EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
18 - 24 May 2025
Congregation-led Team : Lesley Cumming, Gillian MacPherson, Michael Dick, Susan How & Richard Bright
Organist : Ian Macpherson
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 147, 193, 198, 115, 110
Readings – Acts 11 : 1 - 18 & John 13 : 31 – 35
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WELCOME TO WORSHIP at Cramond Kirk in church and on-line. We are glad you have been able to join 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 (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.
CONTACTING REVEREND JULIA CATO If you need to contact Julia, her phone number is 07706 454148 and her email address is jcato@churchofscotland.org.uk.
THE KIRK OFFICE will be closed on Friday, 23 May and
THE GATHERING SPACE CAFÉ will be closed on Friday, 23 & Saturday, 24 May.
THE 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND is meeting from 17 – 22 May. Full details of the week including copies of the reports and papers as well as the livestream link to the proceedings are available HERE.
THE MEN’S COFFEE & BACON ROLL MORNING is being held in the Bruntsfield Golf Club lounge on Thursday, 22 May from 10.30 am – 12 noon. Cost : £5. Please let Louise in the Kirk Office know if you’d like to attend.
AND THE VISITING TEAM COFFEE MORNING is being held in the Bruntsfield Golf Club lounge on Thursday, 12 June from 10.30 am – 12 noon. Cost : £5. All are welcome and again please let Louise know if you’d like to attend.
AN INFORMAL CONGREGATIONAL DINNER is being held in Ye Olde Inn, Davidsons Mains on Friday, 6 June at 6.30 pm. Please let Louise in the Kirk Office know if you’d like to come along as numbers are limited.
CRAMOND COMMUNITY CHOIR will be holding its summer concert in Cramond Kirk Hall on Tuesday, 3 June at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £10, including refreshments, and are available from Ian Huggan at iwhuggan@gmail.com
FRESH START Many thanks for the recent donations of bedding and kitchen equipment. Donations are always welcome and 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.
A CHRISTIAN AID LUNCH is being held at Pennywell Kirk Hall following the 11 am service on Sunday, 18 May. All are welcome.
CHRISTIAN AID COLLECTION If you haven’t yet had a chance to donate to Christian Aid, filled envelopes can be left in the collection plates at the Kirk doors today. Donations can also be made online HERE.
CHRISTIAN AID FAIR Many thanks to everyone who supported last Sunday’s Christian Aid Fair. The total raised came to £469.27 and the breakdown is as follows :
Home baking £ 75.30 Cake Weight £ 9.00
Fair Raffle £191.00 Sweets in Jar £25.00
Name the Bear £ 24.97 Recipe & activity books £16.00
Tomato plants, plants & cuttings £128.00
THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Thursday, 22 May with a circular walk through Den of Alyth to a lochan at Drimmie and back on a more southerly route to Alyth (10.5 km). Meet : Barnton Avenue West at 10 am or Alyth Market Square at 11.25 am. Further information is available HERE.
POETRY READING Vicki Feaver, one of our Kirk members, will be giving a poetry reading at the Fruitmarket Gallery on Tuesday, 27 May at 6.30 pm to launch her latest collection of poems. This will be the first collection since her Parkinson’s diagnosis and through some of the poems Vicki looks at the disease in many different ways. All are welcome.
THE ABC BOOK CLUB met in April and selected their choice of books for the next 12 months. A copy of the list of 12 books is available from Louise in the Kirk Office. Those attending the Club raised £100 in donations on the day for the Ferrywell Youth Project. A small donation for a copy of the list would be very welcome.
PRAISE GATHERING 2025 Celebrating 40 years of concerts, the Praise Gathering Choir, with over 400 on stage, will be performing in the Usher Hall on Saturday, 21 June at 7 pm (and at Glasgow Concert Hall on 14 & 15 June). Tickets range from £24.50 to £34.50 and are available HERE.
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am. All are welcome.
CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT is on every Monday from 10.30 am to 12 noon in the Gathering Space of Cramond Kirk Hall and all are welcome.
DEATH
13 May Julia Bertram
FLOWERS Eleanor Cameron
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 25 May
(Minister : Mr Brian Drummond)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 1 June
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service at Pennywell Kirk
There are no services at Cramond Kirk
at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 25 May
(Congregation-led service)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 1 June
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service
LIVE STREAMING Please note that the 10 am service at Cramond Kirk and the 11 am service at Pennywell Kirk are live streamed to the Kirk website 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 Pennywell Kirk's service is available HERE. The live services will also be available to watch later on Facebook and on the website.
FACEBOOK Cramond Kirk’s Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/cramondkirk2 so please do keep in touch to check all the latest news & happenings. The page is also accessible from the Kirk website & if you do visit, please remember to “share” and “like” our page.