Ambleside and Windermere Circuit
Games Evening
for all ages
Second Friday of the month 5-30pm to 8-00pm
Please bring something to eat
£1
Everyone is welcome to attend.
AMBLESIDE PARISH CENTRE.
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On Sunday 7th December our Bowness Church will hold its last Service.
This may appear to be a very sad occasion but the members of Bowness have decided unanimously that they will join with their friends from Windermere this will enhance their mission and give a real sense of being one Church in the community. The ultimate aim is to either build a new Church in the community or work more closely with our friends from Carver URC. Both of these options will be loked at in detail over the next few months. If you are visiting over Christmas, come and join our worship at Windermere, we would love to see you.
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Transformation 08
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This year we are involved in a series of initiatives
looking at ways of making our Circuit more effective and
suited to the 21st Century. We are looking at:
Transforming our structures.
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Transforming our Worship.
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Transforming our Churches.
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Transforming our Community.
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Transforming ourselves.
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We have already had a number of meetings to look at the various headings and this will be followed after Easter 08 with a set of Fellowship Meetings taking us through the summer.
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News from Grasmere.
On Sunday 31st August we held a Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration at Grasmere Methodist Church. We were delighted to welcome Rev Richard Teal and his wife Sue to our Circuit. This was Richard's first official appointment in the District. After 134 years the members of Grasmere Methodist Church have decided to enter into a Local Ecumenical Partnership with St Oswald's Parish Church.
The two Churches have worked closely for many years sharing worship and fellowship.
If you are visiting Grasmere you will be most welcome to join us for worship at 11am each Sunday.
All our Sunday Services will be in St Oswald's Parish Church right in the centre of the village.
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News fom Hawkshead.
As from the beginning of September we will hold a Service of Healing and Wholeness at Hawkshead Methodist Church on the first Sunday of the month at 6pm.
This is a joint venture between the Anglican and Methodist Churches in the village.
Please come and join us for this special Service
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Local Preachers
We have been delighted over the past few months to welcome both Janet Preston and Jayne Steers as fully accredited Local Preachers. Debbie Hinds and Sarah Crouchley have asked to be Local Preachers on note and we know of others who are praying and thinking of offering to preach.
IMPORTANT NEWS (06-2006)
From Sunday 11th June, Ambleside will begin to worship in their new premises at St Mary's Centre in Ambleside.
Service Time Changes From June 1st
From Sunday June 3rd the 9am service at Ambleside will become 9-30am.
Church Weekend Away - Abbot Hall
(03-2006)
Service of Thanksgiving at Ambleside
(21-08-05)
Ambleside Methodist Church was full to capacity with some 200 people on Sunday afternoon for the final service before the congregation move to temporary accomodation in anticipation of their move into their new building in March 2006. Past minsters and friends from far and wide came to this event to give the old premises a good send off and pray for the congregation at Ambleside as they take this enormous step of faith.
The 'Home Housing Association' will take possession of the buildings on September 1st to begin conversion into 13 units of low cost social housing for local residents.
The Ambleside congregation will continue to hold their 9am morning service on a weekly basis in the Primary School next to their rapidly growing new building.
New Minister for Ambleside
(10-07-05)
The Revd. David Crouchley has been appointed as the new superintendent minister of the Ambleside and Windermere Circuit with effect from January 2006. The present superintendent Richard Hall will be moving to take up an appointment as superintendent in the Penrith Circuit.
Celebration of new L.E.P.
(07-07-05)
Last night we held a special service to sign the agreements for the new Local Ecumenical Partnership in Ambleside. Representatives of The Methodist Church and The Parish of St. Mary's Ambleside with Brathay shared together in a service which began in St. Mary's and concluded in The Methodist Church after a procession through the town. The documents were signed by The Bishop of Carlisle and the Methodist District Chair along with the President of Churches Together in Cumbria and local representatives. We look forward to many years of working together in a growing closeness.
Service for Commissioning
Joint Council of
Ambleside L.E.P.
(29-05-05)
Last Sunday June 29th we shared our morning service with our Church of England partners and friends from the Baptist Church. We had lunch together and spent the afternoon in workshops planning for the new partnership and the use of our new building. The service included prayers for those who will form the Joint Council of our new LEP. These are exciting times for Christians in Ambleside.
"Vision 2005"
Our Circuit Day
(10-04-05)
About forty people gathered at Bowness Methodist Church on Saturday April 9th to share in a day with David Emison (District Chair) and Paul Dunstan (District Evagelism Enabler). This was the culmination of a series of group meetings around the Circuit based on "Presence" a workbook to help promote effective Christian presence in rural areas.
Each of our five churches presented its targets for the next twelve months and these were celebrated in an act of worship. David then led us in some biblical reflection on the theme of God's Presence with us and after lunch Paul helped us to think about our strategy for practical outreach in the community.
New Home For Ambleside Methodists
(05-03-05)
Work has begun on a new million pound project which will provide modern accommodation for the Methodist congregation in Ambleside.
The new building will be part of an Ecumenical Partnership with St. Mary’s Church of England congregation sharing the cost. In line with the
Situated next to the Parish Church, as well as providing a home for the Methodists, the new building will also be the base of the “Our Place Youth Project” which is currently housed in the Methodist Hall. The new building is due to be finished in March 2006. The Methodists will continue to use their present building until the end of August 2005.
Office Address:
1 Applerigg
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 1EW