EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
8 - 14 March 2026
Minister : Reverend Dr Jessie Fubara-Manuel
Organist : Simon Bertram
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 449, 738, 622, 490
Readings – Psalm 95 & Romans 5 : 1 - 11
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WELCOME TO WORSHIP We are glad you have been able to join us in person or online.
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
LENT STUDY : CHRISTIAN AID – ACT ON POVERTY Please join us for the third week of our 6 week hybrid (online and in-person) study over Lent to empower us to act on poverty. We are studying Scripture passages, reflecting, discussing and praying together. A short PDF packet will be sent out in advance each week covering the topics: Prophetic, Broken, Generous, Located, Hopeful and Together. Come join us on Wednesday, 11 March (7–8 pm) in Cramond Kirk Hall (Committee Room) and online on Zoom. Please email Rev Julia A Cato for more details at jcato@churchofscotland.org.uk.
CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT is on every Monday from 10.30 am to 12 noon in the Gathering Space of Cramond Kirk Hall.
THE FAIR TRADE STALL will be up and running in Cramond Kirk Hall following this morning’s 10 am service. Time to start stocking up on your Easter treats.
CRAMOND COMMEMORATES TREE DEDICATION SERVICE is being held in Cramond Kirk Hall on Friday, 20 March starting at 10 am. Formal proceedings will begin outside at 10.30 am, weather permitting. Those who are able can visit nearby trees in the project and there will be light refreshments in the Hall. If you are planning to attend, please let Stuart Richardson know at stuartr@abmtrim.com so that we can ensure we don’t run out of refreshments! If you wish to know more about the Cramond Commemorates Trees Project please click HERE.
ENK HALLS ASSISTANT A vacancy has arisen for a Halls Assistant based in Cramond Kirk Halls. The role is 30 hours per week, flexible in working days and hours but will include evening and Saturday working and involves helping to maintain ENK’s buildings so that they are clean, tidy and welcoming as well as responding to emails, working with Microsoft Excel and Word, maintaining the Hall website, invoicing hall users and assisting with tasks in relation to the Halls at Pennywell. Further information is available HERE and from the Kirk Office. The application deadline is Friday, 13 March.
THE JUMBLE SALE Many thanks to everyone who supported last Saturday’s Jumble Sale – the stallholders, the treasury team, the car park attendants and door keepers and the catering team as well as all those who donated and bought items. The sale has so far raised just over £3,900 which will be divided between Fresh Start, Ukrainian St Margaret’s Saturday School and Edinburgh Northwest Kirk. The breakdown from the various stalls on the day is as follows :
Jumble Bites Cafe £459.45 Books £287.00
Home Baking £249.40 Adult Clothes £569.75
Tapes/Music £105.95 Toys £359.04
Linen £168.90 Bags/Shoes £287.00
Bric-a-Brac £579.94 Children’s Clothes £ 17.89
Furniture £ 80.50 Donations £160.00
Entry Money £482.00
THE ENK NEWSLETTER The deadline for submitting items for the April newsletter (fliers, photos etc) is Friday, 20 March. Items should be sent to ENKeditors@gmail.com.
THE JUMBLE SALE QUIZ is now available in the Kirk Hall and this year’s theme is “animals with 4 limbs”. Completed entries can be left in the boxes in the Kirk Hall and the deadline for entries is 23 March. Please pick up a quiz and good luck!
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am with a monthly outing. Further details are available from Violetta on 07305 848150. All are welcome.
A GAMES & MOVIE AFTERNOON is being held in Pennywell Kirk Hall on Sunday, 15 March. From 1 pm to 3 pm it’s games time followed at 3.30 pm by “How to Catch a Thief”. All are welcome to either or both.
THE KNITTED BIBLE EXHIBITION is coming to Blackhall St Columba’s Church from 13 – 20 March with over 30 exhibits of stories from Genesis to Revelation. The exhibition is open at various times in the mornings, afternoons and evenings and details can be found HERE.
EASTER CARD COMPETITION A plea to artists of all ages and abilities – please take part in our Easter card competition by designing a card, A5 size or less when folded, and handing it in to the Kirk Office by Tuesday, 24 March. Please include your name, age if under 18, and contact details. Cards will be displayed in Cramond Kirk Halls over Easter.
THE WEDNESDAY CLUB meets in Cramond Kirk Hall at 7.30 pm on 11 March for a spring/Easter craft night.
THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Saturday, 14 March with a walk round the Loch Ross art walk in Edinburgh Park then through the subway to RBS Gogarburn (6 km). Meet : 10 am at the the Gyle Centre bus stops (middle entrance). The 9.40 am LRT 32 bus from Barnton arrives at the Gyle at 9.50 am. Further information is available from Simon Gillam at cramond.walkers@yahoo.co.uk.
FRESH START Many thanks for all the donations over the past week. Please could only easily portable goods be left in the Fresh Start boxes in Cramond Kirk Hall and we’d be very grateful if larger, heavier items e.g. microwaves, ironing boards, televisions etc could be taken direct to the Fresh Start warehouse at 22-24 Ferry Road Drive which is open from Mon – Thurs, 9 am – 4 pm.
DEATH
28 February Margaret Barton
FLOWERS Janet Thaw
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
Sunday, 15 March
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 22 March
(Minister : Reverend Alex Douglas)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 29 March
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 15 March
(Minister : Reverend Elspeth Harley)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 22 March
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 29 March
(Congregation-led Service)
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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