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KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS

17 - 23 March 2024

WELCOME TO WORSHIP at Cramond Kirk in church and on-line. We are glad you have been able to join us and hope you enjoy worshipping with us.

FURTHER INFORMATION on many of the following announcements is available from Louise in the Cramond Kirk Office or from Alan Fisher at Pennywell Kirk, formerly The Old Kirk & Muirhouse (fishatthewell@hotmail.com). The Cramond Kirk office is open from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, Monday to Friday. Louise can also be contacted on 336 2036 or by e-mail at office@cramondkirk.org.uk. 

A HUGE THANK YOU Ian Gilmour would like to thank everyone for the gifts he received last Sunday. The hat and t-shirt will be extremely useful in Australia and the very generous gift of money is hugely appreciated.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY We are glad to announce that Reverend Julia Cato’s service of induction will be held in Pennywell Kirk (formerly The Old Kirk & Muirhouse) on Thursday, 30 May at 7 pm. All are welcome.

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SEMINAR is being held on Sunday, 24 March in Pennywell Kirk (formerly The Old Kirk & Muirhouse) following their 11 am service. The seminar is open to all and will be on the theme of eldership. Lunch is provided and the seminar will end around 2.30 pm with a short Communion service. If you’d like to find out more about the seminar or register to attend (for catering purposes), please contact Louise in the Kirk Office.

THE VISITING TEAM EASTER SERVICE AND AFTERNOON TEA is being held in the Kirk Hall on Wednesday, 27 March. Please join us for music, worship and the chance to chat over a cup of tea and a cake. All are welcome.

CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT takes place every Monday from 10.30 am to 12 noon in the Gathering Space of Cramond Kirk Hall and all are welcome.

‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am.

AND A COMMUNITY LUNCH is held between 12 noon and 1.30 pm in Pennywell Kirk Hall on the last Tuesday of every month. The next lunch is on Tuesday, 26 March and all are welcome.

THE JUMBLE SALE QUIZ To help raise extra funds for the Jumble Sale, Gill has produced another excellent quiz to give our brain cells a good workout. Copies of the quiz are available at the Kirk doors and in the entrance to the Kirk Hall. Please pop a £1 in the collection box, pick up a quiz and good luck! The deadline for returning completed quizzes is Monday, 25 March.

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK BIBLE STUDY GROUP meets in Cramond Kirk Hall every second Wednesday at 7 pm and the next meeting is on Wednesday, 20 March. The group are currently looking at the book of Exodus with the help of Bible Society notes. All are welcome and if you’d like to join via zoom instead of in person, please contact Louise in the Kirk Office.

MOVIE AFTERNOON Pennywell Kirk (formerly The Old Kirk & Muirhouse) are holding their next movie afternoon on Sunday, 24 March (please note the change of date) at 4 pm and all are welcome. And the movie is David Walliams’ “Gangsta Granny” and as it’s only one hour long, you get a double bill with the second film in the series as well!

THE EDINBURGH EASTER PLAY is taking place in West Princes Street Gardens on Saturday, 30 March from 2 pm. Attendance is free. Please just turn up and watch the Easter story brought to life in the heart of Edinburgh. This year’s play centres on The Women’s Story. More information is available HERE 

RESURRECTION 2024 Origin Scotland invite you to join them in the Usher Hall on Sunday, 31 March at 7.30 pm to celebrate the greatest event in history. Free tickets are available HERE.

EASTER PEBBLES To celebrate Easter Day, we’d like to line the path to the Kirk doors with decorated Easter pebbles. If you’d like to decorate a pebble and leave it at the side of the path on Easter morning, or before, that would be much appreciated.  

PALM SUNDAY SING-A-LONG Blackhall St Columba's Church are keen to introduce everyone to some more modern songs than those found in CH4 and are therefore holding a special hour-long evening singalong on Palm Sunday (24 March) at 6 pm. You’d be very welcome to join them and sing a number of songs you may not be familiar with.  All are welcome.

THANK YOU to all who supported the Guiding home baking stall earlier this week. The Guides made £491.41 and very much hope you enjoyed the cakes.

DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING St Columba’s Blackhall is offering free CPR/defibrillator training to anyone who wishes to sign up. The training is taking place on Saturday, 23 March and there are 2 separate sessions, at 11 am and 12 noon. Please contact Joy McGonigal-Paget at secretary@blackhallstcolumba.org.uk if you’d like to book a place.

FRESH START Many thanks for the recent donation of cushions and soft furnishings. We are currently in need of kettles, toasters and small lamps. Any donations can be left on the Fresh Start table in the Kirk Hall at any time or delivered to the Fresh Start warehouse at 22-24 Ferry Road Drive from Mon – Thurs, 9 am – 4 pm. Further information on Fresh Start can be found HERE.

THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Thursday, 21 March with a walk through Dawsholm Park, along a section of the River Kelvin Walkway, up to the Forth & Clyde canal from Maryhill Locks to Spiers Wharf and then back to Queen Street station (10 km). Meet : Queen Street station at 10.55 am. Further information is available HERE

THE MURRAYFIELD CRAMOND PROBUS CLUB will be holding its last meeting of the current session at 10.30 am on Wednesday, 20 March at the Royal Burgess Golf Club with their guest speaker, Bruce Keith who will be asking “Are we nearly there yet?”.  If you’d like further information on the Club, please contact Sandy Aitken at sandy.aitken@btinternet.com.

FLOWERS             Mary Beaumont

 

LIVE STREAMING Please note that the 10 am service at Cramond Kirk and the 11 am service at The Old Kirk & Muirhouse are live streamed to the Kirk websites every Sunday morning. The cameras will focus on the front of the Kirks – the pulpit, lectern and Communion Table. However some of those sitting at the front may also be in camera shot. For those of you watching from home, the link to Cramond Kirk's live stream can be found HERE and The Old Kirk & Muirhouse service is available HERE. The live services will also be available to watch later on Facebook and on the website.

TWITTER/X & FACEBOOK Cramond Kirk’s X feed is available at @cramondkirk1 and a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cramondkirk2 so please do keep in touch on either to check all the latest news & happenings. Both are also accessible from the Kirk website & if you do visit either site, please remember to “share” and “like” our page.

WEEKLY DEVOTIONS Once a week you’ll find a “Daily Devotion” from either Revd Ian Gilmour or one our Daily Devotions team. The videos are available HERE

 

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK 

EASTER SERVICES 

Sunday, 24 March

at Cramond Kirk

8.45 : Morning Prayers

10.00 am : Morning Worship

at Pennywell Kirk

(formerly The Old Kirk & Muirhouse)

11.00 am : Morning Worship

Maundy Thursday, 28 March

at Pennywell Kirk

7.00 pm : A Light Meal, Informal Communion, Music & Hand Washing with Rev Elspeth Harley

Good Friday, 29 March

at Blackhall St Columba’s Church

7 pm : Reflective Service with Rev Fergus Cook

Easter Sunday, 31 March

at Cramond Foreshore

8.30 am : Easter Dawn Service at the flag-pole

at Cramond Kirk

 10.00 am : Easter Morning Service

followed by a Celebration of the Lord’s Supper

at Pennywell Kirk

11.00 am : Easter Morning Service

 

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK

FORTHCOMING SUNDAY SERVICES

 IN CRAMOND KIRK 

Sunday, 24 March

8.45 am : Morning Prayers 

10.00 am : Morning Worship

Sunday, 31 March

8.30 am : Easter Dawn Service at Cramond Foreshore

10.00 am : Easter Morning Worship

IN PENNYWELL KIRK  

Sunday, 24 March

11.00 am : Morning Worship

Sunday, 31 March

11.00 am : Easter Morning Worship

Weekly

Daily Devotions on-line

Every Sunday at 10 am and 11 am 

Morning Worship live streamed to the Kirk websites

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