What's On: Activities and Notices
For the details of upcoming services, check out the list on our home page.
Notices
Welcome duty on Sunday 14th and 21st June
Would anyone be willing to be ‘on the door’ on either of these Sundays to welcome folks to the 10.45 service. If you would like to do it then please have a word with Ivan and Carole Smith or ring the church office - you’ll love it!
Allotment Growing Group
Would you be interested working together to grow and share food with others? We have some opportunities coming up to do this - let Tim in the office know if you are interested.
Revelation podcast: View from a Different Place
All ten podcasts in this series of bible studies are now published on Spotify and YouTube. To find them, simply go to one of those websites and search for ‘View from a Different Place’.
We have tried to avoid speculation on ‘end-time’ theories and instead concentrated on what the text would have meant to the first readers, then applying this to our own lives, churches and situations.
Each episode is in the format of a discussion between David Parsons and a guest, with questions for group discussion or personal reflection.
Group Leaders Notes are available for groups or individuals: contact David Parsons at kendalbiblebloggers@btinternet.com
The Shopping Bus - help needed
As part of our outreach the Church runs a Shopping Bus once a week for those living in the parish who would otherwise struggle to get to a supermarket. We are very short of helpers, affectionately known as "clippies" Your job involves being host to the passengers, collecting the fairs and carrying their shopping; if you have a Wednesday morning free do you think this is for you? if so speak to Helen Whittaker or leave a message with the office.
Date change: St Thomas Count on Nature (14th June)
We'll be participating in the national "Churches Count on Nature" scheme on Sunday 14th June (changed from previous date of 7th June), immediately after the 1045am service. We'll meet to pray in the churchyard, and do an easy survey of our churchyard's biodiversity, to be submitted into national nature conservation databases. All welcome, no prior experience necessary. For more details, see https://arocha.org.uk/event/churches-count-on-nature-2026/ or contact timlamont321@gmail.com
You are invited!
To St.Thomas's School 60th Anniversary Celebration Service! Thursday 25th June at 9.30am.
A special service of celebration, reflection and thanksgiving for our school, church & wider community.
St. Thomas’s Day Summer Fair Saturday 27th June 10-3
Can you help? We need a team to help and serve all the people who come through our doors. Welcomers, refreshment servers, stall holder supporters, chatters, people who set-up and take-down… Sign up this Sunday! We will be having a plant stall run by Nick & Kath Gray. So please remember this if you’re still splitting perennials or potting up any spare seedlings. Maybe put some spare bedding plants in a hanging basket or patio pot for the stall? And we’ll be having a cake stall run by Stephen Coleman – so get your recipes ready. A pop-up pizza stall will also providing fresh pizzas for lunch and there’ll be more cakes, cookies and drinks.
This time the charity we’re raising money for is Mercy Ships - a faith-based international development organisation that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering vital, free healthcare to people in desperate need.
Contact Barbara Handley (barb@computers-and-things.co.uk) for further details.
Love God's Creation
Success in obtaining £1900 for biodiversity work in the churchyard! It is great news that the council have funded our application for ~£1900 to spend on biodiversity work in our churchyard. We’d love to hear your ideas for how we can use this well and how you would like to use the churchyard to benefit nature and our community. Send ideas to ruthalicelamont@gmail.com
NISCU South Lakes Annual Celebration Thursday 18th June 7.30pm Parr Street Church. Meet the staff. Hear about the work in schools. Pray together. Hopefully cake! Contact Katy for more details Katy.hall@niscu.org.uk
Foodbank update
Still needed:- tins of beans, ham, corned beef, tuna or fruit, packs of noodles, rice or pasta sauce.
Items may be left in the box in the Narthex or at collection points in Supermarkets.
Women's Refresh Day in Penrith
24th October, follow this link to find out more and book: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/110628
Our new teaching series takes us into Mark’s Gospel to meet Jesus. In the coming months consider reading and listening to Mark’s Gospel multiple times - in the course of your reading and listening what does God highlight to you?
Mark 1.1-15 - Questions for Life Groups and for personal reflection this week:
1. (Vs. 1) What is the Good News of Jesus Christ? What would you say it is in just two sentences (trying to use no religious jargon!)
2. (Vs. 3-4)
a) Take some time to consider what we mean when we talk about sins and why it matters? What is the impact of sin on us, on others, and on the world?
b) What does repentance mean for us in practice? What is God inviting us to receive and believe?
3. (Vs. 11-13) How does your baptism and the work of the Holy Spirit shape your identity and actions every day?
4. (Vs.15) What do you think Jesus is encouraging you to believe about the Good News and the Kingdom of God?
Office Hours are Tuesday 10am-1pm, Wed & Thurs 10am-2pm
Prayer & Pastoral Support
STK Pastoral Team - If you feel you need some support (or know others who do) please contact anyone on the team. All conversations and contacts will be confidential and held within the Pastoral Team. Details on how the team works and who to contact are here or by contact the church office at admin@stkmail.org.uk, or by contacting Pete Jorysz (Pastoral Coordinator) on 01539 730683.
STK Prayer Ministry Team - Individual, confidential appointments available for a deeper time of listening and prayer ministry. Speak to Lorraine Gibbard for more details. For general prayer requests contact the church office at admin@stkmail.org.uk or phone 01539 730683. For more confidential prayer please contact Julie Barker at prayerconfidential@stkmail.org.uk.