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Last month, Craig, our curate at St Mark’s Natland was standing before Bishop James to be ordained as a priest. On 8th November he faces a different challenge.
As with most churches this year we have been presented with problems fundraising for both church funds and for charities. When ideas were called for then cometh the hour cometh the man. “I’ll climb Everest suggested Craig, but as I can’t get to Nepal how about up and down the church tower?” “OK” came the hearty reply. After some simple maths it was agreed 490 times up the tower equates to 29,029 feet. “Lets round it up to 500” said Craig. So starting on 8th November Craig will be climbing and descending the narrow spiral stairway inside the tower climbing about 5,000 feet a day to complete the climb and still preach a sermon (perhaps sitting down) on 15th November. Looking for an appropriate charity to support the PCC decided upon the International Nepal Fellowship, a Christian charity working in Nepal which, as a poor country has been hit extremely hard by Covid. Money raised will be split between INF inf.org.uk and church funds. We are delighted that Bishop James has given special permission for us to fly the Nepalese flag during the climb. We are also pleased that we have secured sponsors including Quiggins Kendal mint cake and Crosby Granger architects who recently supervised major repair work to the tower. If you would like to follow Craig’s climb on Facebook visit @churchofstmark |
