EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
25 - 31 May 2025
Reader : Brian Drummond
Organist : Simon Bertram
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 641, 256, 537, 6, 283
Readings – Deuteronomy 33 : 1 – 5, 18 – 29 & Acts 11 : 19 - 30
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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 Tuesday, 27 & Wednesday, 28 May.
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 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
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.
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.
LAND, SEA AND SKY The Seven Hills Chorus will be performing a selection of Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet, exploring the land, sea and sky in St Anne’s Church, Kaimes Road on Saturday, 7 June at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £15 and will be available at the door on the night.
AN ECUMENICAL PENTECOST SERVICE is being held at 3 pm on Sunday, 8 June on the grass beside the Boardwalk Café down at the waterfront. All are welcome and if the weather is wet, it will be moving into Cramond Kirk Hall.
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.
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.
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am. All are welcome.
MANY THANKS The Brownies would like to thank everyone who supported their bake sale last week and helped them raise £230.06 for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity.
PENNYWELL MONTHLY WORKSHOPS The third in a series of monthly workshops is being held in Pennywell Kirk Hall on Sunday, 8 June from 1 pm – 3 pm. The workshop will look at how to become a better listener, exploring what makes a good listener and thinking about what we can each do to listen better in a busy world. All are welcome and refreshments will be available. For further details, please contact our Parish Development Worker, Violetta on 07305 848150.
UNEARTHED EDINBURGH PHOTO COMPETITION Edinburgh Libraries have launched a photography competition celebrating both Edinburgh’s green spaces and gardening as forces for creativity, resilience and connection. Photos can celebrate any green space in the city from the Meadows to your window box! The competition is free to enter and open to all. All entries should be submitted to www.edinburghcollected.org where they will become part of a community archive of Edinburgh memories. Photos should be accompanied by a description of what makes the picture special to you. Entries will be judged on both their photographic merit and the accompanying text. The deadline for entries is 31 July and book tokens will be awarded to the three winning entries.
FRESH START Many thanks for the recent donations of a vacuum cleaner, microwave, towels 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 is available HERE.
FLOWERS Eleanor Kemp
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 1 June
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service at Pennywell Kirk
There are no services at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 8 June
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 15 June
(Congregation-led service)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 1 June
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service
Sunday, 8 June
(Minister : Reverend Elspeth Harley)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 15 June
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
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.