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Services and Events
Monday 8th December - 2.00pm Trefoil Guild Carol Service at St. Paul’s, Witherslack
followed with refreshments. Members of the congregation are invited to attend.
Tuesday 9th - 2.00pm Tea & Chat at Witherslack
Thursday 11th - 9.30am Holy Communion (CW) at St. Mary’s, Crosthwaite.
Carols and Supper
Everyone in the Two Valleys will be very welcome at Middle Blakebank (home of Brian & Hilary Crowe) on Friday December 12th 6.30pm for supper and some carol singing. If you can please let Hilary Crowe know by email Taxcaddy@aol.com or by phone 015395 68959 but if you can't get through then come along anyway.
“ A Christmas Carol ”
A preview of things to come. On Tuesday, 6th January 2009 Colin Kaye (former member, among other engagements, of Her Majesty's Theatre Company, Barrow in Furness) will give a Twelfth Night dramatised reading of Charles Dickens' timeless fable “A Christmas Carol ” in St Anthony's Church (thoroughly warmed up!) in aid of the Church Roof Appeal. Tickets £5 to include refreshments.
Details of all our CHRISTMAS SERVICES are in the Parish Magazine and on our TWO VALLEYS CHURCHES WEBSITE. If you click onto this link: http://www.crosthwaiteandlyth.co.uk/twovalleys.html you will discover the homepage for our new Two Valleys website and a page for each of the 8 churches in our Team… You can also access this Noticesheet from the website as well as lots of other useful information. This is all thanks to John Sceal from Lyth who has been generously working this all out on our behalf and the website is hosted within the Crosthwaite Community Website. If anyone has ideas and photos for the website, please email them to Michael Woodcock.
Christmas Social Evening at Underbarrow Village Institute
Next Friday 12th December at 7pm. Entry £6, children U12 free, to include the first glass of wine. We repeat last year’s popular formula of Christmas music and stories with a buffet supper and drinks in aid of All Saints Church funds.
THANK YOU to those who supported St. Thomas’s Christmas Fair
The 207 Cell Group who organised the Christmas Fair last Saturday would like to say a massive “thank you” to everyone who helped in any way! It was a wonderful event and brought many people from the community into church – we served over 100 lunches! We raised:
£527.65 (at the last count) for the Zimbabwe Wells Fund.
£353.91 was taken on the fairtraid stalls, the profit from which will be shared between Traidcraft Exchange, Tearcraft, and a charity in Peru.
£137.50 was raised for Christies Hospital.
£90 was raised for Bridget Hathaway.
About £100 was raise for Bread of Life Kenya.
We also raised money for the Leprosy Mission, Manna House and NISCU.
Prayer for the Week:
O God, whose will it is that we know the truth
and that the truth would make us free,
deliver us from all prejudice and pride,
give us sincerity in our questioning,
honesty in our conclusions and courage in our obedience.
As we seek, help us to know that we have been found,
and that you have called us and are also working in us,
and will continue with us to the end.
This we pray through Him through whom came grace
and truth Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Jean Gibbs
Rev. Michael Woodcock is speaking at St. Thomas’s, Kendal on Sun 7th Dec
Services next Sunday (14th December):
9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) at Cartmel Fell (Rev. & Mrs. Woodcock)
9.30am
Holy Communion (CW) at Helsington (Rev. Lionel Stock)
9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) at Underbarrow (Rev.
Steve Moorcroft)
10.00am
Morning Worship at Crook (Rev. Clive Porthouse & Hilary Fitch)
11.00am Holy Communion (CW) at
Crosthwaite (Rev. & Mrs. Woodcock)
11.00am Matins (BCP) at
Winster (Rev. Lionel Stock)
4.00pm Evensong (BCP) at Crosthwaite (Mrs. Michelle Woodcock)
Clergy team:
Rev. Michael Woodcock 015395 68276
Rev. Tim Harmer 015395 68865
Canon Tim Montgomery 015397 30683
Rev. Steve Moorcroft 015397 32154