Events Coming Up

All events listed are open to everyone; young and less-young, visitors, friends, non-church-goers, regulars! You will be very welcome.

Lent Lunches - Saturdays at St. Bees 12noon-1.30pm
As usual we will be joining ecumenical friends for Lent Lunches. These are taking place in New College Hall (next to St. Bees Priory) on Saturdays 22nd and 29th March, and 5th and 12th April.

Mothers' Day Crafts - Saturday 29th March 2pm-4pm
Free craft activities aimed at primary-aged children. Refreshments provided. No need to book, just turn up.

Mothering Sunday Service - Sunday 30th March 11am-12noon
Informal all-age family worship. Come along and show what you made yesterday. Refreshments served afterwards.

Toddler Praise - Wednesday 2nd April 1.30pm-2.30pm
Come along to our new praise session aimed specially at toddlers.

Good Friday Service - Friday 18th April 12noon
A service to focus on Jesus' death on the cross for our sake, led by Rosalind Amey.

Easter Day Service - Sunday 20th April 11am
Join us to celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. The service will be led by Viv Kendall and will include Holy Communion and decorating the cross with flowers.

Big Breakfast - Saturday 17th May 8am-10am
A feast of hot and cold breakfast items, Fairtrade wherever possible, with donations to Christian Aid.

Church Anniversary - Sunday 18th May
Come and celebrate our 149th anniversary, with a service led by our minister Revd. Nick Baker at 11am. This will be followed by a bring-and-share lunch and then our AGM at 1.30pm. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the day.

Everyone is welcome to all services and events. If you would like any further details, or to let us know you will be attending, please contact John. For future events, check back here or Follow us on Facebook.

Recent Events

Tree Planting
Our Eco Group planted 420 native trees beside an area of ancient woodland, to create a new wildlife friendly hedge.

Quiz night with Pie and Pea Supper
This was a sell-out event and much enjoyed by all, with wonderful food, friendly competition and we raised over £350 for Cumbria Agricultural Chaplaincy.

Carol Service and lunch
We enjoyed a family-friendly carol service and were pleased to welcome several visitors. Afterwards everyone enjoyed a full Christmas dinner cooked by members of the church.

Blessing of the Crib
This short service is held jointly with the other churches in Egremont. We blessed the town crib outside The Meeting Place, sang some carols, and then enjoyed refreshments inside.

Christmas Coffee Morning
Our annual Christmas fundraiser was really successful with stalls, raffle, refreshments and lunches. Thank you for helping us raise over £1000 for our funds.

Winter Wonderland Messy Crafts
We were very sorry the town's Winter Wonderland event had to be cancelled due to high winds, so sadly this event didn't happen. Please look out for the next craft event via our Facebook page.

Around the World in 80 Minutes
We enjoyed an evening of photos from around the world with a delicious spread of bring and share food.

Crab Fayre
At our stall on Egremont Main Street, children made fruit and vegetable people while adults stopped for a chat.

Children's Crafts
Free craft activities were provided on the theme of "Caring". We thought about ways of caring for each other, for ourselves, and for the world.

Christian Aid Big Breakfast
Around 50 people enjoyed a breakfast feast and helped raise nearly £500 for Christian Aid. In addition, much of the food on offer was Fairtrade making it even more worthwhile. If you weren't there, you missed bacon, eggs, beans, cereal, toast, yoghurt, pancakes, muffins, donuts, fruit, juice, tea, coffee...

Easter Day
Our solemn Lent Cross was transformed with flowers during the Easter service to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. This was then put up outside the church for the following week for everyone to see.

Hot Cross Bun Making
Residents of Calderwood House joined us to make Hot Cross Buns for Easter.

Mothers' Day Crafts and Afternoon Tea
The children enjoyed the activities and made some beautiful items for Mothers' Day while adults enjoyed afternoon tea and refreshments.

Pancake Party
A fun pancake party was hosted on Shrove Tuesday in conjunction with Bee Unique.

Burns Night
Around 50 people enjoyed haggis, tatties and neeps, complete with ceremonial piping and address. The meal was followed by Scottish dancing accompanied by pipes and fiddle, and a demonstration of the Highland Fling. Much fun was had.

Christingle and Nativity
We made Christingle oranges and then took part in an Impromptu Nativity.

Christmas Concert
The West Lakes Wind Band gave a free Christmas concert with a variety of excellent music. £225 was raised for The Food Bank.

Winter Wonderland
Free children's crafts and activities were provided as part of the town's Winter Wonderland Event.

Christmas Fayre
Thank you to everyone who supported this event. With the various stalls, refreshments and raffle we raised just over £1000 which will go towards our running costs over the next year.

God's World Week Coffee Morning
Churches Together in Egremont organised stalls alongside our coffee morning to raise money for world charities. There was a tombola, books, cakes, cards, fairtrade produce and bacon butties available. Over £500 was raised and donations sent to The Leprosy Mission, Mothers' Union "Away From It All" project, SolarAid and CAFOD.

Songs and Sweets II
Following our very successful event in February, a second evening of songs and music was performed by church members and friends, followed by a huge selection of homemade desserts. Funds were raised to support Every Life Matters.

Harvest and Crab Fayre
We ran a stall at Egremont Crab Fayre where children helped make fruit and vegetable people. These were displayed at our harvest service where we also collected food for the Foodbank.