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February 2017

CALENDAR

Thurs 2nd Feb 7.45pm Sacred Space

Sat 4th Feb 8.30am First Saturday Breakfast

Sun 5th Feb 10am Holy Communion

10am Sunday Club

Tues 7th Feb 9.30am Morning Prayer

2pm Pause for prayer

Sun 12th Feb 10am All Age Worship




Tues 21st Feb 9.30am Morning Prayer


Weds 22nd Feb 2pm Mothers’ Union meeting




Weds 1st March 10am Holy Communion with imposition of Ash

Ash Wednesday 7pm Holy Communion with imposition of Ash

Thurs 2nd March 7.45pm Sacred Space

Sat 4th March 8.30am First Saturday Breakfast

Sun 5th March 10am Holy Communion

10am Sunday Club

Every Tuesday 11.30am to 3.30pm Community Hub

There will be a service of Holy Communion at 10am every Wednesday

during Lent. Details of the Ecumenical Lent groups will be given on the

weekly news sheet as soon as they are known.

The other day a got a Notification in my Twitter Account that read:

‘Interesting newsletter piece. Just interested in how a world so painful shows God?’ Clearly I was delighted that someone is reading what I write, but obviously I had to make a

meaningful response which because of Twitter’s limit on the number of characters, mean I had

to keep it to the point. My response was:

‘I suppose a world so painful displays how out of kilter humanity has become if you assume the creation works best in a certain way.’

What I meant by this I can now elaborate upon in the pages of this newsletter.

Currently the country is gripped by a crisis in the NHS with many NHS Trusts not having the

capacity to deal with the volume of folk needing to use its services. Some are saying that this

always happens in the winter, others are claiming that an injection of additional funds will cure

the problem. It seems to me that political ideology gets in the way of finding a solution to the

problem. No one is asking the right questions, because they already have the answers prepared

because of their own political bias.

Children’s metal health is an issue at present. The fact that those in their GCSE years are

experiencing a workload such as this, which came to me by Facebook:

“I know it's the first of 2 GCSE years but when your 15 year old son has been set 13 (yes, THIRTEEN) bits of homework due next week (8 of them on Monday alone) it does seem rather excessive.” Once again money is being thrown at the problem, but how this will solve the problem I have no

idea, when neither the Local Authority, schools or the NHS have the capacity to deal with the

problem – but wait a minute, what actually is the problem? It seems to me that once again we

have another knee-jerk response to the symptoms of a problem, not a treatment for the

underlying disease.

Our country, our world is ‘dis-eased’, ill at ease, because of the pressures of our modern, digital,

24/7 way of living. This brings about the pain that I alluded to in my Tweet, pain that shows not

an absence of God, but the fact that we are living contrary to the way the creator made us.

A simple example is found in those who experience disturbed sleep patterns many people

experience. Life-style, be it adopted or forced upon a person, has its effects on people’s ability

to sleep, because their way of life runs contrary what their body needs. My argument is that

similar problems arise out of the way we organise society - the life-styles we adopt because

they mean we act contrary to the way we were created, hence the ‘pain’ and the problems that

abound in our country, in our world.

The Jewish, Christian and Muslim scriptures can be distilled (for the purpose of this piece at

least!) giving us a simple maxim by which to live: ‘Love God and your neighbour as yourself’. Put

another way we need to turn to look outward and not focus primarily on our own needs. There is

also much about the responsibilities we have to each other and our community - our

interdependence, to put it another way.

Such a focus, would enable us to ask the right questions, without prejudging the answers, and

come up with the correct solutions and in this way many of the problems of the world could be

solved and we could become comfortable in each other’s company and the balance of the world

would be restored. Simple!!

Yours, Nigel

From the Team Rector

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SACRED SPACE

John 2: 1—11

Familiarise yourself with the Bible passage and then, when you are ready, find a quiet place and become a part of the story yourself. Take your time.

In your imagination take yourself to Cana in Galilee. You may look around …. Note the

green hills, the trees, the flowers …….

Note the smells, the sounds, the temperature of the air …

Make your way to a large courtyard in which a crowd of people are singing and dancing in

celebration of a wedding ……. See Jesus, his mother and his disciples enjoying the

celebration …. Are they dancing too? ….. Watch and listen … see how the wine is flowing

and look at the tables groaning under the weight of food …. Now see a group of servants approach Mary, their faces anxious as they speak quietly to her ….. Mary turns

to Jesus and you hear her say, “They have no more wine” …… Listen to Jesus’ response,

“Dear woman, why do you involve me? My time has not yet come.” What do you suppose

he means? …. …… “Do whatever he tells you”, Mary says to the servants. …….

Watch as the servants follow Jesus’ instruction to fill the six large stone jars with

water – each one holds twenty to thirty gallons …. …. Are the servants happy to do this?

……………. Where do they get the water from? ……. What do they say to each other?

…………………………. What are your thoughts as all this is happening?......

Now the water jars are filled to the brim ….. “Draw some out and take it to the master

of the banquet”, Jesus says ……………. Listen to the servants’ conversation as they

draw out some of the water that has become wine ……………… Accompany them as they

take the wine to the master of the banquet …………………….

Watch the scene as the master tastes the finest wine ………. See how he calls the

bridegroom aside and tells him “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the

cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best

till now” ….. What is the reaction of the bridegroom? …. … What does this incident say

to you about Jesus? ….

Make your way to Jesus. What do you want to say to him?...................... Listen carefully

afterwards for his reply …

When you are ready, leave the scene at Cana and bring yourself back to this room and

this present moment. Jean Radley

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The Light of the World

This month’s magazine cover brought to mind the famous

allegorical painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman

Hunt (1827 – 1910), which is one of my favourites. The plaque

beneath the picture is inscribed with the quotation from

Revelation 3 : 20 ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come to him and sup with him, and he with me’'. Reproductions of the painting are much-beloved by church schools and Sunday Schools – I walked past

such ones several times a day for many years, during my own

school days at Larkhill Convent in Preston and later as a teacher

at St Chad’s CE Juniors in Bury.

However, it was only on retirement that I was thrilled to discover an original of the

painting in the wonderful Manchester Art Gallery (which has no admission charge

and is well-worth a visit : you can join a free Highlights Tour 2—3pm, Tues—Sun)

The Gallery also has, in a glass case adjacent to the painting, the actual lantern

which Hunt portrayed in Christ’s hand and which gives the work its title. Hunt said

he was inspired to create this work by Jesus’ proclamation from St John’s Gospel

(John 8 : 14) ‘I am the Light of the World; he who follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life’ and he returned to the subject several times.

There are 3 versions of the painting: one, completed in 1853, now in Keble College

Oxford; the Manchester one, painted shortly afterwards and very similar; and then

a very large version painted almost 50 years later, which is in St Paul’s Cathedral.

By this time Hunt’s eyesight was failing and he was assisted by another artist, so

the quality is allegedly not as good as the others. However this version became the

most travelled art work in history, touring the globe on completion and known as

‘the sermon in the frame’, people flocked to see it. Hunt explained the symbolism of

Jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long unopened door, as a

representation of seeking access to our lives/our souls. Significantly, the door has

no handle on the outside – it can only be opened, to let Jesus in, by us from within.

Are we always willing to let him in?

St Paul’s has produced a booklet about the painting which is freely available online.

I’ve printed off a copy and put it on the table at the back of church if you’d like to

borrow it to read more about the imagery in this fascinating painting.

Pam Kojder

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Castaway This monthly series is inspired by the much loved and extremely popular series created by Roy Plomley: DESERT

ISLAND DISCS.

In it we get to know a little more of some of us from our Church community as

we imagine ourselves being a ‘Castaway’, and how we would cope.

This month Kathleen Vines reveals how she would while away her time.

What music would you like to imagine as you were stranded? (3 pieces)

I love the musicals with big gowns, so I’ll go for Rodgers and Hammerstein: ‘O

what a beautiful mornin’’ from Oklahoma! Then a Christmas song, ‘Mary’s Boy

Child’ sung by Harry Belafonte. When I was a child in Rotherham, we didn’t

have a wireless. I remember taking a battery to the cobbler’s to be charged. It

cost 6d!

Your food on the island may just be fruit or nuts, so what food and drink

would you rather be eating?

Fish! We had cod when we were little and hake was a favourite: baked, with

salt and pepper and butter (no herbs). There were nine of us children – five

girls and four boys: I was right in the middle. My mother made a stone of

bread every other day, which we ate with best butter; just the one meal a day

and we sometimes went to bed hungry. And there was no fresh milk. We had

Nestlé’s – eight tins a week – the same size as now.

And fruit – I like bananas and dates and any nuts. I moved to Blackpool, aged

21, at the end of the War, and worked with my mother-in-law in a

greengrocer’s. Then we had our own shop in Marton. My husband Geoffrey and

I ran a greengrocer’s in Marton for thirty years.

Your second choice of music?

Geoffrey’s favourite hymn was ‘O love that wilt not let me go’; but I’m going to

choose ‘How great Thou art’. I always lift my eyes to the top of the church

when I sing it: such lovely words!

If you were to encounter a ‘Man or Woman Friday’ or perhaps both (alive

or dead), who would you like it to be?

There’s only ‘One’, and He’s never left me. When Storm Desmond caused the

flood I walked all the way from Blackhall Road to Jenkins Crag Court. There

were no buses or taxis and a policeman couldn’t help. I never saw a soul; the

water was up to my knees, but that ‘Someone’ was with me.

What favourite place do you wish you were at instead of being castaway

on the island?

Somewhere warm and sunny. We once went to the USA for £42-2s-0d – to

Florida, where there was a Tussauds. There was no ‘Disney World’ in those

days.

Your third choice of music?

‘Moonlight and Roses’, sung by Jim Reeves, and The Three Tenors singing

‘Nessun Dorma’!

What book – apart from the Bible - would you like to read?

A book of flowers – an encyclopaedia; so I could look them all up and read about

them.

Apart from family and friends, what would you miss that you could have

with you on the Island?

My church. It was the best day’s work I ever did

coming to Kendal. I’ve made so many wonderful

friends. Church has always been the highlight of

the week. As children, we went to St Stephens’ in

Rotherham, which is pulled down now. At Marton

we had a little old church in a school, where we

moved the desks into the kitchen and put chairs

out. There was a blue curtain. Geoffrey was

churchwarden when we built a new church: St

Wilfred’s. The vicar was a young man named Bill

Hodgson and we paid £1 per brick.

Kathleen Vines was talking to Andrew Knowles 5

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Children’s pages

7th Kendal (St. George’s) Brownie Pack.

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We have enjoyed another packed term in Brownies, taking on not one but two

challenges: the Beatrix Potter challenge and the ‘upside down, back-to-front’ challenge.

We had some odd-looking Brownies running around this term as they took on this badge

with great gusto, many of them arriving each week with neckers, tops and sashes on

back-to-front! We also had a back-to-front night, where it was rather confusing to be

singing ‘Brownie Bells’ (our goodnight song) first!

The Beatrix Potter challenge inspired the girls to create some fantastic stories in the

style of the famous author and we were proud to send some entries in to Girlguiding

North England’s competition.

After we finished this challenge, conceived to celebrate the 150th anniversary of

Beatrix Potter’s birth, we were invited to speak on Lakeland Radio which was great fun

as Sapphire’s report shows.

This term, we are covering the Seasons and Stargazing badges and have already

completed a birdfeeder as the first task. We will be keeping a keen eye on them to see

if any birds brave the cold for a snack! We will also be looking at constellations, the

moon, planets, discovering spring festivals and making a rain gauge, as well as joining

with our Rainbow and Guide units to celebrate Thinking Day.

Snowy Owl Sapphire’s report on our visit to Lakeland Radio

Hello today I am here talking about the Peter Rabbit badge. First we had to do two

pages of a story. We had to do it based on an animal that lived in the countryside. It

was really exciting doing it because we all did different animals. When we had finished

our story we had somebody check if we won the Peter Rabbit competition. Sadly our

Brownie group didn’t win. This is how we got the Peter Rabbit badge. Four of us went

to Lakeland Radio. In Lakeland Radio we got to talk and answer questions and shouted

things out. Snowy Owl and Robin came but our leader didn’t come because she was ill so

at the end we shouted ‘GET WELL SOON’ on the radio. After we got outside we had

our picture taken next to a Lakeland Radio car.

After we went home and had a nice happy day.

Sapphire also recently completed her Writer badge and wanted to share some of her work

with us — see page 19

Well done to Sapphire and all our Brownies

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During the Christmas period the Dance Atikk was spreading Christmas cheer to

lots of local care and residential homes. They took the week of 5th December out

of their usual dance schedule to perform their dances to the residents. They

performed routines from street jazz, classical ballet, lyrical, modern, commercial

and even a wonderful cheery Christmas flash mob dance. Dancers from 3 - 18

years turned the care homes and residential homes purple for the week, spending

time with the residents of each home, chatting and getting to know each other.

Lucy Everett, the Dance Atikk principal and dance teacher, said

‘It’s been a wonderfully week. It was so lovely to see all the dancers young and old

swapping stories and giggling. I’m so very proud of each and every one of my

dancers this week. It’s been such a lovely experience, one we will treasure and

hopefully recreate again sometime soon. We visited Heron Hill Care Home, Grange

and Cartmel Care Home, Kendal Care Centre, Black Hall Croft, Edge Combe Court

and Kent Court residential homes . We were even joined by the Kendal Mayor Cllr

Stephen Coleman on Saturday and Deputy Mayor Andy Blackman and his wife on

Monday. It was wonderful to have their support for our mini tour. The Dance

Atikk has had such a wonderful week!’

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE DANCE ATIKK

OUT AND ABOUT : Penmon Priory, Anglesey

Many thanks to Anne Urquart for this interesting contribution.

A friend and I were on holiday on Anglesey in October and happened to pass this

small church on the Saturday - and immediately decided not to bother going to

Bangor cathedral for Sunday service, but to join worshippers at the priory instead,

as the sense of complete peace was so evident.

This little place is very unprepossessing, tucked away behind the ruins of the priory,

in a car park, opposite a rather interesting ruined dovecote.

St Seiriol, probably a hermit, lived in the 6th century, and there are the remains of

an oval well that has his name nearby. He was buried on nearby Puffin Island but

later his remains were brought to this little church near his well. The actual wooden

building was burned down in the 10th century, rebuilt in stone and ruined in the

dissolution, but repaired in the 19th century and has been used by the congregation

since then.

We found that the church itself is very small, and adjacent is the refurbished ruins

of a much older building, with 2 very old Celtic crosses housed for their own

protection, as well as some ancient stained glass and old masonry.

What attracted us was the almost palpable atmosphere of peace and timeless

tranquillity, which was evident as we crossed a tiny square of grass that used to be

the cloisters and had fruit bushes and a few flowers surrounding it. I suspect the

approach did not meet any modern H&S requirements!! and there is sadly no access

at all for less able visitors, but that lack of what we now expect as a standard,

ensured that the old time worn uneven steps retained that charm and sense of

history.

The service was started by the vicar, who left half way through to take the service

at the bigger Beaumaris church, and the service was concluded by the regular

congregation members. The service was almost exactly 50% in Welsh! We could

easily follow the gist, and it was startling how easily the regular parishioners

seamlessly switched between the 2 languages.

Altogether a wonderfully peaceful and meaningful service while on holiday.

When you’re out & about on your travels, however near or far from home, and you visit an interesting place of worship (of any faith) why not tell us about it. If you have an

information leaflet / parish magazine to share too, so much the better.

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Holy Matrimony

31st December 2016 Annika Elizabeth Coleman &

Joel Douglas Wallingham

Funerals

13th December 2016 Don Robbins

28th December 2016 Norman Chaplow

18th January 2017 Isabel Aiken

Drop Scones (also known as Scotch Pancakes) A Jubilee Recipe Book contribution from Molly Wilson

COOK’S CORNER

From our Parish registers

Method

Combine dry ingredients. Mix together

with egg, syrup, and a little milk.

Grease griddle. Get hot and then turn

down heat.

Drop tablespoons of mixture onto the

griddle.

When bubbles rise to the top turn with a

palette knife.

Place in a tea towel to cool.

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour

1 egg

½ teaspoon

bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon cream of

tarter

Pinch of salt

½ tablespoon sugar

½ tablespoon syrup

A little milk

Puzzle pages (answers on pages 13 and 14)

17 ‘Again and again he — the same sacrifices, which can never take away

sins’ (Hebrews 10:11) (6)

19 Mails (anag.) (5)

22 ‘He — — here; he has risen’ (Matthew 28:6) (2,3)

23 Defeated (Judges 20:43) (7)

24 Soldiers’ quarters (Acts 21:34) (8)

25 ‘Pillars of marble’ were how the Beloved described those of her Lover (Song of

Songs 5:15) (4)

Down 1 Totally destroyed (Genesis 7:23) (5,3)

2 What the Philippian jailer was told to do with his prisoners Paul and Silas (Acts

16:23) (5)

4 Object of ridicule (Job 12:4) (8-5)

5 In most years, the month in which Easter falls (5)

6 For example, Caesarea, Joppa, Tyre, Sidon (7)

7 ‘[Jesus] was in the desert for forty — , being tempted by Satan’ (Mark 1:13) (4)

8 ‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power — to our God’ (Revelation 19:1) (6)

13 Mend dots (anag.) (8)

15 Purifier (Malachi 3:3) (7)

16 Attacked (1 Samuel 27:8) (6)

18 The good Samaritan to the innkeeper: ‘When I return, I will reimburse you for any

— expense you may have’ (Luke 10:35) (5)

20 How Matthew described the crowds who followed Jesus (Matthew 4:25) (5)

21 For example, one of 25 Across (Judges 19:29) (4)

This month’s crossword

Across 1 Salary (Isaiah 19:10) (4)

3 Question Jesus asked of those healed of

leprosy, ‘Were not all ten — ?’ (Luke 17:17)

(8)

9 Wide, elevated level area of land (Joshua

13:9) (7)

10 ‘So you also must be — , because the Son

of Man will come... when you do not expect

him’ (Matthew 24:44) (5)

11 ‘[He] said to the man, “Stretch out your

hand.” He — — , and his hand was completely

restored’ (Luke 6:10) (3,2)

12 ‘Who has gathered up the wind in the —

of his hand?’ (Proverbs 30:4) (6)

14 Not born again (13)

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Wordsearch The Queen’s Accession 65 years ago this month, King George VI died in the night between 5th & 6th February

1952, while at Sandringham. In far away Kenya, his daughter, Elizabeth, was proclaimed

sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II. Proclamations were then made in different realms on 6,

7, 8 and 11 February, depending on geographical location and time zone.

On 6th February The Accession Council issued for publication in that day’s London

Gazette, a statement which began : ‘WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to call to

His Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth of Blessed and Glorious

memory, by whose Decease the Crown is solely and rightfully come to the High and

Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary…” and a new chapter in British and

Commonwealth history had begun.

Sudoku Crossword answers

Sixty

Five

Years

King

George

Died

February

Kenya

Daughter

Elizabeth

Sovereign

Proclamations

Realms

Accession

Council

London

Gazetter

British

History

Whereas

Almighty

God

Mercy

Blessed

Glorious

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI

Sudoku and wordsearch answers

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The next meeting of the Church Fellowship will be the Annual

General Meeting on the 8th March 2017.

The committee would like as many members and non-members to

attend as the future of the Fellowship will be discussed.

Jean Gibson

Postage Stamps Please keep saving your used postage stamps to help charities!

Remember to bring them down to Church and put them in the box at the back

of Church and they will be passed on to Charities for the Blind who can use them for fund

raising.

Please would you leave about 5mm (or 1/4 “, if you prefer!) of paper round each stamp to

help with removing them from the paper.

Thanks to all those who faithfully bring in their stamps already. Please keep up the

good work!

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Keeping St George’s website up-to-date

Don’t forget that our website team need to know whatev-

er you’re up to – so that we can help let the wider commu-

nity know. So …

if you have a meeting or event to advertise, please

email [email protected]

if you have a news item (report of a meeting or appeal

for help), please

email [email protected]

if you have a suggestion for the website in any other

way, please email [email protected]

Thank you

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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Our November meeting was greatly enjoyed by all. John Blake joined us & entertained us

with poems, readings and a quiz. We also sang together the first two carols of the

Christmas season. Thank you very much to John for his support.

On Wednesday 7th December we had an excellent Christmas Lunch at Stonecross

Manor.

Our AGM was on Wednesday 25th January & we are looking forward to a full programme

of meetings in 2017.

We meet on the last Wednesday of the month at 2.00 pm in the Radley Room. MU

is open to both men & women and all are welcome to join us at any of our meetings.

Why not come along to find out more about us?

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 22nd February with Nikki Smith , Community Artist .

On Wednesday March 29th Mary Stone will talk to us about her work with the charity

Double Joy.

Elizabeth Brassington

Help needed with flowers for church The new flower rota is now on the noticeboard; please could arrangers sign up for

the weeks they are able to cover. This is for the two months up to the start of Lent

but we only have donors for alternate weeks. If anybody else would like to place

flowers in church, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We also need more people to help with arranging from time to time. If you are not

confident to arrange flowers but could pop into church to make sure that flowers are

watered and any dead heads removed on the weeks when there is no donor,

that would help us to maintain the provision of flowers at St. George's.

The number of arrangers is diminishing and we need more help!

Please talk to Jan Dudek (734339) or Mary Atkinson (726634)

Notes from the PCC by Jan Dudek

The January meeting of the PCC had a full agenda. There are always reports from various

meetings, dates of future ones and general housekeeping matters to consider; this is a brief

report on some of the other main matters discussed.

The full accounts will be presented at the next meeting, but Peter Dudek gave a financial update

and highlighted the donations received in relation to the Flood Café and the Hub, where the Kendal

Lions continue to provide the food. He also reminded us that St. George’s received a grant for the

purchase of the new chairs and trolleys because they facilitate the use of the building by

community groups alongside church activities.

Ken gave Peter a cheque for church funds, following the formal winding up of the St. George’s

Players. They have requested that half of the £2,000 should be used for work with children and

young people.

Jean said that Isabel Aiken’s family would like the money collected at the Thanksgiving service to

be used for a particular item in her memory. It was agreed that this would be used to replace the

carpet in the Den and a suitable plaque would be put up.

Peter reported that a quotation has been received for the repair of the leading to the church

windows to make the building more weathertight and hopefully less draughty. The cost will be

about £2,000 per window. Penetrating damp has badly affected the outer wall of the Den which is

the entrance to the church and the Upper Hall, a steady source of income from lettings. It was

felt that both these areas need to be redecorated and we need to do what we can to improve the

situation. One of the two windows in the Den is the one in the worst condition and top of the list

for renovation. It was decided that we will go ahead with the work to these two windows initially.

There was a discussion about the heating in church and the use of the building during the winter

months. It was agreed that the service would be held in church unless the weather forecast is

particularly grim.

We considered if children who have been baptised should be able to receive communion before

they have been confirmed. After a thought provoking discussion , the majority felt that these

children are already members and an important part of the church family and they would be

included in a meal. It was stressed that this would be subject to their parents’ agreement and

that confirmation remains an important step when a young person is able to make their own public

commitment.

Following Peter Barker’s decision to resign as organist, the PCC wished to recognise his

contribution to St. George’s in many different ways. It was agreed that we would send him a Book

Token and “Thank You” card. Future plans for music at St. George’s were part of a report from

the Liturgy group that is outlined in Ian’s article (see overleaf)

The Annual Parish meeting will be held after the service on St. George’s

Day, 23rd April. It will be followed by lunch.

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Report on Church Worship by Ian Wilson

When the PCC met recently in January, one of the items under discussion was the future direction

of worship at St George’s. This was in part a response to the resignation of Peter Barker as

organist, but also because the PCC had planned to review the experiment of using a Nave Altar. We

would like to thank Peter for his contribution to the worship at St George’s over many years and

wish him well.

There were three items on the agenda.

Firstly Music in Worship: A discussion took place about the wider future of music in the worship

life of St George’s. It was agreed that we should have a mixture of musical styles within our

worship, and that the organ should continue to play a central role in that music provision, but not an

exclusive one. This would be best fulfilled by a consistent pattern of musical styles that everyone

would be aware of in advance. It is therefore proposed that the following be introduced:

There will be one Sunday per month where the organ is played and where the hymns and music are broadly traditional.

There will be one Sunday per month where there is an organist, but where more modern hymns are included.

There will continue to be one Sunday for All Age Worship where there is no organist.

There will be one Sunday where we develop worship using other instruments including a keyboard, and include the singing group. In the interim it may be necessary to use CDs at

this service.

Each style of worship would be on a specific Sunday each month, but the pattern will be agreed

when we have finalised engaging new organist(s).

Secondly we discussed the role of an Organist: The PCC believe that it is sensible not to appoint a

single organist, but rather we should find a different person for each of the two Sundays where

organ music is to feature in the worship. This gives flexibility if someone is unavailable. Ideally, one

of the two people appointed would also be asked to develop a music group to work alongside the

Singers for one Sunday each month.

Lastly we discussed the use of the Nave Altar: The Nave Altar had been introduced on a trial

basis. The PCC supported the idea that having a Nave Altar was in principal a good idea. However,

having two different places for people to receive communion has not been popular with many, and

the temporary nature of the small table is a problem.

It was agreed that, for the time being, we return to using the high altar, but we will offer

communion to those unable to walk up to the high altar by placing two Eucharistic Ministers in the

body of the church. The PCC will carry out a feasibility study into reordering the area around the

chancel steps to see if a purpose-built nave altar might be constructed in the future.

Should you have any comments about these matters, please feel free to

talk to Ian Wilson, Chair of the Liturgy Group, or to the Rev. Jean Radley

or any PCC member.

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Continued from page 8 ; Sapphire’s work for her Writer badge : Christmas time

(Completed for clause 1- write a poem that is not longer than 20 lines) Christmas time is a time for giving, Christmas time is a time for singing. Christmas time is a

time for sharing, Christmas time is a time for caring.

Christmas time is when a baby was born. In a stable he did yawn. The stars shone bright in

Bethlehem, which guided the shepherds and kings to him.

Sheep and cattle and gifts they bring, to celebrate the birth of Jesus their King. This is why

we celebrate Christmas, so I will end my poem here and give everyone good wishes.

My favourite TV show

(Completed for clause 2 write a scene for your favourite TV or radio pro-

gramme, along with the report on our visit to Lakeland Radio)

One of my favourite TV shows is called ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ and these are my

ideas of what they shall do. First they should eat an ice cream with alive spiders in them.

The next challenge is to climb into a deadly tunnel filled with worms, spiders, snakes and

cockroaches. My next challenge would be to climb a wall with horrible animals. It would be

horrible animals coming at you like a herd of animals. It would feature all winners of the past

‘I’m a Celebrity. Every celebrity would have to face their own personal fear. In the celebrity

chest challenge two celebs would dress up as gnomes and have to sit by a pond full of keys

until they find the right key to open the safe. Ant and Dec would still be the hosts of the

show but will have to go head to head in a challenge of their own. They would have to go on a

wobbly-bridge full of jungle critters and whoever wins would get a special prize. I think Ant

would win because he is more physical than Dec.

Team Rector: Revd Nigel Davies St Oswald’s Vicarage, Burneside 722015

Associate Priest: Revd Jean Radley 21 Gallowbarrow, Kendal 738046

Retired Priest: Revd Peter Smith

Licensed Lay Minister (Reader:) Brian Stabler Knott Dale, Stockbeck 729205

Methodist Minister with PTO Revd. Peter Barker 2 Beckside 737748

Churchwardens: Julie Armitstead 7 Northgate 721203

Reg Metcalfe 25 Rydal Road 720622

Deputy Warden Ken Tulley 34 Kentgate Place 733779

Verger: Val Carradus 6 Castle Road 721946

Secretary: Jean Gibson 28 Rusland Park 735060

Treasurer: Peter Dudek 82 Greenside 734339

Bookings Secretary Chris Greenfield [email protected] 720018

FWO/Covenant Secretary: Beryl Tulley 34 Kentgate Place 733779

Electoral Roll Secretary : Jennie Haigh The Acorns, 103 Parkside Road 721503

Organist : Peter Barker 2 Beckside 737748

Baptism Secretary : Judith Cropper 7 Copperfield Lane, Kendal 079 09766861

Friend in Need Scheme : Eileen Allen 725013

George’s Network Jenny Stabler Knott Dale, Stockbeck 729205

CMS Partner: Ruth Radley [email protected]

Rainbows Tuesdays, 6.00pm to 7.00pm : Jenny Webster 728002

Brownies Thursdays, 6.00pm to 7.15pm (term time) : Linda Reynolds 730985

17 High Garth [email protected] 077844 05207

Guides Tuesdays 6.00pm to 7.30pm : Donna Malcolm 725308

Church Fellowship Second Wednesday of the month 7pm : Mo Little 724435

Mothers’ Union Last Wednesday in the month at 2pm : Elizabeth Brassington 738498

16 Esthwaite Green [email protected]

Parish Magazine Pam Kojder [email protected]

Church Website Lois Sparling [email protected]

Church Office: (answerphone when office unmanned) 720018

Beacon Team Administrator

Chris Greenfield Church Office: [email protected]

720018

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