DECEMBER 2017

KENDAL UNITARIAN CHAPEL Nurturing faith. Embracing life. Celebrating difference.

Cover photo: Birklands © Mike Oram 2010

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KENDAL UNITARIAN CHAPEL Nurturing faith. Embracing life. Celebrating difference.

charity number 236829 H Uwww.ukunitarians.org.uk/kendal U

WELCOME to Kendal Unitarians

Unitarians are very different

We don't have a particular set of beliefs that we expect you to agree with Everyone who comes to the chapel is free to discover their own spiritual path We welcome people on any point of their spiritual journey: those who have been seeking elsewhere or those whose journey has only just begun We believe everyone has the right to seek truth and meaning for them selves in mutual respect, and that reason and conscience are our best guides

Our congregation includes people who are Christian, humanists, pagans, agnostics, etc., or a mixture of all of these!

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Interfaith Week 12-19 November. An event was held every day in the Kendal area during interfaith Week 2017. Sunday 12. Fellside Centre Kendal. BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) Open Meeting in Interfaith Week. Monday 13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kendal. Play the Diver-sity Game. Discuss the Spiritual Links booklet, a collaboration between South Lakeland Interfaith Forum (SLIF) and South Lakeland Mind. Tuesday 14. SLIF Event in Kendal Town Hall. Readings and Reflections on Lis-tening in the presence of The Mayor of Kendal Councillor Andy Blackman. Wednesday 15. School Meeting in Kendal. Meeting at a Kendal school with SLIF. Thursday 16. The Quaker Tapestry Kendal. South Lakeland Equality and Diver-sity Partnership (SLEDP) Event. Talks on interfaith by Rabbi Robert Ash and Mrs Harsha Shukla MBE in the presence of The Deputy Mayor of Kendal, Councillor Guy Tirvengadum. Rabbi Ash is the Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Communities in Cumbria, Lancaster and Preston. Mrs Shukla holds an MBE for services to inter-faith relations. Friday 19. Fellside Centre Kendal. Readings from The Dalai Lama’s book To-wards the True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come To-gether. Saturday 20. Milnthorpe RC Presbytery. Interfaith Week celebration organised by retired Roman Catholic Priest Monsignor Francis Slattery. Sunday 21. Kendal Unitarian Chapel Service. Inter Faith Service organised by the Unitarian Chapel and SLIF. NB: Inter Faith Network of UK acknowledged Kendal as the smallest

town to have a week-long programme. Friday, 10 November. Quiz Night People gathered in the Schoolroom for a Quiz Night, organised by Roger and Fiona. The questions were set and posed by their friend John and there were lots of wonderful prizes, not only for the Quiz but also for a raffle. There was even an auction for photography at Paul Holland’s studio and afternoon tea at Castle Green. Refreshments were served in the break and everyone had a good time. The proceeds amounted to £215, to be shared between Sight Advice and the Multifaith Garden at the Chapel. A huge “Thank you” to Roger, Fiona and John for all their hard work in organising the event. It was also Roger’s birthday and a delicious chocolate cake was produced as a surprise for him. JC KUMEN Visit to Quaker Tapestry. 1 NOVEMBER After last month’s long and sometimes cold expedition to Barrow’s Dock Mu-seum, we played very safe this time by planning on having lunch in Kendal after which we could all trundle round to the Quaker Tapestry Exhibition in Stramon-gate. Following my suggestion for this visit, I was surprised when none of our

group could remember visiting it before so it was to be a first for us all. We agreed to gather at Romney’s in Milnthorpe Road at noon and found our numbers had risen to the dizzy heights of EIGHT. We comprised John C; John H; Don K; Mark S; Dave G; Dave P; Rauf S and me. Unfortunately, our only known casualty was Griff as he had contracted a severe cold and Sally had marked his card with a big cross. So, using the Fran reference dictionary of numbers I eagerly looked in her list for a literary group of eight but alas none existed. Fran’s list had failed us, but no for too long. Seated like Arthur’s knights at a Round Table, we all plumped for the Carvery, which was exceptionally good. The meat, we all agreed, was especially superb. Replete we made our way to the Museum. Along the way, due to car parking difficulties, we lost DG, who never returned, plus MS, who had a previous after-noon engagement, so once more we became the Secret Six. After a short intro-ductory video to set the scene, we were issued with an audio machine and sent off to look around. Many panels were by this means described in some detail. There were also several areas along the way devoted to the work of the Quak-ers and the many very well-known companies with which they had been in-volved. There was really too much to absorb in just one visit and several of us decided to return under our own steam at some later date. Taking in this amount of information had taken its toll on our ‘grey matter’ and we, therefore, made a beeline for their excellent ‘onsite’ cafe for tea, cakes, and crumpet. For those who may be interested, here are some facts about the Tapestry to whet the appetite:

The Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of Quakerism from the 17th century to the present day. The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn-Wilson, the tapestry has a permanent home at the Friends Meeting House in Kendal. The design was heavily influenced by the Bayeux Tapestry and includes similar design choices, including three horizontal divisions within panels, embroidered outlines for faces and hands, and solid infilling of clothing, which is embroidered in the Bayeux technique. The Tapestry is worked in crewel embroidery using woollen yarns on a hand-woven woollen background. In addition to using four historic and well-known stitches (split stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch and Peking knot), Wynn-Wilson invented a new corded stitch, known as Quaker stitch, to allow for tight curves on the lettering. Each panel measures 25 inches (64 cm) wide by 21 inches (53 cm) tall. 4,000 men, women and children from 15 countries worked on the panels be-tween 1981 and 1989. Panels have been toured in travelling exhibitions including a North American tour in 1993/1994. An exhibition of 39 panels in Ely Cathedral in 2012 attracted 11,273 visitors during its 27-day stay. DC

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Every Sunday at Chapel. Meditation. 10:15—10:45 am. Come and join us for silent meditation in the Meeting Room on Sunday morning before Sunday service. We start with 5 minute music, then into silence.

Sue Parry Monthly Service for Unity and Global Peace. 2:00pm. Chapel Gap, Storth Road, Storth, LA7 7JL. Organised by the Tau Community of St. Francis, this is an Interfaith service on the first Sunday of every month at the Monastery, where members of the Tau Family join local people in a service for global unity and peace. All warmly welcome. The service lasts about an hour. More details from Rob Crompton, 01524 762292 – or just turn up. NB. If any of the Unitarian chapel members would like to come and join us after your chapel service and partake of homemade soup and bread from the monk’s kitchen, say 12:30-1pm before the service starts here, then they are indeed most welcome, but, if they could email me at: brothersean@btinternet.com be-fore the Sunday to confirm so we don’t run out of soup/s. Br Sean MORNING PRAYERS via Lifestream and Facebook. As an alternative to using the Daily Prayer Channel on Lifestream, why not come and join me for Morning Prayers (09:00 am) and Evening Vespers (05:00 pm GMT) live every morning and evening on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008490064593. Morning and evening prayers, where we are called by Holy Father Mother God to raise the Earth’s

vibration ~ One Collective Consciousness ♥ Brother Sean Tuesday 12 Dec. 6:15 pm. The Riversiders Carol Service. Chapel Schoolroom. 29 December. Urgent Call from the Spirit of the Feminine.

Humanity is cordially invited, men and women, children and grandparents, to come into balance according to the teachings of the Mayan calendar. Join us every 20 days, the day of I'x (pronounced "eesh") and listen to the wis-dom of Grandmother Flordemayo. Grandmother Florde-mayo is the founding member of the Confederation of Indigenous Elders of the America, Institute of Natural and Traditional Knowledge, Church of the Spiritual Path, founding member of the International Council of 13 In-

digenous Grandmothers. More info:

https://charterforcompassion.org/urgent-call-from-the-spirit-of-the-feminine https://www.facebook.com/grandmotherflordemayo/ /

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2018 2018 is a universal 11 year. On 11.1.2018 the gateway into your highest poten-tial as a human being and your connection with all that is, opens up. It gives you the opportunity to break free of the shackles that have been keeping you from your freedom and sovereignty. It has been said that this gateway activates the Master of Light – a biological ascension. The energetic qualities will naturally shift into a higher octave. This is the time to gain mastery over your ego, your life, your conscious mind, it is the year to manifest and reap what you have sown. Use this time to prepare for the process to unfold. Allow yourself to be the visionary, act on your heart’s desires and your passion, allow yourself to be in the universal flow. Observe the old wounds, hurts and pains as they come to the surface for healing. Time to let your light shine! We ascend and descend the vibrational column constantly with every word, every thought, every action. This is the time, right now - and has been since 11 November - that our ‘ascension pains' might be ramping up – preparing us for what’s ahead. Listen to your body, your heart and take the time for yourself. Radiate love from your heart centre, flooding through you to the beyond. Use the compass of your soul to guide you. Imagine what’s going to begin on International Earth Chakra day on 12 January!

From The Shift Network. Fran

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Two to Watch Dance Walk! Bridport Unitarian Chapel in the Garden have a regular dance walk. They walk and dance their way through Bridport to music. They say: “Bring your CHILDREN, DOGS and all your FRIENDS and FAMILY. Keep fit, have fun and be BONKERS together! This event is free to join. Mobility scooters, prams and wheelchairs welcome. The more the merrier!” Go here to see the video that inspired this event: https://www.facebook.com/173749015991290/videos/10150732909504865/ Alfred Labremont Weber (Exopolitics) interviewed Laura Eisenhower. She talked of her great grandfather, President Dwight Eisenhower’s treaty with the Alien Greys. He signed the Greada Treaty in 1954 and George H W Bush subse-quently signed the Tau9Treaty in 1958. This was renewed in 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994, and 2005. These have, in effect, made slaves of the human race. Go here to listen to the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LfBRJE3NCk&feature=youtu.be

Also: http://worldorder-news.com/2017/11/laura-eisenhower-on-our-galactic-history-and-the-emerald-covenant/

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Grandmother Flordemayo We are here because of a vision; the ancestors, the spirits of the Grandmothers, have told us to teach all of the children of the world all that we know, for gen-

erations to come. Flordemayo. http://followthegoldenpath.org/

Grandmother Flordemayo, a member of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, runs The Path centre in Mexico. On the 40 acres are Flordemayo’s five sacred temples for humanity: The Temple of the Golden Child, The Water Temple, The Fire Temple, The Seed Temple, and The Earth Temple. Her vision Is to raise spiritual consciousness on the inter-connectiveness between humanity and Mother Earth. The organisation’s guiding principles are based upon excerpts from the Cathar Creed of 1244 A.D. It reads as fol-lows: It has no membership, save those who know they belong. It has no rivals because it is non-competitive. It has no ambition; it seeks only to serve. It is not of itself because it seeks to enrich all groups and religions. It acknowledges all great teachers of all the ages who have shown the truth of love. Those who participate, practice the truth of love in all their being. It seeks not to teach, but to be, and by being, enriched. It recognizes the whole planet as a being of which we are a part. It recognizes that the way we are may be the way of those around us because we are the way. It recognizes that the time has come for the supreme transmutation, the ultimate alchemi-cal act of conscious change of the ego in to a voluntary return to the Whole. It does not proclaim itself with a loud voice, but in the subtle realms of loving. It salutes all those in the past who have blazoned the path, but have paid the price. It admits no hierarchy or structure, for no one is greater than another. Its members shall know each other by their deeds and being, and by their eyes and by no other outward sign, save the fraternal embrace. Each one will dedicate their life to the silent loving of their neighbour and environment, and the planet, will carry out their task, however exalted or humble. It recognizes the supremacy of the great idea, which may only be accomplished if the human race practices the supremacy of love. It has no reward to offer, either here or in the hereafter, save that of the ineffable joy of being and loving. Each shall seek to advance the cause of understanding, doing good by stealth and teaching only by example. It has no secret, no arcanum, no initiation, save that of true understanding of the power of love and that, if we want it to be so, the world will change, but only if we change. All who belong, below; they belong to the Church of Love.

The Return of the Feminine

“Humanity has forgotten that the world can only be transformed through love, that love is the greatest power in creation. But God’s lovers have always known this, and long ago they gave themselves to the work of divine love. Without this central note of pure love, the future will remain just a dream and the patterns of the past will close more tightly around us. With love, joy will return, and joy will cleanse away the pollution of the world, the negative thought-forms and pat-terns of greed that devour so much of our energy and life force. When joy re-turns to the hearts and lives of humanity, the whole world will come alive in a new way. The soul of the world will sing the oneness of God and we will know why we are here.” From the book The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. From Br Sean’s November email about our need to prepare to reawaken the Divine within us and in creation, welcoming the balance of the Divine Masculine and Feminine Energies of God.

Extracts from Shift Network Update Issue 23, November 2017 The world so clearly and urgently needs the strong, loving presence and guid-ance of the Sacred Feminine……………In times like these we need the uncondi-tional love of the Great Mother to wrap us in Her loving arms and hold us through these dark nights of our collective soul. The Mother reminds us with Her still small voice that a brighter future is indeed possible — even now. She asks us to “be the change” and to live our values. Yet we also need a different brand of feminine energy right now, one that we are calling the “Fierce Feminine.” This flavour of the feminine has a more war-rior-like aspect, though she’s not at all mean-spirited. She’s embodied by Kali and Durga of the Hindu pantheon, as well as by Vajrayogini of the Tibetan Bud-dhist lineage. The Fierce Feminine carries a sword and declares “NO MORE!” She roars when her Gaia body is scourged. She is willing to stand tall, set boundaries, and shine

her bright light into the darkness. She is willing to speak truth to power, what-ever the cost. Fran

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The Rowan Tree Sorbus Aucuparia. The Lady of the Mountains

On Sunday 5th November, after a good service led by John Pickering, followed by communion led by Rev’d Griff Jones, we all trooped out into the chapel gar-den and the singers (not a choir!) stood around the newly-planted rowan tree, along with the congregation, and sang the song we had practised, called The Rowan Tree and John Campbell said a few words of welcome and blessing to the tree, asking that it be generous with its blossom in the spring, its leaves for shade in the summer and its berries for the birds in the autumn. It was a lovely ceremony and many photos were taken. We are looking forward to seeing it in leaf in the springtime and we hope the blackbirds will come to feast on the red berries in the autumn. Sally Jones.

Rowan is able to flourish higher up on the mountains than most other trees. Closer to the sun and divine inspiration in this extreme environment, it yet retains its grace of form and its potential for healing. Exposed to the elements on solitary crags, it still produces blossom and berries to delight the eye and heal the body, bringing vibrant colour and birdsong to the hills. Rowan emphasizes the need for colour and creative endeavour in our lives and encour-

ages us to open our minds to creative inspiration. It also teaches us that we can draw on the forces of life to heal ourselves and those around us. We can develop the art of turn-ing adversity into creative opportunity. Rowan protects and gives courage and strength to those walking the path of spiritual growth and enlightenment. For the Celts, the rowan was the Tree of Quickening, of Sacred Fire, of the Awakening Spirit, and the Sun.

From The Wisdom of Trees by Jane Gifford.

Moments in Time

Looking through the photographs taken by Mike Oram of our Chapel and Schoolroom reminded me what a wonderful and unique heritage we have in our Chapel buildings. Somehow, Mike has captured the spirit of the place. A place originally imbued with and built upon the true spirit of Yeshua: love, peace, and freedom as Spirit-filled, creative, beings with inquiring minds. We perhaps forget that the path to spiritual freedom often lay through the thickets and thorns of religious orthodoxy as opposed (as all religions are) to the indwelling Spirit of the Creator, which, thankfully, in spite of the tedium of doc-trines and the folly of Men, is the irrepressible force that brings freedom and liberty from all oppression. If it had not been for our Protestant heritage: the heretics and dissenters, we would still be in the Dark Ages, in a world darkened by doctrine and seeped in spiritual stagnation. Photographs capture moments in time, and in one sense when we look at the stones and slabs: the pews and walls which make up our old familiar chapel we are also seeing moments captured in time. Imbued in the very fabric of the building is the spirit of this place, for everything we see and touch is there be-cause of the driving spirit of thosew ho came before us and who made this place continue into their future, which is now our present. As 2020 draws near, I wonder what kind of spirit will imbue the fabric of this place in another 300 years time? What moments will we leave in memoriam for those who will see a world that we will never know? Katie’s suggestion is that we make a Time Capsule to be opened in another 300 years time by those unknown dwellers of the future. What would you like to

tell them? What would you like to be remembered about our present? It is an interesting thought because regardless of what we may think or believe, we are all, without exception, living in tomorrow’s past.

John Pickering

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Spirituality in Everyday Life

The discussion group is taking a break in December but will meet again in January, Feb-ruary and March 2018 to reflect on how we experience or bring spirituality into our every-day lives. We meet in the Vestry on a Wednesday from 2.00pm to 3.30pm. Look out for details of the next dates or contact me for further information. In November we thought about creativity. Our readings and discussion focused on what is and is not art, whether we were scared of creativity, the artist or indeed the sacred and the people or things that had nourished or threatened our own creativity. I mentioned having come across a particular free-style weaving technique at the Kendal Wool Gathering at the end of October. For those of us who have a perfectionist streak in our crafting, which is characterised by enthusiasm about a new project followed by a fail-ure to finish it or even get started, SAORI weaving will appeal. The technique originated in Japan. ORI is the Japanese word for weaving and the SA means everything has its own individual dignity. SAORI weaving began when Misao Jo was 57 years old. She wanted to weave an obi (belt) for her kimono. Her son, being fond of mechanical things, built a hand-weaving loom. As Misao Jo wove she noticed that a warp thread was missing but carried on as she thought it may make an interesting effect. She was pleased to find this 'mistake' had made a beautiful pattern, finding beauty with lack of intentions. She began to weave obis with many 'flaws'. People became interested in this weaving that was so full of life and soon she began to teach. SAORI is practiced worldwide by a varied community of over 40,000 weavers including textile and fashion designers, art therapists and wellbeing practitioners and people with severe physical, mental or learning difficulties. At the Kendal Wool Gathering, I was able to spend some time talking to Rosie Green who is a SAORI instructor based in Wales. She mainly teaches the technique for health and wellbeing. As she says on her website www.saorimor.org: ‘ SAORI allows you to follow your heart and work mindfully in the present. You can respond instinctively and intuitively, expressing ideas as they come to you. Weaving with colour and texture can raise your mood’. You might notice me wearing a rather beautiful hand-woven scarf one Sunday. Now if I could make one myself, the wearing of it would undoubtedly bring me even greater joy.

Mandy Reynolds

http://www.saorimor.org

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The Sheepdog

After the very bright light,

And the talking bird,

And the singing, And the sky filled up wi' wings,

And then the silence,

Our lads sez

We'd better go, then.

Stay, Shep. Good dog, stay. So I stayed wi' t' sheep.

After they'd cum back

It sounded grand, what they'd seen. Camels and kings, and such,

Wi' presents - human sort,

Not the kind you eat - And a baby. Presents wes for him

Our lads took him a lamb.

I had to stay behind wi' t' sheep.

Pity they didn't tek me along too.

I'm good wi' lambs,

And the baby might have liked a dog

After all that myrrh and such.

© Lionel Fanthorpe

Memory Mindful movie Made out of date Shot with certain weight, Uneven score You flicker on a wide range screen Angle poised so you can steal the scene. I am a wallflower Waiting for your cue Captive of the charm you use on me And when we dance Yours is the tune That sweeps me round and round the room Wielding bellows You forge impressions You have your brand of elemental force Though life paints the pictures in my mind You sign your name At curtain call. Wealthy reaper Yours are the harvest fruits Of scattered seeds That time has sown for me. You secretly work your machine Putting in the patches Where light could have been. Claire Griffel 2005; revised 2011 and 2017

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Discussion on Memorials in the Rose Garden

Due to the limited space in the rose garden at the front of the chapel, the trus-tees and minister have been discussing how to manage the interment of ashes and the future memorial of the deceased in that garden. (Note: the proposals below apply only to the rose garden, not the multi-faith garden.) Before any changes are made to our current arrangements, the trustees wanted to consult with the congregation. While the matter was briefly discussed at the recent congregational 2020 meeting, not everyone was present, so here is the information again. If you have any comments please pass or email these to Hazel (clarke.hazel@goglemail.com). In terms of whose ashes can be buried in the rose garden, there are no plans to change the current arrangements: only people who are members of the chapel or who have long-standing and/or close associations with the chapel may have their ashes interred there. The chapel will draw up an interment plan, whereby ashes will be buried in a grid pattern in rotation, so that a specific loca-tion can be identified for each interment. Memorial plaques can currently be used in the garden, but the trustees pro-pose that from now on the style and size of the plaque must be agreed with the chapel. In a key change to the current policy it was also proposed that the use of plaques should not continue into the future (except for our current members, if that is their wish). Instead, the names of deceased chapel members whose ashes are buried in the rose garden (and those buried elsewhere) would be in-scribed in a memorial book. The Chapel would purchase a large and suitably beautiful book in which to re-

cord the memorials, which would provide an enduring record for future genera-tions. The book would be open at the appropriate date and be on permanent display in the chapel.

Hazel Clarke

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2017 CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT THE COUNTY HOTEL

1:00pm on Sunday 17th December, after the Carol Service. £20.00 per

head for a 3-course meal, plus tea and coffee. Vegetarian options avail-able. (It’s the same as last year). The County Hotel is opposite Kendal rail-way station and within walking dis-tance of the Chapel. If you would like to come, please book your place by contacting Jayne Finch, the Adminis-trator, and giving her the money. There is also a sign up sheet and a menu on the main noticeboard in the Schoolroom. If you would like to con-tact the County Hotel directly, the telephone number is 01539 722461. Thank you. Jayne

Revamp of the Chapel Vestry

At the recent Trustees’ meeting it was decided that the Chapel Vestry could do with a revamp to make it more

attractive for visitors. In particular, as the number of weddings has in-creased, it was agreed that we should try and create a more modern, less cluttered look for the space where couples sign the marriage register and take photos. Ideally, we would like to re-decorate, but for now we are going to have a big tidy up. If anybody knows of anything valuable with a special significance, please let Mandy or Jayne know. Please don’t move any objects without letting them know first. However, there are a lot of books, which are never used, so if anybody would like to come and look and perhaps select a few, they are free to a good home. Thank you and best wishes.

Jayne Finch, Chapel Administrator

IN SYMPATHY Our sympathy is with Roger Haslem, whose wife, Brenda, died on 10 No-vember 2107. Roger and Brenda were strong members of our Chapel, here in Kendal. They used to travel from Ingleton to worship here, before they moved to London. Roger served on the Trustees and Brenda was a great supporter in eve-rything. Although Brenda was quiet in personality, she was strong in sup-porting the Minister and all the con-gregation. She will be remembered

with great affection. Our sympathy is with Roger and all the family. Sally Jones.

THANK YOU

Many thanks to the men from BMR,

who worked all day to get the wall

down, as Sally and Griff saw from

their flat, and also to Stuart Tolch for

his tireless efforts over about three

years to get the signature that has

allowed this and made it possible to

go ahead with the garden.” JC

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DECEMBER AT A GLANCE

Fri 1 Alternative Perspectives Lecture 7pm Soul Midwifery by Anita Spillane Sat 2 Coffee Morning Sun 3 SERVICE 11:00 am Led by John Pickering The Greatest Gift. What is beneath the Christmas Wrapping? Communion Service led by Rev Griff Jones Mon 4 John Campbell, Treasurer, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 2:00 Tues 5 Wed 6 Coffee Morning Kumen 1:00 Thurs 7 Singing Group 11:00 - 12:00 Jayne Finch, Administrator, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 1:00 Fri 8 Sat 9 Coffee Morning Sun 10 SERVICE 11:00 am Led by Amanda Reynolds Good News of Great Joy. The challenge and hope of Advent Mon 11 John Campbell, Treasurer, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 2:00 Tues 12 Wed 13 Coffee Morning Thurs 14 Jayne Finch, Administrator, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 1:00 Fri 15 Sat 16 Coffee Morning Wedding of Lynn Smith and Brian McKechnie at 1.00pm Sun 17 CAROL SERVICE 11:00 am Led by Rev Griff Jones

Readings and Carols for Christmas - traditional style. Mon 18 John Campbell, Treasurer, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 2:00 Tues 19 Wed 20 Coffee Morning Thurs 21 Singing Group 11:00 - 12:00 Jayne Finch, Administrator, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 1:00 Fri 22 Sat 23 Coffee Morning Sun 24 SERVICE 11:00 am Led by Amanda Reynolds ’Not the Nativity play’. A Service for Christmas Eve Mon 25 10:30 am Christmas Day Service led by Amanda Reynolds A short service celebrating the birth of Jesus Tues 26 Wed 27 Coffee Morning Thurs 28 Jayne Finch, Administrator, in Chapel Office 10:00 - 1:00 Fri 29 No Open House this month. Sat 30 Coffee Morning Sun 31 SERVICE 11:00 am Led by Sue Parry A Service for New Year’s Eve

December Coffee Morning Rota

Any views expressed in this publication are those of the contributors and do not necessarily express the views of the editor, committee or trustees.

Dec Chalice Lighters 3 John C 10 David P 17 Sally 24 Don 31 Jo

Deadline for next issue:

17 December

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Answer. P8. Don’t talk back. P.12. Doctor Doolittle

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THANK YOU TO DON FOR FAITHFULLY COLLECTING THE NEWSLET-

TER EACH MONTH. THANKS ALSO TO CERBERUS FOR ANOTHER

YEAR OF EXCELLENT PRINTING AND GETTING THE NEWSLTTER TO

US IN GOOD TIME EACH MONTH, EVEN WHEN I LEAVE THEM

HARDLY ANY TIME TO TURN IT AROUND. Fran

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MINISTRY TEAM LEADER: Rev Amanda Reynolds

Spiritual matters, pastoral care and weddings, baptisms and funerals. Mobile: 07545 375721 / amandareynolds1@me.com UCHAPEL OFFICERS Chair Mrs Ann Wilcox Treasurer Mr John Campbell, 1 Church Walk, Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AG 01539 232172 Administrator Mrs Jayne Finch, 48 Emesgate Lane, Silverdale LA5 0RF unitarianoffice@gmail.com MOB: 07426 096608 Pastoral Mrs Sue Parry, 01524 762249 Organist Ms Jo Rogers, Underscar, Brigsteer, Nr Kendal LA8 8AN 015395 68631 Organist Mr John Campbell, as above Fellowship Mrs Fran Pickering, 69 Sandylands Rd, Kendal LA9 6JG Editor booksbyfran@btinternet.com 01539 721247 UTRUSTEES OFFICERS Chair Ms Hazel Clarke, Pear Tree Cottage, The Row, Lyth, Kendal, LA8 8DD 015395 68284 Treasurer Mr John Campbell, as above Caretaker Mr Tony Egglestone, 64 Low Garth, Kendal LA9 5PA 07455 123317. Chapel Office: 01539 737021 Vestry/Kitchen: 01539 739442 Kendal Unitarian Chapel Branthwaite Brow Market Place

Kendal LA9 4TN

Kumen outing, lunch at Romney’s.

The New Shambles, glistening in the dusk.

The demolished garden wall between us and the George and Dragon. The men from BMR worked really

hard all day to get it down.

Photos supplied by Mandy, John C and Jacquetta. APOLOGIES to David G, who gave me some pho-tos of the poppies and I managed to leave them at chapel and did not have time to retrieve them. Fran

Rev Celia Cartwright and Susan Wildman at the Women’s League Triennial Rally. Photo John Clifford

Mandy and Jacquettta after the Interfaith Service. Singing to the Rowan Tree.

Rabbi Ash, Mrs Shukla and Jacquetta Gomes, SLEDP member, with the Deputy Mayor of Kendal, Councillor Guy Tirvengadum, SLEDP Chair, during Interfaith Week.