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You may find these links useful, but please note that the Whitehaven Methodist Circuit accepts no responsibility for the content of these sites. All links open
in a new window.
Methodist Links
Cumbria District website - for information and news about Methodist activities in the rest of
Cumbria (lots of links).
The Methodist Church of Great Britain - The Methodist Church is one of the largest Christian
churches in Great Britain, with nearly 300,000 members and regular contact with over 800,000 people. It has around 5,800 churches in Great Britain, and also maintains links with
other Methodist churches totalling a worldwide membership of 70 million. Its activities, both alone and with ecumenical and secular partners, are based on four aims known as Our
Calling:
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To increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love
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To help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care
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To be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice
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To make more followers of Jesus Christ.
Zimbabwe Victim Support Fund - Circuit charity 2007
Great North Air Ambulance (circuit charity for 2006)
Other local Churches
Churches Together in Cumbria
Whitehaven URC - page in the URC NW Synod website
St James (CofE) - no website of their own but check out Visit Cumbria pages
St Beghs (Catholic) - page in the Lancaster Diocese
website
Christian Links
Fresh Expressions - Fresh Expressions is a Church of England and Methodist Church
initiative encouraging people hoping to establish 'new or different forms of church for our changing culture'.
Walk Cumbria - a circuit priority this Methodist year, so far Egremont and Seascale churches
have 'signed up' for Walk Cumbria. For more information on the walk, please click here.
Set All Free - established by Churches Together in England to commemorate the bicentenary of the
Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 2007 in ways which challenge modern society to engage with Christian values. The project aims to highlight how the abolitionists’
values can transform our relationships on an individual, community and society level.
Rejesus - a site that explores the life, character, teachings and followers of Jesus. It also
looks at how he has been quoted and misquoted, filmed and written about, worshipped and argued over.
Cumbria Links
Whitehaven on the Web
Virtual Whitehaven
Visit Cumbria
C2C - the Coast to Coast cyceleway from Whitehaven to Sunderland
Other
Fairtrade - the Circuit is a Fairtrade circuit, and Egremont and St Bees also have Fairtrade
status.
Evrsoft - this website was built using the Eversoft First Page application - it's free!
Picassa - the gallery was produced using Picassa from Google - also free!
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