Raughton Head Parish Magazine
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Contact Numbers All Saints - Vicar Rev Steve Carter 01228 710215 Raughton Head - Church Wardens Mrs Joan Bowman 016974 76318 Mr David Hallsworth 016974 76329 - Key Holders Mrs Joan Bowman 016974 76318 Mrs Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 Rev Steve Carter 01228 710215 Parish Magazine Mr David Hallsworth 016974 76329 Mr Rod Phillips 016974 76172 Mrs Glenda Furniss 016974 76535 Community Policeman PCSO Pete Aiston 079675 72174 April 2015 Non Emergency 101 Dalston Parish Council - Clerk Paul Barton 01228 712766 Free Church Mrs Ruth Bainbridge 016974 76316 Mrs Estelle Bainbridge 016974 76448 Flower Rota Mrs Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 Gaitsgill Playgroup Kerry 07834 613037 Caroline 016974 76221 Lay Reader Mrs Doreen Hallsworth 016974 76329 Methodist Chapel Secretary Mrs Ann Porter 016974 73002 Neighbourhood Watch Mrs M Pinguey 016974 76279 Mr Geoff Thomlinson 016974 76297 Parish Administrator Mrs Helen Banks 077205 66610 Church House – Thursdays 10.00 – 16.00 Parish Magazine Mr Tony Furniss 016974 76535 PCC - Secretary Mrs Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 - Treasurer Mr John Thomlinson 01461 338049 Primrose Hall - Secretary Jackie Collinson 016974 76590 - Bookings Mrs Suzanne Martin 016974 76261 Raughton Head School - Head Mrs A Armstrong 016974 76291 Raughton Head WI - President Mrs Jackie Collinson 016974 76590 - Secretary Mrs Marian Collins 016974 76903 Reader Emeritus Mrs Margaret Messenger 016974 76405 Redspearlands Footpath Mr David Wood 07527081212 Tuesday Club Mrs Penny Jones 016974 76465 th Mrs Elizabeth Martin 01228 711817 Solar Eclipse 20 March 2015, taken Joyce Thompson 01228 710956 Voluntary Social Car Scheme Mrs Felicity Kaye 016974 76376 from Highbridge by Kay Robinson Mrs Ina Monkhouse 016974 76462 Mrs Janet Fitzjohn 01228 711454 Young Farmers - Chair George Mitchinson 077033 67899 - Secretary Rosie Faulder 078503 81270 There are more Solar Eclipse photographs on the Parish Magazine website www.raughtonheadparishmagazine.org.uk Choose “Picture Gallery” from the sidebar All Saints Church – April Services Email Addresses Dalston PC Paul Barton [email protected] Services Dalston Website Ronnie Auld [email protected] Date Time Service Neighbourhood Mrs Margaret Pinguey [email protected] 5th April 06.00 am. Sunrise Service Watch Mr Geoff Thomlinson [email protected] 5th April 11.00 am. Holy Communion Parish Admin. Mrs Helen Banks [email protected] 12th April 11.00 am. Holy Communion Parish Magazine Mr Tony Furniss [email protected] 19th April 6.00 pm. Informal Service PCC Secretary Mrs Margaret Pinguey [email protected] 26th April 11.00 am. Holy Communion PCC Treasurer Mr John Thomlinson [email protected] School Mrs A Armstrong [email protected] Readings Vicar Reverend Steve Carter [email protected] Date Old Testament Epistle Reader th 5 Acts 10. 34-43 1 Corinthians 15. 1-11 Mr M Burbury 12th Acts 4. 32-35 1 John 1. 1 - 2. 2 Mrs D Hallsworth 19th Acts 3. 12-19 1 John 3. 1-7 Informal Service Church Guardians 26th Acts 4. 5-12 1 John 3. 16-end Mrs F Thomlinson rd Begin Saturday evening. Get the key from the previous holder. 3 Acts 8. 26-end 1 John 4. 7-end Mrs F Kaye th 28 March Rod Phillips 016974 76172 th 4 April Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 Gospel Readings (to be read by the preacher) th Date Sunday Gospel 11 April Ian Reed 016974 76166 th th 18 April Kaye Robinson 016974 76463 5 April Easter Day Mark 16. 1-8 th 12th April Easter 2 John 20. 19-end 25 April Hilary Yardley 016974 76374 nd 19th April Easter 3 Luke 24. 36-48 2 May Tricia Aitken 016974 76370 th 26th April Easter 4 John 10. 11-18 9 May Marion Arter 016974 76402 3rd May Easter 5 John 15. 1-8 Rotas Date Prayers Flowers Cleaning Deadlines th 5 Mrs C Ebbatson Easter Easter th th Copy for the May edition of the Parish Magazine by Sunday 19 April. 12 Mrs G Furniss Wedding Wedding All emails will be acknowledged before final date for copy. th 19 Mrs J Bowman Mrs O Wilson-Young If no acknowledgement, please contact: 26th Mrs K Robinson Mrs Arter and Family Tony Furniss, Keepers Barn, Raughton, Carlisle, CA5 7AQ. rd Telephone: 016974 76535 Mobile: 077633 70171 3 Mrs E Edmondson Mrs G Furniss & Mrs L Phillips [email protected] 2 15 Easter Art Exhibition Message Cumdivock Art Group are holding an Easter Art Exhibition, on Saturday 4th April in Once more we are in miracle season. We’re surrounded by them! New life is again St. John's Church, Cumdivock, from 10.00 am. - 4.00 pm. Free entry. replacing death. After the deadness of winter we are witnessing trees and plants coming Cumdivock WI will be serving refreshments in the WI Hut, Cumdivock. back to life. Birds are nesting and colour is blossoming all around us. It’s amazing what Part proceeds in aid of church funds and the WI. Spring can do for our spirits, too. We may not feel dead in spirit, depressed or fed-up with We look forward to seeing you. Further information from the way life is during Winter, but when Spring arrives it lifts our spirits, helping us to feel Chris Henderson - 01228 710282. that we can breathe again with the freshness of clean, new life. It gives us hope! The Church’s year mirrors that transformation from death to life with the liturgical season of Lent moving into Easter Celebrations. Through Lent we see our true selves and have Community Lunch the opportunity to repent as we see the pain that Jesus had to bear for our sakes. Then, on Sunday 5th April (Easter Sunday) in Primrose Hall, Gaitsgill at 12.30 pm. Easter Day, the freshness of forgiveness and new birth in a risen Christ shines out to wipe An opportunity to get together with others in our community. Everyone welcome. the pain completely away! Come and enjoy a lovely meal and a chat! Always on the first Sunday in the month Ruth Bainbridge - 016974 76316 Castle Sowerby Chapel – Easter Events Good Friday Service 3rd April at 7.30 pm. Speaker: Ian Taylor, Regional Manager, Samaritan’s Purse Light refreshments to follow Children’s Easter Fun Easter Saturday (4th April) 1.00 am. – 12 noon Crafts & Games Easter Sunday Family Service 5th April at 10.30 am. The first of Jesus’ miracles to be recorded in John’s gospel takes place during a wedding Sunday School taking part at Cana in Galilee. The worst nightmare for any groom in those days was to run out of Tea & coffee afterwards wine during the wedding feast – he could be fined for such bad preparation – but that is exactly what happened at this feast. Somehow, Mary knew that her son, Jesus, could do Everyone Welcome something about it, so she told him of the problem. His solution was an interesting one that said a lot about his ministry and the prevailing religion at the time. Jesus points to six ceremonial stone jars (the kind used in religious purification ceremonies, each holding twenty to thirty gallons) and tells the servants to fill them with Tuesday Club water. When the man responsible for the banquet tastes some of the liquid drawn from the We meet every other Tuesday (7th April, 21st April, 5th May, 19th May, 2nd June) stone jars, he is gobsmacked! It is better wine than any that had been served up to that at Gaitsgill Village Hall, 12.00 noon - 3.00 pm. moment! It’s a fantastic and dynamic image for God’s Spirit – Spirit-wine that fills empty The sun is shining , come and try Tuesday Club. It might be better than you thought! religious containers, and at a wedding banquet, a celebration of joy, love and union. The A lovely bowl of soup with fresh baked bread. Homemade scones with homemade jam. symbolism is as delicious as the wine must have been! All that we do, including our A beautiful selection of home baked cakes. To finish, some fresh fruit. All the while church services and traditions, is worth nothing if the Spirit of God – the Holy Spirit – is enjoying a chatter. Special diets are catered for. We will have sunshine on these days!!! not flowing through it. The Holy Spirit is the miracle maker. Penny Jones - 016974 76465 In this season of miracles, let’s look out for and prepare for even more miracles by inviting Elizabeth Martin – 01228 711817 the Holy Spirit to work in our midst and staying in touch with her through prayer together. Joyce Thompson – 01228 710956 Steve Carter – 01228 710215 14 3 All Saints Church Junior All Saints Film Club Passover Meal – Thursday 2nd April at 7.30 pm. in St. Michael’s Church, Dalston. Saturday 25th April 7.30 pm. - 9.30 pm. In All Saints church, Raughton Head. Good Friday Meditation – Friday 3rd April at 2.00 pm. in St. Mary’s Church, Wreay. Age group 10 plus. The film is free, but bring some money for snacks and a drink. Easter Sunday Sunrise Service – Sunday 5th April at 6.00 am. in All Saints Church, Rod Philips – 016974 76172 or Glenda Furniss – 016974 76535 Raughton Head. Breakfast will be provided in the church afterwards. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Monday 27th April at 7.30 pm. in All Saints Church Evening Services are back to their normal time of 6.00 pm. A Ceilidh Dates for your Diary th The Border Reivers Saturday 13 June – Raughton Head Bike Ride on Friday 8th May at 7.30 pm. Please remember to shut the Church gate properly. This is a rural area, where cattle and at Victory Hall - Dalston sheep do stray, and an open gate is a great temptation to them.