EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
2 - 8 November 2025
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Organist : Simon Bertram
Pianist : Katherine Campbell
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 198, 448, 565, 19, 740
Readings – Psalm 149 & Luke 19 : 1 - 10
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WELCOME TO WORSHIP 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.
CONTACTS If you need to contact the Minister, Julia’s phone number is 07706 454148 and her email address is jcato@churchofscotland.org.uk and our Pastoral Assistant, Reverend Jessie Fubara-Manuel can be contacted on 07305 622493 or at JFubara-Manuel@churchofscotland.org.uk
CITATION OF CONGREGATION Members of ENK congregation are invited to attend the Presbytery meeting to be held in Gorgie Palmerston Place Church on Tuesday, 4 November at 7.45 pm at which Presbytery will be asked to approve the amendment to the Presbytery Mission Plan, allowing Pennywell’s buildings to be retained by the Kirk.
DAVIDSON’S MAINS SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE The annual Service of Remembrance at Davidson’s Mains War Memorial will take place at 1 pm on Sunday, 9 November and the service will be led by Reverend Julia Cato. The procession along the Main Street will set off from East Barnton Avenue to the War Memorial at 12.50 pm.
POPPY APPEAL There will be a retiring collection in aid of Poppy Scotland at the close of the services on Sunday, 9 November.
THE MEN’S COFFEE & BACON ROLL MORNING is being held in the Bruntsfield Golf Club lounge on Thursday, 6 November from 10.30 am – 12 noon. Cost : £5. Please let Louise in the Kirk Office (office@cramondkirk.org.uk) know if you’d like to attend.
PENNYWELL AUTUMN FAIR is being held in Pennywell Kirk Hall on Saturday, 15 November from 10 am – 12 noon. Donations of new/nearly new goods will be very welcome and can be left at the Kirk Office and if you are able to help on the stalls, please let Louise know.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2025 This year Cramond Kirk’s Christmas Tree Festival will take place from 30 November 2025 to 4 January 2026 and Pennywell’s Festival will be open to the public from 15 – 20 December. This year’s theme is “Our Enchanted Christmas”. If you’re a member of a club, group, organisation, choir, band etc and would like to take part, please contact the Kirk Office or email the Christmas Tree Festival team at christmastreefestival@cramondkirk.org.uk. It’s a great way to publicise your group and good fun too.
THE CHRISTMAS FAIR – DONATIONS OF JEWELLERY are always welcome. To help the team sort items in advance of the Fair, we would be grateful if jewellery could be handed in to the Kirk Office before 6 December (the date of the Fair).
CHRISTMAS FAIR HAMPER TICKETS are now available at the Kirk doors & in the Kirk Hall. Tickets cost £2 each or 3 for £5. Please write your details on an envelope, pop in £2 & put the envelope in the “filled hamper envelope” box. And if you’d like 3 for £5, put your details on 3 envelopes, place 2 of them inside the third with your £5 and pop the filled envelope in the box.
ST COLUMBA’S CHRISTMAS POP-UP SHOP will be open for business in the Bruntsfield Golf Club on Wednesday, 12 November between 10 am & 3 pm. You’ll find unique gifts, Christmas crafts & decorations, jewellery & scarves, toys & games and cards & calendars so please come along and stock up on gifts for all the family.
THE CRAMOND LADIES’ PROBUS CLUB meets at 10 am on Thursday, 6 November in Cramond Kirk Hall with guest speaker, Charlotte diCampo and her talk on the renovation of the King’s Theatre.
THE MURRAYFIELD CRAMOND PROBUS CLUB will be holding its next meeting at 10.30 am on Wednesday, 5 November at the Royal Burgess Golf Club with their guest speaker, Peter Grant and his talk on James Clarke Maxwell. If you’d like further information on the Club, please contact Gavin Duncan at gavinduncan4915@hotmail.com.
THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Thursday, 6 November with a loop from Errol to Port Allen on the Carse of Gowrie coastal plain (8 km). Meet : Barnton Avenue West at 10 am or Errol Mercat Cross at 10.50 am. Further information is available HERE.
A LAD IN CRAMOND Based loosely on the Aladdin story, the Cramond Drama Group’s panto ‘A Lad in Cramond’ will be performed in Cramond Kirk Hall on Friday, 12 and Saturday, 13 December (7 pm on both nights and a 2 pm matinee on the Saturday). Come & enjoy an evening or afternoon of fun for all the family. Tickets 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. However on Monday, 3 November there will be a monthly outing with coffee in Dalkeith followed on Monday, 10 November with the coffee morning at North Edinburgh Arts, 12C Macmillan Crescent. The monthly prayer walk will follow at 12.30 pm that day arriving back at North Edinburgh Arts at 1.30 pm. Further details are available from Violetta on 07305 848150. All are welcome.
FRESH START – COOKERS FOR CHRISTMAS APPEAL Fresh Start is running its Cookers for Christmas appeal which provides cookers and other essential white goods for those in need, helping to make a house feel more like a home. To donate to the appeal, please click HERE
BAPTISM Glen Arran McKinney
DEATH
29 October Willa Stewart
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 9 November
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Remembrance Service
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Sunday, 16 November
(Minister : Reverend Alex Douglas)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 23 November
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 9 November
(Minister : Reverend Jessie Fubara-Manuel)
10.50 am : Remembrance Service
(please note the earlier start time for the Act of Remembrance)
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Sunday, 16 November
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
11.00 am : CrossReach Service
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Sunday, 23 November
(Minister : Reverend Dr Martin Scott)
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 links to the services can be found HERE.
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