EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
22 - 28 December 2024
Congregational Team : Cramond Kirk Choir
Organist : Simon Bertram
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 315, 281, 285, 296, 301, 306
Readings - Genesis 3 : 8-15, Genesis 22 : 15-18,
Isaiah 9 : 2-7, Isaiah 11 : 1-9, Luke 1 : 26-38, Luke 2 : 1-7, Luke 2 : 8-16,
Matthew 2 : 1-11, John 1 : 1-14
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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.
THE KIRK OFFICE will be closed from Christmas Eve until Monday, 6 January.
THE KIRK HALL will also be closed until Monday, 6 January with the exception of Sunday mornings when the Halls will be open and Sunday morning breakfasts will be available.
THE GATHERING SPACE CAFÉ is closed until Tuesday, 14 January and in the meantime Heather, Kathy, Lindsay and Jane wish everyone a happy Christmas.
LIVE STREAM ON SUNDAY, 29 DECEMBER With apologies to all those who watch the Cramond service online, our two livestream volunteers are both away on 29 December and so we are unable to livestream the 10 am service that morning. However the livestream will be back up and running on Sunday, 5 January. If anyone is able to help out with the Sunday livestreaming, please contact the Kirk Office as we do need more volunteers.
CHRISTMAS CLUB AT CRAMOND It’s time to look out the glitter and glue, the Christmas sing-a-longs and lots of fun and games as the Christmas Club returns to Cramond on Monday, 23 December from 10 am – 1 pm. Primary aged children from 3 years upwards are welcome and application forms are available from the Kirk Office. If you can spare an hour or so and can help out, we’d be very grateful. Please let Louise in the Kirk Office know if you’d like to join the team.
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. The closing date for applications is Monday, 13 January. 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 also available HERE.
THE CHRISTMAS QUIZ If you haven’t yet picked up your quiz, now’s your chance and it’s guaranteed to keep the family entertained throughout the festive season. The deadline for entries is Monday, 6 January and copies are available at the Kirk doors and in the Kirk Hall. Good luck!
THE FLOWER LIST for 2025 is now available on the board in the Session House. If you’d like to provide the flowers one Sunday in the coming year, please add your name to the list or contact Louise in the Kirk Office. If you require assistance with arranging flowers or would like to have them arranged for you, please contact either of the Flower Convenors, Dot Kemp or Dot Pendreigh c/o the Kirk Office.
MARY’S MEALS FOREIGN CURRENCY APPEAL Many thanks to everyone who donated their foreign and out of date currency to the recent appeal. The notes and coins raised £346.86 for Mary’s Meals, enough to provide 3,468 school meals. The appeal is continuing so please keep popping any currency you no longer need in the donation box in the Session House or drop it into the Kirk Office.
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.
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) and are available from the Kirk Office. Please join us on the dance floor or simply come along and enjoy the music and refreshments.
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.
FRESH START Many thanks for the recent donations of bedding and the new set of pans and a huge thank you to everyone who has donated items over the past year. The Fresh Start warehouse is closed until 6 January so please hang on to any donations until then. And a merry Christmas from all at Fresh Start.
FLOWERS Allan Lomax, in memory of June
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
At Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 22 December - Advent 4
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Service of Lessons & Carols
Christmas Eve
11.00 pm : Christmas Songs
11.30 pm : Watchnight Service
Christmas Day
Sunday, 29 December
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 5 January
8.45 am : Morning Prayers with Communion
10.00 am : Morning Worship
At Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 22 December – Advent 4
11.00 am : Nativity Service
Christmas Eve
4.00 pm : All Age Christmas Service
Christmas Day
11.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 29 December
11.00 am : Morning Worship
Sunday, 5 January
11.00 am : Communion Service
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.