Welcome Sheet 8th February 2015

Parish Office
South Street
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 9RU
Opening Times
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Cockermouth Area Team
9.30 am to 4.00 pm
9.30 am to 4.00 pm
9.30 am to 12.00 noon
Tel: 01900 829926
An Answering Machine will take
[email protected] messages at other times.
If you require any photocopying this can be done by either
leaving the details of how many and what size, stating which
church it is for or if it is personal, in the letter box of Christ
Church Rooms or by calling in during office hours. Any work
left will be done on Friday morning ready for
collection/distribution.
Please send items for future notice sheets to the:
Parish Administrator (Sue Lake) to be received by
Wednesday noon.
Parish Web site:
www.cockermouthareachurches.org.uk
Is the place to visit for details about the 4 churches in the team
and to check the rotas and Parish Diary. Please don’t forget to
check the rotas each week for any amendments. If you can’t do
your duty please telephone the office BEFORE THURSDAY to
let us know.
Services for Sunday 15th February 2015
Praying and Working together to share the
Light of Christ
Welcome
Today’s Services 8th February 2015
Second Sunday before Lent
Readings: OT: Isaiah 40:21-31
NT: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Gospel: Mark 1:29-39
“Roots” Bible Theme - The Healer
All Saints
9.30 am
Holy Communion
3.00 pm
All Saints
9.30 am
Morning Prayer
Christ Church, Cockermouth
Christ Church, Cockermouth
8.00 am
8.00 am
Holy Communion
10.45 am
10.45 am
Holy Communion
4.00 pm
Holy Communion
Morning Prayer
Messy Church
Christ Church, Great Broughton
Christ Church, Great Broughton
10.45 am
10.45 am
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion & Sunday School
Parish Verse for 2015
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15 v 13
Parish Clergy
Adrian Thompson
01900 821288
[email protected]
Day Off Monday
Pastoral Counsellor
Elizabeth Brough
01900 823117
[email protected]
Licensed Lay Ministers
Chris Albon
Ann Peate
Lucy Thompson
Andy Walsh
01900 826125
01900 829616
01900 821288
01900 823895
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
If you can, please stay for coffee after the service
which will be served in the Church at All Saints,
St. Bridget’s and at Christ Church, Cmth; it’s a
good opportunity to meet and chat together.
Holy Communion
St Bridget’s
St Bridget’s
11.00 am
Oasis - An Iona Style Service for
Candlemas followed by Afternoon Tea
11.00 am
Morning Prayer & Sunday School
Team Rector for the Cockermouth Area Team
We are thrilled to be able to announce that we have a
new Team Rector - Revd Godfrey Butland (and his wife
Lesley) who at present is the Rector in the Mosley Hill
Team Ministry, Liverpool.
Godfrey’s Licensing Service will take place on Suinday
17th May at 5.00 pm with the Bishop of Carlisle officiating.
OASIS AT ALL SAINTS
AN IONA STYLE SERVICE
FOR CANDLEMAS
"CARRYING THE LIGHT
OF CHRIST"
Sunday 8th February 2015 at 3.00 p.m.
the Service will lead into
Afternoon Tea
Please COME and join us
DIARY for week beginning 9th February 2015
Monday 9th
10.00 am Prayers at Ten (All Saints)
12.00 noon Age UK Friendship Group (St Bridget’s)
Tuesday 10th
7.30 pm Mayo Park Home Group (51 Mayo Park)
Wednesday 11th
7.45 am Called to Prayer (All Saints)
10.00 am Holy Communion (Christ Church, Cmth)
11.00 am Funeral - Allan Dixon (All Saints)
1.00 pm Bridekirk Baby Club
3.00 pm (St Bridget’s Church Room)
7.30 pm Kirkgate Home Group (45 Kirkgate)
7.30 pm Belle Vue Home Group
(7 Belle Vue, Papcastle)
8.00 pm Slatefell Home Group (5 Gable Avenue)
Thursday 12th
10.00 am Holy Communion (Christ Church, GB)
2.00 pm Cumbrian Codgers - Bell Ringers (All Saints)
7.30 pm Pastoral Care Course (St Bridget’s)
Friday 13th
9.45 am Pilgrim Course (The Garden House [beside
Rose Cottage] Lorton Road)
1.30 pm Baby Club (Christ Church, Cmth)
CHRIST CHURCH, COCKERMOUTH
Welcome team training and an opportunity
for new members
As a follow up to our Growing Disciples Workshop, all
current members of the Christ Church Cockermouth
welcome teams from 8.00 am and 10.45 am services are
invited to attend a welcomers' training session on
THURSDAY 5th MARCH 2015 at 8.00 pm in Christ
Church, Cockermouth.
Can all welcomers please let Gill Hackney or Cath
Soulsby know if you can't be there.
New team members welcome - Any one who is
interested in joining either of the welcome teams should
see Gill or Cath and come along to the training evening.
Election Forum
On Monday 2nd March at 7.30 pm at Christ
Church, Cockermouth, a representative from CARE is
coming to Cockermouth to encourage and equip
congregations for the campaign period. An Election
Forum is an interactive evening addressing the Biblical
foundations for politics, Christian thinking about key
issues and ways to get involved. CARE's hope and prayer
is that the Forum will act as a stimulus for the church to
host a Candidates' Question Time.
If you would like to be part of the organising group for a
Hustings Meeting (Candidates' Question Time) please
contact Gillian Hackney on 01900 823445 or
[email protected].
Women’s World Day of Prayer
Friday 6th March, 10.30 am
at
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Crown Street
Praying for the Bahamas
All are welcome
Cockermouth Soroptimists
invite you
to a musical evening with
All Saints’ Community Rock
Choir and friends
at Christ Church, Cockermouth
Friday 13th March, 7.30 pm
Tickets £5 and £3 concessions, Raffle and Refreshments
All proceeds to Povertyswap and other
Soroptimists charities.
Tickets available from Billy Bowman’s
Refresher Day for Men
Saturday 28th March
Cath Soulsby (01900 827315 [email protected])
St Andrew’s Mirehouse, Whitehaven
Gill Hackney (01900 823445 [email protected])
10.00 am to 4.00 pm £10.00 per head
(includes lunch)
PARISH NOTICES AND EVENTS
New group for parents and carers of preschool
children, including babies.
Meeting 1.30 pm - 2.45 pm in the crèche of Christ
Church, Cockermouth every 1st and 3rd Friday (not
school holidays).
Join us for play, a bible story, songs and a drink.
First meeting Friday 6th February at 1.30 pm.
Grace, Caroline and Volunteer Team
More details on the website soon…
A Day of Teaching, Worship and Ministry
looking at the Big 3 - MONEY, SEX & POWER
To Book, Contact Rev Chris Casey,
[email protected] or Tel: 01946693565
We are low on the
following items this week:
Tinned Fruit
Coffee – 100g and 200g
Sugar, small and normal
UHT Fruit Juice 1ltr
Christian Aid Lent Lunches,
2015
Pastoral Care Course
Christ Church Rooms
Cockermouth
Thursday 12th February at 7.30 pm
in St Bridget’s Church Room
11.30 am to 1.15 pm
A Christian perspective - what makes Christian
pastoral care distinctive?
We look forward to greeting all the people who have
signed up for this Course.
COURSES FOR LENT 2015
Several Home Groups (and one church based course) are
going to be running open Lent Courses and it is hoped
that anyone who doesn't normally manage to attend a
group regularly will be able to join one of the groups for
the 5 weeks between Ash Wednesday and Holy Week.
These groups include:
Hope Actually (run by Slatefell Homegroup) - a look at
the Gospels and the hope we find in Jesus Christ, and its
power to transform our increasingly anxious and cynical
society. Wednesdays at 8.00 pm - starting February 25th
(contact Bill Soulsby 01900 827315)
B.B.C. 'Passion' (run by Culgarth Ave Homegroup) running now to get the whole series watched but people
may slot in. Mondays at 7.30 pm next meeting 16th Feb
then fortnightly (contact Jan and Mike Heslop 01900
829542)
Life Attitudes (run by Bellevue Homegroup) - a study
on the Beatitudes, starting 18th Feb, Wednesdays at
7.30 pm (Contact Laura Connolly on 01946 861045 or
Ian Faulds)
Romans 8 (run by Kirkgate Homegroup) - beginning 25th
February, Wednesdays at 7.00 pm. (contact Trevor and
Elizabeth Brough 01900 823117)
You will need to book your place with the respective
Home Group leader as places will be limited.
The Pilgrim Course ('Lord's Prayer') - Beginning on
Ash Wednesday, 18th February at Bridekirk/Great
Broughton) A six week study and reflection on 'The
Lord's Prayer'. (Open to anyone)
18th February, 7. 00 pm Bridekirk Church Room including
7.30 pm Ash Wednesday Holy Communion Service
(Bridekirk Church) and concluding after the service
finishing by 8.45 pm
25th February, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Christ Church, Great
Broughton
4th March, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Bridekirk Church Room
11th March, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Christ Church Great
Broughton
18th March, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Bridekirk Church Room
25th March, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Christ Church Great
Broughton
Please contact Ann Peate 01900 829616 for further
information or just turn up on Ash Wednesday.
Every Friday from February
20th to Good Friday,
April 3rd inclusive
Home made Soup, Bread and
Cheese , Coffee and Tea
Minimum donation £3.
All proceeds/profit will go to Christian Aid
Christ Church remains the base for the annual Christian
Aid lent lunches. Barbara Rothwell has kindly co-ordinated
the lent lunches for a good number of years, and this role
has now been handed over to Martyn Evans the Local
Organiser for Christian Aid, Cockermouth and District.
The dates are as follows:
February 20th - Christ Church and Bridekirk
February 27th - All Saints
March 6th - Lorton Street Methodist
March 13th - Kings Church and the Christian Centre
March 20th - Paddle and the URC
March 27th - Friends and St Josephs
April 3rd Good Friday - Cockermouth Christian Aid
Group
Christ Church/Bridekirk: Please contact Anne Crozier,
Tel 825337, if you are able to make some soup, help set
up, or be a waiter, waitress or help out in the kitchen on
Friday February 20th when Christ Church and Bridekirk
are responsible for the lent lunches. Thank you.
Cockermouth Area Parish
Walking Group
Our second walk of the year will
be on Saturday 21st February and
will be ‘Keswick–Town Trail to
Crosthwaite’ from Moot Hall at
10.00 am.
The walking programme for 2015 is being prepared and
will be available shortly.
Any queries, phone Stan on 01900 828821
Cornerstone Christian Bookshop
Whitehaven 01946 695460
We stock a wide range of Bibles and Christian books,
cards, gifts music, gift vouchers and more.
Call in and have a look around. 5 Church Street,
Whitehaven.
Open Monday to Saturday 10.00 am till 4.00 pm
(Closed Wednesday at 1.30 pm)