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Issue 649
Dundee
The Magazine of St. Andrew’s Parish Church
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are
God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long Psalm 25: 4-5 NIV
Every Sunday at 11am
Créche, Sunday Sunbeams, Stars and Seekers meet after the All Age Worship
Followed by tea/coffee in the St Andrew’s Hall
*
Holy Week Services Sunday 25th March - Palm Sunday 11am
Thursday 29th March - Café Church 7.15pm
Friday 30th March - Good Friday Service
led by the choir 7.30pm
Sunday 1st April - Easter Morning 9am
followed by breakfast
Morning Worship 11am
Teas/Coffees Saturdays 10am - 12pm
Sundays after service
Girls’ Brigade Mondays 6.30pm
Scottish Dancing Mondays 7.30pm
Guild alternate Tuesdays 2pm
Bowling Club Thursdays 7pm
Something else happening? Let the congregation know by including it in
the pre-service slides on Sunday mornings.
Please email information, by a Friday at the
latest, to Garry Collins at
Contributions for the next edition are welcome
anytime during the coming weeks,
but at the very latest by:
THURSDAY 29th March
email to
The February edition of the Wyvern will be
available for collection by distributors
on Sunday 8th April Cong Ref No - 291743 Scottish Charity No - SC011775
Session Clerk
Mrs Helen Holden
Deputy Session Clerk
Mr Ron Chimiak
Finance Director
Mr Lindsay McCallum
Gift Aid Promoter
Mrs Anne Clarke
Freewill Offering
Mrs Audrey Johnston
Fabric Co-ordinator
Mrs Sheila Valentine
Church Officer
Mr Ron Chimiak
Presbytery Elder
Mr Ron Chimiak
Roll Keeper
Mrs Evelyn Scanlan
Director of Music
Ms Ruth Irons
Hall Letting Convenor
Mr Roddy MacKinnon
Safeguarding Co-ordinator
Mrs Pam Chimiak
Christian Aid Co-ordinator
Mrs Lynn Hutchinson
Reader Co-ordinator
Mrs Merelyn Baxter
Sunday Seekers
Mrs Sharon Miller
Sunday Stars
Mrs Fay Scott
Sunday Sunbeams
Mrs Alison Collins
Tuesday 13th March - 7.30pm
Tea/Coffee will be served from 6.45pm
Dear Friends,
As I write, there are flurries of snow outside my window,
interspersed with brief periods of sunshine. More snow is
forecast for the coming days, which may come as a shock to
the crocus and daffodil shoots beginning to appear above
the ground. However, by the time you read this, I hope that spring will have
reasserted itself. It is always a relief after the long winter to get into the lighter
nights and see all the signs of life and celebration that we associate with
Easter.
And with the new life and hope of spring, it’s tempting for us to step quickly
from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday; to focus only on the celebration, the
holidays and the enjoyable bits of Easter, and to play down the real story of
betrayal, cruelty, self seeking and heartache that unfolds during Jesus ’ last
week in Jerusalem. After all, surely it’s unhealthy to dwell on the unpleasant
side of life?
And yet we can hardly escape the wrongs and ills of the world. Some of us
struggle with them on a daily basis ourselves, and none of us can miss the
tragedies that unfold nightly on our television screens — the shooting of school
students in Florida and the bombing of civilians in Syria immediately come to
mind. It doesn’t take a huge leap of imagination to understand how the hatred,
cruelty and casual disregard for human life that led Jesus to a cross are still
played out in acts of violence between nations in the Middle East and within
school communities in America. Perhaps these vivid pictures bring home to us
what it means to share in the darkness of the world and, in the words of the
hymn, what it cost Jesus to ‘pay the price of sin’.
The Gospels spell out just how Jesus was betrayed by his friend, falsely
accused, and wrongly condemned to an agonising execution. And yet the good
news is that the story did not end there. Beyond the death of Jesus there came
the day of Resurrection. Out of death came life that was offered to all who
would trust in Christ and follow him; a life given so that the whole of creation
could be transformed and made whole. Christian hope is not something which
helps us avoid the darkness, but something which takes us through darkness
and transforms it. Many people have discovered that for themselves, and only
you can say what it might mean for you.
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A few years ago I helped the children of a Primary School to celebrate a simple
Passover meal in preparation for their Easter service. We finished by each
person saying ‘Shalom’ (‘peace’) to their neighbour. One boy asked afterwards,
‘Can we do this next year?’ When I asked why, he said, ‘Because it was
lovely’. ‘Shalom’ means peace and wholeness for body mind and spirit, and it
was the word of greeting used by Jesus to encourage his frightened and
unhappy disciples at Easter.
On a world scale, we must continue to pray and work for peace and renewal in
Syria and elsewhere. And closer to home, there will be many situations where
the peace of Christ needs to be given and received. Jesus said, ‘In this world
you shall have trouble, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world’ (John
16: 33).
The peace of Christ be with you all throughout Lent and Easter.
Your Interim Moderator,
Rev David A Collins
Ian Clarke
It’s almost a year since we held our first Cafe Church - 13th April, 2017, which
was Maundy Thursday, and have held five more since then. We’ve been very
encouraged by the support and enthusiasm shown for these, and we are
already planning the next, which will take place on Thursday 29th March.
Coincidentally, this lands again on Maundy Thursday, and this year we will have
an informal communion as part of our service. We will be joined by members of
Meadowside St. Paul’s and the Methodist Church.
Normally, Cafe Church is held in the Glasite Hall and we hope to continue this,
but, should there be building work underway, we will hold it in St Andrew ’s Hall
instead. As ever, we’d love to welcome more of our congregation - please come
and see what we get up to! Cafe opens at 7.15pm and the worship starts
around 7.30pm.
ALSO
As mentioned in last month’s Wyvern, we are planning our Forward In Faith
Gatherings for the following dates, so please note these in your diaries:
Thursday 6th September at 2pm
Friday 7th September at 7.30pm
Saturday 8th September at 10.30am 4
At their meeting in February, the Kirk Session agreed that
the church could be a collection point for the Foodbank.
This idea was put forward by the Sunday Seekers, who will
now take responsibility for the collection point, and delivering any donations to
the foodbank on a regular basis.
The Seekers came up with the idea following the fantastic response of the
congregation to the Foodbank appeals over the festive period.
As their theme for the session is generosity and kindness, it seemed a natural
follow on to see St Andrew’s adopt the Foodbank as a year-round cause.
There will be a collection point outside the St Andrew’s Hall beside the
recycling point - based here with the idea that other hall users may then see it
and donate too (it may re-locate while the lift work takes place). On a Sunday
there will also be a collection point in the Glasite Hall.
Posters will be up around the church encouraging people to donate what they
can.
We look forward to your support.
A Prayer for Lent & Easter
God of Lent and Easter,
in the glory of the cross
your Son embraced the power of death
and broke its hold over your people.
During this time of repentance,
draw us to yourself,
that we may put aside the deeds of darkness and death
and accept the light and life of your kingdom,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
Elders’ Roll
Books
will be available
to collect on
Sunday 25th March
Can any Elder who has not
returned their Roll Book from
the October communion,
please remember to give
them back to the Roll Keeper
as soon as possible.
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Teas and coffees will be
served, for the congregation,
after the 11am Communion
service on April 22nd
Sunday Seekers
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As part of the Year of Young People celebrations, the Sunday
School leaders thought it would be good for the congregation
to get to know our young people more. So, each month we will
have a Young Voices page featuring a different young person
each month. This month we’d like you to meet Stewart:
Hello, what is your full name, and age?
Hi, my full name is Stewart John Alexander Lennon (after my dad and both my
grandpa’s) and I am 13, almost 14.
Which school do you attend and what year are you in?
I go to Bell Baxter High School in Cupar, and I am half way through 2nd year.
What are your favourite subjects at school?
I just love Drama! And I get a great amount of enjoyment out of learning to play
instruments in music. I enjoy imaginative writing in English. And the logic and
sequence of Maths is one of my favourites too. I am also a huge fan of History,
I am fascinated by all the events that have brought us to where we are today.
RMPS is also another subject that I hugely enjoy because I love learning about
all the other religions.
What is your favourite TV show or movie?
I don’t really watch TV. There are lots of movies that I like and its difficult to
pick a favourite. I really enjoyed one we watched a couple of weeks ago called
Cool Runnings. I also really enjoyed going to the cinema with dad to see
Dunkirk. However, my all time favourite has to be the film adaptation of the
book Wonder.
What music or bands do you like listening to?
Ok I’m really going to surprise you here! I’m a big fan of the Spice Girls! My
favourite song is Wannabe! But to redeem myself, I’m also a huge fan of choir/
church music. There are so many that I like, but my favourite must be How
Great Thou Art. (but I do get so emotional when I hear Ruth playing Walking In
the Air on the Organ, it gets me every time)
What hobbies and interests do you have?
My main hobby is computer games. I am a big Nintendo fan, and enjoy playing
Saturday 10th February was the date of our first planned walk this year when
8 excited walkers, and our guide dog Jo, headed for Redmyre Loch near
Tullybaccart, a six-mile hike.
February type weather dominated the walk for most of the time but that did not
diminish our enjoyment and everyone was glad to be out on the hills again,
exercising and socializing together.
Eventually we found the lovely fishing loch and after lunch we started on our
way back to the car park and then onto the Pine Cone Restaurant for a
relaxing hour after an energetic walk. Number one completed.
There are seven other walks planned for 2018, come along and join us.
my Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 2DS. I also enjoy researching things on
YouTube and the internet. I love to learn! I have also recently enjoyed being
part of the Indoor Bowling group at the church, it’s a great fun group and I
really enjoy going along to it.
What do you want to be when you are older?
I have absolutely no idea, at the moment!
If you had a superpower it would be?
I’ve not really thought of super powers since I was about 4 years old! But lets
see, being able to make everyone smile, and bring an end to 3 rd world poverty.
Or even get the homeless a home.
What is your first memory of St Andrew's Church?
I can’t remember my first ever memory, but when we came back after not
coming for a year or so, I remember all these smiling faces and everyone
telling me how tall I was and feeling so welcome and so glad to be back!
The best thing about St Andrew's Church is...
Can I have a whole page to answer this? There isn’t one thing, there are so
many things. The people, the building, the warmth (that’s the people not the
building), Ruth and the choir, the great things that go on like the groups, like
Girls’ Brigade, the gardening group, the bowling club, and the amazing Café
Church that has become such an amazing project. The coffees on a Saturday
and Sunday and Sunday Seekers and just the whole church family that is
welcoming to everyone.
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Roddy MacKinnon
Sheila Valentine
After celebrating Australia Day at the end of January, we
hopped across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand to celebrate
Waitangi Day. This involved a great deal of grunting and face-
pulling as we performed a Haka. Eating a Kiwi fruit was much
more relaxing! The Explorers also made a kiwi, the flightless bird native to
New Zealand, complete with its long beak which it uses for foraging in the
undergrowth.
The following Monday was busy with pancake and crepe making to mark
Shrove Tuesday and card making for Valentine's Day. The pancakes tasted
delicious despite their weird shapes. The laughter from the kitchen showed
that Monday is Funday in St Andrews!
We celebrated Chinese New Year with the older girls making a stir fry and, as
it is the Year of the Dog, the Explorers made a picture of a dog. As a special
treat, Carol, the church cleaner, brought her Guide dog puppy, Dudley, along
to visit the company.
To mark the end of the Winter Olympics, we held our own Olympics with a
range of activities. Curling was very popular. This involved sending frisbees
along a paper rink towards a target. The Explorers became very adept on the
slalom course although we didn't attempt it on skis!
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On 6th February Susan Whyte was our speaker on the V & A. It was wonderful
to see what the inside of the building would be like and to hear about the
exhibitions that will be there. The V & A is a museum of design, and exhibitions
from all over the world will have the opportunity to come to Dundee.
On 20th February, Margaret Clarke from Malawi Fruits was our speaker. Not a
piece of fruit in sight. Malawi Fruits help the people of Malawi with various
projects to give them a sustainable future. Some projects include bringing
irrigation and clean water to communities and supporting young people to grow
their business to they can improve the lives of their families. Margaret brought
along some items made by the people and with the donation from the Guild
and the money raised by the sale of goods £60 in total was raised for Malawi.
Our last meeting for the session is on the 20th March when we have our
Daffodil Tea with musical entertainment from Alison Bishop and Friends. All are
welcome.
Anne Barrowman
Silvie Taylor
2008 - "There was a good turn out when Sally Romilly gave a very 'educational'
talk on Traidcraft, capturing her audience by setting a few challenges which
soon had everyone interacting," wrote Gayle Lennon. "There was an in-depth look at
Fairtrade and Traidcraft, followed by Fairtrade refreshments."
1998 - The Rev. I D Petrie quoted the following from a current publication: "In the first
world war, 745,000 British soldiers died, 1,500,000 were wounded. German casualties
were similar. Churches and church leaders on both sides supported their governments.
Theology failed...and has never recovered. A few chaplains and poets managed to
struggle with the disillusionment."
1988 - The Guild began the month with a talk "Healthy Eating" by Mrs. Grassie. The
following Tuesday a Business Meeting and Gift Night Service were held. On the 15th, Mr.
Stockdale's talk was "In the Deep Midwinter". Entertainment on the 22nd was by Stobswell
FP choir.
1978 - The Rev TRS Campbell, referring to the Communicants' Class, said it was
encouraging to know beforehand that 20 young people had indicated their intention to
become members, most having no previous connection with St. Andrew's. Realising that
the Sunday class made attendance difficult for some, he said arrangements could be
made to give instruction at a more convenient time.
1968 - "Our Girls' Brigade is now well supplied with Lieutenants," wrote Mr. Campbell.
"On successive years there have been appointed Miss Dorothy Doig, Miss Merelyn Coull,
Miss Sheila MacDougall and now Miss Elizabeth Moug. Of these four, Dorothy and Sheila
hold the Duke of Edinburgh gold award.
1958 - At the Annual Congregational Meeting, the Rev. TRS Campbell paid tribute to
beadle Mr. George D. Ormond, describing him as an ambassador of St. Andrew's
church. "Even more, he is the very spirit of St. Andrew's. On behalf of all of you, I want to
thank George and his family for the way they keep going on and on in the service of our
kirk." (And those of us who remember the unique George with affection, would agree.)
1948 - The church Dramatic Society presented the three-act comedy "Charity Begins..."
in the Little Theatre for three nights, with Miss Ella Templeton as producer. This polished
performance drew comments of surprise from the local community that the society should
be competing in drama festivals.
1938 - In course of time, because the seven weeks of Lent were meant to be austere,
Shrove Tuesday became a time of mirth and rejoicing, making the most of the liberty
which was allowed before days of abstinence came." (Rev. WT Smellie.)
1928 - "The end of the session is in sight. Soon our Supplement will be filled with
accounts of closing socials and break-up meetings, as our many hard-working, willing
workers gain a well-earned season of rest. May the satisfaction of work well done make
the 'off season' happy and delightful for them all." (Rev. RFV Scott.)
Apology - Sometimes this computer ignores a word I've type and invents one of its own. Nevertheless, I should have checked last month’s MOT more carefully and made sure that among the assistant ministers, it was Mr. Sherrard and not "Gerrard". Silvie
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The next meeting of the Kirk Session
is on Tuesday 13th March at 7.30pm.
Teas and coffees will be served
from 6.45pm so elders can meet for
fellowship before the meeting.
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Funerals 7th Feb Ruby (Rubina) Moore
12th Feb Christina Marra
13th Feb Cranston Guthrie
14th Feb Graeme Ritchie
16th Feb Margaret Crossan
We now have a preliminary start date of mid-March for the building work to
commence on the lift. Building control is still holding up the process at the
moment but the builders, architect and lift company are on stand by for an
immediate start, once our building warrant is passed.
Over the 13 weeks that the work is being carried out there will be some
disruption to everyone who uses the church halls. The lower entrance from the
car park will be out of use while the new disabled-friendly entrance is being
installed. This will mean for some of the time that the upper entrance will be
the main entry point for the St Andrew’s hall and access for the church. The
ground floor toilets and the Raitt and Davidson Halls may be out of service for
some of the time with access to the Glasite hall, upstairs kitchen and church
office only via the ‘back’ stairs. We would hope that most of these areas will be
accessible most of the time but we are preparing to work around the times
when they are not.
If you are part of a group that uses the halls then be assured that the Redesign
Team will be in touch to make sure that your group is accommodated during
the building work. A portable PA system is available for the St Andrew’s Hall
and we will do all that we can to make the alternative arrangements work. Car
park users will also be contacted if their spaces are going to be temporarily
changed while the work is being carried out.
Hopefully, before the next edition of the Wyvern the builders will be on site and
work will have commenced at last.
Evelyn Scanlan
Come unto me,
all ye that labour
and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
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Flower Donors Flower Committee
March March
11th Mrs. I. Dryden 11th Mrs. E. Strachan
18th Mrs. A. Lowe 18th Mrs. L. Evans
Mrs. E. Davidson
25th Mrs. M. Hunter 25th Ms. M. Graham
Mr. I. McDougall
April April
1st Mrs. D. Steven 1st Mrs. A. Henderson
8th Mrs. A. Forbes 8th Mrs. M. McKenzie
Mrs. A. Guthrie
15th Mrs. S. Valentine 15th Mrs. A. Sanderson
Mrs. S. Johnston
22nd Mrs. M. McKenzie 22nd Mrs. E. Strachan
Stewart Lennon
29th Mrs. M. Spence 29th Mrs. A. MacKinnon
Easter Gift Service - Sunday 18th March
These lovely pictures were sent in by Anne Lowe, daughter
of Reg Mulheron, who celebrated his 89th birthday in
February.
Many members will know Reg and will be delighted to
see that as well as his wonderful cake, Anne also sent a
lovely picture of the oldest and youngest members of the
Mulheron family on Reg’s birthday - Reg with his 3 year
old great granddaughter.
Best wishes from us all here at St. Andrew’s, Reg.
If you have any pastoral needs or if you
know of anybody at home, or in hospital who
requires a visit please contact our Interim
Moderator:
Rev David Collins BSc BD
Or the Church Office
Church Office St Andrew’s Parish Church
2 King Street, Dundee, DD1 2JB Tel: 01382 224860
Email: [email protected]
Bowling
Bill Grant
Boys Brigade FMA
John James BEM
Care Group
Liz Davidson
Crèche Rota
Anne Barrowman
Flower Committee
Anne MacKinnon
Muriel McKenzie
Fundraisers
Jimmy Robertson
Girls’ Brigade
Sheila Valentine
Guild
Anne Barrowman
Life and Work
Ron Coull
Outdoor Activities Group
Roddy MacKinnon
Stewardship Team
Email: [email protected]
Traidcraft
Sally Romilly
Website
Claire Andrews
Wyvern Distribution Co-ordinators
Anne Lowe
Brian Forsyth
Wyvern Editor
Gayle Lennon
Mar 13th - Session Meeting 7.30pm
*
Mar 14th - Fashion Show 7pm
*
Mar 18th - Easter Gift Service 11am
*
Mar 29th - Café Church 7.15pm
*
Mar 30th - Good Friday Choir Service 7.30pm
*
April 1st - Easter Breakfast after 9am service
*
April 22nd - Communion 11am - 2.15pm
Mar 20th - Daffodil Tea
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