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Cyprian Christingle Service December 2010 Music at St Cyprian’s—Folk Concert featuring ON THE WAGON Saturday 19th March 2011 at 7.30pm The Magazine of St Cyprian’s Church, Lenzie Feb. & Mar. 2011 1 Scottish Episcopal Church Vestry Rector@ (Vacant) Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway Lay Representative@ Paul Hindle Bishop: 40 Garngaber Avenue, Lenzie G66 4LL. ) The Right Revd. Dr. Gregor Duncan 776 3237 Bishop’s Office, Diocesan Centre Secretary@ Mary Boyd, 9 Northbank Road, ) 5 St Vincent Pl., Glasgow G1 2DH Kirkintilloch, G66 1EZ 776 2812 ) 0141-221 6911 fax 0141-221 6490 Treasurer@ Maxine Gow,12 Alder Road, email: [email protected] Milton of Campsie G66 8HH ) 01360 310420 Property Convenor@ (& Chairman) Sandy Jamieson, 5 Pinewood Place, Lenzie, Glasgow, G66 4JN ) 775 1161 Elected Members Pam Bently, Gavin Boyd, Cyprian Adrian Clark, Avril Critchlow, Aileen Mundy, Dave Parfitt, Kathryn Potts, Jacqui Stother. Contacts 3C Group@ Susan Frost 776 4135 The News Magazine of Altar Guild@ Anne Carswell 776 3354 St. Cyprian’s Church, Altar Servers Eric Parry 776 4991 Beech Road, Lenzie, Glasgow. G66 4HN Alt. Lay Rep Adrian Clark 776 2160 Scottish Charity No. SC003826 Bible Rdg Fellowship Prim Parry 776 4991 The Scottish Episcopal Church is in full Car Pool Eric Parry 776 4991 communion with the Church of England and Fair Trade@ Vivienne Provan 776 6422 all other churches of the Anglican Gift Aid@ Aileen Mundy 578 9449 Communion throughout the world Hall Bookings@ Gavin Boyd 776 2812 Link@ Kathryn Potts 578 0734 Rector Magazine@ Paul Hindle 776 3237 Vacancy fax 578 3706 email: [email protected] MU@ Any committee member Interim Priest Pastoral Visiting@ The Bishop Moira Jamieson 775 1161 email: [email protected] Protection Officer@ Kathryn Potts 578 0734 Curate: Rotas@ Gavin Boyd 776 2812 Revd. Moira Jamieson ) 775 1161 Scottish Bible Society@ email: [email protected] Glennis Tavener 775 2895 Social@ Andy Robb 578 1220 Pastoral Assistant: ) Sunday Coffee@ Avril Critchlow 776 1404 Eric Parry 776 4991. Tear Fund@ Vivienne Provan 776 6422 Music Team Youth Vacant Fred Gunnee ) 578 1937 @ These people can be contacted through email: [email protected] email @stcyprianslenzie.com by using the job/group name before the @ without any spaces, e.g., [email protected]. 2 Curate’s Corner Dear Friends, It is with great sadness that we mark Our lives are a journey, taking us ever the passing of three long standing mem- closer to God and as on any journey, the road bers of St. Cyprian’s who lived out their is not always smooth. It is at these times, as lives as true Christians, serving God the poem says, that we are carried on His and serving their community. The first shoulder and our troubles are taken to God. It is also important that we, as a community was Ray Hardman, about whom you of Christians, should always be aware of those can read more on page 14. Then Bill around us who might not be coping in their day Morris and his beloved wife Pauline to day lives or who may just need a kind word died within a week of each other. Their of encouragement to help them on their joint funeral takes place on Thursday journey. Never forget that all of us, at some 10th February 2011 at 10am in St time in our lives, face difficulties and need a Cyprian’s. helping hand. Here at St. Cyprian’s we have a Pastoral It is at these times of sadness that we often Visiting Team who are always ready to give reflect on our own Christian commitment and encouragement and support to others or just to look back at our lives, to see if there is be a friend who visits for a while. If you, or anything more that we can do in the service of anyone you know would like a visit from God. We must also remember that we are not myself, or from a member of the Pastoral alone in our times of trouble or sadness. Like Group, please do let us know. It would also the anonymous poet who wrote the ‘Footsteps’ be of great assistance if anyone hears of a poem, we should know that we are never member of our church community who is ill or alone. Jesus journeys with us throughout our in hospital that they let me know so that I can lives, even if we are not always aware of His visit. Quite often I don’t hear that someone presence. In our times of sadness and trouble, has been in hospital until after they are home. Jesus is our ‘bridge over troubled waters,’ He And so, as we each reflect on our personal is the way to the Father. Continued overleaf 3 Magazine & Curate’s Corner DNS Deadline continued from page 3 The next issue of Cyprian Life should be memories of Ray, Bill and Pauline and of their available in Church on Sunday 27th example of living a Christian life, let us all try to be the best that we can be in serving our March 2011. The deadline for material Lord and our Saviour. is 13th March and the magazine will cover April and May (Easter). As we journey through life and especially Please pass notes, articles, photographs and in our Lenten reflections, let us ask God to anything else that may be of interest to other bless us with the fruit of His spirit, patience, members of the congregation to me by the kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, goodness, deadline in order to give time for typesetting and printing. Electronic format is preferred Yours in the service of Christ, since this is usually quicker and more accurate. Please let me know about what is important to you. It is great to be able to report family events and things happening in our local community. Thank you. Moira This issue includes selected items from the last issue of Diocesan News. The full Diocesan News can be downloaded from the diocesan website: www.glasgow.anglican.org Click on the link on the home page to access the current and earlier editions. If you don’t have Internet access, but would like to read DNS, please let me know. I’ll be happy to Pastoral Care print you a copy. One of the important purposes of Diocesan News is published ten times per Christ’s church is to provide the love year. If you have items that would be of and care we all need. interest across the Diocese, please send them to the Diocesan News editor, Susi Cormack If you, or anyone you know, would like Brown, e-mail: [email protected] a visit from a priest or the opportunity for a or by post to c/o Glasgow & Galloway confidential chat and a prayer, please Diocesan Centre, 5 St Vincent Place, Glasgow contact the Curate, Revd. Moira Jamieson, G1 2DH. Please send in prose text, i.e. not who will be happy to help in any way she leaflets, adverts, posters or PDFs. The can. deadline for the March issue will be Monday St. Cyprian’s also has a number of 14th February 2011. people who are authorised to visit and The views expressed in Cyprian Life and simply be a trusted friend who can be there the Diocesan News are not necessarily those of to listen if you wish. Moira can put you in the Editor of either publication or the Diocesan touch with an appropriate person that may Information and Communications Group. be best qualified to help. Please telephone Paul Hindle Moira on 0141-775 1161. 4 Future Ministry at St Cyprian’s After a long period of reflection, we are the proposals we shall be recommending. I do now in the latter stages of preparing to hope you will take the time to read the booklet search for a new leader for the congre- and to come along to the meeting so you can gation. make your contribution. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions in The supporting document for the benefit of advance of the meeting, please do contact me a new leader that I mentioned last time has or any member of the Vestry.. now been updated and copies will be in church The next move after that is a presentation on Sunday 6th February so that everyone has an to the Bishop’s Staff Group. This is penciled opportunity to improve it and ensure it truly in for 24th February. We hope from that represents the views of the congregation. meeting to gain the support of the Bishop and The business plan that Maxine, our the Diocese for the plans agreed with the Treasurer, and I have been working on is now congregation. complete and has been reviewed in detail by Then we can start to look for our new the Vestry. Financial projections have been leader and bring this long interregnum to an produced for four different possible future end. scenarios. They are: Please pray for the Vestry as we move Ÿ Continue as we are with volunteer through this important phase and for Moira leadership; that she will continue to have the strength to Ÿ Full-time Rector who has a mission to grow sustain all the work she is doing for us all. the congregation; Paul Hindle Ÿ Half-time Rector who also has a mission to Tel: 0141 776 3237 grow the congregation, but at a slower rate; Email: [email protected] Ÿ House-for-duty Rector where we have assumed there would be minimal growth.