EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
12 - 18 January 2025
Minister : Reverend Elspeth Harley
Organist : Simon Bertram
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 201, 191, 570, 579, 565
Readings – Psalm 29, Luke 3 : 15 – 17, 21 & 22
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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.
A SERVICE OF BEREAVEMENT will be held in Cramond Kirk at 10 am on Sunday, 19 January. All are welcome, especially any who have lost loved ones over the past year.
THE GATHERING SPACE CAFÉ opens again on Tuesday, 14 January.
CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT returns on Monday, 13 January and every Monday thereafter from 10.30 am to 12 noon in the Gathering Space of Cramond Kirk Hall. All are welcome.
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am. All are welcome.
THE CHRISTMAS QUIZ Many thanks to everyone who took part in the Christmas quiz and helped raise a magnificent £148. We received 18 completed entries, 6 of which had correct answers for all the questions. Congratulations to Helen Berry who was picked out of the hat from the 6 correct entries. If you’d like to see the answers, they are pinned on the noticeboard in the entrance to the Kirk Hall and are available from the Kirk Office.
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK PASTORAL ASSISTANT Edinburgh Northwest Kirk is looking for a pastoral assistant to assist the minister, elders and Visiting Team as well as to engage in pastoral care amongst the congregation and in the community. The post is for 20 hours per week with a competitive salary, initially on a two-year fixed-term contract and with the potential to continue as a permanent position. If you know of anyone who might be interested in the post, please let Louise in the Kirk Office know and she’d be glad to send out full details. Further information is available HERE. The closing date for applications is now Friday, 31 January.
A CEILIDH FOR ALL is being held in the Kirk Hall on Saturday, 1 February from 6 pm – 9 pm. With dancing and Heather & Kathy’s hot pies, it promises to be an excellent evening. Tickets cost £15 (£5 for under 18s), which includes a free drink, and are available from the Kirk Office. Please join us on the dance floor or simply come along and enjoy the music and refreshments.
GAMES & MOVIE AFTERNOONS Pennywell Kirk are holding their next games afternoon from 1 pm – 3 pm this afternoon (12 January) and their next movie afternoon will be at 3.30 pm on Sunday, 26 January with a family friendly film called “Yours, Mine and Ours”, a story of 2 single parents trying to juggle life and 18 children between them. All are welcome.
THE WEDNESDAY CLUB meets at 7.30 pm on 15 January with their guest speakers, Helen & Iain Berry who will be taking everyone on a “Costa Rica Adventure”.
CHRISTMAS CHARITY DONATIONS FROM THE KIRK Over the Christmas period, £187.21 was raised for WaterAid from donations at Pennywell and £405.49 was raised for CHAS from donations at the Christingle service at Pennywell and the Watchnight service at Cramond.
CHRISTMAS CARD APPEAL If you have any spare, unused Christmas cards with envelopes that you just don’t know what to do with, please donate them to the Kirk. We can use them to make up variety packs for 2025! The cards we collected this year were turned into 40 packs and raised £48 for the Christmas Fair charities. Cards with their envelopes can be put in the boxes in the Session House or in the entrance to the Kirk Hall until 31 January 2025.
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND STAMP APPEAL is currently raising funds to support the Firmly Planted project in Malawi. The project aims to establish self-sustaining tree nurseries to nurture and protect the environment and protect livelihoods for the local communities. Please do continue to pop your used stamps in the collection box in the Session House.
THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Saturday, 18 January with a walk around Gartmorn Dam Country Park near Alloa. Meet : Barnton Avenue West at 10 am or Gartmorn Dam Country Park at 10.50 am. Further information is available HERE.
A DAFFODIL TEA DANCE, with a Scottish theme, is being held in Blackhall St Columba’s Church Hall on Wednesday, 5 February from 1.30 – 4 pm. The dance is in aid of Blood Cancer UK and tickets cost £5. Please contact Muriel on 07908 805364 for tickets.
FRESH START 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.
GARDENING SERVICES Andrew Philip is starting up his own gardening business and is looking for new clients starting in the spring. His father, Angus, is the Kirk’s gardener and looks after the manse gardens at Cramond and Pennywell and we are pleased to see his son following in his father’s footsteps. Anyone wishing to contact Andrew can call him on 07746 831617.
DEATH
6 January Bruce Wallace
FLOWERS The Madeley family
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 19 January
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Service of Bereavement
Sunday, 26 January
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 19 January
(Minister : Reverend Alex Douglas)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 26 January
(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 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.
TWITTER/X & FACEBOOK Cramond Kirk’s X feed is available at @cramondkirk1 and a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cramondkirk2 so please do keep in touch on either to check all the latest news & happenings. Both are also accessible from the Kirk website & if you do visit either site, please remember to “share” and “like” our page.