WELCOME TO THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST PAUL

Grange-over-Sands
(Charity No. 1136108)

Christmas is coming and we look forward to welcoming you to any or all of our Services. The Christmas Tree Festival is open – for the 10th year – from Friday 8th-29th December, 10am-4pm, with over 34 trees on display, all decorated to the theme of ‘The beauty of the earth’ by different organisations across the community.

St Paul’s doors (LA11 6BD) are open for regular Sunday worship at 11 am, and the Fell Church (LA11 6AN) has two services each month
at 9.30 am on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. A warm welcome awaits you!

St Paul’s is also open each day from 10 am to 4 pm for visitors and/or private meditation. There is a prayer corner with a ‘tree’ where prayers can be requested. A bible and suggested reading matter are also available.

The mid-week Wednesday service at 10 am at St Paul’s offers Holy Communion each week depending on the availability of a priest; otherwise Morning Prayer will be said. On the third Wednesday of each month a joint service is held with our Methodist friends, the venue alternating between St Paul’s and the Methodist Church.

Rrefreshments are served after all services, providing an opportunity for fellowship.

The weekly pewsheet and readings are emailed out each Friday to those with access to the internet.

The November magazine is now available and copies can be collected from church, or from the station bookstall, or read under About/Publications. The September 2023 newsletter for Churches Together in Cumbria has also been published – see under Churches Together.

The next step in the life of St Paul’s and the Fell Churches

After 7 long years of uncertainty since the departure of the Revd Nick Ash, progress is being made.

The Cartmel Peninsula Team Ministry is to be dissolved, and replaced by four new benefices.

Allithwaite and Flookburgh, with one full-time priest-in-charge (PiC)
Grange and Field Broughton with Lindale, with one full-time PiC
Cartmel, with 0.5 PiC paid by the Diocese and 0.5 PiC paid by Cartmel PCC
Leven Valley (Finsthwaite, Haverthwaite, Staveley), with 0.5 PiC

The whole process has involved consultation and collaboration. We have worked closely with Field Broughton to decide the gifts, qualities, skills and experience we would like to see in a new vicar. Our profile can be viewed here.

We are in the process of recruiting. Our priest-in-charge will be based at the Rectory in Grange, and work has already started on the house and gardens.

It is exciting that we can begin to move forward in the life of our church within a mission community that encompasses the whole of the Cartmel peninsula, including Anglicans, Methodists, the United Reformed Church, and friends in other companion denominations.

Brian McCann

Please pray for us all on the next stage.

God our Father, help us to put our trust in you to send your chosen person to lead us on to where you would have us to be. Amen

The Parish Church of St Paul belongs to the Windermere Deanery of the Carlisle Diocese in Cumbria – for latest news, see

https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news-and-events/

or email [email protected] via gmail.mcsv.net

It is part of the Team Ministry of Cartmel Peninsula, which includes the parishes of Allithwaite, Cartmel, Field Broughton, Finsthwaite, Flookburgh, Grange, Haverthwaite and Staveley.

The church is situated at the top of the main street in Grange-over-Sands, on Church Hill, beside the clock tower.

St Paul’s Normal service times,

1st, 2nd & 4th Sunday – Holy Communion (CW) at 11:00am
3rd Sunday – Service of the Word
5th Sunday – United service with the Fell Church
1st, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays – Holy Communion at 10:00am
3rd Wednesdays – joint HC service with the Methodists, alternating the venue between the two churches

Also belonging to the Parish is the little Fell Church situated at the top of Grange on the side of the Fell road leading over to Cartmel.

It was originally built in 1907 so the small community who lived in the cottages in higher Grange had a place for regular worship.

Fell Church Normal service times,

2nd Sunday – Mattins (BCP) at 09:30am
4th Sunday – Holy Communion (BCP)

Our mission is to build confidence in Jesus Christ in the heart of the community through prayer, worship and learning, in joy and practical service to the wider world.

Regular services at St Paul’s include Candlemas; Mothering Sunday, Harvest Festival followed by a Parish Lunch; All Souls Service; and a Remembrance Day service for the town.

The Patronal Festival commemorating the conversion of St Paul is celebrated jointly with the Fell Church, followed by lunch.

There is a full series of services through Holy Week to Easter Day. At Christmas, there is traditionally a Christingle and Crib Service on Christmas Eve at 6.30 pm. This year there will be no Midnight Eucharist.

Find out more about Worship services

St Paul’s is modern-traditional in its worship, with songs led by the choir. Our Service of the Word on the fourth Sunday offers the opportunity to explore different styles of worship.

Bless, O Lord, the work of your Church in this place.
Here may your presence be known, your name be praised,
your gospel proclaimed, your grace received.

So may your people be united in love,
bound together in fellowship,
and joyful in your service.

Through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord.
Amen

WELCOME TO THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST PAUL

Our mission is to build confidence in Jesus Christ in the heart of the community through prayer, worship and learning, in joy and practical service to the wider world.

St Paul’s is modern-traditional in its worship, with songs led by the choir. Our Service of the Word on the fourth Sunday offers the opportunity to explore different styles of worship.

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