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CRAMOND KIRK MAGAZINE SPRING 2019 Issue 102 www.cramondkirk.org.uk SERVICES Every Sunday Morning Prayers : 8.45 am Morning Worship : 10am Communion Services 3 March 8.45am 7 April 8.45am 21 April (Easter Sunday) after 10am Service 5 May 8.45am 2 June 8.45am & 10am Special Services Youth Service 3 March Good Friday 19 April Christian Aid 12 May Just playing around Sunday Club 9 June Happy sounds of playing children have opportunities, updated regularly for Facebook page for information. resonated round our Kirk Halls for over changing needs and interests. Over two We are a registered and Care 60 years! rooms the children take part in arts and Inspectorate-regulated charity. Open Cramond Playgroup provides high crafts, water, sand, messy play, physical during school terms 9am – 12 Noon, quality, fun and accessible care for play and much more. Outdoors we Monday – Friday; £13.50 per morning two-to-five-year-old children. Our enjoy the Walled Garden Play-park and plus £1 snack charge per week. enthusiastic SSSC-registered staff have Cramond woodland. Currently with spaces for 2-5 year- a wealth of experience. Unlike most Our parent committee hosts olds, we operate a waiting list to which playgroups we do not operate a parent fundraising events - family ceilidhs, your child can be added from birth. rota, so you can dedicate every session race nights, Christmas fair - helping Call 07707 207486 / email cramond. your child attends to some ‘me time’. to replenish resources and pay for [email protected] or pop in for a We encourage children to choose staff training. All are welcome, see visit. from great resources and learning www.cramondplaygroup.org or our Katie Kent Elderly Information Hub takes shape Aiming to useful telephone card with contacts has been produced. close the gap A list of groups using the Halls weekly and their activities will of loneliness soon be on the Kirk website www.cramondkirk.org along with and isolation, other helpful links. Cramond Kirk has set up an The hub is open to everyone, with leaflets available in the information hub Gathering Space at Cramond Kirk Halls. for elderly people. If you require help in sourcing suitable organisations, or if Many people in our community are in need of anyone you know might benefit from a visit from the Kirk’s companionship. Others find it difficult to access resources like Team, feel free to drop in to the Gathering Space where Diane where to get assistance with living at home, or transport, or contacts for useful organisations. Williams, the Kirk’s Pastoral Assistant (pictured) can be found Set up under the Cramond Cares initiative, the new hub can most days from 10-12. Call 07379 447477, email diane. source the right organisation for your needs. For easy access, a [email protected] Social icon Rounded square Only use blue and/or white. For more details check out our Read more: www.cramondkirk.org uk ... Deadline for next issue 28 April T: 0131 336 2036 Brand Guidelines. Published by Cramond Kirk, Cramond Glebe Road, Edinburgh EH4 6NS Cramond Kirk Grapevine SPRING.indd 1 18/02/2019 09:38 PARISH REGISTER BAPTISMS DEATHS 28 Oct Angus Barr 10 Nov Tulloch Thomson 28 Oct Samuel Gowers 11 Nov John Dobbie 28 Oct Finn Lomax 15 Nov Helen Caldwell 24 Nov Norah Sharp 28 Oct Zara Lomax 1 Dec Muriel Robertson 25 Nov Ramsay Rennie 1 Dec Norman Lee 2 Dec Finn Henderson 2 Dec Doreen Harrow 30 Dec Ruby Scott-Millwood 12 Dec Rhoda McNeill 30 Dec Ellie Scott-Millwood 13 Dec Margaret Pender 30 Dec Ariela Way 23 Dec Agnes Duke 28 Dec John McLeod NEW MEMBERS JOINING 2 Jan Kit McMillan Pictured are two families whose daughters BY CERTIFICATE 17 Jan Jean Shirlaw were recently baptised in Cramond Kirk. If you would like to find out more about 24 Nov Myra Baikie 18 Jan Michael Green church baptism, please contact the 10 Dec Barbara McLeish 23 Jan Rosemary Mutch Minister, Russell Barr, 336 2036, email 28 Dec Fiona Vennelle 27 Jan Alistair Hair [email protected] Ellie’s year in Malawi Fresh Start thanks everyone at Unfortunately, 20 years on, My name is Ellie McKenzie, granddaughter Cramond Kirk for their support homelessness is still a real and of Nancy McKenzie who sings in the church throughout 2018, raising funds and growing issue across Scotland but choir. creating awareness of the issues with your help we will continue In September I will travel to Malawi for 12 surrounding homelessness. supporting people into a new home, Many thanks also to all who “bring months with the education charity “Project enabling them to move forward with and buy” books from the shelves Trust” to work with disadvantaged children their lives. in the Kirk Hall Gathering Space: in an orphanage and help them with basic By the end of December, an over £80 has just been donated to everyday skills. I need to raise £6,200 amazing £13,000 had been raised Fresh Start by the helpful organisers. towards travel, accommodation, training, Please keep reading and buying. for the “Cookers for Christmas insurance and overseas supervision. 2019 sees the 20th anniversary Appeal 2018” with money still I will be having an afternoon tea in the of Fresh Start. We plan to mark this coming in. Your generosity is greatly Kirk Hall on Saturday, 2 March. Tickets with a series of events in which we appreciated. are £6 and available now - contact Nancy hope our supporters can join. Fay Wilson McKenzie 339 1439. Donations can also be made at uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ www.freshstartweb.org.uk EllieMcKenzie Caring, Complete & Conscientious ......... Peter Malone Helping you do the best for your pet, with equal emphasis on both prevention and Carpentry treatment. We are a cat friendly practice. 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EH4 7QE Lauriston Farm Road, EH4 5EY Oak Tree Vets Ad.indd 1 17/10/2018 09:19 Cramond Kirk Grapevine SPRING.indd 2 18/02/2019 09:38 FROM THE MANSE Millennials shun modern liturgy for ‘bells and smells’ It was the headline which caught my congregations praise bands have refusing to embrace change. attention. replaced organs and choirs. The Church of Scotland has always been The article concerned St Bartholomew Although the timing and pattern of a broad church in its theology, worship and the Great church in London, and an Sunday worship at Cramond has changed practice, and it remains my conviction that upsurge in the Church of England of considerably since my appointment history and tradition matter in the life and younger people attending traditional in 1993, we remain a very traditional worship of Cramond Kirk. cathedral-style services with robed congregation in terms of our worship. And while I am not planning to introduce choirs, choral music, traditional sermons, Should we install screens, remove bells and smells, it is my hope and prayer Cramner’s 1549 Book of Common pews, hymn books and Bibles, and that Sunday by Sunday through more Prayer and liturgical worship. embrace a more evangelical style? traditional music, word, silence and song For years, the prevailing wisdom Or does there remain a place for a we will continue to be drawn into the has been that any revival in church more traditional style of worship? mystery of God’s presence, purpose and attendance, especially among younger I don’t think it is a question of one promise and know ourselves embraced in people, would come through charismatic style of worship being better or holier the love of God in Christ. and evangelical congregations - than another. Nor is it a question of Russell Barr epitomised by Holy Trinity Brompton with its extensive use of modern technology. However the young people attending St Bartholomew the Great spoke of how they relished connections with the past and enjoyed the beauty and history of choral music and Shakespearean liturgy. They also spoke about the importance of worship having an air of mystery and Find a Bargain at Edinburgh’s Best Jumble Sale of a church not trying to be trendy and fashionable or pretending to be a night SATURDAY, 9 MARCH club. As evidenced from my adventures a 11 am to 1 pm in Cramond Kirk Hall couple of years ago when I visited many congregations across Scotland, the great Adult & Children’s Clothing • Bags & Shoes • Books majority now make use of screens and • DVDs & CDs • Bric-a-Brac • Linen & Soft Furnishings powerpoint presentations. • Toys & Games • Home Baking • Teas & Coffees and more! Hymn books and Bibles are nowhere To ensure a successful day & bumper sales, WE NEED YOUR to be seen - partly because many have DONATIONS as well as jams, sweets & baking for the homebaking stall removed their pews but also because Goods can be taken to the Hall on Friday 8 March, 2 - 7 pm the text appears on a screen. and on the Saturday morning, 9 - 10 am Fewer of my colleagues wear gowns, All proceeds to go to Cramond Sea Scouts, Fresh Start & Cramond Kirk never mind clerical collars.