The Cumbria Spirituality Group is offering a prayer taster day, Saturday, 17 September, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church and Ambleside Church Centre.
Keynote Speaker, Roy Searle, will talk about Loving God, Loving Others, the Great Commandment and the Great Commission.
Other speakers for the various sessions include Kath Dodd, Pauline West, Richard Broughton, Alison Mesher and Cameron Butland.
This will be a rich spiritual experience for all. Details below:
Message from Revd. Canon Amiel Osmaston, Ministry Development Officer, Diocese of Carlisle,
We are planning a series of “Developing Healing Ministry” Training Days across the Diocese. They will be an opportunity for:
Please consider going yourself, and help to publicise this around your churches and specifically to anyone who is a member of a Pastoral visiting team or a Healing/Prayer ministry team. Thank you.
Dates and venues will be:
Saturday 9th July St Paul’s Barrow
Saturday 5th November St Michael’s Carlisle
Saturday 12th November Christ Church Cockermouth
Feb/Mar 2017 Kendal TBC
Each day will follow a similar format.
The flyer/poster for the first of these days – in Barrow on 9th July 2016 – Healing MInistry
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has called on all churches across the land to participate in a week of prayer, from 8 to 15 May. You are invited to join the following events taking place in Coniston.
St. Andrew’s Church, Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Open Prayer Space, 11:00 to 12:00; 12:30 to 15:00
Time Out, Prayer & Praise, 12:00 to 12:30
Why pray? Christians believe that ‘prayer changes things’, and we are all very aware of the need for peace and hope in our world which is trying to cope with so many issues of local, national and international concern. Even the scientific and medical communities have recognised that when people are prayed for, even if not believers themselves, their recovery record is consistently better than those who were not open to prayer.
The Prayer Space is in the body of the warm church and is there for anyone to pop in at any time. You may wish to sit quietly and reflect in peace, write a prayer on a tag and attach it to the prayer tree, light a candle for someone you care for or just ‘be’. There is usually someone there to talk to or pray with if you wish to, but that choice will be yours.
Time Out is for those who want to come together with others to focus on a theme in an active spirit of worship with music and prayer. Time to listen to God.
Often when crisis strikes we can feel helpless or even hopeless, not knowing what to do to help…when that happens…we can always pray!
‘Fear not for I am with you,
Be not dismayed for I am your God,
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand’
Isaiah 41:10
So let’s do something positive, and ‘pop-in and pray!’
Beginning Monday 9 May, 7 p.m. at the Vicarage, we will begin the Mission Shaped Ministry flexi course designed specifically for the ecumenical work taking place in Coniston and Torver. This is a first for the trainers coming to us and it is not to be missed!
More information can be found at the following link: Mission shaped flexi-course
Richard Passmore the Fresh Expressions Enabler will be leading. Currently the course is planned to run on every 2nd Monday of the month. There is a cost which we haven’t got details of at the present but we will know when Richard Passmore has the information from Fresh Expressions nationally. The idea for the evening would be to start with puddings, so hopefully you will have eaten your evening meal with your family and you bring your pudding to the course.
This opportunity is open to all churches in Coniston, Torver and the Valley.
It doesn’t sound very exciting, but change is afoot and we would love for the communities of Coniston and Torver to jump on board.
The Annual General Meeting for the ecclesiastical parish of Coniston & Torver will take place on Thursday 7 April, 7 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Church.
The electoral rolls of Torver and Coniston have been combined into a new roll. This is currently posted on the notice board of St. Andrew’s Church.
On this occasion, because the date was moved forward and very few people on the PCC were informed, let alone the parishioners, we are accepting additions to the electoral roll for individuals living in Coniston or Torver up to day of the meeting. If you are not currently on the combined roll, there are ER application forms at the back of St. Andrew’s church.
We would love to welcome you to membership in the CofE faith community of Coniston and Torver!
6 p.m., Sunday 28 February, Torver School Room, LA21 8AZ
John Fleetwood and Richard Passmore from Kendal are coming to speak on Mountain Pilgrims: Journeying Together to Uncover the richness of life, by reimagining the mountain experience.
Mountain pilgrims is an emerging community of people that share a sense of awe in the mountains. We are seeking to explore the transcendence behind the mountains, valleys, hills and lakes: to meet in the Lakeland hills to better understand what it is that draws us to the thin places – the places where we sense something more than the everyday.
There will be a hot supper to follow, everyone welcome!
A Foundation Day for all leaders to raise awareness and offer skills in recognising and responding to conflict in the church.
Three dates available as follows:
10:00 to 16:00
Sunday March 6th, 10 – 11.30am.
Big Breakfast at The Old Schoolroom Torver
[Following the 9am. Mother’s Day service]
Walkers, cyclists, bikers, riders, drivers…
Everyone welcome whatever your mode of transport!
Quality Local and Fairtrade produce used.
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WEDS MARCH 9TH, 9am – 10am.
Big Breakfast at St. Andrew’s Coniston
Come and enjoy a warm bowl of porridge, toast, Fairtrade marmalade or honey and of course Fairtrade coffee and tea!
[Followed by the usual Fairtrade Coffee Morning]
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“BEFORE YOU FINISH EATING BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING, YOU’VE DEPENDED ON MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD”
Martin Luther King Jr, A Christmas sermon on peace, 1967.
So maybe this morning you enjoyed coffee from Kenya, cocoa from Cote d’Ivoire, tea from India, sugar from Malawi and juice from Brazilian oranges…not forgetting bananas from Colombia!
Hopefully they were Fairtrade!
Fifty years on from Martin Luther King’s famous speech, our lives are more closely entwined than ever. That is why it is a scandal that the people who grow the food we take for granted can’t always feed their own families. They do not have food security.
We can do something to tackle this injustice and support farmers and workers to put food on their families’ tables, by harnessing the power of a Fairtrade breakfast.
Get behind Fairtrade Fortnight and join in the…
BIG FAIRTRADE BREAKFAST!
As we are a Fairtrade Town will you help us get as many people as possible to eat a Fairtrade Breakfast in this community during Fairtrade Fortnight?
Fairtrade Breakfasts will be happening throughout the UK…can you and/or your organization take part in the biggest breakfast the world has ever seen? Go to fairtrade.org.uk/breakfast and for resources and links for more information visit shop.fairtrade.org.uk and fairtrade.org.uk/fortnight
What counts as a Fairtrade Breakfast?
Each person eating one Fairtrade foodstuff and drinking one Fairtrade beverage qualifies and it can be any time of the day! You might have a bowl of Fairtrade muesli with a cup of Fairtrade tea at home, a coffee break with Fairtrade chocolate muffins at work, attending a BIG BREAKFAST, or grabbing a Fairtrade banana and orange juice…they all count – as long as they are registered.
So will you help?
Bring the BIG FAIRTRADE BREAKFAST to Coniston and Torver!
There are 3 simple steps to get involved:
1. Organise your own breakfast.
2. Inspire others to host a breakfast.
3. Register your breakfast on the totaliser at fairtrade.org.uk/breakfast
Do let your local Fairtrade Team know [Every Weds. At St Andrew’s] what you are doing and if they can help.
