In this month’s magazine Maureen Stevens, our new Reader (Licensed Lay Minister), introduces herself and there’s information about getting involved with the Churches Together in Kendal float in the Kendal Torchlight Procession. You can also read about 2 exciting opportunities for spiritual development. Click on the links below to find out more. August Parish News Torchlight 2017 … [Read more…]
July’s magazine is now out! And, as well as all the usual features, it has a bit of a ‘busy bee’ theme to it, particularly as we celebrate what our young people have been up to with reports from Sunday Club, Brownies and Dance Atikk. For the ‘young at heart’ there’s an article about keeping … [Read more…]
The story of Pentecost – the coming of the Holy Spirit on our Lord’s first disciples after he had ascended into Heaven – which falls this year on this Sunday, 4 June, is full of symbols. Our cover image of Celtic flames represents the Holy Spirit coming like fire to ignite and transform whatever it … [Read more…]
Thy Kingdom Come is a global prayer movement, which invites Christians around the world to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus Christ. What started out as an invitation from the Archbishops’ of Canterbury and York in 2016 to the Church of England has grown into an international and … [Read more…]
In a pastoral letter to the parishes and chaplaincies of the Church of England published in early May, Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu urge people to set aside “apathy and cynicism” and draw new inspiration from the ancient Christian virtues of “love, trust and hope”. The three-page letter, intended to be shared in churches … [Read more…]
This month’s Parish News has all the usual columns, naturally, including the Children’s Pages, puzzles, recipes, Castaway and Out and About, and flags up lots of upcoming opportunities for exploring our faith and the Bible a little more together – Growing Spirituality at St George’s on 4 May, Exploring Stories from the Book of Exodus … [Read more…]
The sermon which Rev Andrew Knowles gave at our Easter Day Holy Communion service has just been uploaded to the website. Full of the Easter hope, he reminds us that we have much to rejoice about. We have only to look more closely to see history-changing effect of the Resurrection even in the bleakest of … [Read more…]
This issue of our Parish News, published just before Mothering Sunday which marks the midpoint of Lent, includes information about all the Easter activities at church from Palm Sunday, through the Passover meal on Maundy Thursday to the sunrise service at the Castle and Holy Communion at church on Easter morning. In it, our Editor, … [Read more…]
Prayer Space has just been updated for this month, with a lovely, simple prayer for courage in times of trouble written by David Adam, former Vicar of Holy Island, and taken from a wonderful little book called ‘A Desert in the Ocean – God’s Call to Adventurous Living’ which is filled with ancient Celtic prayers, … [Read more…]
The theme of this month’s Parish News is (Mothering Sunday) and Lent and includes a book review of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s latest book, an article about our late and much-loved friend (and MBE), Isabel Aitken, and a report from Julia Wilson on the worship she experienced on her recent visit to Uganda … [Read more…]
