Notices - Sunday 14th April
Monday 15th April
The Kirk Session meets at 7pm in the Session Room, Kenneth Street.
Tuesday 16th April:
-Youth Club meets from 7.30-9.30pm for S2-S6 in the Hall.
-Basic Christianity discussion group will meet from 7:30-9pm in the MA Hall. Please join us in a relaxed informal setting to explore what Christianity is all about.
Friday 19th April
The 55+ Fellowship will meet from 2.30-4pm in the MA Hall. The speaker will be Malcolm Macdonald, co-author of the Iolaire book “The Darkest Dawn”.
Saturday 20th April:
Safeguarding / Child Protection Training- All volunteers involved in youth and children’s work in our congregations are invited to Safeguarding/Child Protection Training on Saturday 20th April in the Rev MA Memorial Hall, Kenneth Street. The training will run from 10am – 12 noon (coffee from 9.45am) and will focus on Free Church policies and procedures for Child Protection and Social Media. This training is recommended to all volunteers working with children and young people and is essential for those who have never done such training before, including Free Church Youth Camps (FCYC) leaders. Mr Donald A Macleod (Camps Supervisor) will deliver the training and the invitation is extended to volunteers in congregations throughout the presbytery to make use of this opportunity. Booking is advised - please contact Mairianne Campbell to book at [email protected] or by telephone on 703860.
Saturday 20th April
There will be a fundraising lunch in aid of Providence Christian School from 12-2pm in the MA Hall.
Cornerstone Church Plant – Building Appeal:
Cornerstone Church Plant was started in 2014 as an outreach from St Columba’s Free Church. Edinburgh. It is located in the Morningside and Bruntsfield area of the city and is currently made up of 100 adults and 40 children. The congregation is committed to mission, evangelism and church planting. Their aim is to build a strong congregation that will be a resource for mission and ministry across Scotland for future decades.
In 2013 the congregation was gifted The Old Schoolhouse in what has been regarded as an act of remarkable generosity. It is an attractive listed building and a treasured landmark in the Morningside area of Edinburgh. It is also an ideal base for mission and ministry.
The building is, however, in need of substantial repair and refurbishment. The congregation has prepared a plan that will sensitively restore and redesign it to create more space for a growing congregation to gather for worship, and provide an accessible and attractive resource for local community groups. The project cost is £300,000 plus VAT. For a new congregation, this is a massive challenge but £40,000, has been already been raised and it hopes to raise a further £100,000. For the remainder, the Cornerstone congregation is appealing to the wider Free Church to contribute towards the project.
If anyone in the congregation feels inclined to support it, they should place their contribution in an envelope clearly marked ‘Cornerstone’ and place it in any of the collection plates at the church or Seminary.
Further information about the project can be found on www.osh.org.uk
Thanks- Dawn would like to extend her sincere thanks for all those who helped in any way and who donated at the recent Soup and Pudding held to financially support youth camps in Moldova. The amazing amount of over £1100 was raised. This sum will support the attendance of 22 kids at camp. Thank you!
Read the New Testament in 2019
For those participating in the Free Church’s Generation Bible Read Through Project, the chapters in the reading plan for this week are Luke 7-11.
Midweek Meetings: All at 7.30pm in the Seminary
Wednesday – English – Rev James Maciver
Thursday – Gaelic – Rev Kenneth I Macleod
Saturday – English
Children and youth groups
Parent & Toddler meets on Tuesday (1.00–3.00pm) and Thursday (9.45-11.45am)
Campaigners:
C Club (6-7pm) and Crosstrax (7-8.30pm) on Monday in the hall
Kidz Zone meets at 6.15-7.30pm on Thursday in the hall
ADVANCE NOTICES
Sunday 21st April
There will be a congregational fellowship in the MA Hall, following the evening service. Jackie Keddie will speak about the work of Street Pastors. All welcome.
Saturday 27th April
The Ladies Walking Group will be setting off from the car park at the Lews Castle museum at 11am for a walk in the Castle Grounds. All very welcome.
Sunday 28th April
YF will be going to Carloway for the evening service and after-fellowship.
Tuesday 30th April
The Craft Group meets in the Hall from 7.30pm. All welco
