Weekly Announcements

EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS

27 October - 2 November 2024

Minister : Reverend William Watt

Organist : Simon Bertram

Hymns & Readings for the 10 am service -

Hymn numbers : 112, 755, 255, 707, 352

Readings : Job 42 : 1 – 6 & 10 - 17 and Mark 10 : 46 - 52

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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.

SCRAN ACADEMY Next Sunday Will Bains, the CEO of Scran Academy will be the guest speaker at Cramond Kirk’s 10 am service followed by the 11 am service at Pennywell on 10 November. Scran Academy is one of the charities being supported by this year’s Christmas Fair and we look forward to hearing more about the work the charity does helping youngsters realise their full potential. You can also find details HERE.

A SAFE LISTENING PLACE Domestic abuse affects 1 in 5 women in Scotland at some point in their lives. An awareness raising morning looking at the issues and how we can respond is being held at Greenbank Parish Church on Saturday, 9 November from 9.30 am – 12.30 pm. Julia and a number of Edinburgh Northwest Kirk members are going along and if you’d like to join them, please contact Julia or Louise in the Kirk Office.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2024 This year Cramond Kirk’s Christmas Tree Festival will take place from 1 December 2024 to 6 January 2025. The theme is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and all we ask is that trees be made from or decorated with recycled materials. 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.

CHRISTMAS HAMPER TICKETS With the Christmas Fair just around the corner, hamper envelopes 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.

TIME TO REVIEW & UPDATE In the coming weeks all members of Edinburgh Northwest Kirk will be receiving a letter inviting you to let us know how you wish to be contacted. In this way we hope to be able to keep in touch in a way that works best for you and to keep you better informed of what is happening at Edinburgh Northwest Kirk.

BIBLE STUDY – STIRRED BY THE STORM Cramond Kirk’s Bible Study Group meets in Cramond Kirk Hall every second Wednesday at 7 pm and the next meeting is on Wednesday, 6 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. At the moment they are thinking about Heaven. For further information, please contact Violetta Fejszes at vfejszes@churchofscotland.org.uk

THE MEN’S COFFEE & BACON ROLL MORNING is being held in the Bruntsfield Golf Club lounge on Thursday, 14 November from 10.30 am – 12 noon. Cost : £5. Please let Louise in the Kirk Office know if you'd like to attend.

ST COLUMBA’S CHRISTMAS POP-UP SHOP will be open for business in the Bruntsfield Golf Club on Wednesday, 13 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. For those unable to attend, the Hospice Christmas catalogue is available HERE.

FRESH START Many thanks for the recent donations of kitchen utensils, towels and an iron. 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.

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 choose a whole wardrobe’s worth of clothes for each child referred. The clothes are ironed, folded and packaged into giftbags for delivery back to the referring professional. 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 HERE

CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT takes place 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. All are welcome.

CROSSREACH NEWS & CHRISTMAS CARDS The latest CrossReach newsletter as well as the CrossReach Christmas card & calendar collection for 2024 are now available. A few newsletters and catalogues can be found at the Kirk doors and the full catalogue is available HERE. Please support the work of CrossReach as you prepare for Christmas.

FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA Scottish Love in Action is holding a fundraising Fireworks Extravaganza on Sunday, 3 November at George Watson’s Rugby Ground, Myreside Road with 2 displays – one at 4 pm and one at 6.30 pm. Tickets cost £13.28 and are available HERE. 

FLOWERS     Jean Paterson

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.