Magazine of Giffnock South Parish Church EASTER EDITION
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APRIL 2012 Volume 50 No 4 How do you like my new Easter bonnet? EASTER Magazine of Giffnock South Parish Church EDITION Giffnock Churches at Easter SPRING LAMB? Joint Services BOTH AT 7.00pm Thursday 5th April at Park Church Good Friday 6th April at United EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES AT GIFFNOCK SOUTH Plaque on the door 8.30am Easter Sunday Early Morning of Christ’s tomb in Jerusalem. Service followed by breakfast. Photo: Douglas Kattenhorn 11am: Morning Easter Sunday Service Billy Graham Remembered And as he is today, aged 93 The Choir will lead the congregation singing ‘Billy Graham’ hymns at the morning service on April 22nd Billy Graham as he looked in 1955 on his first visit Details on page 5 to Scotland when he preached in the Kelvin Hall HE was the American farm boy who grew up to become a legendary preacher. So it was no surprise that when evangelist Billy Graham visited Scotland in 1955 he created a huge stir. His six- week crusade reached more than 2.5 million people at mass meetings and services and 50,000 Scots came forward to make a commitment. His Good Friday address to Glasgow's Kelvin Hall was broadcast on BBC radio to a huge audience - second only to the Coronation. He drew a 90,000 crowd to Hampden stadium and had a full house at Kelvin Hall every night for six weeks. Graham chose Glasgow to start his crusade because it was Scotland's biggest city and he had been told it was "the most sinful place in Britain". Graham has preached in person to more people around the world than anyone else and returned to Scotland in 1961 and again in 1991. Page 2 Wow! There’s not one but POLLOKSHAWS NEARLY NEW SHOP IS OPEN EVERY TWO very exciting bits of news WEDNESDAY AT 10AM. embedded in this month’s rag. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AND Have you spotted them yet? SHOULD BE HANDED IN AT 9AM. First is the formation of a community HELP IN THE SHOP IS STILL REQUIRED FROM choir and the second is the visit of 9.30AM TILL 11.30AM EVERY WEDNESDAY. TO Chris Hoon, both in May and there will VOLUNTEER PLEASE PHONE JACKIE IN THE OFFICE be more info next month. Watch out! ON 638 2599 Contributions for the MAY edition of the Sentinel should be sent to the office or emailed to [email protected] by 15th April, please. The Centenary—The Early Days NEWS FROM POLLOKSHAWS The editor asked me to bring of Giffnock South news from Pollokshaws as our usual correspondent Frances Macarthur continues Until 1916 our church was just ‘Church of Scotland, to sun herself on some exotic Giffnock’, a mission charge, with 299 communicants, 60 beach in Malaysia! adherents and 124 children in the Sunday School. The Like you, we are looking forward to the forthcoming total income for that year was £1,200 (which is Easter Season. From Wednesday 4th to Friday 6th in equivalent to about £45,000 today). The congregation th Holy Week we unite with our neighbouring Churches for met on 4 September "to consider the Church Evening Services at 7.30. On Wednesday the Service Committee’s proposal to proceed with the creation and is in Pollokshaws Parish Church conducted by Rev endowment of Giffnock Congregation into a Parish Seija Wallace of the Methodist Church; on Maundy Church", i.e. raising its status to a Quoad Sacra Parish. Thursday the Service is in Eastwood Church conducted (A Parish for sacred or ecclesiastical purposes). Paisley by Rev Archie Robertson with Communion by Rev Presbytery consented and fund-raising commenced Graham Cartlidge and finally on Good Friday in immediately. Pollokshaws Methodist Church, the Service conducted On 5th February Paisley Presbytery was petitioned to by Rev Graham Cartlidge. It is lovely to have this time consent to the erection of a Church and Quoad Sacra of fellowship with our neighbours. Parish at Giffnock and this was granted, forming a new On Easter Day Pollokshaws and Shawlands Churches parish out of portions of Eastwood, Thornliebank and together will hold a Sevice at 8.30 a.m. in Auldhouse Mearns Parishes. The General Assembly passed this th Park after which we have an informal Communion proposal when they met in April of that year and on 10 Service at 10 a.m. in our Church followed by breakfast January 1919 the relevant decree was passed and (porridge, tea and toast!) and Easter Day Worship at Giffnock Parish Church was formed. 11.15 a.m. th On 28 January the Church was officially declared So it will be a busy but joyous time during this the most ‘vacant’ and the congregation then had not only to find important festival in the Christian calendar. a minister but to raise enough funds to build a proper church. During our current vacancy we have been happy to “let out” our manse to a minister from Brazil and his family. Giffnock South to benefit from three bequests. We do not receive rent but the utility bills and council tax are covered. Rev Kleber Machado, his wife and There have been three three children have been living here since August and legacies in favour of from our point of view it has been a good way of Giffnock South announced keeping the property occupied. Kleber is currently recently. Miss Steen attached to Carnwadric Church for one year while he is (pictured) who died in nurtured into the Church of Scotland and all being well November bequeathed he will be able to apply for Parishes from early £5,000 to the church while summer. They have all settled well in Scotland, the Miss Jessie Steen on the Miss Lily Robertson who older children attending Shawlands Academy and the occasion of her 100th Birthday died recently at Erskine youngest a local nursery school. We are looking Hospital left £8,000 with a forward to Kleber conducting our Palm Sunday Service further £1,000 to the Guild and £1,000 to the Flower on 1 April while our locum Archie Robertson and his Fund. Miss Robertson was actively involved in wife are enjoying a holiday in Venice. arranging the floral decoration of the church for many We send our Easter Blessings to all our friends in years. The third legacy is £10,000 from the estate of Giffnock South. Archie Sinclair the late Bill Walker ex-treasurer of Giffnock South. I was driving this morning when I saw an RAC van parked up. The driver was sobbing uncontrollably and looked very miserable. I thought to myself: "That guy's heading for a breakdown." CHURCH DIRECTORY Page 3 Here we are at April in our Calendars. Where on earth did the first quarter of the year go? Of course The Minister: in the Church Calendar Lent is almost over and we Rev Catherine Beattie BDMin are at Easter, the main festival of our Christian 0141 258 7804 or 07709 086767 faith. [email protected] Easter brings with it so many images for us Church Officer: Mr Graham Morton The as Christians but when I think about Good 638 3594 Minister’s Friday and Easter Sunday, there are two Letter names, which spring to my mind – those of Judas and Peter. Both were followers and CHURCH close friends of Jesus and yet we see them both turn their backs on him in crisis. OFFICE HOURS Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities, and helped in his arrest, which The church office is now open in the led to an illegal trial. Peter was identified by the crowd as a follower of afternoons from Monday to Friday— Jesus, in fact a disciple, but denied he had ever even known Jesus. “Not 2.30pm to 4.30pm. me,” he said, “I don’t know him!” Tel:- 638 2599. Email: In the space of a few hours both Judas and Peter realised how wrong [email protected] they’d been, what a mess they’d made of things. At this point Judas and Session Clerk: Tony Ireland Peter look pretty much alike. But then their actions make all the difference. In his turmoil and angst at what he’d done Judas plunges into terrible 0141 639 6532 Home depression and kills himself. Peter on the other hand, who must also have 07831525513 Mobile been pretty low, hung on in there. He faced his fears and tried to pick up 01563 522137 Work mornings the pieces. In due course, Peter met the risen Jesus and was forgiven. He was then brought back to the fold and given a job to do. CHURCH WEBSITE: www.giffnocksouth.co.uk If only Judas had held on, found courage and strength to sweat it out. I think he would have been forgiven too. In my mind’s eye I see Jesus Scottish Charity:SCO007807 embracing Judas in love, because, of course, Christ’s forgiveness knows See your Sentinel online in full no limits. colour. Go to the church website and Two men, both made similar mistakes. We are shown there are two ways click on ‘Sentinel’. to deal with things when we get it wrong. One way is to let our mistakes beat us and the other shows us there is light at the end of the tunnel. TEXT OF THE MONTH The good news of Easter is that there is always hope and there is always Then Jesus said to Thomas, the chance to start again. Failure is never the last word. “Because you have seen me, you May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and hopeful have believed; blessed are those Easter.