EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
4 - 10 May 2025
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Guest Preacher : Reverend Phil King
Organist : Simon Bertram
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 533, 194, 694, 409
Readings – Psalm 150 & John 20 : 19 – 31
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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.
AND WELCOME to this morning’s guest preacher, Reverend Phil King who is the Global Mission Director for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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.
A PRAYER WALK The next monthly prayer walk around the Pennywell area is being held on Monday, 5 May from 1 pm to 2 pm and all are welcome. Please meet at Pennywell Kirk garden at 1 pm.
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.
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 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.
A COFFEE & CAKE AFTERNOON Cathy from the Gathering Space Café and her friends are holding a coffee & cake afternoon in Cramond Kirk Halls from 2 pm – 4 pm on Sunday, 4 May to raise funds for Maggie’s Centre. Please come along for some excellent cake and help support a very good cause.
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 CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Saturday, 10 May with a circular walk from Leven promenade along the Fife Coastal Path or beach to Lundin Links and then by Lundin Woods and Blacketyside to Letham Glen, past the golf course and back to the Promenade. Meet : Barnton Avenue West at 10 am or Leven Promenade car park at 11.10 am. Further information is available HERE.
CREATIVE WRITING IN CRAMOND A friendly writing group for new & nearly new writers meets once a month in Cramond Kirk Hall. Their next meeting is on Thursday, 8 May between 10 am & 12 noon. All budding writers would be most welcome. Just bring along a pen and paper and a desire to write. There is a £5 charge for each session.
11 – 17 MAY 2025
Christian Aid Collection There will be a retiring collection for Christian Aid at the close of next Sunday’s services.
House to House Deliveries/Collections For all volunteer collectors and deliverers, your red bags are available for collection from Cramond Kirk Session House on the mornings of 27 April, 4 and 11 May. At present we have a number of districts which are uncovered and would be very grateful for any help delivering to these districts. If you are able to help, please pick up one of the unallocated bags from the Session House, write your name on the label on the front and let us know which bag you have. The envelopes only need to be delivered.
The Christian Aid Fair is being held in Cramond Kirk Hall at the close of the joint service on Sunday, 11 May. Donations of home baking for the Fair would be very welcome as would any plants or seedlings for the Kirk plant stall. The Scouts will also be selling plants and refreshments will be available along with the ever popular raffle.
The Quizaid Evening is taking place in Cramond Kirk Hall on Thursday, 8 May (7 pm for 7.30 pm). Spaces are available for this fun evening which comes with a glass of wine & nibbles. Book now for a night out. Tickets are £5 per person. You can make up a team of 4, 5 or 6 people, or just come along and we will find you a team to join. Entry forms are available in the Session House, at the main door of the Kirk Hall or from the Kirk Office or simply e-mail the Kirk Office with details of your team.
A Christian Aid Service, marking 80 years of Christian Aid in Scotland, is being held in St Giles’ Cathedral at 7 pm on Saturday, 17 May. All are welcome. Further details are available HERE.
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THE JUBILO SPRING CONCERT Irene Stockton, one of our choir members, will be singing with Jubilo in their spring concert in St Cuthbert’s Parish Church on Saturday, 17 May at 7.30 pm. The programme will include the Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert. Tickets cost £15 and are available HERE.
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am. All are welcome.
DEATH
1 May George Penrose
FLOWERS Michael & Helen Dick
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 11 May
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
There is no Morning Prayer service at 8.45 am
10.30 am : Joint Morning Service
Sunday, 18 May
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 11 May
10.30 am : Joint Morning Service at Cramond Kirk
There is no service at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 18 May
(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.