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Minister and Office Bearers of Netherlee Parish Church
MINISTER: Rev Tom Nelson, B.Sc., B.D. 25 Ormonde Avenue, Netherlee, G44 3QY
Tel. 0141 585 7502 [email protected]
SESSION CLERK John Montgomery [email protected] ROLL KEEPER Mabel Bell SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Helen Illingworth [email protected] EDITOR OF LINK Anne Tennant [email protected] LINK & LIFE & WORK DISTRIBUTION Bill Findlay DVD DISTRIBUTION Carol Cleland, [email protected] ORGANIST & CHOIRMASTER Steven Crawford [email protected] SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR Michael H Buchan [email protected]
FINANCE COMMITTEE Convener Allan Mathieson [email protected] TREASURER Ronnie Mair [email protected] DEED OF COVENANT, GIFT AID AND WEEKLY FREEWILL OFFERING CONVENER Dennis Burt FABRIC CONVENER Malcolm McVey [email protected] PREMISES SUPERVISOR Irene MacVey [email protected] PROPERTY RESERVATION See Church Office below CHURCH OFFICE (Tuesday – Friday, 8.30 – 11.30 Elspeth Bennett Netherlee Church, Ormonde Avenue, G44 3SL 0141 637 2503 [email protected] Website: www.netherleechurch.org
Netherlee Church of Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland, Number SC015303
Life
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November 2016
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Services for November
Sunday 6th November 10:30 am Communion Sunday Retiring Offering to Borderline (Aiding Homeless Scots in London) 3.00 pm Communion 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm - Messy Church (Scout Hall) Sunday 13th November 10.30 am Remembrance Sunday Sunday 20th November 10.30 am Morning Worship – Guild Week Sunday 27th November 10.30 am Morning Worship – First Sunday of Advent Sunday 4th December 10.30 am Morning Worship – Second Sunday of Advent 3.00 pm Time to Remember Service
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Open Door - Every Wednesday from 10.00am
Offering hospitality and friendship.
Short worship service in the lesser sanctuary
followed by tea/coffee and chat at 10.30am
All welcome.
The BB Minibus will be available to convey anyone to and from the church on request. Please contact John Montgomery on 637 2416
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Church Register
Death
10.10.16 Mrs Betty Aikman Lindsayfield Care Home 45 May McFadyean (formerly 12 Williamwood Drive) 22.10.16 Mrs Molly McKee Westacres Care Home 91 Mabel Bell (formerly of 6 Deanwood Avenue) Change of Address 4434 Mrs Muriel Adcock 3H Muir Court 60 Anne Mann to Crossreach, Wellhall Care Home, 60 Wellhall Road, Hamilton ML3 9DL 91 Mabel Bell
A word of Thanks…. I would like to express my sincere thanks to all friends in the congregation who sent flowers, home-baking, cards and other expressions of sympathy following the death of my mother at the end of September. All were much appreciated. Once again, Tom and I have been greatly encouraged by the friendship and support of the Netherlee congregation. By way of further encouragement, I am delighted to report that the retiring offering at my mother’s funeral raised over £1,000 for the James Findlay Nelson Trust for young people. My mother, who was particularly close to James, would have been gratified, I’m sure. Thank you all. Catherine Nelson
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Dates for your diary
Tuesday 29th November 2016: 7.30pm
Sounds International Choir offer a Community Concert in Netherlee Church with contributions from Netherlee Primary School and local musicians.
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Sunday 4th December- 3.00pm
Time to Remember
Our annual service of remembrance will take place in Netherlee Parish Church on Sunday 4th December at 3.00pm followed by some light
refreshments in the church hall. This service is designed to give bereaved families time and space to remember their loved ones at this special time of
year and, as we remember, to seek the generous comfort of God. An invitation is extended to all.
For further information, please speak to the minister.
Golden Wedding Anniversary Thank You A belated huge ‘Thank You’ to all the folk who sent us cards, presents and flowers on the occasion of our Golden Wedding Anniversary in June of this year. We were overwhelmed and will treasure the memory of your kindness. Also, to our wonderful Church catering team led by Barbara Cochrane who gave us a cake to cut on Sunday 19th June in between the services. We will never forget your generosity. The love and support Bill and I have received over the years has been second to none and has brought us through many a tough period since his illness began. Thank you all so much. Rosie Carle
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From the Minister
Dear Friends, There are a great many blessings to be experienced in Parish Ministry, and not least is the privilege of preparing tributes for those who have passed away. It is fascinating to hear the life stories of seemingly ordinary people who have nonetheless led remarkable lives. I guess it is a reminder of the uniqueness of each and every individual who is to be respected and valued. One such life I would like to mention is that of my late mother-in-law, Millie Findlay. She was born in Largs and spent almost her entire 92 plus years there. She was a teenager during the war years and Largs was a base for a great many service men and women. Millie’s mother and father organised a canteen on the promenade near their home and adjacent to St John’s Church. They were members of TocH which is an international charity that emerged from a soldier’s club in Poperinge, Belgium during World War I. The soldiers met in a house named Talbot House which offered safe refuge and respite from the front line. The Christian fellowship continued as soldiers returned to their homes after the war and local branches appeared across the country which engaged in all sorts of charitable work. The motto of TocH was “Service is the rent we pay for our room on earth.” The young Millie was immersed in the work of TocH and continued to live her life with that motivation in her heart. After the war she was an active member of the WRVS and the Woman’s Guild in St John’s Church, and being a woman of strong faith she gave a great deal of her time to service in various practical ways in St John’s. Hers was a life to be thankful for and one that inspires. Duty and service were natural to her and the Largs community received a great deal from her life. These are special qualities that we would all aspire to and certainly those that we expect from our leaders in society. These are the qualities that draw respect and trust. Another saying of the war years was, “Careless talk costs lives.” Millie’s generation knew the value of being careful with what you say. As a result she was a woman of dignity and one who would not speak ill of others - again, a quality that is essential for our leaders. Careless remarks can bring down politician’s careers, even aspiring Presidents of the USA. We have seen sportsmen and women discredited by immoral behaviour, greed and
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unethical use of drugs. We all look for people of influence in our society to have strong moral fibre and who conduct themselves with a degree of decorum and respect for others. Millie for me was one such character, not a great public personality in high office, but a faithful servant of her Lord Jesus Christ who lived out her faith in quiet unassuming dignity with great influence. That is the call for us all in the church today. To follow in the footsteps of such great Christians, applying our lives to all that is honourable, noble, admirable and true, (Phil. 4:8) In this way the church will continue to be salt and light in a dark and confused world. Last month I wrote to encourage you all to pray. Today I leave you with a fine TocH prayer. Encourage and strengthen us, O Father, for the days which lie ahead. Teach us to be humble, forgiving one another, even as Christ secured our forgiveness. Teach us to bear one another’s burdens and so to fulfil His will. Teach us to learn from the devotion of those who have gone before how to spend and be spent in thy service. Day by day, may we grow in thy grace, and in the knowledge of each other; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. May God bless you and yours, Rev Tom Nelson ____________________________
On Friday 16th December at 7.00pm in the church we will have the popular Christmas Classical Concert presented by Martin and Kanako
Storey and their friends. For other information please contact Kanako by e-mail [email protected]
Netherlee Chamber
Music Series
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We all know that prayer should be a natural part of Christian life, but if we are honest, we all struggle at times. During October, the Sunday Clubbers were encouraged to pray and challenged afresh about what Jesus says about prayer. The first session focused on
the Lord’s Prayer, a model for our own praying showing a concern for God’s honour and reputation, for his values to be displayed in the world, for our relationships with others as well as our own needs. The remaining sessions reinforced the message that prayer is about relationship, trust, dependence, humanity and perseverance. Our themes were:
Like Jesus - To pray knowing, from Jesus’ example and teaching, that God wants us to talk to him
Ask, Search and Knock - To be inspired to talk with God in a way he wants us to
Never give up – To pray understanding that God is listening and wants us to keep talking to him
Smug or Sorry – To pray knowing that God wants us to be honest with him
The lessons were illustrated with a visual comic strip of the Lord’s Prayer. Puppets John and Rachel acted out the story from Luke 11, 9-10 - ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened’. On a lovely sunny Sunday we went on a prayer walk and made prayer spinners to talk to God. We enjoyed staying in church during the harvest service and bringing our harvest gifts. Well done to Pria, Max and Sorcha who helped with the prayers. We especially enjoyed the return of former Sunday Clubbers Ben and Kara (or should I say John and Rachel) as they helped out at Harvest too. Sunday Clubbers (young and youngish) who took part in the Christian Aid Swim. Well done to Pria, Isla, Julie, Helen and Vivienne and all the others who were there. Elaine Murray
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Finding resources for SHARE is a bit of a challenge. We meet early on Sunday morning and have quite a short time as demands of choir, Sunday Club and elder duties mean that the time for discussion is limited. The group members like to do some preparation, either Bible reading or some text relevant to the topic. Our recent study has challenged our study patterns. The Bible readings were set out as daily readings and some of them were rather long and the link or relevance of the material not clear. Some of us don’t do the reading daily but on Saturday night or Sunday morning. The discussion we did have was good and we are completing the course. However we are
looking forward to the York Courses Advent Course “Living in the Light”. There are four sessions: Wondering: Luke’s reporting of the coming of Christ Pondering: John’s reflections on the coming of Christ Receiving: Mary’s response to the coming of Christ Living: Paul rejoices in the coming of Christ. For each session we have reading material to prepare for our meeting. There is a CD which for this course is a discussion between Canon Robert Warren who works with the Board of Mission and Springboard of the Church of England and Canon Simon Stanley a co-founder of the York Courses and a former BBC producer and presenter. While the kitchen has been out of action we have been bringing our coffee and teas in our insulated mugs. We will start our study in November so that we complete the course before all the Christmas services. Join us if you feel that you would like to study our faith in a group setting.
Eco-Congregation
The next meeting of the Glasgow Network will be held at St Joseph’s Church in Clarkston on Thursday 10th November at 7.30pm. This will be a talk and discussion about “Air Quality Issues”. The discussion will be lead by Friends of the Earth Scotland. This meeting is so close to us and is considering a current and insidious problem. I am happy to have company. Sheena Wurthmann
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– Work goes on.
On Sunday 23 October following worship conducted by the Rev John Whiteford recently retired minister from Newlands South, he then chaired the meeting of the Congregation called to elect 7 members of our Congregation on to the joint Nominating Committee with Stamperland. The Clerk intimated that as he had 7 names proposed and seconded and as he had not received any further names from the congregation by the closing date of Sunday 16 October there would be no need to hold a ballot . Mr Whiteford then read out the 7 names nominated and asked the congregation to confirm their election which they did by acclamation. The 7 members elected to the Nominating Committee are :-
Mrs Glenda Cook Mr Alan Edgar Mr Charlie Gilmour Mrs Diane Levey Mr John Montgomery Mrs Willi Povey and Mr Bruce Young
These 7 together with the 6 elected by Stamperland, form the joint Nominating Committee who will meet with the Presbytery Vacancy Procedures Committee before starting their task of identifying a new minister to be inducted initially into Stamperland Church until Tom retires when he/she will become the Minister of the Linked charge of Netherlee and Stamperland. This is no mean task for the Committee to undertake. I ask therefore that you hold them in your thoughts and prayers in the weeks and months ahead as they start this very important work. The Session Clerk thanked Mr Whiteford for conducting worship and for so graciously chairing the congregational meeting. Mr Whiteford then wished the congregations well in their search for a new Minister and closed the meeting.
Since last month's report on the Halls and Heating project and following 2 site meetings the contractor has intimated that the work should be
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completed and the accommodation handed back to us on Wednesday 9th November. The Session is very grateful to the congregation and halls users for their patience during the refurbishment and particularly for enduring the lack of heating on Sundays. Surprisingly the weather has been quite benign – although by the end of each service you may not have felt that way!!! Malcolm MacVey has started looking at allocating storage accommodation but wants every user organisation to be quite ruthless with all their bits and pieces and only to keep what is really required. Once we get the halls back it will be some weeks before we get everything back in place so once again your patience is requested. It is our hope that following a deep clean of the entire building, users will at least get the use of the halls hopefully from Monday 14th November. We will keep you advised of any changes to these projections. On Sunday 30 October Tom was delighted to admit 5 new members by Profession of Faith, and along with representatives from the Kirk Session to warmly welcome them and to offer them the right hand of fellowship. Please add your welcome to Alan Fairlie, Kirstin McLellan, Michelle Nairn, Fiona Nicolson, and Kirsty Tennant. I am pleased to say that I now have a sub committee set up to administer the recently created “Common Good Fund”. You may recall that the Kirk Session agreed to set aside £25,000 from the sale of Kirk House into a fund to help very needy local charities who were not likely to receive funding from elsewhere. The Committee will be chaired by Jim Ferguson who will be assisted by Alistair Gow, Elinor Mair, Donald Henderson and Ruth Henderson. (no relation!!). The first 3 come from our Session committees of Wider Mission, Children and Youth Ministry, and Community Matters with the 4th member being a representative from the Congregation. It is hard to believe that on 26th October 2015 we launched our Monday Lunch Club and we are now celebrating our first anniversary. I am sure that Niall Illingworth will have more to tell you but meantime I would just like to put on record the Session's thanks to Niall and the team of helpers (about 20) who turn out each week to help those (about 14) who are living with dementia.
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The Brownies have been working on their badge that they want to do as a pack, this year we have chosen Star Gazing. This choice fits in with our planned overnight trip to Glasgow Science Centre in November, where the Brownies will be able to put their knowledge of the planets to use when they see the planetarium show and join in on the workshops and crafts. Then our Brownies with three hundred other East Renfrewshire ones will be ‘bedding’ down for the night in the centre, literally, sleeping under the stars.
International Day of the Girl is of course, a very significant event in Guiding. For this activity, the Brownies had to imagine a life without school, technology and a safe home. There were the initial cries of ‘it would be great not to have to go to school’ until they heard the work that the girls had to carry out instead. The Brownies were invited to write on the wipe board why they consider in some cultures woman are not treated equally. From their mature and insightful responses it is clear that there is a global awareness of injustices in the world. Each Brownie for the craft for this activity made a crown, because every woman should be treated as a princess. Finally, it was ‘stepping-up’ time at the Scout Hall. As Netherlee Church is not ready yet, 3rd Netherlee had the privilege of having all the Guiding sections in Netherlee visit them for the annual event where the youngsters are either joining Guiding or moving onto the next section. It was a lively event with over one hundred Guiders and their Leaders attending. It is wonderful in this day and age where there is so much to do, that young women enjoy an activity where they are able to grow and develop within their own gender, it is what Guiding is about. Jane Cowan, Brownie Guide Leader and Team www.girlguilding.org.uk
FLOWER ROTA -NOVEMBER
6th Margaret MacKenzie 13th Remembrance 20th Betty Gray 27th Mabel Bell
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Brownie News from 3rd Netherlee
The new session is well underway and we opened it up by having two weeks of ‘Walking Tall’ activities. The Brownies were to reflect on what they had enjoyed about their recent summer holiday and relate this to Guiding. They were to take their socks and shoes off and draw round their feet: on the toes of the outlined right foot was to be the activities on holiday they liked and on the left foot how these activities are carried on into Brownies, what we were looking for was brightly coloured feet outlined cards with positive adjectives like ‘making friends / having fun / exploring’ written on the toes. What we got was thirty screaming Brownies running around the Scout Hall waving ‘smelly socks’ and / or deciding to decorate their actual feet and leave the card as pristine as when it was issued. Funny how the ideas always seem so simple in the Guiding Magazine along with pictures of well-behaved calm children diligently carrying out the tasks! Eventually, we gathered in lovely artwork and we have put it all round our notice board.
Next up it was the Autumn Walk. The Brownies were to gather ideas for their autumn frieze the following week by enjoying what they saw the week of the walk. Armed with torches and First Aid bags we set off for Linn Park. We took the trail off to the right about 150m into the park, mainly because even in September the nights really were ‘drawing-in’ so
the reconnaissance trip demonstrated the light at 7pm and the best route to take. It was a very invigorating walk without too many ‘Brown Owl I’ve been stung by a nettle/bramble/etc’ the route took us along the river bank, through the trees and back onto Clarkston Road via the lane that runs parallel with First Avenue on which holly bushes had been spotted growing when
out on the reconnaissance trip. The pièce de résistance was however, the look on the Brownies faces when we got back to the Scout Hall, where to their surprise, disposable BBQ sets had been going and they could toast gigantic marshmallows. It was a lovely way to greet autumn.
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Can I also thank Anne Mann for taking over the administration of the annual Poppy Scotland Appeal from Stephen Dunsmore. This is a very worthwhile charity and we are very grateful to Anne for taking on this role. Our thanks are also due to the BB for laying the poppy wreath on Remembrance Sunday, which they do in such a dignified and smart manner. October has been a very difficult month for Tom and Catherine following the death of Catherine's mum Millie Findlay at the age of 92, on Wednesday 28th September. She was a remarkable lady and will be sadly missed by the whole family. Please uphold them all in your thoughts and prayers in the coming weeks. As a congregation we are grateful to the Rev Cameron McPherson; the Rev Donald McLeod and the Rev John Whiteford for providing pulpit supply in Tom's absence. Can I also thank Scott Reynolds (Fee's fiance) for conducting the mid week service on 19 October which he did extremely well. Scott has put on hold for 2 years, his studies for the Ministry for personal health reasons and to provide full support to Fee in her probationary year. She has settled in well at Pollokshaws Parish Church with the Rev Roy J M Henderson. We move into uncharted territory with our Nominating Committee now in place and who knows what the future holds in store for us, but as a people of faith we hope and pray that God's spirit will work with the Committee in their search. John Montgomery Session Clerk 20 October 2016
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Items for December LINK should be with the editor by Sunday 20 November
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THE QUEENSFERRY CROSSING
The 2016/17 programme of FORUM meetings got off to a stimulating and fascinating start on Monday 17 October, when Alan Shirley - Head of Policy, Governance, and
Stakeholder Liaison of the Forth Replacement Crossing - addressed a good attendance of the ‘Forum’. Alan Shirley described the well advanced bridge construction in such detail, that I would be surprised if all present fully understood the intricacies of all they were hearing about. Alan confessed he was no engineer, and until that moment I was convinced he was, such was the confidence of his delivery and his clear understanding of all detail of the construction of this unique bridge. I arrived prepared with pen and paper to perform my duties as scribe of the Forum Committee – and as my pen touched the paper the lights were turned out – not an unusual experience, I may say. To look back over my indecipherable notes, leaves me devoid of an ability to provide a fully detailed account of the construction of this superb bridge. That excuse is possibly good cover for the fact that, in spite of being associated with the building industry for fifty years, I did not understand all I heard. What an admission !! It did not take much effort to realise that we were engaged with a design by the Jacobs Arup Joint Venture Group - of considerable ingenuity and supreme elegance – a bridge of which Scotland can be proud, and which will take its place of fame with its Forth predecessors. The bridge, which will carry two lanes of traffic, plus hard shoulders in both north and south directions, is a 1.7 mile long ‘cable stayed structure’ – cables supporting the spans of steel decking and road surface, from three towers 207 metres (679 feet) high, UK’s highest Bridge. This bridge, which will open in May 2017, will carry normal traffic, whilst the old Forth Road Bridge will be retained to carry public transport, cyclists and pedestrians. If the design is ingenious, the method of construction is spectacular. We were treated to short videos of various stages of the construction – the most impressive of which to me, was watching each section of steel decking pushed out into space from one tower, linked to its support cables, and remarkably meeting the decking being pushed out from the sister towers,
The Forum
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Come along for fun and friendship at Messy Church An opportunity for busy young families on a Sunday afternoon from 4-6pm to experience Church through games, crafts and activities; as well as something to eat as a family. It’s OK to drop in at the last minute – you’re always very welcome.
We next meet in Netherlee Scout Hall on Sunday 6th November, We are also planning Messy Church for these Sundays – 11th December, 22nd January and 5th March. _____________________________
Save the Date - Carol Singing
On Tuesday 15th December we will be Carol Singing in the streets around the church. Please save the date and join us to sing. The more we are heard, the more money we can raise for Shelter Scotland. More details in December’s LINK and Orders or Service.
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Blythswood Shoebox Appeal
Sunday 13th November is the very last day we can accept filled shoeboxes or donations. Thank you to everyone who has supported our appeal this year. We’ll tell you how we finally got on in December’s LINK. If you missed the appeal video, check out our Facebook page!
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91st Glasgow (Netherlee) Scout Group
The 2016/2017 Scout Session has started and all the leaders have exciting programmes planned for the sections. With visits to Pinkerston Watersports, an Auchengillian Badgetastic Day and a visit to the Glasgow Climbing Centre arranged, the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers are in for an active year.
This year is a special year for the Scout Group as we celebrate our 85th Anniversary with a dinner on the 19th November. The first 91st Glasgow Group Scout Leader, Maxwell Struthers would be proud that the scout group continues in popularity after all these years! It has been a pleasure to hear the stories from our more ‘mature’ scouters during our anniversary dinner meetings, the celebration dinner is sure to be a good night.
The Scout Group continues to have healthy numbers across the sections however we do have some available spaces in Scouts and Explorers this year. If you know of anyone who would like to join the scout group they can contact us on our Facebook page 91stGlasgow.Netherlee or via email [email protected].
Dorothy Hamilton Group Scout Leader ________________________________
Scottish Country Dance Class
This class will resume on 14th November in the Large Hall from 1.45 -3.45pm. Old and new members of any age and ability will be made most welcome. A cup of tea, a biscuit and plenty of chat are included.
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with unerring accuracy. My mind boggled at the thought of the engineers who prepared the ‘setting-out’ of the bridge, before construction commenced, over ‘virgin’ water and land – presumably all done by laser, or could it possibly be theodolite? A sad part of the evening for me, was to learn that the intricate structure of the 149 segments of steel decking, 12metres long by 40 metres wide, were constructed in China – there being no steel works in Scotland or the UK, capable of meeting the demand. Indeed no bids were received from steelworks in the UK. Sad to think of the changes in our economy, which has brought us to this situation, when we consider that the Forth Rail Bridge was constructed entirely in Scotland, and indeed our steelworks built bridges all over the world. A fascinating evening. David J Leslie ____________________________
The book of the month was Jojo Moyes “Me Before You”. This is a love story but with lots of twists. The main character takes on the job
of being the carer for a young banker who was paralysed after an accident two years previously. Louisa (Lou) wants to persuade Will that life is worth living. I am tempted to put in a spoiler but the topic of euthanasia is part of the story. As I write I am looking forward to the discussion. The book and the date for the next meeting has not been decided but I will put a notice into the Order of Service. Sheena Wurthmann
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278 Glasgow-The Boys ‘Brigade
The Company is continuing to meet in our temporary home at Merrylea Parish Church. We have certainly been made very welcome and Mr Nelson has taken note of the soft mood lighting and comfortable sofas in the Session room! Back in Netherlee, we were delighted to offer help packing the generous donations from the Harvest Service and delivering them to the Lodging House Mission. We have since received a letter to our congregation from their Chaplain thanking us for our continued support. As well as helping on the day, Cpl Campbell Lang also spent a few days of his October school week helping LHM sort the food donations and carry out general duties. Since the beginning of term we have welcomed two visitors who have led the boys in their Christian faith classes. It was an absolute joy to have Fee McDonald share our fellowship and also Mr Iain Smith from Gideon’s who presented each boy with a Bible displaying the Boys’ Brigade emblem on the front cover. It’s hard to believe we are turning our thoughts to the festive period so here are a few dates for your diary:
Saturday 26th November 2016 -10am-12 noon: Boys’ Brigade Coffee morning hopefully in our newly refurbished Church Halls. Christmas Card Delivery Service: We will be providing our usual delivery service to the Parish at a cost of 20p per card. Collections will take place on the 4th, 11th and 18th December 2016.
Finally we are delighted to report that five new members of staff will be attending the Officers training course organised by Glasgow Battalion. This runs over two full weekends in October and November and is a measure of the commitment and dedication of our team members. Please remember them in your prayers.
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While we are enjoying our time in Merrylea we are looking forward to returning to our own Church family in the near future. Best wishes David McGowan Company Captain ______________________________
Off the Beatson Track 2016
Those of you at the early Summer Services may remember Calum and me standing in the chancel looking like two lost canaries. Dressed head to toe in yellow we were heading off to take part in Off the Beatson Track, as part of Jen Bremner’s Team HOPE, fundraising for the vital work done at the Beatson Cancer Centre. A fantastic time was spent walking 10km around the West end of Glasgow on a beautiful sunny day. We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to members of the congregation who supported us with your money, thoughts and prayers. We raised £220, with £120 of that coming directly from the congregation.
Elaine & Calum Murray
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Borderline
A charity to support homeless Scots in London.
Homeless Scots in London are vulnerable, isolated and far from home. More than 12% of the UK homeless population in London are from
Scotland. The charity offers shelter and financial assistance to secure safe housing, with the wider aim of helping individuals lead a healthy,
independent life.
Our retiring offering at the November Communion is for this most worthy cause.
