News from

Cathcart Trinity Church

February 2018

Creche, Sunday Club and At Pathfinders we started the year Pathfinders with a chat-filled session on ‘Being a Christian at School.’ Please pray for Play and fun continues at crèche. We our fantastic young people as they live are deciding on a new bible to use with out their faith among their peers. our youngest children so that we can share bible stories. We are currently working through a series on Christian Foundations, The children have enjoyed some exploring the truth of the gospel and worship songs and have shared its impact on our lives. activity with some Sunday Club children. The Pathfinders Pizza night will be at Cathcart Baptist Church at 6pm on Creche is a good place to be! Saturday 17th February. We are hoping that lots of young people will At Sunday Club we are looking at come along and stay for Youth Cafe parables. Some of the messages from afterwards. More details on the the parables we have done so far are: Cathcart Youth Ministry Facebook page. • Jesus is my rock • Jesus is the greatest treasure Pam Kitchin and Linda Burke • Jesus does not want me to be lost from him World Day of Prayer

So, what parables have we been Service doing?? Friday 2nd March 2pm

Newlands South Church

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Easter Holiday Club Then it got a whole lot harder. We had to sort ourselves into our favourite Our second Easter Holiday Club, Polar book of the Bible – from Genesis at Explorers, takes place from 11th – 13th one end of the line to Revelation at the April in Cathcart Baptist Church from other. To say I was in panic was an 10-12 noon. understatement. How could I choose one? If you are interested in being part of the team please speak to Cara or Gail. Ten years later I am happy to say that I still can’t choose one favourite book in We would love it if you could collect the Bible. However, I think it’s a good kitchen roll tubes for us over the next question to ask myself now and again few weeks. Watch out for the March and would encourage you to ask newsletter for a shopping list of other yourselves it too. items. What are the Bible stories you want to Thanks read again and again? When you read the order of service on a Sunday which passages make you think ‘Yes, that’s Andrew, Cara, Gail, Mhairi and Pam good?’

A word from our Minister: While I don’t have ‘a’ favourite, I will

confess that the Gospel of Matthew is Ten years ago I was at an excellent up there. When I was training to be a Tearfund event to hear about a new minister I made a list of the books I resource they’d created to help Church wanted to cover in the first couple of fellowships understand and engage in years in my ministry and Matthew their local communities. However, easily made that list – in fact, so much despite all I discovered, the thing I so, that I drew up a preaching plan for best remember from that day was the the whole book. However, the time for ‘ice-breaker’ – the attempt at the that series never seemed right until beginning of the day to help us get to now. know one another better. One of the reasons I personally love

Matthew’s gospel is his passion as he We started off on solid ground. We convinces us that Jesus is the were in a line and had to sort ourselves promised saviour of the Old into birthday order, from January at Testament - as he introduces us to one end to December at the other. Jesus, shows us what His kingdom

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So far, we’ve only made it to the end To go back to the question at the of chapter 4 (although by the time beginning – what is your favourite you’re reading this you may be in the Bible book/passage, I add another now middle of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’) ‘And how would you share that but by this point I hope you have seen book/passage/story with someone how keen Matthew is to demonstrate else?’ Let’s encourage one another as that Jesus is the promised Messiah or we do that – and let’s get lots of saviour in terms of the Old Testament. stories about all that God is doing out into the world. Through genealogy, words from God’s messengers the angels and John the ‘Now Jesus did many other signs in the Baptist, fulfilment of promises in the presence of the disciples, which are Old Testament or even Jesus’ battle not written in this book (John’s with and victory over the devil – gospel); but these are written so that Matthew invites us to look at Jesus you may believe that Jesus is the and see the promised Saviour. Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his After Easter we’ll be taking a break name.’ – John 20:30-31 from Matthew, but the principle reason we’ll be doing that is so that we With love, can spend some time thinking about Alasdair. the very thing that Matthew has been doing – how to share why we believe in Jesus with the people around us.

It can seem a scary thing to speak to someone about Jesus, but it is my Roll Back hope and prayer that as we do this, The Years Disco each of us in our own way can become a little like Matthew as we share what we knows about Jesus. Saturday 3rd March 2018 7.15pm – 9.30pm Catrhcart Trinity Church

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Stamps Kirk Session The retiring offering on Update Christmas Eve raised David has collected £260 for The Well and stamps from Cathcart We reflected on the the congregational Trinity members over a Christmas services and Christmas card raised good number of years. our community £235 for the Night He has sorted them, outreach over the Shelter. and then sold them and festive season. the profits given to A letter from Church charities. It was good to see new Barnardo's was people at all the received thanking Unfortunately, David is services and some folks Cathcart Trinity for the no longer in a position returning after a time many gifts donated for to continue with this away from Cathcart the 16+ age group at work, but he would like Trinity. our gift service. A to thank everyone who representative from has contributed. The carol singing was the charity has asked to well received as was come to one of our services to give us a Alison McMillan the giving out of sweets within the short insight into the Parish. work that goes on in Barnardo's. Many thanks to all of the folks who Fiona Jones participated in these Depute Session Clerk. events. Prayer Breakfast

Saturday 24th February 2018 08:30 - 10:00am

United Free Church, Struan Road

Come and join with others for a time of fellowship round the breakfast table followed by prayer. It is a great opportunity to bring the needs of our world, community, and our churches before the Lord. All welcome.

‘Pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.’ 1 Thessalonians 5 v 17 & 18

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Flower deliveries Church Family There were some news common themes Could you spare an emerging which hour or so after church We were saddened to included, suffering, on a Sunday morning? learn of the passing of broken relationships, Miller Brown and Mary hardship, seeking a If so, please come and Smith. deeper relationship join the team of folk with God, prayer life, who deliver the church We give thanks for how do we serve and flowers after worship their lives and pray that tell others about our each week to members they are now at ease in faith. of our church family. glorious Heaven. The good news is that These visits, and the Disjunctions: the new Alpha course flowers are a sign of our Maria and Donald features all these love for those who are, Campbell central themes and for a variety of reasons, James Taylor. questions. in special need of our thoughts and prayers, and are very much A huge thank you appreciated. from the Alpha

team. The commitment would be for a hour or Our new weekly course Thank you for taking so on a Sunday every 4 started on Wednesday the time to write down to 6 weeks. If you can 17th January 2018 in your questions. We help - please speak to the Church at 7pm. We were encouraged, we any of the flower team start off each evening received more than 100 - Ann McKenzie, June with a light supper questions on the cards. Allison, Marilyn together, then a short

MacInnes or Gay film from Alpha where We provided you the Morrison. the BIG questions in life choice for the are explored. We then questions to remain break into small groups anonymous, this to discuss our thoughts created space for and explore the freedom of expression. questions each film presents.

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The course is free of Winter Night Hello friends, charge, each evening Shelter, Frame Football concludes at 9pm Scotland, Hearing Dogs I have just finished my prompt and finishes on for Deaf People. first week working at Wednesday 21st March Lendrickmuir as a 2018. Our next event to look Trainee Activity forward to is the Coffee Instructor. Why not make a New Morning and Sale of Years resolution to Work which will be held I wanted to thank you explore those on Saturday 24 March for all the prayers , questions, we would between 10am and 12 support, cards and like to take this noon. good wishes to get me opportunity to invite to this stage and for the each of you to the new Everyone is welcome to gifts for my course, bring a join us in the Sanctuary 'Lendrickmuir Survival neighbour, work where you can have tea Box.’ colleague or a friend and coffee while along with you, all are enjoying the art and I really appreciate your welcome and no craftwork on display. kindness. Please question is too BIG or Many items will also be continue to pray for small for God. for sale and we hope myself and the work at you will come along to Lendrickmuir and Carol-Anne P. Latta. support us in what is Scripture Union. usually a bustling morning. I am working the next Art and Craft Club couple of weekends but Looking forward to I hope to see you all January is the month seeing you there, soon. we disburse funds to worthy causes and Fiona Sutherland Matt Shaw members of the Club [email protected] voted to give £200 to the following eight causes: Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, Erskine, The Salvation Army, MS Society, Action for Sick Children (Scotland),

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February 2018 meetings are as follows:

6th – Emily Pankhurst & The Suffragettes. Speaker – Mr. R Johnstone. The Guild 13th – Arran, A Special Island. Speaker – Mr T Marchant At the beginning of the year we were 20th – Tangible Texts all saddened to hear of the death of 27th- Musical Presentation. Mary Smith, a most devoted, caring Ms V McDonald. and faithful member of our Guild. We extend a warm invitation to all Mary, for many years, held the positon who would like to join us for any of our of Minute Secretary and she will be meetings listed above on a Tuesday sorely missed by all members of the evening from 7.30pm – 9pm in The Guild and her Church family. Our Kent Hall. thoughts and prayers are with Mary’s sister, brother and family at this sad Margaret McHarg time. Foodbank be very difficult for when we have too much In the Foodbank over many of our clients. chocolate but this man Christmas, we received wasn’t complaining so many donations which He replied that it had ‘Thank you’ to all of you. are so greatly been difficult as the appreciated by time of year opens up Although we do take in volunteers and clients many painful memories many donations at alike and I would like to for him but that our Christmas we are tell you what one man kindness and the currently short of coffee, said to me earlier this Christmas food and gift breakfast cereal, jam, month. which we had given him gents toiletries and had made such a toothpaste. We He asked if I had difference. continue to have a enjoyed Christmas and surplus of pasta and New Year. I said I had He said “You even gave tinned soup so I would and how was it for him me a selection box”! We ask you to avoid these if because we know it can have so many things at possible. Christmas and complain Anne & Norma.

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Cartvale Care Home Safeguarding at It is important that we continue to work Service Cathcart Trinity together, as volunteers As you may know, The Church of Scotland and as members of the Cathcart Trinity provide aims to have all congregation, to keep a short service each volunteers trained. A our church a safe place month in Cartvale Care number of our for everyone. Please do Centre and we are volunteers completed not hesitate to speak to needing some their training earlier in Donald or Linda if you volunteers to help out the year – thank you for have a safeguarding with the services. taking time to do this. query or concern. Others have done The service lasts about training prior to this. Linda Burke [email protected] 20 minutes and consists of 5 or 6 old, well known If you are a volunteer hymns with a sentence working with children, My journey with or 2 about each, a short young people or God prayer and the Lord’s vulnerable adults and Prayer. Alistair have not attended Having been brought up McDonald provides Church of Scotland in a Christian home, I guitar accompaniment. training, please look at have been a Christian the dates below and for many years. If you think this is part of decide on a date which God’s work that you suits you. To book a I guess, like many of us, could help with come place, please contact me my faith journey has had along to Cartvale on the by email or in person. its highs and lows but in second Sunday of the recent months, and for month. We meet at the • Wednesday 25 April – several reasons, I found Gate at 2.45pm or speak Parish myself really struggling. On the outward to me or call me on 0141 Church 7 – 9.30pm appearance all was well, 639 7029. • Tuesday 1 May – and I remained really Parish Services are on Sunday committed to a very Church 7 – 9.30pm 11th February and active participation in Sunday 11th March. • Monday 4 June – church life. I was Sandyford however at a very low Henderson Memorial ebb. I had little self- Alison McMillan. Church 7 – 9.30pm confidence or self- esteem and my faith was at an all-time low.

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I questioned God’s very These words were I am so grateful to God existence! I did reach a penned by my Dad’s that He brought me to crisis point when my best friend, Rev John Cathcart Trinity 2 years choice was to walk away Moore. ago and He has from God and church or answered my prayer. to go looking for Him In 1952, he was serving again. as Pastor in Seaman’s Through the support Chapel in Glasgow when and prayers of Godly The simple words of an he was asked to visit a friends, the faithful old hymn have always critically ill seaman in ministry of God’s word been a help to me when the Western Infirmary. and the music ministry, I life was hard. I made a He took a tract from a have found the reality of plea to God that He few which he carried, God in a new way and would prove these and shared the story of am developing a words to be true for me. Pilgrim’s Progress. The deepening relationship tract illustrated Pilgrim with Him. I know His Days are filled with coming to the cross with love and faithfulness in a sorrow and care a large burden on his completely new way. Hearts are lonely and back. John shared his drear own experience of I write this really as a Burdens are lifted at coming to the cross and thank you to God for a Calvary the sense of guilt and sin healing beyond my Jesus is very near. before God being expectation and in removed. The seaman anticipation of a Cast your care on Jesus acknowledged his own continuing great faith today similar burden and as journey - although still Leave your worry and they prayed together with the reality of ups fear John was struck by the and downs! Burdens are lifted at sense of peace and Calvary assurance which lit the Christine Penney Jesus is very near. man’s face.

Troubled soul, the He went home and Saviour can see penned the words. Every heartache and tear I too was looking again Burdens are lifted at for that sense of peace, Calvary assurance and purpose Jesus is very near. in life.

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Some good news from Pakistan services. ‘On the way. Emmanuel’s motorbike ran out of petrol. We were surrounded by fields, a long way from This month I’d like to share with you the nearest petrol station. But there some news from a letter I’ve just was a farmhouse nearby and the received from a missionary who works Muslim farmer was working in his field. in Lahore (Pakistan). She is describing The farmer quickly went and siphoned some of her experiences over the out some petrol from his own Christmas period. motorbike so that Emmanuel could get ‘Many Christians in Pakistan to the next village, where the local shop approached the Christmas and New had some emergency supplies. Another Year celebrations with a degree of fear, example of the good relations following the terrorist attack on Bethel Emmanuel has with his neighbours.’ Church in Quetta on 17th December The very next week she received the sad during a children’s nativity play, leaving news that Pastor Emmanuel’s younger ten people dead and many injured. brother had died suddenly, leaving his Security measures around churches wife and four children. were increased and, thankfully, no other attacks occurred.’ ‘The Muslim neighbours cooked food for the family and all their visitors for She spent Christmas with Pastor three days, as is customary in Pakistan. Emmanuel, whose extended family are As many people from the surrounding the only Christians in his village. On villages and Emmanuel’s friends and Boxing Day, joined by Christians from extended family came to offer nearby villages, they went on a condolences on the first day as well as procession of witness. ‘We visited every the funeral on the second day and the alley, singing songs about the Saviour’s memorial service on the third day, that birth, reading from the Gospels and was a whole lot of pots of rice and cups praying. We had a very positive of tea that were provided freely, response everywhere. One shopkeeper irrespective of the differing faiths. At a gave sweets to everyone in the very sad time, it was encouraging to see procession and a householder asked us something positive in the situation.’ to sing in front of his home and then gave us all cartons of juice. Several When we are so accustomed to hearing people asked for prayer and many gave reports of antagonism and violence us offerings of money. We ended up against Christians, it is good to be back at Emmanuel’s house for a worship reminded that harmony and co- service.’ operation are possible. Let’s pray that this will happen ever more frequently. Next day she accompanied Pastor Emmanuel to two villages to conduct Bill Seaman

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February at a Glance

Sunday 4th February 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Tuesday 6th February 6.15pm Snowdrops (currently full) 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 8th February 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Friday 9th February 6.30pm Radar Sunday 11th February 11.00am Morning Worship 2.45pm Cartvale Service 6.30pm Evening Worship Monday 12th February 2pm Moment’s Cafe Tuesday 13th February 6.15pm Snowdrops (currently full) 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 15th February 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Friday 16th February 6.30pm Radar Saturday 17th February 4pm Messy Church Sunday 18th February 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Tuesday 20th February 6.15pm Snowdrops (currently full) 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 21st February 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Friday 22nd February 6.30pm Radar Saturday 24th February 8.30am Prayer Breakfast (UF Church) Sunday 25th February 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Monday 26th February 2pm Moment’s Cafe Tuesday 27th February 6.15pm Snowdrops (currently full) 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 1st March 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Friday 2nd March 2pm World Day of Prayer Service @ Newlands South

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Cathcart Trinity Church, 90 Clarkston Rd, Glasgow G44 3DA

Cathcart Trinity Church is a registered Scottish Charity, SC011353

Key Church Contacts:

Minister: Rev Alasdair MacMillan 0141 633 3744 [email protected]

Associate Minister: Rev Wilma Pearson 0141 632 2491 [email protected]

Session Clerk: Iain Duff 0141 586 0544 [email protected]

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