Notices

Hills of the North Rejoice!
Following the very successful concert in April 2007 for the Churchill Fellows, our organist Andrew Seivewright is organising a similiar event for Sunday 17 February 2008 at 3.30pm in St Oswald's, all are welcome to attend.
 
Rydal Meditation Group
This meets on a Tuesday evening at Rydal Hall 7.30pm to 9pm, all are welcome.  The group will not meet on 25 December or 1 January.
 
Christmas Services at St Oswald's
The details of the Christmas are as follows:
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Welcome to the website for Grasmere and Rydal churches. 

All our churches work alongside each other through Churches Together.  In Grasmere we have a formal Covenant signed on Advent Sunday 1999 and the three churches shared closely in worship, study and pastoral care.  Rydal is a member of Churches Together in Ambleside & District and supports the life of the churches in Ambleside and Langdale. During the last year Churches Together in Grasmere, Ambleside and Hawkshead have begun to work together, most notably for the Pantecost Songs of Praise.

Both of the Church of England Churches in Grasmere and Rydal have close links with William Wordsworth, over 140,000 people visited both churches in 2006.  At St Oswald's there is the grave of William and Mary, together with the more impressive memorial to the Poet Laurate in St Oswald's itself and the recent addition of the Wordsworth Daffodil Garden next to the Churchyard.  At Rydal as well as the Wordsworth pew and plaque inside the church, many thousands come to visit Dora's field in April and May with its wonderful display of daffodils and then bluebells.

 As churches we welcome all who come to our churches.  If you are interested in forthcoming events, arranging a special service and just want to know more then please browse the following pages. 


Cameron Butland,

Rector of Grasmere, Vicar of Rydal and Chaplain of Rydal Hall