St Mark's Church, Natland

St Mark's Church comes under the Diocese of Carlisle.

For an illustrated description of the church buildings see St Mark's Church.

St Mark's Parish News:  

St Mark's Parish News is published monthly and the headlines shown on the Natland.info News page.  It can be ordered from Peter Crossley on 01539 734835
or purchased in the church, price 50p.

September 2010

• Hasn't September come around quickly by Martin Jayne
• The Helm Group Worshipping together
• Natland Parish Council Summary
• Appeal for Pakistan
• A prayer for deliverance from the Christian Aid Website
• Ethical Investment- Does Social outweigh Financial Return?
• The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
• St Mark's Church History Exhition
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

Old editions of St Mark's News can now be downloaded from the Church's dedicated page: St Mark's Church.

Archived St Mark's News 

Archived copies of old editions can be accessed by clicking on the required month.  
The pdf files can be quite large and may take some time to download.

August 2010

This includes:

• Dear Friends by Angela Whittaker
• Children's Pagef
• Natland Parish Council Summary
• Festival of Flowers by John Chandler
• A Grand Day Out by Martin Jayne
• Youth News: Ablaze Under Canvas!
• St Mark's Centenary Quiz (including answers) by David Walker
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

July 2010

This includes:

• The Seven Wonders by Angela Whittaker
• News from St Mark's School by Mike Duff
• Through the Eyes of a Two Year Old by Micah Whittaker
• The June Centernary Weekend by John Chandler
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

June 2010

This includes:

• Hello Everyone by Marion Mashiter
• "Called to Serve" Course by Angela Whittaker
• "Challenge PUSH" and PUSH Go-Ape by Angela Whittaker
• Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Visit by John Chandler
• Prno Nobis Singers Summer Serendade by John Chandler
• Friends of St Mark's School Spring Fair Report
• Helm Group Spring Walk: Report
• Summary of Natland Parish Council March Meeting
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

May 2010

This includes:

• Dear Friends by Angela Whittaker
• Welcome to Rev'd Marion Mashiter
• Humorous extract from Christ Church News, Chelmsford by Mike Bagnall
• Helm Group Spring Walk: 22nd May
• Annual Parochial Church Meeting Report
• Stained Glass Window in Loving Memory of Rena Blight by Angela Whittaker
• Summary of Natland Parish Council March Meeting
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

April 2010

This includes:

• Dear Friends by Angela Whittaker
• Annual Parochial Church Meeting
• Oxenholme Post Office and Village Store has re-opened
• The Edwardian Summer Fete
• One more step along the world I go.....-
  farewell to Rev. Deborah Preston and welcome to Rev. Marion Mashiter
• Holy Week at St Mark's Church and in the Helm Group#
• We Came and Sang!  by Mike Bagnall
• Summary of Natland Parish Council February Meeting#
• Questionnaire about your Parish Magazine
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

March 2010

This includes:

• Dear Friends by Angela Whittaker
• More Than A Mother by Kari Keshmiry
• Annual Parochial Church Meeting 12th April
• Pro Nobis Singers 21st March by Clive Walkley
• Little Boy by Rena Blight
• Men's Meeting : Edward Lawton 19th March
• Churchyard Grass Cutting by Mike Bagnall
• Summary of Natland Parish Council January Meeting
• Natland Spring Litter Hunt 27th March

• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

February 2010

This includes:

• From the Vicarage by Angela Whittaker
• A New Communion Setting for St Mark's by Clive Walkley
• Please Can You Help With Girlguiding in Natland?
• Our Centernary Year at St Mark's Church
• St Mark's Church Centenary Request by John Chandler 
• Lent Groups Across the Helm Parishes
• Will St Mark's Church ever be the same again?
• Hunger Lunches during Lent
• The Mission Committe's Chosen Charities
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

Money Matters

The February edition of St Mark's Parish News also contains a supplement entitled Money Matters that describes in some detail the how St Mark's Church, as part of the Church of England in the Diocese of Carlisle, operates in terms of finances (highlighting some of the changes that have taken place over the past few years) and the scale of the costs involved in keeping St Mark's Church going on a day to day basis.

To download the supplement, click on Money Matters. 

January 2010

This includes:

• Dear Friends by Angela Whittaker
• Helm Parishes Away Day at Rydal Hall
• Ablaze by Aimiee Whittaker
• St Mark's Organ Appeal by Clive Walkley
• Advent Study Group by Angela Whittaker
• Emmaus Group by Elspeth Jayne
• Crafts and Costumes by Angela Whittaker
• Natland Parish Council Meeting Summary by Rhian Peters
• Help for Heroes Charity Event by Major D M Nelson RLC
• Moving! Manna House by Chris Sutcliffe
• Formation of Natland Allotment Society by Keith Jackson
• Old Hutton Gardening Club by Mary Dixon
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

December 2009

This includes: 

• Dear Friends by Angela Whittaker
• Tribute to Colin Milburn by Andrew Milburn
• Nativity Play: Help Wanted by Rachel Ellis
• Natland Parish Council Meeting Summary by Rhian Petersl
• Pro Nobis Christmas Concert by Clive Walkley
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

November 2009

This includes: 

• Remembering by Angela Whittaker
• Great North Run by Kay Tiffin
• The Parish Day Out by Elspeth Jayne
• Harvest Celebrations by Mike & Anne Bagnall
• Natland Brownies by Ann Tilney
• Get Ready To Be Refreshed By St Luke by Martin Jayne
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

October 09

This includes:

• From the Vicarage by Angela Whittaker
• The Mouse and the Cake by Eliza Cooke
• St Mark's Organ Appeal by Clive Walkley
• Summary of Natland Parish Council Meeting: September 2009
• Prayer Page
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

September 09

• Journeys by Angela Whittaker
• Volunteering in Ecuador by Catherine Porter
• Summary of Natland Parish Council Meeting: July 2009
• Confirmation for all Ages by Angela Whittaker
• Prayer Page
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

August 09

• The Date We Have All Been Waiting For: Licensing of Reverend Angela Whittaker, 7:30 p.m. 25th September
•  Fair-trade Communion Wine
• The Helm Team: report by Anne Bagnall
• Great North Run: by Kay Tiffin
• Wild Flowers in the Churchyard
• FastFest
• New Hutton Village Treasure Hunt: Sunday 16th August
• Visit to Ripon Cathedral:  by John Chandler
• How to Dance in the Rain
• Natland Parish Council Meeting: 29th June 2009
• A Few Apt Quotations from Winston Churchill
• Prayer Page
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

July 09

• Hazel Carter Writes by Hazel Carter
• Are you the person to become a Manna Mate?
• Summer Fete and Songs of Praise reports
• Families @ 4 Teddy Bear's Picnic
• Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity A WATSAN update by Eric Kamutcera
• The Interregnum The Dave Walker Guide to the Church
• Natland Parish Council Annual Meeting
• Ode to the Spell Checker
• Plus details of all Church Services and Events this month

June 09

• Introducing the new priest by Martin Jayne
• St Mark's Church Centenary News
• The Finances of St Mark's Church
• Ingredients for a Full and Happy Life by St Mark's Fold Home Group
• Summer Songs of Praise on the Village Green
• Plus details of all Church services and events this month

May 09

• Welcome to our May magazine by Martin Jayne
• St Mark's Summer Fete by Mike Bagnall
• Natland and Oxenholme Indoor Bowling Club by Dorothy Airey
• Sunbeams Music Troupe Concert by Mike Bagnall
• Vicarage Garden "Fun Day"
• Everything I need to know about life from Noah's Ark by Rena Blight
• Men's Meetings- FAQs
• Plus details of all Church services and events this month

April 09

• It's Goodbye From Me..... by Martin Drew
• ..... and it's Goodbye to Him by Martin Jayne
• St Mark's Summer Fete by Mike Bagnall
• I Am Thankful by Rena Blight
• Pro Nobis Singers by Clive Walkley
• Making Sense of Jargon in the Church
• Parish Sleepover at Rydal Hall by Elspeth Jayne

March 09

• That Was the Year that Was by Martin Jayne
• St Mark's C.E. Primary School;
       2008: A Review of the Year by Peter Barfoot Headteacher
       Governing Body by Diana Outhwaite, Foundation Governor
• Choir Report 2008 by Anna Graves
• 1st Natland Rainbows report by Rachel Ellis
• 1st Natland Brownies report for 2008 by Ann Tilney
• 1st Natland Guides Report by Rachel Watkinson
• Report on House Group Meeting by Alan Rodman
• Emmaus Group 2008-9 by Chris Sutcliffe
• Youth Group by Keith Clarkson
• Families @ 4 by Elizabeth Chandler
• Sunday School Report by Colleen Harrison
• The Mothers' Union Families Group by Lynda Lewis
• St Mark's Social Group Annual Report by Mike Bagnall
• Annie Mawson's Sunbeams Music Trust by Mike Bagnall

February 09

• Reading! Reading! All Change. by Martin Dew
• A Fond Farewell to the Evans Family
• Changing Times: a summary of the process to find a new vicar
• My Favourite Hymn by Rachel Evans
• The Choir and Good King Anna!

January 09

• From the Vicarage by Tim Evans
• Tributes and Memories of Tim's Time in our Parish by various parishioners
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by Tim Evans
• Families@4! by David Walker
• The Church Tower from the Inside by Elspeth Jayne

December 08

• Are We Gifted and Talented? by Tim Evans
• Moving on From Natland, Oxenholme and New Hutton by Tim Evans
• Natland Brownies Say Goodbye and Thank You to Lesley by Rachel Ellis
• The Children's Society by Dorothy Airey
• Where Shall We Get Married?

November 08

• "In God We Trust" by Tim Evans
• "Did You Find Out Where Your Rainwater Goes" by Collin Mansfield
• "The Fallen Remembered" by John Chandler
• The Lord's Prayer as a text message
• Open PCC Report

October 08

• "Giving in Grace" by Tim Evans
• "Come Down O Love Divine" by Tim Evans
• "Down Ampney and Ralph Vaughn Williams" by Clive Walkley
• "Rydal Hall" by Mike Bagnall and David Tiffin

September 08

• "The trouble with Fred is he's too hasty!" by Martin Drew
• St Mark's Social Group plans by Mike Bagnall
• "An Elderley Chinese Woman" by Hilda Walker
• "Come Ye Thankful People Come" by Diana Dickinson

August 08

• From the Vicarage by Tim Evans
• Summer Fete and Songs of Praise reports
• Making Sense of Jargon in the Church
• The July Parochial Church Council Report
• Lord for the Years by Alan Rodman
• 1st Natland Guides say "Goodbye to Joyce"

July 08

• From the Vicarage by Tim Evans
• Yesterday, Today for Ever by Joan Ratcliffe
• Reception Class News
• The Lambeth Conference 2008
• Overpriced Telephone Calls and what to do about them
• A Week in Sunny Nottingham? by Tim Evans
• From the Parish Register

Church of England Services:

Parish Communion:
10 a.m. Sunday
(Except on 3rd Sunday)
Holy Communion 8 a.m.
Morning Prayer:
8:15 a.m. Tuesday to Friday
Holy Communion:
10 a.m. Thursdays
Families @ 4!
4 p.m. usually on 2nd Sunday of the month

Visitors are very welcome.

St Mark's
Parish News EditorialTeam

Rev. Angela Whittaker
The Vicarage
Natland
LA9 7QQ
015395 60355

Rev. Marion Mashiter
5 Esthwaite Avenue
Kendal
LA9 7NN
 01539 731957

Diane Letheren
22 Longmeadow Lane
Natland

Elspeth Jayne
12 Longmeadow Lane
Natland
LA9 7QZ
015395 60942

Hilda Walker
1 Oxenholme Road
Kendal
LA9 7NJ
01539 732524 

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