysey.com/ Also see his more recent book - The Making of Us.
