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The Kirk Window Knockando, Elchies and Archiestown Linked with Rothes Spring/Summer 2019 Knockando Elchies & Archiestown Parish Church of Scotland. Scottish Charity No: SC014428 Rothes Parish Church of Scotland. Scottish Charity No: SC016116 Church Website: www.moraykirk.co.uk Directory : (01340) 831381/Fax: 831181 Minister Rev.Robert J M Anderson BD Email: [email protected] : 831497 Church Office/Secretary Jan Rodgers Email: [email protected] :831796 Magazine Editor Carol Burdekin Email: [email protected] Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown :810687 Session Clerk Pat North Email: [email protected] :810687 Safeguarder Pat North Email: [email protected] Treasurer/Gift Aid : (01807) 500341 Suzanne Foster Convenor Email: [email protected] :810687 Property Convenor Keith North Email: [email protected] Freewill Offering Convenors Joan and Alan Sheppard :810544 Claire Henderson & :810263 Sunday School Leaders Meg Lowe :810830 Lay Visitors Co-Ordinator Joan Sheppard :810544 World Church :810420 Carol Hewitt Representative Email:[email protected] : 01807 500270 Organist Nicola Moss [email protected] Relief Organist Margaret Johnston : 881448 :810807 Beadle Sandra Cruickshank Email: [email protected] :810687 Depute Beadle Keith North Email: [email protected] Flowers Convenor Elizabeth Brown :810443 Guild Suzanne Foster : (01807) 500341 Rothes Session Clerk Dennis Malcolm JP :831319 Assistant Session Clerk Celine McDuff-Jones :831956 Safeguarder Sandra Bruce :831317 Treasurer/Gift Aid & Grace Christie :831265 Freewill Offering Convenor Property Convenor Dennis Malcolm :831319 Sunday School Leader Karen Murray : 831527 Lay Visitors Co-Ordinator Edith Holmes : 831270 World Church :831956 Celine McDuff-Jones Representative Email: [email protected] Organist Helen Nicoll :820565 :831450 Studio Richard Jamieson Email:[email protected] :831796 Beadle Peter Burdekin Email: [email protected] Depute Beadle Morag Richardson :831877 Flowers Convenor : Guild Celine McDuff-Jones :831956 Boys Brigade Julie Christie :831322 :831497 Hall Bookings Jan Rodgers - Kirk Office Email: [email protected] FROM THE MANSE OF KNOCKANDO, ELCHIES & ARCHIESTOWN linked with ROTHES June 2019 Dear Friends, Just the other day I saw on the television one of these country life programmes that film the activities of birds and wildlife in their natural habitat. Personally I think the real star of these programmes, besides the wildlife themselves, are the camera operators and photographers. With great care and patience they set up their equipment in the most advantageous places to monitor and capture on film the beauty and the splendour of so many creatures, and to reveal, amongst other things, their vulnerability to predators. On the programme I was watching, the cameraman was commentating on how the young birds he was filming could fall out of their nests and in their vulnerability face the danger of becoming food for predators. The cameraman was asked if he thought they should intervene in such events, to protect and save such vulnerable creatures. His answer was that this was the law of nature and it must take its course. Human beings should not intervene. That may or may not be the law of nature, but it is certainly not the law of God the creator. In the Biblical account of the creation in the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, it is clear that God created the creatures of the sea, the birds of the air, the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground and the wild animals. And God saw that it was good! Then God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27. To the people he created in his own image, God gave the command to fill the earth and subdue it. That means that as God’s representatives in the world of nature, we who bear his image are to be his stewards. We are not to exploit or destroy but to care for everything that God has made. Now, here is a thought! We are made in the image of God, so when we look into each other’s faces, hear the things people say and observe the things people do, what images of God do we see? Have a great summer and remember to care for God’s world! Bob Anderson Parish Minister PARISH REGISTER KNOCKANDO, ELCHIES AND ARCHIESTOWN BAPTISM (The promise is for you…and for your children...) 16 December 2018 – Sophie Rose Thompson-Clarke, infant daughter of Kirsty and Liam, Clapham, London 16 December 2018 – Axel Hugh Morgan, infant son of Hayley and Gareth, Tomnavulin, Ballindalloch 31 March 2019 – Andrew James McCook, infant son of Elaine and John, Archiestown 12 May 2019 - Darryl James Gordon Kennedy, infant son of Shannon, Knockando and Aberlour 13 June 2019 - Jennifer Linda Bracken, Archiestown NEW MEMBERS BY CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFERENCE or by SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE KIRK SESSION (And you shall receive a rich welcome…) NEW MEMBER BY PUBLIC PROFESSION OF FAITH (And you shall receive a rich welcome...) DISJUNCTIONS (May God’s blessing surround you each day…) MARRIAGE (Jesus and the disciples were invited to the wedding...) FUNERAL SERVICES (Do not grieve like the rest of mankind who have no hope) 02 November 2018 – Alister Clark, Ballindalloch 28 December 2018 – Helena Anne (Philipps) Adamson, Archiestown. 04 February 2019 – Dennis (Denny) Alexander Brown, Elgin 22 February 2019 – Jane Watson (Riach) Murray-Smith, Elchies. 19 March 2019 – Violet May (Tulloch) Anderson, Knockando. 03 April 2019 – Jamesina (Nina Roger) Cramb, Grove Care Home, Elgin and Knockando 17 May 2019 – Blake William Walker, stillborn son of the Walker family 31 May 2019 – Jessie Jack (Brander) Ingram, Craigellachie. 07 June 2019 - Evelyn (Kennedy) Younie, Rothes and formerly Carron. 10 June 2019 - Emily (Emma) Fraser, Tamdhu. PARISH REGISTER ROTHES BAPTISM (The promise is for you…and for your children...) 3rd February 2019 – Amy Margaret Ralph, infant daughter of Julie and Blair, Elgin 19th May 2019 – Leo William Masson, infant son of Stephanie and William, Rothes NEW MEMBERS BY CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFERENCE or by SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE KIRK SESSION (And you shall receive a rich welcome…) NEW MEMBER BY PUBLIC PROFESSION OF FAITH (And you shall receive a rich welcome...) DISJUNCTIONS (May God’s blessing surround you each day…) MARRIAGE (Jesus and the disciples were invited to the wedding...) 16 March 2019 – Carol and David Brackenridge celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their Marriage in Rothes Kirk. The service was led by the Parish Minister and by the Revd. Dr. Stewart G Weaver, Minister at Edinburgh: Portobello and Joppa. FUNERAL SERVICES (Do not grieve like the rest of mankind who have no hope) 10 December 2018 – James Alexander McDonald, Rothes 09 January 2019 – George Duncan, Orton, Wester Elchies and Rothes 10 January 2019 – Alexander (Sandy) Taylor, Rothes 12 January 2019 – Ronald John (Ronnie) Anderson, Rothes 18 March 2019 – Julie Maree (Thomson) McConnachie, Rothes 19 March 2019 – William Alistair (Sonny) Simpson, formerly Rothes 21 March 2019 – Molly (Mary Baird McWilliam) Scott, Rothes. 22 April 2019 – George Alexander (Sandy) Nicoll, Dufftown. 01 May 2019 – Stella Morton (Scott) Grant, formerly Archiestown, interred Rothes 05 June 2019 – Amelia (Emma) Campbell, formerly Drumbain KIRK NEWS….. KIRK NEWS Your Voice, Your Choice Earlier this year the Church and Society Council chose three areas to hold a Participatory Budgeting event. The areas were Dundee, Clackmannanshire and Moray. I was asked about holding an event in a rural area, and decided that if Rothes linked up with Knockando, Archiestown and Elchies Church we could open the event to groups from within the Speyside High School catchment area. Representatives from Dufftown and Aberlour were also invited to join our steering group. Applications were received from fifteen groups and we asked people to vote for seven of them. Seven groups received the full amount they applied for and money was left over, which was awarded to the eighth group. The successful groups were:- 1st Dufftown Beavers and Cubs Knockando, Archiestown & Elchies Church Speyside Drama Group Speyside High School—Breakfast Club A Very Moray Community Christmas Speyside Community Car Share Scheme Knockando Athletics Group Speyside Friendship Group It was nice to see the winning groups cover a wide variety of age groups and abilities, and we look forward to hearing and seeing how the money has benefited them. Sheila Brumby 50 YEARS OF THE STAMP APPEAL Thank you for all the Stamps handed into the Church, this year celebrates 50 years of the Stamp Appeal. Since 1969 church members across the country and beyond have donated tens of thousands of stamps to raise funds for different overseas causes annually. To mark 50 years of the appeal, church members are being asked to donate a stamp for every year that the campaign has run. The money that is raised in 2019 will support the Chigodi Women Centre in Blantyre, which is also celebrating 50 years of providing vitals skills and training to women in Malawi. The centre is delivering a broad range of skills training to address the challenges faced by women in Malawi. Through providing training in tailoring, fashion design and chicken farming, the Centre will improve the women’s skills in marketing and entrepreneurship. The aim is that the women’s socio-economic status is improved and their chances of future employment increase. By selling the produce made at the Centre the plan is that when the funding finishes the project will be self-sustainable – helping to continue to improve the lives of women in Malawi. You can be part of supporting the work of this project that is changing lives, simply by collecting your stamps. With £1000 raised in the first quarter of this year, this may well be the best year yet. In 2018 the stamp appeal contributed £2433 for day care centres run by the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia, Ukraine which provide support for children and young people with disabilities.