Vickerstown Methodist Church

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Vickerstown

Vickerstown Methodist Church is located on Warren Street, parallel to the Promenade, on Walney Island. It is just off the coast of Barrow with lovely views across the channel, especially at high tide. Our postcode is LA14 3QY, if you are trying to find us using your Sat Nav. Please click here for a map of the church's position
The minister with pastoral charge for this church is The Rev. David Edmondson a non-stipendary methodist minister who also works part time as the Training and Development officier for the Cumbria Methodist District. You can contact David Edmondson on 01229 474601, if you would like to arrange a baptism, wedding etc. He is assisted by Rev Janet Calderley.
Services are at 10:45 each Sunday morning. On the first Sunday in the month there is also an evening service at 6:30. At present the church membership is 30. All are welcome.
Mid week meetings
Cubs meet on Friday evenings, and Brownies on Mondays.
There is a meeting for women at 2:30 on Tuesday afternoons during the autumn and spring,
and an evening speaker meeting on Thursday evenings at 7:30 between the beginning of October and the end of March.

This Month's events

The Good News Library will be back at Vickerstown from 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6th.
Our monthly coffee morning will be from 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 17th; will this be the one where it’s warm enough to sit out in the garden?
There is always a tempting array of home made cakes, a bring and buy stall which regularly produces an amazing variety of goods, and the chance to stock up on the growing range of Fairtrade items.
Many of you look forward to joining us at our annual afternoon tea, which will be3.30 pm on Saturday, July 31st. Please book the date now and look out for tickets, price £2-50, or at least ring the Edmondsons on 474601 if you would like to come, so we know numbers for catering.
After that we will have a rest during August, and the Good News library and the monthly coffee morning will resume in September.

You are invited to other events around the Circuit / Pastorate

Strawberry tea: This annual event will be held at Millom Methodist Chapel on Friday 2nd July from 3pm - 5pm. Money raised will be for Action for Children. There will be stalls and a raffle. We are hoping for a summer’s day!
On the 27th July 2010 it will be the 10th anniversary of Garstang becoming the World’s first Fair Trade Town.
Many of you look forward to joining us at Vickerstown Annual Afternoon Tea, which will be3.30 pm on Saturday, July 31st. Please book the date now and look out for tickets, price £2-50, or at least ring the Edmondsons on 474601 if you would like to come, so we know numbers for catering.
On August 11th Millom Methodists are starting an occasional Prayer and Praise evening with a simple tea at 5:30 followed by a time of worship (approx 1 hour) at 6:00. All welcome.
As part of the Moderator’s ‘Wheel Mission’, he is to visit Furness on Thursday 12th August. There will be a short service at Furness Abbey at 5:30 p.m. followed by a picnic tea (if wet, tea at Trinity).
Then at 7:00 p.m. there will be a ceilidh at Trinity
On Sunday evening 22nd August, Beacon Hill are joining us for a sponsored hymn sing, in aid the Anthony Nolan Trust. We are being challenged to sing 50 verses of favourite hymns. If anyone has a favourite hymn we will sing at least part of it for a donation to this trust. Please see any member of Trinity choir or sign a sponsor form at Trinity or Beacon Hill Methodist Churches.
United Area Celebration Service We will be holding a special celebration service for the new United Area on Monday, September 20th at Trinity at 7:30 p.m. This will of course be after the United Area has started, but is to suit the diaries of both Richard Teal (Chair of the Cumbria Methodist District) and Rachel Poolman (President of the URC Cumbria Area), who wish to join us to mark this milestone. Please note the date now so you can join us then.

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Vickerstown shares a website with the other churches in the Walney Island Ecumenical Partnership .