Weekly Announcements

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS

14 - 23 November 2024

Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato

Organist : Simon Bertram

Hymns & Readings for the 10 am service -

Hymn numbers : 465, Give me oil in my lamp, 21, 565, 352

Readings : Psalm 16 and Mark 13 : 1 - 8

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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.

THE KIRK OFFICE is closed until 22 November. The office phone and emails are being checked but if you need to speak to someone urgently, please call Reverend Julia Cato or David/Alison in the Kirk Hall (312 6911).

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.

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SESSION will be meeting in Cramond Kirk Hall at 7.30 pm on Monday, 25 November. All are welcome to attend and participate in the meeting although only members of the Kirk Session are permitted to vote on issues.

PENNYWELL’S AUTUMN FAIR is being held on Saturday, 16 November from 10 am to 12 noon so please come along and browse the stalls – Christmas gifts, books, dvds, cds, tombola, nearly new as well as Christmas hampers and the grand raffle, and of course tea and coffee. All are welcome.

CRAMOND KIRK CHRISTMAS FAIR - full details of the Fair are available HERE. Please contact the Kirk Office if you need any further information.

CHRISTMAS FAIR - HAMPER DONATIONS Details of how to get hamper tickets are given on the Christmas Fair flier. We would also be grateful for donated items to put in the hampers. These can be left in the donation box in the Session House or at the Kirk Office.

THE GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE The November issue of Grapevine will be ready for collection by deliverers from the Kirk Hall next Sunday.

AN ELDERS’ SEMINAR for all elders and anyone interested in eldership will be held in Cramond Kirk Halls on Sunday, 1 December from 12.15 – 2.45 pm. Pastoral care and elder development will form part of the discussions and a light lunch will be provided. For further information or to book a place, please contact the Kirk Office by 22 November. 

BIBLE STUDY Cramond Kirk’s Bible Study Group meets in Cramond Kirk Hall every second Wednesday at 7 pm and the next meeting is on Wednesday, 20 November. All are welcome and if you’d like to join via zoom instead of in person, please contact Louise in the Kirk Office.

THE BIBLE STUDY GROUP AT PENNYWELL meets on zoom every Tuesday evening and looks at different books and topics. For further information, please contact Violetta Fejszes at vfejszes@churchofscotland.org.uk

A LIVE MUSIC EVENT featuring music from the ‘60s and beyond is being held in Pennywell Kirk Hall on Sunday, 24 November from 1 pm – 3.30 pm. All are welcome. To help with catering, please email Violetta at VFejszes@churchofscotland.org.uk if you’d like to come along but folk are welcome to turn up on the day.

A CHARITY ART EXHIBITION & SALE in support of Ferrywell Youth Project is being held in Cramond Kirk Hall until 24 November. The paintings are by local artist, Lynne Williams. Please come along and have a browse and help the young people of Pilton, Muirhouse and Drylaw. Further information on the project can be found HERE

JENNIFER THOMSON EXHIBITION From 26 November – 3 December an exhibition of Jennifer Thomson’s work will be held in the Kirk Hall, with the chance to buy the Cramond Kirk Winter Scene Christmas cards which are being sold in aid of Fresh Start. The exhibition will be open from 10 am to 4 pm (exc. Sunday, 1 December) and as well as the cards, there’ll be paintings, calendars and gifts on sale.

A SERVICE OF BEREAVEMENT will be held in Cramond Kirk at 10 am on Sunday, 19 January 2025. All are welcome, especially any who have lost loved ones over the past year.

HELP WITH SUNDAY DUTIES If anyone would like to help with duties on a Sunday morning - welcoming at the Kirk doors, reading, sharing the prayers, operating the powerpoint slides or the live stream, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Louise in the Kirk Office if you’d like further information or are happy to help.

THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Tuesday, 19 November with a walk along the Water of Leith from Balerno to Slateford (9 km). Meet : Barnton shops bus stop at 9.45 am or Balerno High School at 10.20 am. Further information is available HERE

CRAMOND ASSOCIATION HISTORY SECTION are meeting in Cramond Kirk Hall on Wednesday, 20 November at 7.30 pm with their guest speaker, Neil MacIntosh and his talk on ‘Davidson’s Mains – Then & Now’. Non-members are welcome with a £2 entry fee.

THE MURRAYFIELD CRAMOND PROBUS CLUB will be holding its next meeting at 10.30 am on Wednesday, 20 November at the Royal Burgess Golf Club with their guest speaker, Stuart Walton and “Nashville to New Orleans – a Musical Journey”.  If you’d like further information on the Club, please contact Gavin Duncan at gavinduncan4915@hotmail.com.

KIDS LOVE CLOTHES is a volunteer-led charity based in Ratho which provides pre-loved clothes for children from newborn to aged 13. Working via referrals from health professionals and social workers, volunteers provide a whole wardrobe’s worth of clothes for each child referred. Collection boxes for clothing donations can be found in the entrance to the Hall and in the Session House. If you have any good quality children’s clothes which you no longer need, please pop them in one of the boxes. And if you haven’t any clothes to donate but would like to support the charity, please donate online HERE

FRESH START Many thanks for all the recent donations. 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 can be found HERE.

BLESSINGS    Ella, Ivar and Raffy Hendry

FLOWERS  John Naylor, in memory of Margeryils of ho

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.

WEEKLY DEVOTIONS Once a week you’ll find a “Daily Devotion” from one our Daily Devotions team. The videos are available HERE. 

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