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1 The Esthwaite Link A Local Magazine covering the Parishes of Hawkshead, with Low Wray and Sawrey, Rusland & Satterthwaite. June 2011

2 WHO S WHO IN THE CHURCH BENEFICE OF HAWKSHEAD WITH LOW WRAY, SAWREY, RUSLAND AND SATTERTHWAITE The Vicarage, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0PD Vicar: The Reverend John Dixon Non-Stipendiary Minister (NSM): The Reverend Dr Nick Hallam Lay Minister (Reader): John Dawson PARISH OF HAWKSHEAD WITH LOW WRAY Churchwardens: Andrew Duncan Jean Irvine Tom Macan Alan Marshall PCC Secretary: Sue Greenwood PCC Treasurer: Kathleen Farnworth Assistant Treasurer: Susan Dewhurst Electoral Roll Officer/ Ringing Co-ordinator : John Gunner Organist: Paul Gregson Link Distributor: Elizabeth Riggs PARISH OF SAWREY Churchwardens: Richard Morris-Shaoul Alwyn Robson PCC Secretary: Elizabeth Mallett PCC Treasurer: Garry Schofield Electoral Roll Officer: Jane Rhodes Organist: Paul Gregson PARISH OF RUSLAND Churchwarden: Gillie Dobson Churchwarden and PCC Treasurer: Giles Wingate-Saul PCC Secretary: Helen Adams PARISH OF SATTERTHWAITE Churchwarden: Sue Brooke Treasurer: Caroline Peet Churchwarden and PCC Secretary: Edward Collins TO ADVERTISE IN THE LINK, PLEASE CONTACT k_farnworth@btinternet.com We are grateful to those who advertise in The Link and hope that readers will use their services. 1 Printed by Milnthorpe Art & Copy Ltd, Cross Keys Yard, Milnthorpe, LA7 7AD,

3 Dear Friends, We talk a lot about faith in church. It is a good thing. But what about doubt? Is that the opposite of faith and, therefore, a bad thing. I don t think so. Faith can move mountains but doubt has also achieved a lot over the years. Doubt in the status quo, whatever it was at the time, has liberated people throughout history. It has given us the Reformation and our democratic institutions. Doubt has also stimulated inventions and scientific advance. For instance, in the 16th Century the study of anatomy was forbidden by the Church. Doubts about this ruling and about the medical orthodoxy of the time led physicians to experiment secretly. This resulted in huge advances in medicine. Some people may feel lost in a desert of doubt when it comes to their religious faith. They may be simply unable to believe what they feel is required or unable to reconcile their beliefs with the harsher realities of life. Personal problems, illness, wars and natural disasters can make us question our faith in God. I believe that we wouldn t be human if they didn t. Sometimes we may worry about this. We may even feel guilty about it. We shouldn t. Honest doubt shows we re concerned and worried about ourselves, others, our relationship with God and the state of the world. It s part of being human. In the Christian tradition, the most famous doubter is St Thomas, who initially didn t believe that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead. But perhaps what is most striking about Thomas is not his doubt, but his honesty. He refused to pretend to believe in something he didn t, he refused just to go along with the crowd. But in the end he recognised the risen Christ, and exclaimed, My Lord and my God. It is evidence that doubt can work quite well with faith. I invite you to come and worship with us in one of our churches. Don t worry about doubtsbelieve me, you ll not be alone. Just come as yourself- your less than perfect, chip on the shoulder, always feel a bit left out of it, wish I was better than I am but unfortunately I am not, self. Because it is that person that God loves, that self that God longs to welcome, heal and bring to fullness and newness of life. John Entertainment Evenings Two short Plays (both comedies) and a light supper. This is not to be missed. Friday 24 th June at Rusland Readings Rooms at 7.30pm Saturday 25 th June at the Market Hall in Hawkshead at 7.30pm Tickets are 7.50 and are available from the Newsagent in Hawkshead 2

Benefice trip to Evensong at Carlisle Cathedral Sunday, 12th June 2011 A bus will leave Hawkshead at 12.30 p.m. for the service at 3.00 p.m. and leave Carlisle at about 5.30 p.m. The bus will cost 10 per person.

4 Benefice trip to Evensong at Carlisle Cathedral Sunday, 12th June 2011 A bus will leave Hawkshead at p.m. for the service at 3.00 p.m. and leave Carlisle at about 5.30 p.m. The bus will cost 10 per person. Please sign the list at the back of Hawkshead or Sawrey Church, or let the vicar know if you would like to come. Music for a Summer Evening Hawkshead Parish Church No charge for admission - retiring collection for Christian Aid and other charities. In ,000 was donated to charity and towards the maintenance of the Parish Church. Tuesday, 5th July Saturday, 9th July Tuesday, 12th July Tuesday, 19th July Tuesday, 26th July Tuesday, 2nd August Tuesday, 9th August Tuesday, 16th August Tuesday, 23rd August Tuesday, 30th August The Ghyll Singers Craven Accordion Orchestra Peter Brown -Popular Piano Recital Simon Martindale - tenor, Ken Forster - piano Flutes & Co To be arranged Lake District Summer Music Concert Sophie Allen - soprano - with piano accompanist Linda Walsh - piano, Stephen Walsh - clarinet Encore Opera Group Saturday, 3 rd September St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble (extra concert) 3

5 St Peter s, Sawrey Extra Churchyard tidyup 7pm on 13th July Spare an hour if you can. Cumbria Spirituality Group Nourishing the Soul A course in Christian Spirituality 10 Saturdays: Sept July 2012 at Rydal Hall The course will cover our spiritual development, drawing especially on our rich Christian traditions. The course will be rooted in fellowship and prayer. For detailed Information and cost please contact Chris Wood - 28 Helme Drive Kendal LA9 7JB canddwood@tiscali.co.uk RE:NEW: a contemporary act of worship - Wesley Room, Ambleside Parish Centre 6.30pm. On June 5th, John Ryeland of the Christian Healing Mission will be with us, and on June 19th Rev Pauline West will speak to us. All are invited to come along. A BIG WELCOME awaits you at Hawkshead Hill Baptist Chapel on Sunday, June 19 th at 10.30pm. This is a special service to which we invite any who are curious about the Baptists on the Hill, or who would like to experience a non-liturgical act of worship, or who would simply like to pay us a visit. The morning will conclude with refreshments and time to socialise. 4

6 June Services 5th 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion, Hawkshead 9.30 a.m Service for All Ages. Hawkshead 9.45 a.m. Holy Communion. Satterthwaite a.m. Holy Communion. Sawrey 6.00 p.m. Evensong... Rusland 6.00 p.m. Healing Service, Hawkshead Methodist Chapel 12th 9.30 a.m. H.C. with Sunday School... Hawkshead a.m. Holy Communion... Sawrey 19th 9.30 a.m. H.C. with Sunday School Hawkshead 9.45 a.m. Service for All Ages.... Satterthwaite a.m. Holy Communion. Sawrey 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Rusland 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Hawkshead 26th 9.30 a.m. H.C. with Sunday School... Hawkshead a.m. H.C. joint with Rusland. Satterthwaite 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Sawrey 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Hawkshead Normally, Wed 10:00 a.m. weekly Holy Communion at Hawkshead Service Times of Other Denominations Baptist Chapel Methodist Chapel: Hawkshead Hill, Sunday 10.30am 5th June 6.00pm Service of Wholeness and Healing 12th June 11.00pm Morning Worship Society of Friends (Quakers) Roman Catholic Meeting House, Colthouse, Sunday 10.30am Hawkshead Parish Church, Saturday 6pm 5 From the Registers Baptised at Hawkshead on 1st May Funeral at Lancaster Crematorium on 15 th April Funeral and burial at Rusland on 28 th April Skye Marjorie McCann Hugh Hesmondhalgh Louise Stearne

7 ASCENSION DAY WALK: June 2 nd Meet at the National Trust Car Park, Near Sawrey, at 6.30pm for a walk to Moss Eccles Tarn. Return to Little Ees Wyke for refreshments. All welcome. The YARD DOGS (folk/rock band) and Friends will be playing at Hawkshead Hill Chapel on Saturday, June 25 th from 7.30pm. Ticket price is 5, to include hot supper. Proceeds to the North Air Ambulance. Tickets available from Andrew & Kath Dodd on All welcome. HAWKSHEAD OVER 60 S meets every Wednesday morning 10 12, for coffee and conversation. Join us at The Market Hall, The Main Square, Hawkshead. Visitors most welcome, coffee and biscuits 1.20 Dominoes every 2 nd Wednesday in the month, afternoon 2-4 to, all welcome. Hawkshead and Outgate WI Hawkshead and Outgate WI invite you to an Open Meeting on Tuesday 14 June at 7.00pm in the Market Hall, to enjoy a demonstration of Fun with Flowers by Joan Bentley. This will cost 2 for visitors, including tea and biscuits, and you will have a chance to win one of the flower arrangements in the raffle. See you there. Hawkshead Recreation Ground Trust 2011 AGM Wednesday 29 th June at 7.30pm Upper Market Hall, Hawkshead All residents of the Parish of Hawkshead are duly invited. Items for the agenda should be with secretary Ms K. Holt keirajoy@hotmail.co.uk 7 days before the AGM. There are nine Trustees on the committee, four nominated by the Parish Council (Mr. D Spedding, Mrs. B. Brown, and Mr. I. Moulton - vacancy) and five elected at the AGM. The Trust was set up in 2007, prior to that, the recreation ground was managed by Hawkshead Parish Council, to whom we are still grateful for their continued commitment and fnancial support. The trust has a vacancy for a Treasurer and would be interested in hearing from anyone who would have the time to help us in this capacity. As with most charities we are dependent upon donations and fundraising to help maintain and develop this facility, so please come and support our Party in the Park 12noon 6pm Sunday 29th May. Dougie Bell. Chairman. Tel: dougie@walkerground.co.uk 6

8 School News The children (and staff!) return to school refreshed for the summer term after the Easter holidays. There have been many activities to both acknowledge and celebrate the Royal Wedding including plate decorating and flag making. All children have received a mug, kindly provided by the PTA, to mark the event. Years 1-4 have enjoyed a trip to Grizedale as part of a new Arts Project. It involves design work with a view to creating another sculpture to be seen by all who are on the trail. The school choir have entered a competition on the radio with the English Country Garden song. Key Stage 1 have been planting herbs and sunflower seeds and Key Stage 2 embark on the planning stages of organising a whole school walk. National Trust update, June 2011 It is a really busy time for us at the moment, with lots of exciting things happening. There is too much to cover in just this short article, so keep your eyes open for more information about some of the following Firstly, Hill Top and the Beatrix Potter Gallery move to their summer season opening times later this month. A mixed start to the season for us and we re watching closely how it will develop. Wray Castle While the tenancy moves forward slowly, we will be opening again for the summer season on Saturday 28 th May, daily until 10 th September. This will run in a very similar way as for previous summer openings mainly the ground floor and gardens (the grounds remaining open access) and really pushing people to come across by boat wherever possible. Claife station & courtyard will be opening also on 28 th May, following our purchase of the site from the FBA at Ferry House and a lot of work we have done over the last few months. For the first time for decades, the viewing station and cottage courtyard are now reunited and we are using this year to find out what people would like to see happen there. There are around 65,000 people pass it on foot now what works for them? What would local people like to see, bearing in mind that the whole site is all about the view? How do we move it forward in the future? Ferry House toilets I hope that these will also be re-opening on the 28 th run by The National Trust with the support of others (this is dependent on finalising a suitable agreement with the National Park!). As always, questions or requests for more information, please contact us at the Coniston office on 41456, southlakes@nationaltrust.org.uk 7

9 Rusland and Satterthwaite News Rusland & District W.I. gathering in Rusland Reading Room for their April meeting. A letter had been received from H.R.H. Prince William's Office extending warmest appreciation from the Prince and Miss Catherine Middleton for the unique greetings card sent to them expressing good wishes for their wedding. Mrs. Margaret Dryden who had painted a view of Little Langdale Tarn for the card was thanked and her painting was exhibited for members to admire. Copies of both items will be available to members at a nominal cost. Sadly, the President made known her intention of resigning for personal reasons. The speakers were John Baldwin and Tony Suart, Wildlife Crime officers with Cumbria Police. They gave a humorous and sometimes gruesome account of many aspects of their job, answered lots of questions and endeared themselves to their audience. They were sincerely thanked for coming. Jennifer Stoker The Esthwaite Link Online It is now possible to see the current edition of the Link, as well as previous editions, on the church website: Any comments, articles or queries for the Link should be mailed to jjcedixon@btinternet.com or given to John Dixon or Kathleen Farnworth. The deadline for inclusion in the July/August edition is Sunday 12th June. Items should be no longer than 300 words. This is a church magazine for the whole community. The church councils of Hawkshead and Sawrey are committed to providing this magazine free of charge to every household in the parish as part of their mission and outreach. 8

WHO S WHO IN THE CHURCH BENEFICE OF HAWKSHEAD WITH LOW WRAY, SAWREY, RUSLAND AND SATTERTHWAITE

WHO S WHO IN THE CHURCH BENEFICE OF HAWKSHEAD WITH LOW WRAY, SAWREY, RUSLAND AND SATTERTHWAITE The Vicarage, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0PD www.hawksheadbenefice.co.uk Vicar: The Reverend John