Forthcoming Events / Recent News
|
GENERAL ELECTION 2010 Are your local churches planning to run a hustings meeting for the pending General Election? You can download materials here to help you: Once you have a hustings meeting planned, please email us so that we can advertise it on this page. Please also notify the national churches election website www.churcheselection.org.uk so that it can be added to their listing - and you can also download further resources and find out where other church hustings are taking place. |
Managing churchyards for wildlife and wildflowers: 10th March 2010
This evening workshop at
Rydal Hall, run by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Wildlife in Sacred Places
Project wildlife adviser, Simon Harlow, will focus on the best ways to
manage churchyards for wildlife and wildflowers. The emphasis will be on
simple, practical advice aimed at people who do grass cutting and looking
after plants. Entry is free and tea and coffee are provided. The workshop
will run from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. and consist of a short presentation followed
by a discussion.
For more information and to book contact
janm@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk
Discovering our Treasure: 11th May 2010
An exploration of a treasure chest of
different approaches to the spiritual life - Rydal Hall, Tuesday 11th May,
10.00 a.m. - 4.15 p.m.
Includes: What happens when we pray, signposts for prayer, Ignatius of
Loyola, the Silence of Quaker worship, and desire in prayer.
For more information and a booking form click
here.
Churches Together in Cumbria are to host a music tour
leading up to Pentecost 2010. Roger Jones and a team from Christian Music
Ministries will travel throughout the county, performing with local choirs
in Kendal, Penrith, Whitehaven, Barrow and Carlisle. Everyone is invited to
join in with their nearest venue and enjoy the occasion.
Wildfire is
the story of Stephen, vividly brought to life in music and words; of how he
and his family were inspired by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and how his
persecution and death brought others to faith.
Click on the links
below to find more detailed information of how you, your choir and your
Churches Together Group can be involved. Also provided are publicity
materials and invitations you can adapt for local use.
Come and join in as we spread the Wildfire of God's Spirit throughout
Cumbria!
Wildfire Church poster - print a poster for your church
Finances - view financial considerations for local CT groups
Wildfire Bookmark (front) - print a Wildfire bookmark front
Wildfire Bookmark (back) - print a Wildfire bookmark back
Wildfire General Information - General information about the Wildfire project
Wildfire Handout - view and print a useful handout for distribution in your church and area
For more details contact the Wildfire Coordinator Carole Marsden.
Celebrating Together 2010 - date announced !
18th September 2010. Churches Together will welcome Bridget and Adrian Plass to lead our day. More information to follow but its never too early to get the date in your diary!
Saltmine Theatre Company offers a new production of ‘Faustus’: An Exciting Opportunity for churches.
Saltmine Theatre Company want to bring their
adaptation of the literary masterpiece and morality play, ‘Faustus’ to
churches in Cumbria. Jesus asked ‘what good is it for a person to gain the
whole world, yet forfeit their soul?’ John Faustus does exactly that - and
lives to regret it. The Saltmine creative team hopes that this
production will prompt discussion about the aims we strive for, the values
we cling to and the choices we make. Faustus premiered at the Edinburgh
Fringe festival in August 2009 when each performance was sold out. It
then toured in regional theatres in October and November, and was also
performed at Renewal Christian Centre in Solihull, where it was watched by
an audience of 500 and received a standing ovation. ‘Posing fundamental
challenges about life choices, response to God, repentance and redemption,
Faustus is highly recommended for a stand-alone Christian theatre event
and/or church outreach and evangelism initiatives’ (The Baptist Times,
September 2009).
The tour dates at present are from 27th September- 9th October 2010 (can be
extended should interest be high). The production requires a 20ft by
20ft stage, with adequate power. A set up period of 4 hours is needed.
The cost of booking this production for a day is £700. Churches who
host the show can run their own box office to recoup costs.
For more information about the production or to make a booking phone Joanna
Bell on 01384 454807 or email her at
creative@saltmine.org.
Nuclear Energy Discussion Morning
A discussion morning on civil nuclear energy
organised by Carlisle Cathedral and Churches Together in Cumbria was held on
6th February 2010.
To read more and download papers click
here.
Stop Child Detention Campaign: sign petition to Prime Minister
Cumbria Church Leaders have received a request to support
the campaign to end the detention of child asylum seekers. Click
here to
see the information received. The campaign was sparked by the case of
a toddler living in Cumbria. Among other possible actions is a petition found
at:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoChildDetention. Rev Rachel
Poolman (President of Churches Together in Cumbria and President of the
United Reformed Church in Cumbria), Bishop James Newcome (Bishop of Carlisle),
Bishop Michael Campbell (Bishop of Lancaster), Susan Aglionby (Convener of the Social Responsibility Forum) and Helen Boothroyd
(Social Responsibility Development Officer) have already signed the
petition. You are invited to also sign the petition and make it known to
others from your churches.
Click
here to read a recent article about the campaign in the
Independent Catholic News.
Appeal for Unwanted Bicycles - from Haverigg Prison Chaplain
Haverigg Prison has a scheme whereby prisoners restore unwanted
second-hand bicycles into working order and then either sell them at
low cost through the prison shop to prisoners or their families or
pass them on for use in community projects. But they are running
short of bicycles! Could your church collect unwanted second hand
bicycles from the local community? Collection from your church to
Haverigg can be arranged.
Please contact chaplain Rev Glynn Jones: 01229 713152;
glynn.jones@hmps.gsi.gov.uk
Mencap Carers Network
This is a new service to provide information and advice to carers who have sons or daughters with a learning disability. To download a flyer click here. To read the newsletter click here.
Unpaid Work: An Opportunity for Doing Up Your Church Premises?
The Cumbria Probation Service are very keen to hear from churches that could benefit from supervised unpaid work, carried out by offenders under the requirement of a community order. For more information click here.