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REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
BRINGING CHRISTIAN WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE HEART OF EVERYDAY LIFE
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PALMERSTON PLACE CHURCH
Minister - Rev Colin Sinclair BA BD
Colin can be contacted on 447-9598 or by e-mail at
The manse address is 30b Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh, EH10 6BJ.
Ministerial Assistant - Jack Macdonald
Jack can be contacted on 07523 493499 or by e-mail at
Joint Session Clerk - Norma Rolls Norma can be contacted on 337-7005 or by e-mail at
Director of Music - David Hare
David can be contacted via the Church Office on 220-1690 or by email at
Church Facilitator - Paul Mitchell Paul can be contacted on 220-1690 or by e-mail at
Church Office - Annan House
Opening hours are Monday – Thursday : 9am un5l Noon & from 2-4pm.
Friday : 9am – Noon.
Sco8sh Charity Number SC004291
Joint Session Clerk - Ian Graham
Ian can be contacted on 346-313 or by e-mail at
MINISTER’S LETTER
Dear Friends,
Winter makes life harder for refugees and our world is sadly full of refugees. As
we move towards Christmas remember that Mary and Joseph had to flee from
Bethlehem to Egypt to get away from the murderous anger of King Herod. So
our Saviour, the infant Jesus, started his life as a refugee and would end it
rejected by his own people on a cross. As followers of Jesus now we need to see
the world through his eyes and respond with compassion to a world of need.
Read this poem by Brian Bilston carefully and follow the instruc5ons at the
bo@om.
Refugees
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With bombs up their sleeves
Cut throats and thieves
They are not
Welcome here
We should make them
Go back to where they came from
They cannot
Share our food
Share our homes
Share our countries
Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way
(now read from bo@om to top)
MINISTER’S LETTER
During this season of par5es and presents, of carols and cards, of family and
friends and in your prayers and in your hearts and with your giEs make room for
the stranger, the widow, the needy , the poor and the homeless who are among
us all year round.
Every blessing from all at the Manse with our best wishes for Christmas and the
New Year
Sunday 10th December at 3pm
Our Christmas Remembrance Service is an opportunity to remember the
people who are so important to us but have passed away and are no
longer with us for this special 5me of year. The service will be about 45
minutes long with 5me for contempla5on and the chance to light a
candle. There will be tea and coffee available aEer the service.
Tuesday 19th December at PPC
This is the sixth year that we have run a midweek ‘Lunch5me Carols’ event
at PPC as part of our outreach programme. Refreshments from 12.30,
with the service star5ng at 1pm. We again welcome the choir of Dalry
Primary School who will perform during the service.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
December 2017
Sunday 3 11am The blessing no-one wants - Hebrews 11:32-40
3 6.30pm Our generous God - 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
Monday 4 7.30pm Kirk Session Mee5ng - Carlow Room, Annan House
Wednesday 6 10.30am Monthly Coffee Morning - Room 1, Annan House
6 7.30pm South House Group - Manse
Thursday 7 12.30pm Friendship Club Christmas Lunch
7 7.30pm Prayer Mee5ng, Lounge, Annan House.
Saturday 9 3pm All Age Christmas Party
Sunday 10 11am What child is this? - Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
10 3pm Christmas Remembrance Service
10 3pm Service at Sutherland Street Community Hall
10 6.30pm What God wants for Christmas - Micah 6:6-8
Monday 11 6.30pm City Centre House Group - Room 1, Annan House
Thursday 14 8pm Care Van
Sunday 17 11am Morning Service
17 6.30pm Carols by Candlelight
Tuesday 19 12.30pm Lunch5me Carols - Sanctuary
Thursday 21 7.30pm Prayer Mee5ng, Lounge, Annan House.
Sunday 24 11am Na5vity Service
24 5.15pm Chris5ngle Service
24 11pm Watchnight Gathering
24 11.30pm Watchnight
Monday 25 11am Christmas Day Service
Sunday 31 11am Hogmany Service
31 No Evening Service
THIS CHRISTMAS AT PPC
Sunday 17th December
11am - Morning Service
6.30pm - Carols by Candlelight
Tuesday 19th December
1pm - Lunch7me Carols
Christmas Eve - 24th December
11am - Na7vity Service
5.15pm - Chris7ngle Service
11pm - Christmas Eve Gathering
11.30pm - Watchnight Service
Christmas Day - 25th December
11am - Christmas Family Service
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
January 2018
Sunday 7 11am A fruiLul New Year - Mark 4:1-20
7 No Evening Service
Monday 8 6.30pm City Centre House Group - Room 1, Annan House
Thursday 11 8pm Care Van
Saturday 13 9am DIY Day at PPC & Annan House
Sunday 14 11am Ready for growth - Mark 4:21-34
14 3pm Service at Sutherland Street Community Hall
14 6.30pm The locusts are coming - Joel
Tuesday 16 7pm Worship & Chris5an Educa5on - Annan House
16 7pm Interna5onal Bake-Off, Church Hall.
Wednesday 17 2pm Sunflower Café - Sanctuary
Thursday 18 7.30pm Prayer Mee5ng - Lounge - Annan House
Sunday 21 11am Joint Service with St Mary’s Cathedral (AT PPC)
21 6.30pm Poe5c jus5ce - Obadiah
Monday 22 6.35pm PPC Co-ordinators Mee5ng - Annan House
Sunday 28 11am Surviving the storms - Mark 4:35-41
28 6.30pm Surely not them! - Jonah
28 Holy Communion will be celebrated at both services
The Earlybirds Prayer Mee5ng at 8am each Tuesday, in the Lounge of
Annan House, resumes on 9th January 2018.
The Friendship Club , which meets on a Thursday at 2pm in Room 1 of
Annan House, resume on 11th January 2017.
We have groups that meet each week. Baby & Toddler Group resumes
aEer Christmas on Monday 15th January 2018 at 10am.
CHRISTMAS PARTY The Annual All Age Christmas Party takes place this year on Saturday 9th
December.
We’d like to invite everyone to come along and join in the fun at the Tom Fleming
Centre in Stewart’s Melville College. The party starts at 3pm with games, then
dancing, quizzes more games before our special visitor arrives with his sack.
ThereaEer a buffet tea is served, aEer which we conclude with community
singing of Christmas songs and carols, finishing around 6pm. Tickets are on sale -
£6 for adults and secondary pupils (family 5cket £20), £3 for primary age pupils,
Free for pre-school children. We look forward to seeing you there!
MONTHLY COFEE MORNINGS
Please join us for coffee and conversa5on on Wednesday 6th
December in Room 1 of Annan House. The Coffee morning
starts at 10.30am and runs through to Noon and this will be the final Coffee
Morning of 2017. The first of 2018 will be on Wednesday 7th February. If you
would like any further informa5on please contact Mary Benne@.
FROM THE CHURCH FACILITATOR
It has been another busy year around PPC and we have seen an increase in the
use of our premises and also we have welcomed Wycliffe Bible Translators as
new tenants in Annan House.
We have con5nued to clear old junk away, keep areas looking as 5dy as possible
and making improvements as we go. We have re-organised the storage of tables
and chairs to save them being moved around the buildings unnecessarily. People
are encouraged to use things, the only request is that any items used are
returned to their correct home.
The Caretakers and I try to ensure that everything runs smoothly but appreciate
that from 5me to 5me there are small issues. Please speak with the Caretakers
any evening or contact me with any queries or ques5ons you may have.
Paul Mitchell
JOINT SERVICE WITH ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL
Sunday 21st January 2018, 11am
At Palmerston Place Church
We look forward to welcoming our friends from St Mary’s Cathedral at our
morning service 21st January. This annual service, alterna5ng between our two
churches, sees us honouring the Week of Prayer for Chris5an Unity which
involves experiencing each others’ forms of worship, rather than coming together
for a specially wri@en ecumenical service.
Material for 2018 was produced in the Caribbean and uses Exodus 15, a song of
triumph over oppression, as the mo5f of the Week of Prayer.
SUNFLOWER CAFE
The next mee5ng of the Café takes place on Wednesday 17th January in the
Sanctuary. The Sunflower Café offers a welcoming and caring environment for all
struggling with issues of memory loss, and for their carers, to enjoy
companionship and s5mula5ng ac5vity.
If you would like further informa5on or would like publicity material to pass on to
someone you know, please speak with Linda Cunningham or contact the Church
Office.
DIY DAY
We are having a DIY day on January 13th to do a
number of pain5ng, joinery and odd-jobs around the
church and Annan House. These days in the past have
been good fun and allowed the church to save on
bringing in outside contractors.
If you would like to help and you haven’t already
volunteered please contact the Church Office. (You
don’t have to be available for the whole day, an hour or two would be
appreciated).
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
On 8 October, Ruth McCaig came to our Sunday morning service to launch our
Shoebox Appeal for this year.
Ruth is the Operation Christmas Child Regional Manager for Scotland and she
encouraged us all to prepare a shoebox for a child in need by telling us the story of
“Ted and His Washcloth”.
Ted was an orphan in the former Soviet
Union when he received a shoebox gift. He
had to share everything at the orphanage,
including towels. When he got a
washcloth in his box he actually thought it
was his own personal towel!
It was very special because he was the only one who could use it. It was his own
personal thing—something that he didn’t have before—so it was one of his
favourite gifts. When you only have a little, a shoebox is a lot. Ted felt loved when
he realised that someone selflessly gave him a shoebox. God’s love was
wonderfully demonstrated because it was a heartfelt gift and nothing was asked in
return. Ted’s shoebox gave him a sense of hope. It showed him that someone
really cared enough to pack this gift and send it to him. A small shoebox can have a
big impact…what goes into the box is fun, but what comes out of it is eternal.
We have had a marvellous response to our Shoebox Appeal this year and we have
been really pleased to have been given so many donations for our boxes.
We have had some beautiful hand-knitted items, which are such a joy to include,
and we’ve had many donations of gifts for the boxes, from sweets and pens to
toothbrushes and pads of writing paper – all of which are perfect for putting in the
boxes we make up.
We have also had many very kind and generous donations of money for buying the
extra items we need and also for the costs incurred by Samaritan’s Purse in
sending the boxes overseas. Your support of the Appeal is hugely appreciated and
thank you all very much indeed for your contribution.
This year our church was more widely advertised as being a drop-off point and we
received a large number of shoeboxes from Belford Chapel, some from
Carricknowe Church, and from some of the students at Erskine Stewart’s Melville
Schools, all in addition to the boxes prepared by members of the congregation, our
neighbours living nearby and one or two local offices.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Our final total of boxes is a marvellous 231 and we are thrilled to be sending
them off to Romania for distribution in time for Christmas.
Since 1990, more than 146 million children in over 150 countries have
experienced God's love through the power of simple shoebox giEs from
Opera5on Christmas Child. This year we can be sure that the 231 children who
receive our shoeboxes will feel joy in their hearts and experience God’s love
through their shoebox giEs.
Joan Meikle and the Shoebox Team
RETURN TO NAZARETH
Nazareth Hospital has been a beacon of light in Jesus' homeland, open to all
and serving and healing in Jesus' name for 150 years, since the days of the Ot-
toman Empire.
I was first challenged to walk the 'Jesus Trail' in aid of EMMS Nazareth Hospital,
( still affectionately known as the 'Scots Hospital'), in 2015, when PP members
were wonderfully supportive. In April this year, Colin and I walked in aid of the
Maternity and Paediatric services. We worked closely with the local staff and
were again deeply impressed by the very high standard of care, given lovingly
in the name of Jesus, with limited resources. I was made to promise that I
would return, this time bringing 'Dr Alison' with me. She in turn rose to the
challenge and I will be keeping my promise when we return to Nazareth in
March, to visit the hospital and to do the walk, to raise funds for a much-
needed Stroke Unit and Scanner to serve the local area.
Alison and I would be so grateful if you felt you could support us in our ven-
ture. Alison's three years working in the hospital were pivotal in the subse-
quent direction taken in her life and career, with its years of overseas service.
Currently, there is no stroke unit in the area, with serious consequences. Sadly,
there are added costs in the need to include bomb-proof doors. All money
donated will go directly to the project.
Sponsor forms and leaflets are in the vestibule. You can also visit us on Face-
book Thank you.
Ruth Sinclair and Alison Wilkinson
CHRISTMAS CARD
The Outreach Team has taken the decision again to aim deliver a Christmas card to
every address in the parish.
The card has been printed and produced professionally and it will rely on the
generosity of the members of PPC to ensure that delivery takes place.
The front of the card features the theme of ’Joy to the World’ that we are using
this year on all our Christmas material, the inside has a welcome and details of our
services and the back page has details of the church and the various ways in which
people can get in touch or follow us on social media.
The cards and a note of the streets that are in our Parish are now available If you
are able, even to do one street, then your help will be much appreciated. The card
starts with the service on 10th December so we require these to be delivered prior
to then.
This is part of a wider plan to communicate be@er with everyone in our parish and
what be@er way to do it than to send a card at this precious 5me of year to spread
the good news.
If you have any ques5ons or would like to help please contact the Church Office.
SCRIPTURE UNION
A foretaste of heaven SU Global Assembly in
Kuala Lumpur
Ruth and I were privileged to a@end SU’s first Global
Assembly to mark Scripture Union’s 150th
anniversary and to mark the transi5on to a new way
of working.
Over 350 people from over 100 countries from all
around the world gathered in a hotel on the outskirts
of KL to meet, think, laugh, pray, eat share stories and resources and enjoy
being part of the SU family.
The conference had been very well organised and the facili5es beside a lake
(with alligators!) were ideal. I had to lead and speak at the opening evening as
we looked back over the last 150 years. For the rest of our 5me the speakers
helped us look forward.
At all the main sessions we sat in pre-arranged table groups of about 8 in a
mixture of age, gender and country and each table group looked out for one
another and many friendships were formed. There was simultaneous
transla5on into French Spanish, Russian and Korean. Being SU there was a lot of
humour in the midst of serious conversa5on.
On the Saturday I had to chair the first General Assembly of SU at which we
hoped to adopt a new structure and elect a new leadership. It went surprisingly
smoothly and aEer 13 years I handed over the leadership of SU to Chris5an
Hellwig from Switzerland. It was a personal thrill that Joe Kapolyo from Zambia
and Best Man at our wedding was both a speaker and led the final communion
and commissioning of the new leadership. However the most moving moments
were talking one-to-one with people from many challenging situa5ons from
South Sudan to countries where Chris5anity is barely tolerated. Some had lived
in countries racked by war almost all their lives. Yet they each tes5fied to God’s
grace and with both quiet dignity and large smiles they showed how God had
helped them keep their faith, show love and not lose hope.
If you want to know more and aren’t on Facebook then go onto Google and
type in “Scripture Union Global Assembly” and follow the link and you will get a
short video of each day and accompanying photos.
FUNDRAISING IN 2017
This year at Palmerston Place Church we have raised some very gratifying amounts
for the different charities which we regularly support.
We held a Congregational Lunch in February at which we raised £527.80, of which
£391.25 was gift-aided, and this sum was collected for the work of Bethany
Christian Trust.
In March and April there were two retiring collections for the Disasters Emergency
Appeal, which we sent via Christian Aid for the East Africa famine. A total of £510
was donated, of which £495 was gift-aided.
Our Congregational Lunch in May together with our annual support of Christian
Aid Week raised £1643.50 through donations envelopes and support at our Lunch.
Gift aid on this sum adds an additional £382.
The very successful Beetle Drive held jointly with the Brownies in October raised
£275.50 (with gift aid of £75 to be added) for the Friends of Chogoria Hospital.
Additional funds of £627.50 were raised at our Congregational Lunch in
September.
In October, donations in Christian Aid Harvest Envelopes raised £1440 of which
£1230 was gift aided.
Our fourth and final Congregational Lunch of the year was held in November and
£572 (of which £521 was Gift Aided) was raised for Fresh Start.
Finally, and most successfully, our fundraising for Helen Russell and the
refurbishment of the toilets at the school in Beirut where she spent time teaching
with the charity “Hope for Kids” raised £8022.25 (includes £1543.25 of gift aid).
Thank you so much for your ongoing support for our fundraising efforts, all of
which is enormously appreciated.
Joan Meikle, Service Team Leader
One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
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VOCATIONS INFORMATION DAY
Saturday 10th February 2018
Following the great success of our launch of the Tomorrow's Calling campaign
in 2015, I'd like to commend to you the next Voca5ons Informa5on Day, which
will take place on Saturday 10th February 2018 at The Confor5 Ins5tute,
Coatbridge.
In Princes Street Gardens in May 2016, we launched the ini5al Tomorrow's
Calling video, which captured the imagina5on of those who saw it, and has
since been viewed an es5mated 150,000 5mes via Facebook and 8,900 on our
YouTube channel. This video can also be viewed on our new recruitment web-
site: www.tomorrowscalling.org.
The fresh voices of young adults - se8ng out in the early days of their profes-
sional ministries in the Church – are resona5ng through the Church of Scotland.
In every kind of Chris5an community people are asking big and exci5ng ques-
5ons about their own voca5on, and being amazed by the answers they find.
In 2014 the Church had begun to dream a dream of training 30 ministers per
year, more than twice the average over the previous five years. In 2015, even
with the campaign launch part of the way through the year, we recruited 31
new candidates, 21 of them for the full-5me Ministry of Word and Sacrament,
an increase of 50% on recent years. We're both thankful and ambi5ous, deter-
mined to build on that success and to find more Church members who may be
inspired by those who have already said ‘Is it me, Lord?' and willing to ask that
ques5on of themselves.
By helping us to commend the Voca5ons Informa5on Day, the vital and
immensely useful first step for everyone sensing a calling, you can begin to ask
your members ‘Is it you?', and maybe you'll have the thrill of hearing someone
answer ‘Well, maybe...' It would be a great boost to the work we do within the
Ministries Council, and a wonderful giE to the Church's ministry. Please help
us to convey our enthusiasm for the growth we're beginning to see!
Yours,
Rev Eleanor McMahon
Educa+on and Support Convener
PRAYER PAGE
“Love came down at Christmas....” and that Love is “The
image of the Invisible God” Colossians 1 v 15
Let us take time to marvel at such love, to thank and praise
God for it.
LORD, in the sometimes frenetic busyness of this time of year
help us to take time to focus on the true meaning of
Christmas, to give thanks for your many blessings, to ask for courage and grace to
share something of the true story with those we know who do not yet understand.
Pray for the work of Scripture Union in schools sharing the Christmas story, often
with children who have no idea of the real meaning. Pray for leaders working in
areas where there is real hardship that their love and faith will touch the kids in
such a way as to bring joy and excitement. Pray for courage for pupils who do
know Christ, to feel able to share the Real Christmas story.
Pray for Bethany staff as they work to alleviate the suffering of homeless people
through the Care Van and the Night Shelters. Pray that many will use the night
shelters and find compassion and love as well as shelter during winter. Pray for
the many volunteer teams, including two from our congregation, who provide
good meals, that they will interact with grace and compassion.
Give thanks for 231 shoe boxes from our congregation and other sources delivered
here, and pray for the Samaritan's Purse staff as they check, transport and deliver
them to children in Romania. Pray that the recipients will be blessed by the gifts.
Pray for our Youth Leaders as they present the Christmas story in a way that really
gets the attention of our young folk, including the boarders. May they all be
challenged by what they hear and be prepared to think about faith and what it
means in an increasingly secular society.
Let us remember all the events planned for December. Pray that all who attend,
including many from our parish, will find a warm welcome and be encouraged to
return to learn more. Pray for our ministry team as they prepare for a very busy
time. May they be richly blessed by God.
Let us remember the lonely and housebound; those under severe pressure from
family and work; those struggling with financial insecurity; those caring for
vulnerable family and friends. May they experience some measure of love and
peace, perhaps as a result of a neighbour, friend, member of the family who goes
out of their way to be a friend.
PRAYER PAGE
LORD, remind us of the increasing number of countries where it is dangerous
to be a Chris5an, where they meet in secret to worship, pray and study your
word. We pray for pastors who risk everything to teach, encourage and help
both Chris5ans and seekers. Grant them wisdom, integrity and courage de-
spite the dangers. As they too celebrate Christ's coming, remind us to pray
faithfully and with hearLelt love that they will experience your joy. Give
thanks for our freedom and may we work to retain it.
As a new year starts, let us look back and give thanks for God's love shown in
many ways, and look forward, prepared to follow his leading – whatever that
means for us.
As Paul writes “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful”
CHRISTMAS SERVICE OFFERINGS
We will be suppor5ng two causes this year,
one working in Edinburgh and the other in
Mawali.
SU Scotland: Edinburgh Schools Team
The vision of SU Scotland is to see the children and young people of Scotland
explore the Bible and respond to the significance of Jesus.
Over 60 SU Groups meet across the City of Edinburgh in a variety of primary
and secondary schools led by parents, church leaders, youth workers, senior
pupils, school teachers and others. Edinburgh based SU workers regularly con-
tribute within schools at the invita5on of their head teachers, as well as leading
popular residen5al holidays and suppor5ng churches in their work with young
people. The work and contribu5on of SU Scotland is appreciated by many
across the city and beyond. Financial funding is largely via voluntary dona5ons.
Malawi
The Church of Scotland has a long rela5onship with Malawi, India, Nepal and
EMMS Interna5onal and we are looking to support the work of organisa5ons
and the CoS Mission Partners there.
LENT 2018
Please contact the Church Office on 220-1690 or by email at
[email protected] indica7ng which sermons you
would like and copies will be made for you.
Lent 2018: Dates for your Diary
Tuesday Evening Bible Study & Discussion
20th & 27th February, 6th and 13th March
7.30-9.30pm in Annan House, 10 Palmerston Place
Quiet Day
Led by Revd. Dr Kenneth Fleming (Chaplain, St Mary’s),
Saturday 24 February, 10am – 3.30pm, Emmaus House, 14 Gilmore Place.
Further details will be available in February edi+on of Review & Outlook.
PALMERSTON PLACE CHURCH & ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL
MISSION
Rev Stuart Davidson, the new pioneer minister for Ferguslie Park and north
Paisley spoke to reporter Kenneth Speirs of the Paisley Daily Express for this
lovely story about his mission.
It is Rev Stuart Davidson’s job to go out into the community, both as a listening
ear and as prac5cal support to people who want to improve their areas and
perhaps make a connec5on with the church.
The 54-year-old, who is a former civil servant, doesn’t have a church of his own
but is out and about every day and is oEen to be seen at the Tannahill Centre, in
Ferguslie Park, or the Beechwood Centre, in Shortroods.
He said: “Once I say to people that I don’t have a church of my own...people will
say to me ‘Oh, you’re a community minister’ and I’ll say yes.
“I only started in mid-August and I spent a lot of the early days visi5ng people,
visi5ng local chari5es that work in the area, visi5ng other community groups,
council groups, the police, just anybody that seems to have any kind of interest
in the community, even supermarkets and businesses. And that for me is a way
of landing, a way for me to get to know the community, to try and grasp their
aspira5ons and their desires, and for me to see what is happening already.
“I’ve no desire to replicate anything that’s there already, although I’d really love
to encourage it. But I am also looking for gaps at which point I can work with
others perhaps to provide input into those gaps.”
Connec5ng with young people is a major part of Mr Davidson’s remit from the
Presbytery of Greenock and Paisley. He said: “In terms of working for the
presbytery, one of the things is to try and engage with the primary schools again.
And the other remit is to create some sort of Chris5an community, whatever that
might look like. That could be a mee5ng in a cafe, a pub, a gym, someone’s
home, or in a community centre.”
And if people started joining their local Kirk , then Mr Davidson would be more
than happy. “Definitely, I would be,” he said. “My percep5on is that there are a
lot of people who don’t necessarily go to church who s5ll see themselves as
Chris5an, and s5ll see themselves with a spiritual connec5on. “How they express
that is obviously up to them, but I think in a way for me it’s connec5ng with
unchurched people – lost genera5ons, you might say – and also people who
want to connect with God in a way that is meaningful for them.”
Mr Davidson believes churches are a movement and if they were to stop being
such they might become ins5tu5onal, and this could make it difficult for people
who want to lead a Chris5an life to find a way into church membership.
CONGREGATIONAL REGISTER
We warmly welcome to the family of Palmerston Place Church ;
Mrs Lilian Campbell, by resolu5on of the Kirk Session.
CHURCH ROLL
If you have any amendments to your contact details, including your email
address, could you please contact the Church Office.
WELCOME TEAM
As you come into the church each Sunday, our Welcome Team greets you with
a smile and a welcome, and gives you the Order of Service and any other
important informa5on for the day.
We would like to thank very warmly all the members of our Welcome Teams
through the year for this service to the congrega5on, and note that there are
almost 60 people involved in a year.
Without you, the Palmerston Place Welcome to visitors and members alike
would not be what it is, and what it is widely recognised to be.
As do so many similar Teams, we have members leaving us for a variety of
reasons, and a need to look for fresh members in the Team. Thank you to eve-
ryone on the rota; the new rota for 2018 is now displayed on the Lothian
Room no5ce board. You will see that we have a few gaps, and Ron Steel
would be delighted if you would be prepared to offer to help with the Team.
The du5es are not onerous, and are enjoyable, so please have a word with me
if you would like to know more. We have par5cular gaps at present in April
and July – if you are not furth of Edinburgh then, we would be delighted to
hear from you.
Ron Steel
SUNDAY AT PALMERSTON PLACE
You can listen again to any of the sermons from PPC on iTunes, other podcast
providers or directly via our website - www.palmerstonplacechurch.com.
Copies of sermons are available on CD by contac7ng the Church Office.
Services at 11.00am and 6.30pm
A crèche is available every Sunday morning in the Belford Room. For
children aged 3 and above we have a wide range of Sunday groups—
Beginners, Seekers, Junior Horizon, ESMS Boarders and Senior
Horizon. These groups meet during the Morning Service, star5ng in
Church and then going on to their own ac5vi5es.
Coffee and tea are served aEer each service.
“bringing Chris+an worship, fellowship
and service to the heart of everyday life”
