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Conference Digest - a summary of the business of the Methodist Conference 2025 in Telford.
Tapestries Exhibition - Click for tour dates of an exhibition of the Methodist Tapestries, taking place in the Circuit & around, over the summer.
- From 10-21 August they will be at Ulverston. A cream tea will be available while the tapestries are open on Saturday 16 August to raise money for Ulverston. The local U3A Drawing Group will be exhibiting their work alongside the tapestries. See poster.
- They will then be on display at Grange between Monday 25 August and Friday 5 September. Dates and times are on the poster; admission is free. Look out for cream teas on Monday 25th and Saturday 30th August, or combine your viewing with a visit to the Repair Cafe on Friday 5th September. Email for further information.
Volunteers Needed for a Surplus Stall over the summer holidays at Ambleside Parish Centre,. If you'd like to be involved please contact Grace. Transport from Ulverston will be available some weeks. Timings are 10-1:30 every Friday.
Roger Jones Music Week - Saturday 2^nd to 9^th August at Thornleigh Hotel, Grange-Over-Sands. Christian Composer and Director of CMM, Roger Jones, is hosting another residential music week where we will be enjoying spending time together through Bible teaching, practical music making, renewal and refresh evening sessions and more! In case you didn’t know, Roger Jones has been Director of CMM for over 40 years and has written 25 Bible based musicals, with his work being performed all over the world. Roger’s most recent musical ‘Zac’, based on the story of Zacchaeus [Luke 19:1-10] was published last year and will guide the teaching over the week. These days Roger not only helps churches and groups put on his musicals, but he also leads residential retreats (like the one mentioned above!), workshops on the Holy Spirit and worship, Musical Man evenings telling his life story through his music, and more which you can read about on our website here. (For other events at Thornleigh, click here.)
Foundation Safeguarding Courses - Ulverston Methodist Church: Thursday, 11 September at 2pm, to book please email Nicky.Volunteers Needed - We are piloting a Surplus Stall over the summer holidays at Ambleside Parish Centre, with the dual intent of reducing waste and supporting families with the cost of living. Tying in with the Friday Fareshare Delivery the session will be an opportunity for anyone to collect a "surplus shop" for a small cost, in a dignified grocery shop manner. If you'd like to be involved please contact Grace; transport from Ulverston will be available some weeks. Timings are 10-1:30 every Friday.
Voce - Fri, 26 Sep Voce will be at Barrow Cricket Club: see poster. The concert is to support the work of their Bereavement Service, who go above and beyond giving outstanding care to the community.
Grace Cauldwell Work Pattern - Grace is changing her work pattern over the summer and into the new Methodist year. Her day off will be on a Monday. Grace will be based at the APC office; thebest way to contact her is to call or message her mobile: 07341 960506.
Ambleside Parish Centre Storytellers Club: Helpers Needed - "Stories change the world, stories change us" We are hoping to pilot a 6 week club for primary children as part of our Stories Together project. To do this we need volunteer helpers. You need a warm sense of humour, a willingness to spend time with children, and all other training will be provided, (you'll need a DBS which we will arrange.) We will also be looking for willing "afternoon tea" makers! If you think you'd like to be part of this, either on Sunday afternoons or midweek after school, please contact Grace (07341 960506 or email) for more information.
Shaping of the new Cumbria circuit from 2025 - click here
Ruach Newsletter - the latest Ruach (Pioneer work) newsletter is here - please can you make a copy available in your church building.
Ruach Network - As part of the Ruach Network (www.ruach.space) one of our plans has been to host a Community Table in a local cafe. These offer a place of connection, and an opportunity to build relationships with folk who wouldn't visit a local church. We will need a small team of facilitators, who are able to build relationships, signpost to other events and activities (coffee mornings, alpha, meditation sessions etc) as well as other services (manna house, street link, talking therapies...) The community table will be stocked with jigsaws, puzzle books and crafts, so folk can engage with others, or simply be alongside others. As we get closer to finding a venue (Bowness,) I am beginning to look for volunteers who would have availability to be part of a team, so that we can begin the safer recruitment process.
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.
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 com ing. 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

Warm regards,
Juliana Caukwell

Circuit Administrator

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One Cumbria Circuit - Click for August progress report; all earlier reports are still available here. Sign up to receive your own copy by email here.
CTiC Social Action Audit: Results - Presentations were held last year in Barrow, Penrith and Kendal. These were attended by over 60 people including faith leaders, police, local MP, NHS staff and local councillors.
If you would like to know the results of the audit and explore the potential that they highlight, then you can follow this link to the CTIC website.

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