Update - September 2024
Dear friends. I hope you have all enjoyed some rest over July & August. I feel as if I had managed some times of relaxation & refreshment ... and then we brought a new puppy into the house!!! Eddie is a 3 month old Border Collie who, along with 'big brother' 7 year old Kirkbie is bringing much excitement to the vicarage. On 1st September both churches (St Mary's in Allithwaite & St John the Baptist in Flookburgh) merge to become one group, or benefice to use the legal term. I will be vicar of both parishes. We will, of course, seek to continue the work of sharing the Good News story of Jesus with our other Anglican friends as well as our ecumenical partners on the Cartmel Peninsula. But, I would say our top priority is to be God's 'hands & feet' in our immediate, local community. Let us, by the way we live our lives, encourage the world weary to be intrigued by whatever it is that makes us different to them. As our church communi...