Special low prices at Kepplewray for April 2012
We are offering considerable discounts to groups staying and/or doing outdoor activities at Kepplewray in April this year. Download our leaflet here (opens as a PDF in a new window) or call us on 01229 716 936 and ask about special offers for April.
Family Break at Kepplewray
Each year in the summer holidays we run a Family Break. This is a great opportunity to have a holiday with your children, do outdoor activities together with qualified instructors and all the kit provided, and mix with others. A leaflet and booking form is here.
Smartening up
Every winter, during periods when there are no guests staying, we use the opportunity to redecorate and enhance Kepplewray. This winter has seen us fully redecorating most of the bedrooms and laying new carpet in the bedroom corridors. We look forward to welcoming you to see them soon.
Discovery Time
Discovery Time is a new opportunity for Kepplewray's mid-week primary school group visitors to hear and learn about the Christian gospel message in a relaxed, fun and open way in order to give them the means to discover what they think about it.
Discovery Time is 10-15 minutes of fun & practical discovering for the group taking place after breakfast on each of the mornings the group is staying.
(The 4 day programme can be altered for those groups staying for just 3, 2 or even 1 morning.)
Themes addressed: * God loves his creation * Why did Jesus die? * You are special * Everybody matters to God
Hannah
Kepplewray appreciates this might not be appropriate for everyone, but hopes that many groups will be able to participate in and benefit from it.
This new venture is being trialled through the summer and the early part of the autumn term 2011.
It is led by some of the Kepplewray activity staff and the current parish Youth & Children's Worker, Hannah Bimson (see photo)
Abseiling on dam in Burundi
Lucy has just sent us this picture of her abseiling on a dam wall in Burundi. This is a new activity we can offer at the Bethesda project.
London Marathon runner aids Kepplewray
We are very grateful to Jane Britt who ran the London Marathon in aid of Kepplewray and the Bethesda project in Burundi. She raised almost £850. Victory photo below.
Keswick to Barrow walk
Andy Giles (our intrepid Activities Manager) with Jo and Nat Sweet walked 40 miles from Keswick to Barrow through the heart of the Lake District on 7th May raising money for Kepplewray. More details.
Free activity day for Millom children
On 21st April there was an activity day free to children in Millom aged 8-11 years. The day was kindly paid for my the Millom and District Business Breakfast. Evening Mail Report.
Visit to Bethesda Project in BurundiPeter Sanders, Project Director, visited our linked project in Burundi earlier this year. Here is his report:
Little did I think that the visit to Kepplewray from an African Bishop, Eraste Birgimana, one damp February morning would result in me paddling a canoe over 4,000 miles away, on a lake in Burundi, with “a group of disabled and non-disabled young people, a load of ‘old bishops’ and a host of government officials” on a very hot sunny February morning exactly four years later! But it did!
How? Well it’s a long story of emails, phone calls, visits, discussions & meetings (lots of them!) and the decision to establish a link and form a partnership with the Anglican Diocese of Muyinga in Burundi. We sent Steve & Lucy McIlhenny out there for two years in January 2010, then Hannah Bimson and Greg Wallace for two months over Christmas and finally me for the official launch (literally! – see the photos!) of our partnership, The Bethesda Project, on 9 February 2011.
For more details, information and photos visit the website www.bethesdaburundi.org
