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  • Ruach Newsletter - the latest Ruach (Pioneer work) newsletter is here -  please can you make a copy available in your church building

  • New Places for new people  – If you are curious about new places for new people and would like more information, please have a look at this really useful and practical guide

  • Shaping of the new Cumbria circuit from 2025 - click here for details.

  • Ukrainian family in need of sponsors -  Click here for details.

  • Volunteer Director at Ambleside needed - Ambleside Methodist Church are seeking a volunteer director to work alongside our ministers and other volunteer directors as part of the Ambleside Parish Centre (a charity and limited company.) We are looking for someone with strong governance skills who would commit to a one or two year appointment as we enter the next phase of this exciting community partnership, building a resource for the Ambleside area, and wider, in this well used Methodist and Anglican owned building. For an informal conversation and person spec contact Grace, 07341960506 or email. (Note: the directors meet 4 times per year and other involvement could be remote.)

  • Fresh Expressions Day - 16 Nov (Sat) at Crooklands Hotel, near Kendal.  Please do book yourselves on and circulate the information out to your contacts. Group tickets are also available so why not bring a group? This year the theme is Deep Hope, and we’ll be joined by guest contributor Nigel Pimlott. The event will have story, discussion and creativity and is open to those from Cumbria and across the North. Wherever you are on the creative mission journey we look forward to extending you a warm welcome.  You can read more and book here; we look forward to seeing you there.

  • Ministry Intern  – Friends, do you remember me mentioning the possibility of an intern to work alongside me in the New Ways of Working Project? Well the great news is that between ourselves and our friends at St Mary’s Ambleside we have two interns coming. Anneli is part of the Norwegian Mission Scheme, she’s 19 and has just completed an apprenticeship in Content Creation. She will be working alongside me in Windermere and Ambleside as we continue with looking at how we can plant new microchurches which serve local folk as they grow in discipleship.
    You might also remember me asking if you can pledge to offset the cost to the circuit of hosting an intern. The cost for the year is £1700 plus expenses. (Rydal Hall are kindly accommodating and feeding the interns in exchange for them working with the new chaplain building a praying community there) if you feel God is calling you to make a contribution to this work please email Dare with your pledge, and he will arrange to take payment. Revd Grace
  • Loose ends project  – This is a fabulous international project that matches crafters with bereaved families who have unfinished crafts from their loved ones, allowing that object to be completed, and a memory to be cherished. You can sign up to be a finisher, but they also need to get the word out to those who may have need of the service, if you know anywhere where a flyer could be placed they are available for download here.
  • Read Easy  – is a national charity providing free, one-to-one coaching for adults who struggle to read. We are Read Easy Morecambe Bay, an affiliated group who are now open for business with trained volunteer Coaches in Ulverston, Dalton and Barrow waiting to be introduced to prospective Readers. Click here for more information
  • Thornleigh Hotel, Grange over Sands – why not look at their list of upcoming events here?
    • Warm regards,

    Juliana Caukwell

    Circuit Administrator


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    Cumbria Focus

    • Introductory videos  for District staff
       James Tebbutt, Chair of the District; Revd. Phil Gough, District Secretary - Ministries and Vocation; Mission Area Leads:  Revd. David Newlove for Cumbria, Revd Alan Bradley and Revd Katie Smith for Greater Manchester Plus, and Revd Sharon Read for Lancashire.
      The new District structure is explained here.  Other posts are listed here.
    • The District has a Facebook page  and the first few posts have already been posted. Please take a look, like it, follow it, and include it in your own church and circuit pages.
    • Methodist Young Adults Fellowship – "Comprising of a WhatsApp group and monthly Zoom gatherings, MYAF hopes to be a safe and inclusive space for 18-30 year olds to meet, chat, pray and get to know one another in a church which can sometimes feel very grey.” To find out more, email Naomi Prince from the Yorkshire North East District.
    • 3Generate – descriptions, pictures and podcasts are here.
    • Argentina Partnership Link Group – the group have produced a prayer leaflet (set up to print two copies) and they are anticipating that there will be an updated version after 1st September.
    • New faith podcast – the Revd Richard Corrie, a former BBC Radio Cumbria presenter, plans to put out a half-hourly podcast each month which features faith stories from across the county, as well as offering a chance to Pause for Thought and reflection, church events on the church noticeboard and hearing how God is calling people to all kinds of jobs and ministries. The first podcast features the Ven. Stewart Fyfe, who was caught up in the unrest in the Holy Land last October, the Rest Under the Stars installation and curate Hannah Wallace. Listen here.

    Circuit news    "Hope & Anchor" podcast
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    • "Connexion" magazine - uplifting stories from across the UK

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