Service of Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday 14Th October
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Service of Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday 14th October Diary Dates for October and November 13th Oct. (Sat) Men’s Breakfast Fellowship in the Kirk Loan Hall at 8.30am 14th Oct. (Sun) Service of Harvest Thanksgiving with the Sacrament of Baptism 15th—22nd Oct Church Office closed for October break 21st Oct. (Sun) Service at 10.30am 23rd Oct. (Tues) Last date for November magazine material 28th Oct. (Sun) Service at 10.30am 29th Oct. (Mon) The Seedling Coffee Morning at 10am in the Kirk Loan Hall 4th Nov. (Sun) Service at 10.30am followed by a short service of Holy Communion 7th Nov. (Wed) Kirk Session meets at 7.30pm in the Session Room 10th Nov. (Sat) Men’s Breakfast Fellowship at 8.30am in the Kirk Loan Hall 11th Nov. (Sun) Remembrance Sunday with Services at 10am and 11.30am Members of the congregation are invited to attend either service (N.B. - No 9.40am service today) (N.B.— No tea and coffee today) 14th Nov. (Wed) Fabric Committee meets at 7.30pm in the Session Room 18th Nov. (Sun) Guild Week Service Our 9.40am service for families with young children takes place every Sunday morning in the High Street Hall, followed by coffee and croissants. Our Services of Quiet Reflection take place every Wednesday in the Church at 12 noon. Corstorphine Old Parish Church, KIRK LOAN, EDINBURGH EH12 8HD SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER: SC016009 Sunday Worship at 10.30am - On the first Sunday of every month there is a short service of Commun- ion at 11.30am except March, June, October and December when there are services of Holy Communion at 8.30am and 10.30am Church Office - 2A Corstorphine High Street EH12 7ST. Open during school term time: Monday – Thursday 8.45am – 1.15pm and Friday: 8.45am – 12.45pm 334 7864 [email protected] The Thursday Office Hour - In the Church Office, High Street Hall, on the first two Thursdays of every month 7.00-8.00pm. No appointment necessary. 1 Letter from our Minister Dear Friends, This month sees us celebrating our Harvest Festival. It is one of six in which I am involved – two at school, two at school nursery, and one at a local nursery too, all of which tells us that in times that people are finding hard, they are still willing to think about other people, and give thanks for what we have. Last year at Harvest at the Old Parish we raised over £270 by selling bags of Malawian Fairtrade rice, which would allow a Malawian farmer to send one of his children to high school for a year. In fact we were left with a number of bags of rice, because people said they couldn’t carry the bags home, but received the price of the bag of rice anyway, and were able to make more than the farmer needed. This year we have decided to keep up the Fairtrade theme, and support another farmer in Malawi, but if your cupboards are groaning with rice, worry not! On October 14th, at our Harvest Celebration, we would like everyone to bring a Fairtrade item of food they have bought locally, donate it to our Fairtrade stall which will be in the church, and buy a Fairtrade item someone else has brought. We hope this will do several things. The first is it will help to increase the number of Fairtrade items bought locally, and allow us to see what comes with the Fairtrade label. Coffee, tea, sugar, flower, bananas, wine, biscuits, chocloate and all sorts of other things are available at local supermarkets, and the Fairtrade ‘bring and buy’ sale lets us all see what we might have missed. It also allows us to raise money for the Malawian farmer and ensures his child has another year of secondary education, helping his family to live above the poverty line, and increasing the education rate of one of the world’s poorest countries. And it tells our local shops that we care about Fairtrade and about the benefits Fairtrade brings to the lives of others in the world’s food produc- ing nations. Please support our bring and buy sale. Our local schools are supporting nearby food banks and home- less projects. The Old Parish can help to boost our thanks for harvest by ‘acting local and thinking global’. I hope to bump into you in Scotmid, Tesco, Sainsburys’, Marks and Spencer and many of the other shops in our parish selling products bearing the Fairtrade label, and finding out on October 14th what we have all brought to our Harvest. Best wishes, 2 The Chaplain is on Fire! I’m always feeling guilty that because I am spread pretty thinly, and only have a part time post, I don’t get to spend valuable time with various people in my care. One such group who deserve more support are the firefighters at Edinburgh Airport. So it was great when I was able to spend a morning with Blue Watch doing some training. (Picture below!) And I was interested to read of Rev. Monica Arnold. She’s a minister from Bloxwich, and has been awarded a Citizen Recognition award for her chaplaincy work with firemen. Her duties are split between general work around the parish churches of Bloxwich and an innovative chaplaincy role with the West Midlands Fire Service. It is part of a scheme organised by West Midlands Fire Service and the Diocese of Lichfield. “Fire Service chaplaincy is a national thing” says Rev. Bill Mash of the Black Country Urban Industrial Mission, a charity part- nership of four church denominations. “We now have chaplains in seven fire stations in the region, and the aim is for every station to have their own chaplain. “The community puts its fire-fighters in difficult and danger- ous situations and then subjects their actions and decisions to detailed scrutiny. Chaplains are there to complement other wel- fare provision that the fire service makes, picking up on the concerns that this gives rise to, to be a listening ear.” As Rev. Monica puts it. “People in church often don’t understand what being a chaplain is about. It doesn’t translate into bums on seats on a Sunday. It is about being an expression of Christ’s love to people in their workplace. Faith is about relationships and vulnerability. “There are four fire service watches based at Bloxwich Fire Station plus an ambulance. "When I began, most of my time was spent getting to know the crews. Now we know each other well, there are no no-go topics in the office”. But being supportive to staff isn’t what has earned her recognition and an award from Walsall Borough Council. The nomination was made by the Fire Service for her work with the wider com- munity. The Fire Service currently spends a lot of time in the community on preventative work. “We’re all about making people safe in their homes,” says Station Commander John Kempson. “There are many people who won’t open their doors. Monica is an important link who meets and works with community groups, spreading the Fire Service message and enabling us to make con- tact with those who need us to fit alarms – both smoke and community/panic alarms which we fit in partnership with Social Services.” “She comes into the station every week, and is always willing to offer a compassionate ear to anyone. We inducted her in and all Watches have received her very well. I can’t praise her enough really, we’ve a very good working relationship.” Describing the award as an acceptance of the church within the community, she said: "Chaplaincy is not about the person offering the role but the people who are open to receiving and embracing what the role can offer a community. It was a great privilege to receive the award on behalf of the Bloxwich Fire Station community.” Rev James Stewart 3 Magazine Donation Guild News Issued with every copy of the Church Maga- Tuesday 9th October zine this month is a Magazine Donation en- 7.30pm in the High Street Hall velope. This is to provide an opportunity for West Craigie Farm—John Sinclair all who receive the Church Magazine to help offset the cost of paper and production. Tuesday 23rd October 7.30pm at Corstorphine Old Parish Church There are nine copies of the Area Joint Meeting Church Magazine produced in a Rev Cammy Mackenzie year. The cost of producing the (followed by refreshments in the High Street Hall) magazines continues to rise and a donation of £5 is suggested. Tuesday 6th November We would be grateful if envelopes could be 7.30pm in the High Street Hall returned as soon as possible and certainly CrossReach — Heart for Art — Guild Project within the next four weeks. Mrs Corrine Gillies As in previous years, those who receive their magazine by post will receive a sepa- rate request for the cost of postage if they wish to continue. Please note that we are Sunday 18th November now also able to send the magazine via email 10.30am in the Old Parish to those who request it (please just email Guild Week Service the office if you are interested : For more information please contact [email protected]) and you can also access it Brenda Russell, on the website: President of the Guild on: www.corstorphineoldparish.org.uk 0131 629 1456 Many thanks. David Drummond, Magazine Editor Seedling Coffee Morning The next few dates for the Seedling Coffee Morning are as follows: We meet at 10am for about an hour in the Kirk Loan Hall.