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The Discipleship Project Launches

A new course is set to help encourage people explore what lay ministry they may be being called to across Cumbria.

The Discipleship Project is an ecumenical course and will begin in September, with six core sessions to be run over a year from the Diocese of Carlisle’s Church House offices in Penrith and other supplementary modules to be run across the county.

It aims to support those people who want to explore what ministry they may be being called to, in or outside of a church context.

The Rev Nicky Smith, Director of Ministry Development for the Diocese of Carlisle and who has developed the course, explained: “What we’re offering is something that’s really exciting; it’s the chance for churches, parishes and mission communities to draw alongside the course to help people explore their calling.

“This is about blessing those people who take part in the course so that, in turn, they can then bless the churches and communities they serve in new ways.”

Click here to read more and here to book on the course.

Consecration Countdown

Final preparations are being put in place ahead of next week's consecration of the Rev Canon Rob Saner-Haigh as the new Bishop of Penrith.

The service will take place at York Minster on Friday 15 July from 11am and will be livestreamed via the Minster's website.

Please do continue to hold Rob, his wife Emma and their three children - Ollie, Jemima and Hal - in your prayers ahead of the service and as he takes up his new position from the start of September.

Please note that if you need to contact Rob you are asked to use the following email: bishop.penrith@carlislediocese.org.uk.

Ordinations 2022 Round Up

Click above to watch a film of the ordinations of five curates as Deacons at Carlisle Cathedral on Saturday 25 June. They are:

• Lindsay Harrod to serve East of Eden Mission Community
• Simon Jones to serve Barrow Mission Community
• Rob McLellan to serve Helm Mission Community
• Barbara Robinson to serve Grasmoor Mission Community
• Hannah Wallace to serve Kent Estuary Mission Community

A sixth curate, Matthew Richards, will be ordained Deacon in a service at St Kentigern's Aspatria on Thursday 14 July at 6.30pm and will serve Solway Plain Mission Community.

• Click here to view a series of photos which caught the joy of the ordinations.

A Special Prayer For Ordinands

Please do use this special prayer for all our ordinands and their families in the year ahead.

Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer God,
who you call your faithful people into a life of service,
help us to nurture and hold in love
all those who are ordained at this time in the life of your Church.
Teach us your ways,
that we might recognise your Mission in the world,
your compassion in caring for others,
and your love deep within every human heart.
We ask this in your Holy Name,
as one undivided Trinity of love,
now and for evermore. Amen

Epic Cycle Ride For Church Organ

A west Cumbrian church organist has completed a marathon 3,800-mile cycle ride raising thousands of pounds towards the restoration of the historic instrument he plays.

On Monday (4 July) John Corran pedalled back to his home church of St Paul’s Irton, near Gosforth, having criss-crossed England, cycling to every St Paul’s church in the country.

In 2019 retired headteacher John, 69, came up with the idea to visit the churches to raise funds for the restoration of the Grade II listed, 147-year-old organ which he plays at Irton.

He said: “In 2018 we had a thorough survey completed of the organ to establish what work needed to be done. Those in the know in the organ world say it’s a fantastic instrument and one which is very much worth keeping."

Click here to read more or here to donate.

Contactless Giving - Helpful Tips

In the last of three films about the Diocese of Carlisle's national pilot for contactless giving, we hear how churches developed best practice to encourage donations.

Dr Chris Angus, the treasurer and a churchwarden at Lanercost Priory, provides tips on where best to locate a contactless unit and who may be best expected to donate.

Lanercost Priory raised £4,623 over 12 months, the highest total of any Cumbrian church on the pilot scheme.

Bishop's Harvest Appeal Fundraiser

Two Cumbrian Mothers’ Union members have kicked off a 300-mile fundraising cycle ride to benefit the Bishop of Carlisle’s Harvest appeal.

Retired hospital consultant Deb Lee - who was appointed the MU’s Cumbrian President earlier this year - has taken to the saddle alongside Action and Outreach Co-ordinator Daphne Sisson.

They plan to visit every church in Cumbria which has an MU branch and on Wednesday (6 July), set off from Lanercost Priory on the first of 10 legs which will take in Carlisle Cathedral, three priories and 48 churches.

Each route will average about 30 miles with Deb and Daphne also being photographed outside each of the parish churches. They plan to finish at Cartmel Priory on 30 July.

Deb explained: “The purpose of the ride is two-fold. Firstly, we want to raise both money for and awareness of the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal and, secondly, I want to meet as many members as possible."

Click here to read more and here to sponsor them.

The Kentigern School - Places

Three places are still available for the fourth running of The St Kentigern School, a collaboration between the Diocese of Carlisle and the Sacred Space Foundation which offers a deep exploration of the contemplative tradition.

The course is open to all people: of faith and none. It includes monthly, hour-long online groups for further teaching and spiritual direction and two residential weekends (held at the Blencathra Centre, near Keswick, 30 September to 2 October and 21 to 23 April, 2023).

The focus of the programme will be on the key virtues of the contemplative and how to ground them in everyday life.

Cost for 2022/23 is £600 which includes course materials, the Heartfullness book, and all meals, refreshments and accommodation for the residential weekends. Options to pay by instalment can be arranged.

Click here to contact course leader the Rev Prof Stephen Wright.

Cumbrian MA Mission Prize Winner

Congratulations go to Owen May - a member of St Michael's Dalston and who project manages Scriptural Reasoning programmes and content for the Rose Castle Foundation - who has won a prestigious award.

Owen scooped the Churches Together in England MA Mission Prize for his thesis entitled A Theology of Mission for Scriptural Reasoning – Guesthood: The Good Samaritan, The Incarnation, and Mystery.

Owen became a Christian at 17 having grown up in a Christian family. He ended up studying theology at Durham before taking up his role at the Rose Castle Foundation, which is a peacebuilding organisation specialising in the Abrahamic faiths, which equips tomorrow’s leaders with the skills, tools, and habits needed to transform conflict.

Click here to read more.

Pioneer Mission Taster Event

Join Northern Mission Centre staff for an online taster event on Wednesday 20 July 7.30pm – 9.30pm.

This is an opportunity to experience and hear more about the course and to meet and ask questions of a previous student. This is a free online event.

Click here to book or email here for information.

Church Percussion Performance

A well-respected percussionist will perform a concert in a Cumbrian church this weekend.

Steven Moore will play St Kentigern's Caldbeck, on Sunday 10 July at 6pm. Admission is free with donations invited towards church funds with refreshments provided after the concert.

Click here for more information.

DBS Training

A reminder that 31:8 our DBS provider are offering two dates to join an interactive training webinar for lead recruiters and additional recruiters within parishes.

This information has already been emailed out to all parishes that are signed up to 31:8, and you can also book on to the training using the link below.

Click here to book training.

However if people would prefer to attend an evening training session then they are asked to email on the link below.

Click here to register interest in an evening session.

Diocesan Announcements

The latest list of diocesan announcements has been posted to our website.

Please continue to pray for all those who are set to take on new posts in the Diocese of Carlisle and for those who have announced their retirement or are moving on.

• Click here for the latest announcements.

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