The Two Valleys Team

Services and Events

Tuesday 13th - 1.30pm Dean Barwick School Leavers’ Service in the church.

Wednesday 14th - 12.30pm 5th Sunday Planning Group meets.

Thursday 15th - 9.30am Holy Communion at St. Mary’s, Crosthwaite.
                      - 1.15pm Crosthwaite School Leavers’ Service in the church.

Raising money for Winster Church - Saturday 17th July - GARDEN OPEN with a difference at ROSTHWAITE FARM 2.00-5.30pm (off B5285 Storrs Park nr Blackwell). Courtesy of Mr Ken Scowcroft and family we are invited to this Open Garden which can also be a real family day out. As well as a stunning garden with literally 1000s of bedding plants there will also be Pony Rides on offer, Garden Chess, Carriage Drives and a chance to see several varieties of hens! This is a joint venture with St. Martin’s Bowness in the hope of raising some good money for both Winster church and St. Martin’s…. We do hope that many people from across the Two Valleys churches might be able to come and support this event as Winster is in real need of funds to ensure its ongoing viability. Adults £5, Children (5+) £2. Contact Yvonne Bradbury 015394 42945 for details.

Services next Sunday (18th July):
9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) at Cartmel Fell (Canon Sandy Lofthouse)
9.30am Holy Communion (CW) at Helsington (Rev. Tim Harmer)
9.30am Holy Communion (CW) at Witherslack (Revs.M.D.Woodcock & B.Crowe)
10.00am Morning Worship at Crook (Rev. Matt Allen & Canon Tim Montgomery)
11.00am Holy Communion (CW) at Underbarrow (Rev. Tim Harmer)
11.00am Holy Communion + Baptisms at Winster (Revs.M.D.Woodcock & B.Crowe)
6.30pm Evensong (BCP) at Crosthwaite (Revs.M.D.Woodcock & B.Crowe)

A Welcome for Michelle!
A word of welcome to Michelle Woodcock as she returns to our parishes after last weekend as a newly ordained deacon. Michelle will continue to do many of the things she has already been doing in our parishes and is happy to see her future serving here among us in our “Two Valleys” team, so you probably won’t notice a huge difference. Of course as time goes by, Michelle will gain some experience in the ministries of baptisms, weddings and funerals, and we have already been used to her taking an up-front role on Sundays in her ministry as a licensed Reader, leading and preaching. It won’t be until July next year, when she is ordained priest, that she will be able to celebrate Holy Communion.

This is the first time these parishes will have experienced the regular ministry of an ordained woman and we are conscious that this is a new departure. Many will welcome this, some may be a little uncertain, and we are sensitive to this. (It is worth bearing in mind though, that back in 2005 during the last interregnum, all our PCCs agreed to the potential appointment of a woman to the job of priest-in-charge of Cartmel Fell, Crosthwaite, Winster and Witherslack and indeed there were two women short-listed for the post at the interview stage.)

As with anything in life, it takes a little time to get used to something new, but often we discover the reality of change to be much easier than we ever anticipated.

Suffice to say, we welcome the arrival of fully fledged women’s ministry into these parishes and pray for God’s blessing on Michelle and, through her, on us as well.

“We seek to enrich the lives of our neighbours by embracing God
both individually and together.”

These eight parishes are part of an evolving and experimental team of Parishes known provisionally as the Two Valleys Team. We consist of St. Anthony’s, Cartmel Fell; St. Catherine’s, Crook; St. Mary’s, Crosthwaite; St. John’s, Helsington; St. Thomas’s, Kendal; All Saints, Underbarrow; Holy Trinity, Winster; and St. Paul’s, Witherslack.

Clergy team:

Revs. Michael and Michelle Woodcock 015395 68276 
Rev. Tim Harmer 015395 68865 
Canon Tim Montgomery 015397 30683
Rev. Brian Crowe 015396 68959
Rev. Matt Allen 07739465073