News from Cathcart Trinity Church

September & October 2018

Board Games Evenings All games are provided but people are The Community Team have been welcome to bring their own and find running board games evenings on new people to play with. Thursdays during the summer holidays at the U.F church (7.30- The joy of these evenings is learning 9.30pm). new games and playing with people we have not met before. It is a great This is open to everyone and we are way to meet new people in a relaxed welcoming many people from our and fun atmosphere. local community who do not usually come to church. Tea, coffee, juice and snacks are provided. We have had an average of 30 people coming each night to play a variety of Our next 3 sessions will be 23rd games from Monopoly to UNO and August, 30th August and 6th Backgammon to Frustration. September.

After that it will be on the first Thursday of October and November.

We hope to see you there some night!

Sheila Millar.

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My Summer Foodbank:

I went on a Scripture Union camp this Thank you for the superb response to summer called LM1 at Lendrick Muir our desperate appeal last month. We for 7 nights. It was great fun and I did a have now been able to put food on the lot of activities including: Neukem shelves which is a great relief. Ball, Sports, Kayaking and Go-Karting. Although we now have some food I When I did Go-Karting I crashed right would ask that you continue to off the track and my leader (Mhairi remember us because unfortunately McLay) was laughing and so was I! the need never goes away. People come for many reasons from unemployment, mental health, unable to work because of significant physical difficulties and people who have come from other countries where they have fled hostilities and poverty.

Your donations mean that we can offer a little support which is greatly appreciated.

One of the best things was that is was Our list is longer than usual but we sunny all the time and we even got to continue to have a surplus of pasta! do praise outdoors one night. List – tinned vegetables, custard/rice, At bible time we learned about meat, potatoes, pasta sauce and different kings like Solomon and tinned tomatoes, fruit, soup, beans, others. I really enjoyed my experience tea, coffee and toiletries. Nappies too and hope to do it again. are often needed especially sizes 4,5 and 6.

Kirsty Kitchin. Thanks, Anne & Norma.

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Responding to the call in our Give us listening hearts to hear the fragmented world. voice of your calling and courage to walk in your footsteps with boldness and compassion.

Teach us how to bring healing, peace and reconciliation to our fragmented world.

Lord Jesus you have called your people to be with you where you are.

To our fragmented world you bring hope.

In the midst of suffering you give comfort to the wounded soul. Heather Macdonald

Where there is war and devastation A word from our Minister: you reach out to heal and to save. Last week a holiday firm was censured Prince of Peace you are present in all by the Advertising Standards things. Authority for describing getaways available in September and October as You spoke these words to us Lord, being during ‘Summer.’

‘Whoever believes in me will do the I suspect most of us would agree with works I have been doing, and they will the regulator on that one. We can do even greater things than these, understand the holiday firm’s desire to because I am going to the Father.’ make their peak holiday times appear John 14:12 cheaper, but from any perspective October is not during Summer. It’s in Autumn.

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If I’m being honest, Autumn is not my However the message in it all, is that favourite of the seasons, but when I whether a situation is there for a long heard the news about this advert I or short season, our God is there with found myself feeling a bit sorry for it. us. Whatever season of the soul you are experiencing as you read this I don’t know if you’ve heard (or know) letter, God is with you. how many days it is until Christmas, but it’s not just holiday firms that can So as we begin Autumn 2018 as a seem to want to jump straight from Church family let’s give thanks that Summer to Winter. However as times God is with us in this new term and and seasons change I always feel look to praise him as we see him at drawn to Ecclesiastes 3: work in the world around us and also at work in us. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under With every blessing, the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, Alasdair. a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to Covenant build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, Our two congregations have been a time to mourn and a time to dance, successfully working together under a time to scatter stones and a time to the Covenant signed in February 2011. gather them, a time to embrace and a time to While the formal covenant between refrain from embracing, our denominations has been dissolved a time to search and a time to give up, our local arrangement has remained a time to keep and a time to throw strong and we have developed a away, number of initiatives jointly to bring a time to tear and a time to mend, effective Christian witness to the a time to be silent and a time to speak, community of Cathcart. a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. In order to reflect the changes that have occurred in the intervening years Some of the things mentioned in the the Covenant has been re-drafted and passage sound amazing ways to spend on Sunday evening, 19 August, a your time, others are things that you service was held in Cathcart Trinity wish you could avoid. Church of Scotland to re-affirm our commitment to working together.

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The service was well attended with members of both congregations. Rev. Alasdair MacMillan opened the service and gave a warm welcome to all in attendance. The themes of the evening were of unity and thanksgiving.

Iain Duff and Shelagh Coulter spoke enthusiastically about the Covenant and of the advantages of working together. Not only have been able to be a more effective Christian Witness within Cathcart but there has been a deepening of relationships between members of our congregations. It is good that our community can see Christians working together across denominations and we pray that this can happen more widely across our City and beyond.

John Fulton gave the address preaching on unity and how God blesses those who are united together in Jesus Christ. Following the formal signing of the document by Alasdair MacMillan, John Fulton, Lesley Mathieson and Iain Duff, the work of the congregations, in covenant, was committed in prayer.

The meeting was closed with the celebration of Communion led by Wilma Pearson. This was an evening of true celebration and a re-commitment of the joint work of the churches in Cathcart.

Covenant (2018 version)

Cathcart Trinity and Cathcart United Free congregations share a common faith and calling.

We believe in one God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit- and share in the calling to serve God’s purposes in the world.

We recognise and affirm the uniqueness of the congregations and the importance of working together.

We’re committed to : • Proclaiming the Kingdom of God • Declaring the gospel of Jesus Christ • Sharing in the work God has called us to do • Growing together in faith • Serving our communities in the love and strength of Christ • Providing opportunities for all to grow in knowledge and understanding of faith and encouraging the living out of that faith

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We agree: • to provide opportunities to worship, witness and serve together • to pray and study God’s Word jointly and separately • to share resources of people and buildings • to work with other congregations when that is possible

We will: • share the preaching and teaching resources between the congregations • have good communication between the congregations • have joint working wherever feasible and beneficial • encourage supportive relationships • seek God’s will for the congregations jointly and separately • connect with the local community and be a blessing to it

We agree to joint representation on the nominating/ selection committee when a new minister is sought by either congregation. Unless otherwise agreed, at least 2 members will be nominated from the ‘other’ congregation.

We give thanks to God for bringing us together in faith, worship and service and seek His way forward in this covenant relationship.

Stamps

Many thanks to everyone who passed on stamps over the summer. Two parcels have already been sent to Crossreach and there are more stamps and postcards still to be sent.

Keep up the good work. If you have time and if you can, it would be very helpful to have the stamps trimmed to a border of between quarter and half an inch all round.

Many of you already separate your stamps into UK and foreign, and that's very helpful too. Thanks again to you all.

Margaret Brough

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Thanks Ian in ministry of a newly In the last year the ordained minister. He band have played in When I was training to has served us and God East Lothian, the be a minister one of the faithfully. Borders, Fife, things our Ministry Edinburgh, Dundee and Support Officers at As Iain steps down Hamilton but this will Church Offices always from the role of be only their second stressed was the Session Clerk we give appearance in Glasgow importance of being thanks for all that he (the first was a surrounded by a good has done here in memorable night at team. Cathcart Trinity and Cathcart Trinity a pray on for all that God couple of years ago). In light of this, to say has in store for him that I was blessed when both here and in In the last five years the I arrived at Cathcart Tenerife and as Angus band have raised over Trinity to find Iain Duff Morrison takes on the £25,000 for the Church as my Session Clerk role of Session Clerk, of Scotland’s HIV feels a bit of an supported by Fiona Programme, understatement. There Jones (continuing as supporting projects in have been countless Depute Clerk) we pray Scotland and overseas. moments where I have that Angus would be thanked God for the filled by the Holy Spirit It would be great to see way that Iain has been and equipped for all a strong south-side there for me both that he will face in the presence at Wellington personally and days to come. Church on Friday 28th - professionally. doors open at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start. Alasdair

He has shared his More information is wisdom with me, Concert encouraged me, available from Andy challenged me (always Pearson. ‘The Heart and Soul with love and tact) and Swing Band’ will be has faithfully executed making a rare trip to the duties of Session Glasgow on Friday 28 Clerk. Above that, Iain September to play a has helped lead the fundraising gig at congregation through a Wellington Church on vacancy, through a University Avenue. financial crisis and through the first steps www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 7

Ministry and the functioning of the Thursday 13 September Mission National Church. Lunchtime Service with Contributions 2018 Communion 12.45pm. In Summary:

We recently received News from Kirk For every £10 that you confirmation from 121 Session give on a Sunday George Street (Church approximately £4.50 is of Scotland HQ) that Kirk Session has met kept by Cathcart Trinity our contribution for twice since we last

2018 towards Ministry gave an update in the £4.60 pays for our and Mission will be Newsletter. ministers across the £111,635. country (including our At our June meeting it own). They also included a was intimated that useful leaflet explaining Wilma is not seeking to £0.90 gives important how this money is have her contract, as help for congregations used, with 84% of it, Associate Minister in and supports the £93,215 being used to Cathcart Trinity mission of the Church. provide over 750 Church, renewed when ministers and other it expires at the end of parish workers across Celebration of October. Wilma’s Scotland and further Communion achievements in this afield. This includes the role are many and we costs associated with All friends and are sad to see her go, the employment of our members of the but also recognise that, own minister. Congregation are given the end of the invited to join us for the Presbytery Staffing The remaining £18,420 Celebration of Fund by the National is used to support the Communion at the Church, it would have Church’s work in following Services: been difficult for us to providing resources for continue to support congregations, social Sunday 9 September this ministry financially. care, accompanying Morning Communion partners around the 11.00am Kirk Session is World, contributing to supporting the Minister public debate on issues Evening Worship with to put in place affecting Scotland and Communion 6.30pm. arrangements to deal the World as well as the with this change. central administrative support required for www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 8

Wilma will continue to At the end of the New (church or non- work with the United meeting Angus church) players with no Free Church and will be Morrison was sworn in or any level of playing part of any joint as our new Session experience will be activities through the Clerk. His appointment welcomed. Tuition and Covenant. has been welcomed racquets are available. and all members of the There will be an Kirk Session look Tea and coffee are opportunity to give forward to working served during each thanks for Wilma’s with him in the future. session. For more ministry at a church information please service towards the end contact Iain Duff. of October. Alex Laughlan. Tel:

0141 637 3837 or At our August meeting Harvest alexanderlaughlan@ho Ewan Gourlay was Thanksgiving – tmail.com appointed Presbytery Sunday 7th Elder for the October forthcoming year and Men’s Evening we are looking forward We will celebrate reconnected to hearing back from Harvest on Sunday 7th Friday 5 October him about important October at 11.00am. 2018 work that Glasgow Gifts of food will be Presbytery do on given to the South East 7.30pm behalf of the church. Food Bank. Financial Cathcart Trinity contributions will be We also noted the used to support the Come along for some resignation of Isobel work of the Lodging coffee and chat, and a Trainer from Kirk House Mission. presentation from our Session and thanked speaker, Roddy her for her many years Friday Badminton MacLeod, of Service to both this Group preacher and missionary, who will Congregation and share his experiences previously in New The Friday Badminton on the Gospel frontline Cathcart Church. Group recommences in in rural Kenya. the Kent Hall on 7

September 2018 between 9:30 and 11:30 am.

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Roddy is an engaging Talking Jesus There has also been an speaker who also works honesty about missed for Christian Men Over the past two opportunities where we Together, and has a months a number of us might have spoken but passion to see men have been taking part didn't. connect better with in a course entitled God and with each Talking Jesus led by Each session began other. Wilma and John. with refreshments and informal chat and then Email We've been meeting on down to business. [email protected] Monday evenings to m if you need more explore God's story, our There were 2 video information. individual faith stories, clips to watch, the first how the two are one giving real life reConnected builds on intertwined and how examples of people's a strong heritage of better to equip faith in action and the well-supported men’s ourselves to share this second one being more events locally and is with the people in our of a 'parable' style to designed to be informal lives who are not yet get us thinking and and occasional with no committed to a discussing. syllabus, subscription personal relationship or formal membership. with God through the At one of the early A few of the many Lord Jesus. sessions we were possibilities for further encouraged to write sessions are: a We've laughed and down the names of five discussion night with a cried as we have been people for whom we speaker from the able to share parts of were prepared to pray Christian Institute; our stories with one regularly and with curry nights and/or another in small whom we were men’s breakfasts; and groups. prepared to 'talk Jesus' participation in as opportunities were southside men’s dinner We've encouraged one given. events. another with tales of opportunities that God As the weeks has given us where we progressed we began have been able to share to encourage and some of our faith support one another in stories. smaller groups by means of WhatsApp, texts or e-mails. www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 10

As we prayed each day We are all surrounded May this be our prayer for opportunities to by people who do not at the start of each day share our faith, we yet know Jesus. How and may we seek to began to see our will they ever get to share something of prayers being know Him unless we Jesus with each person answered and were are prepared to tell God brings into our able to share stories of them? lives today and in the God-given days ahead. opportunities, not only I can honestly say that with our 'five' people of all the courses I have but also with others as done in recent years, Karen Beveridge we went about our Talking Jesus has had daily lives. the greatest impact on CATHCART OMF me in terms of being PRAYER MEETING We were encouraged inspired to pray for DATES to be 'intentional' in opportunities to share sharing our faith and my faith and see God's 7th September not to be afraid, to face hand at work. 1pm-2.30pm our fears, to trust God 33 Tankerland Road. and allow the Holy Hopefully the course Speaker Martin Spirit to work through will be repeated at Paterson OMF Scottish us as we shared our some point and I would Rep. He will share on faith stories with encourage those of you his recent visit to others. who may be thinking Vietnam and the wider about doing it not to work in Asia Perseverance is also to just 'think about it' but be encouraged. to 'do it'! 5th October Galatians 6:9 says 'in 1pm-2.30pm due season we will Paul encouraged the 33 Tankerland Road reap, if we do not give Christians in the early Someone who works in up.’ church in Colossae to China will be with us. pray that God may Please come and join For me, this course was open a door for their us. All will be most only the beginning, message, so that they welcome. .the introduction and may proclaim the inspiration to be bolder mystery of Christ. in my approach. Colossians 4:2-3.

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the New Testament, Creche YOU ARE NEVER some Bible stories and TOO OLD TO praise songs. We have been busy in BELIEVE creche with a bit of a They hardly dared hope tidy up of toys and for what happened. This was perfectly equipment. So, we are The man put his faith in demonstrated in West all set for fun and Jesus and began telling Africa earlier this year activity. While having everyone about Him. when an 83 year old fun, it’s important that

Fulani man came to we share God’s love Normally Fulani people faith in Jesus. with our youngest would be quiet about children: we will soon their faith but he did The man was have our own creche the opposite, telling converted to Islam prayer. everyone about Jesus. when he was 17 but his Every night he gathers first contact with the Sunday Club his family around and gospel came in January they listen to the 2018 when a Serve in Some of our children at Scriptures in their own Mission worker and a Sunday Club have just language. local Fulani believer started school. We wish turned up in his village. them well and hope Several of the children The old man was a very that they enjoy know the words to the influential figure. He meeting their songs and sing them was head of his classmates in P1. eagerly. The man has compound. told his friends “Now I We have been learning know why God has He lived there with his about Joseph and allowed me to live this two sons and their Elisha over the long. It is so that I many wives and summer. Two very might know the truth countless children. He different lives, but both and share it with my was however very open men of God. family, you are never to hearing about Jesus too old to believe. and the hope the We are pleased to gospel offered. welcome Tom Purdom (This story is reported to our team. in the Serve in Mission As the workers left they Magazine) gave him a little red radio pre-loaded with

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Pathfinders Cathcart Trinity Consider whether you Youth Club might have 2 hours to We are excited about spare on Tuesday our new term at The youth club opens afternoons during the Pathfinders and are its door for the new school term to join the happy to be adding session on Tuesday 11 volunteer leader team. Karen Purdom to our September 2018 from team. 3.00pm to 4.45pm. It’s If you have any affinity open to children in with primary kids, you The new theme at primaries 3 to 7 are probably qualified! Pathfinders will be inclusive, and costs £1 Christian Lifestyle. per week – pay as you If you have some craft go. skills, you would be These sessions will especially welcome. build on the Christian Most of the children Foundations series we attending come from Please speak to Bill looked at earlier in the Merrylee Primary, but Martin or Dougie Paton year and explore what everyone is made very if you want to find out it means for a child or welcome. more. young person to be a Christian. How should Among the activities on they live, what do they offer are crafts, ball need to understand, games, board games, who do they need to Lego, table tennis, clay aspire to be like? modelling and of course a tuck shop. Be sure to Like the Cathcart Trinity Church We’re asking page on Facebook to newsletter readers to see whats coming up do 2 things: each week. Pass the word to your neighbours and friends – we reckon this is the best value after-school care on offer anywhere!

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Being a praying congregation is part of our vision. We can pray with one another and for one another. All we need is a heart open to God: to speak to Him, to listen to Him. We can go to God in prayer just as we are.

Prayer with others respects confidentiality and is a shared time speaking and listening to God.

Our prayer may include: • thanksgiving • concerns in our commu nity / world • about a particular issue

• for our church family • for ourselves • response to what God is saying Who: anyone. When: at the end of worship. Where: near the band.

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Most come with very practical needs, a letter from the job centre or the council that needs action to ensure benefits won't be stopped; a phone call, or more commonly now an online message, which must be made about a change of address or of employment; or help in understanding The Well Multi-Cultural correspondence from all kinds of Resource Centre places - from dodgy PPI lawyers to jury duty citations. The Well is looking for volunteer advisers. The commitment is not a If your command of English language, heavy one ,3 hours per week but runs or Scottish culture, is not great, these all year round. Potentially interested? things can be very stressful and Here are the answers to some confusing. questions you might have: What do you need to help at the What is the Well? Well?

The Well operates from a shop space • A love for people, especially in Albert Road and is a key ministry to disadvantaged ones, and a desire the people of Govanhill, and beyond, to serve them in Christ’s name. offering among other things an advice • 3 hours per week at a set time and support service to those who struggle with the admin of managing each week; slots are either 9.30am everyday life in Scotland. Most service to 12.30pm or 1.00pm to 4.00pm. users have their ethnic roots in the • Common sense and patience, Indian sub-continent or Eastern especially with regard to Europe but for others it’s Africa, the government or council forms, both Middle East, or beyond. Some are in hard copy, and on screen. ethnic Scots, vulnerable in different ways. • A good ear to listen, and the ability to communicate clearly and Why do people come to the Well? simply – with clients, on the phone, and online on their behalf. Some look for a sympathetic ear, or for reassurance, in times of trouble.

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Would I get training? Church family news:

• The answer is that you will certainly We were sorry to learn of the passing be invited to shadow an of Donald MacDonald, Jim Clark, Bill experienced advisor, but after a Seaman, Rachel Stanfield, Jack wee while most people realise that Brown, Ian Bainbridge, Irene Boyd and every case is different, and that the Margaret Jones between June and best way to learn is to “have a go” – August. knowing there will always be someone to ask if you get stuck. We give thanks for their lives and for And very soon you will get stuck their involvement in our Church and less and less. pray that they may now be at peace in God’s glorious heaven. What do I do next? We are pleased to welcome Calvin Go onto the Well Multi-Cultural Lightbody as a member of Cathcart Resource Centre website or Facebook Trinity. page which will give you some more background. Call Rhoda the manager June Allison and arrange a “no obligation” visit!

This is a great time to be joining up with the new Universal Credit benefit replacing most previous benefits and tax credits in our area as from the end of September.

All the advisers will be learning the full implications of this together. It’s worth pointing out that Universal Credit advice at The Well will nearly always involve online interactions, which is a big change!

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The Guild:

The Opening Meeting of the 2018-19 Session will be in the Kent Hall on Tuesday 2nd October at 7.30 pm when the entertainment will be provided by the Caledonian Fiddle Orchestra. Tickets for the Opening Social are available from Committee Members, at a cost of £15 for members (this includes a Capitation Fee of £10) and £5 for visitors. The programme for the remainder of October is as follows:

• 9th October - Nan's Story - Ms. L.M. Allan • 16th - The Romanoffs - Mrs. W. Sandiford • 23rd - Women Pilots in World War II - Mr. R. Johnston • 30th - Journey Down the Irrawaddy - Mrs. V. MacDonald

As always, the Guild are happy to welcome all members of the congregation and their friends to any of the above talks in which they are interested.

The Guild's Annual Coffee Morning will be held on Saturday 3rd November. Tickets will be on sale in October.'

Margaret Brough

Fabric Update

Over the Summer months the team have not been idle.

A number of areas within and outwith the Church & Halls have been scrutinised and improvements made.

A few months ago, a couple of our intrepid Trustees took their climbing skills to new heights. They went into the roof space above the sanctuary. Climbing up the outside of the building behind the main stained glass window and went into the roof space to see the extent of water penetration and what state the fabric was found in this critical space.

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Well surprise surprise! They found the The right hand door at the Kent Hall roof space very dry and dusty with no entrance has been fixed closed whilst smell of dampness, even though there we await quotes to repair the hinge had been rain in the week preceding mechanism. their visit. Stuart painted and fitted new Perspex They did however identify on area protection to the Kent Hall stained between two of the roof trusses that glass windows and they certainly have did give cause for concern and will allowed the light to shine through and need further investigation to establish show the windows in a new light. what will need to be done to stop any further water penetration at the apex In the last week we have spent a lot of of the sanctuary ceiling. time and effort bringing the Buchanan Hall up to date. Over the next few months we will get quotes to repair this section and to We have repaired and re-plastered point the buttresses outside the rear two of the walls within the chancel corner of the sanctuary. area and our thanks must go to John Hopefully this will stop any water Jones for all his hard work in getting dripping through the roof and stop the this done very quickly and paint peeling off the stonework. professionally.

On a more mundane matter, we Our retired Session Clerk was involved replaced the water heater in the Gents in the sanding of the Buchanan Hall Toilet outside the Buchanan Hall. floor and this will have been sealed with varnish by the time this Stuart also went up onto the lower newsletter is issued. My thanks goes roof to clear the valley gutters of to Iain for all his help in doing this debris and accumulated a number of heavy dusty work. bags of rubbish that was blocking the drains. Work will continue to be The walls and ceiling have been carried out on a regular basis to limit repainted in two complimenting the water ingress in the area outside shades of green and the gold lettering the Andrew Smillie Room. round the dome has also been upgraded. Thanks goes to the Art & We have received a couple of quotes Crafts club for their help in choosing for the repairs to the Kitchen roof and the colour scheme and their support in the roof above the Youth Room and this project. these amount to approx. £30,000 each. www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 19

The overall effect makes this hall feel day before their son was due to get very calm and a place that will married. continue to play an important part in the message that the cupula projects They decked the hall using table and to all those who use it on a weekly chair covers and flowers on all the basis. If you get a chance to view the tables and also turned the stage into a hall before or after a Sunday Service greeting platform to meet the groom please feel free to visit the Buchanan to be. The overall presentation was Hall and see the changes for yourself. very colourful together with the guests dresses provided a very exotic On a Sunday morning you will have ambience to the night. seen that one of the Church Pendant lights is missing. The buffet was served and consisted of an excellent range of authentic We identified that the light was faulty Asian food. and needed the lights, starters and The Trustees on that night were chokes within the fitting replaced. certainly well fed and entertained The difficulty in getting the shade and during the evening. fitting removed cannot be diminished. This in itself was a very difficult and Overall a very different evening in the delicate task. Kent Hall and one that I hope will continue to bring additional income The Board have agreed that when we into the church. replace the missing light we should undertake to repair all the other lights The other venture that the Board have at the same time and to this end we agreed is to let the Kent Hall to a will be bringing in an elevator scissor football coaching class for Primary 1 & hoist to help with the work at this 2 children on a Wednesday evening height. and Saturday morning every week of the school calendar. Adventure The Kent hall has seen a couple of Football paying a commercial rent for innovative events over the summer the use of this hall for 39 weeks of the that have brought in a new source of year. income to Cathcart Trinity Church. You do not need to worry about balls The first event that took place early on being used in the Kent Hall as they are in July was an Asian pre-Wedding using very light balls that are very party whereby a family hired the hall similar to large table tennis balls and on a Saturday night to entertain do not bounce or travel well through members of their extended family the the air. www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 20

They are ideal for improving dribbling The Ferguslie Park Mission drew and passing techniques and learning together good numbers of people basic foot and ball co-ordination skills. from a variety of Paisley churches, and partnered with Create Paisley, the I will continue to report the work local YMCA, YWAM Scotland and carried out on all Fabric of Cathcart Render Glasgow. Trinity Church and thank every person who has supported the further work Ferguslie Park is the most deprived within the building. community in Scotland and it was a huge privilege to be involved in initiating this event and to see good Roy Kinnear numbers of children and families

attending.

Please pray for a new weekly event which will be running as a follow up. The Elie and Whiting Bay Beach missions excitingly experimented in their shape of delivery this year Thank you for your including a team going from Whiting Prayers for SU Missions & Bay to Brodick in the first week of the Holidays event to work into that community. this summer Holidays Missions This year 1,895 children and young Thank you so much for your prayers people have attended SU Holidays so and support of SU Scotland Missions far. At these holidays they can try a over the summer. SU worked with wide range of different activities, meet local churches to run 20 mission new friends, read the Bible and events which saw hundreds of children explore what it means to be a exploring the Bible and responding to Christian and know God’s perfect love. the significance of Jesus.

New Mission events happened in Kilwinning (Ayrshire), Ormiston (East Lothian) and Ferguslie Park (Paisley).

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There has been lots of really Dedication Day on 22nd September encouraging feedback – one parent (book at wrote to say, ‘my children have really suscotland.org.uk/events/gowanbank- enjoyed going to these camps - it is dedication-day/). one of the highlights of their summer - and we really appreciate the time Gail McLay taken by leaders, volunteers and cooks to make these holidays special for them…[and] value the spiritual impact Remembered you are having on their walk with God.’ Remembered is a dynamic new charity. Its foundation was inspired by There are still events to happen during the enormous impact of the There But the October school holiday week, Not There installation in Penshurst along with Voice, Music and Comedy Church in Kent over the weekends coming up soon. Give Remembrance period of 2016. thanks for all God is doing in young people’s lives. COMMEMORATE : EDUCATE : HEAL

Please pray for all the planning that is Remembered has three simple but now in process for the programme of significant aims: events for 2019. To Commemorate the Fallen through Gowanbank highlighting the sacrifices made. The 2018 Armistice Project, There But Not Give thanks for the incredibly There, will be the Centenary generous gift of Gowanbank House in Commemoration for the end of the Darvel, which has allowed SU Scotland First World War. to open a third residential centre. To Educate all generations, Thanks to the generosity of SU particularly today’s younger supporters, refurbishment works were generation, born nearly 100 years after completed in time to allow the first SU the outbreak of WW1, to understand Holiday to take place there at the what led to the slaughter of 888,246 beginning of August. Find out more British and Commonwealth men. about this amazing new resource at gowanbank.org.uk/ or come along and see for yourself at the Gowanbank

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• The Royal Foundation’s Armed To help Heal those suffering from the Forces Programmes – promoting hidden wounds of post-traumatic the welfare of those serving their stress disorder and other lasting country in the Armed Forces and legacies of combat, by raising funds veterans. for our beneficiary charities. Today, • The Commonwealth War Graves the mental health taboo of Post Foundation – highlighting the work Traumatic Shock Disorder (PTSD), or of the Commonwealth War Graves ‘shell shock’ as it was known in the Commission, funding education Great War, is being broken and and activities to capture the public Remembered aims to play a imagination and commemorating significant role in helping build better the sacrifices made futures for veterans and those • Walking With The Wounded – suffering from mental illness. Supporting a pathway for vulnerable veterans to re-integrate Remembered is a Registered Charity back into society and sustain their and a Charitable Incorporated independence. The heart of this Organisation. journey is employment and mental well-being. On Honour Rolls in villages, towns and • Combat Stress – treating Veterans cities around the country are the suffering from PTSD (Post names of those who made the Traumatic Stress Disorder) ultimate sacrifice during the First Depression and Anxiety World War. Here at Remembered, we • Help for Heroes – Supporting those hope the There But Not There project affected by their time in the Armed can take these names off the walls and Forces and their loved ones, to help back into the communities they left them reach their potential and live behind. The name blocks will play fulfilling lives their part in the national project • Project Equinox: Housing Veterans allowing us to remember the Fallen. and Medical Students – Plymouth University project to create With these simple and elegant name sheltered housing for 40 single blocks you can bring their names back veterans. into the places they would have been such as town halls or places of worship.

The charities they will support include:

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Safeguarding Training Dates 2018/2019 (Volunteers) Date Time Church Wed 26 7 – 9.30pm Rutherglen: Stonelaw Sept 2 Dryburgh Avenue, Working with children, young people Rutherglen, G73 3EG or vulnerable adults in our church? Sat 6 9.30 – 12.30 Garthamlock Oct &Craigend • Volunteers are required to do 46 Porchester St, Garthamlock, G33 5DB training to help us all to have a Thurs 7 – 9.30pm Mearns Castle shared understanding about 25 Oct Waterfoot Road, safeguarding. Newton Mearns, G77 5RE • Could you look at the list of Thurs 7 – 9.30pm Clincarthill possible dates and venues and 29 Nov 1220 Cathcart Road, select what suits you best? G42 9EU • Volunteer training will be booked Wed 5 7 – 9.30pm St James’ Pollok Dec 183 Meiklerig by Donald Macleod. Crescent, G53 5NA • When you contact Donald, please Tues 22 7 – 9.30pm Springburn give him your email address and a Jan 180 Springburn Way, contact number as this is required Springburn, G21 1TU Thurs 7 7 – 9.30pm Wellington when booking. Feb University Ave / • If you are no longer working with Southpark Ave, G12 children, young people or 8LE Tus 12 7 – 9.30pm Netherlee vulnerable adults, please let me Feb 130 Ormonde Avenue, know. Netherlee, G44 3SL • Please do not hesitate to contact Wed 27 7 – 9.30pm Wallacewell me if you want to talk about the Mar 57 Northgate Road, Balornock, G21 3QT training, your role or any other Tues 7 7 – 9.30pm Partick South safeguarding matter. May 259 Dumbarton Road, G11 6AB Thank you for all you do to keep our Thurs 6 7 – 9.30pm Maryhill Jun 1990 Maryhill Road, church a safe place for all. G20 0EF

Linda Burke [email protected] Donald Macleod [email protected]

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Prayer Breakfasts It would be good to see you there.

Saturday 29thSeptember ‘I cry out to the Lord; I lift up my voice 08:30 - 10:00am to the Lord for mercy. I pour out UF CHURCH, STRUAN ROAD before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.’ This month we will be joining together to pray for ourselves and the needs of Psalm 142 v 1 & 2. our world. What shape is your church? We look forward to seeing you there. If I asked you the shape of your church Breakfast is served first, followed by a what would it look like? time of prayer. Would it replicate some of the ‘Take delight in the Lord, and he will architecture of our building on give you the desires of your heart. Clarkston Road? Perhaps it would Commit your way to the Lord; trust in capture the faces of some of the folk him and he will do this.’ who spring to mind when you think of your brothers and sisters in Christ at Psalm 37 v 4 &5. Cathcart Trinity?

Saturday 27th October 08:30 - Or would it be something more 10:00am abstract, that captured some of our UF CHURCH, STRUAN ROAD activities or even our vision and mission statements? Once again this month we will be I ask this question because we’ve been joining together for a time of asked by Presbytery to give them a fellowship around the breakfast table sense of the shape of our church. followed by prayer. If any of you are inspired to answer the This is a way of encouraging us as question in picture form – please feel congregations to pray either silently or free to do so! I would love to see your corporately. There is no obligation to work. But what Presbytery have asked pray. us to to do, is answer some questions that will reveal where our priorities lie; what we do well and where God might be prompting us to spend more time or energy.

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Our elders have already engaged with Thank you. this activity – giving Cathcart Trinity a rating from 0 to 5 on various aspects I would like to thank my fellow Elders of congregation life, but we wanted to for the gift which was presented to me give all of you the opportunity to do along with the honour of the title of this too. To that end you will find the ‘Session Clerk Emeritus’ which I ‘What shape is your church’ received on Sunday 26 August. questionnaire within this edition of the magazine. It has been a great privilege and pleasure to serve this Congregation as We would love you to fill it out Session Clerk for the last seven years, honestly and anonymously and to a duty made easier by the support that drop it off at the church building by I have received both from Kirk Session Sunday 23 rd September. If you would and by the Congregation as a whole. like additional copies of the questionnaire – please feel free to pick them up in the church or if you require Iain Duff any help getting the completed form back to us please ask for help. Arts & Crafts Club

We will share the results of this The Art and Craft Club will restart on exercise in the next magazine. Thursday September 6th at 10am in the Buchanan Hall as usual. Thank you for your assistance with this. I hope everyone has had a good summer and collected many ideas for the coming session. It will be good to Alasdair. meet with our friends again after the break. Don't forget your mug!

Fiona Sutherland.

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Favorite hymns I have many favourite hymns but one I feel s very meaningful to both young and older people is, ‘Lord for the years’ MP:428. When you think of all of the people you have met and all the places you have visited over all these years the words are very appropriate and the Another hymn which appeals to me is ‘I know who holds the future’ (first line, I do not know what lies ahead) MP: 269 the words are so right and we thank God for all the days of our lives.

Isobel Whyte.

Back in April, we were all busy planting sunflowers. We’re hearing rumours of some flowering?

Messy August saw us thinking about peace and one of the activities including clasping hands and making this poster to show that we need to work together to achieve peace.

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This year marks the centenary of the First. - In loving remembrance of the end of the first world war. One young men of our congregation who hundred years ago members of two have sacrificed there lives while on congregations, Cathcart United Free service. Church and New Cathcart United Free Church, who subsequently would Second. - In grateful recognition of the become Cathcart Trinity Church services of the nurses and men on our decided that they wanted to Roll of Honour who have been spared, commemorate the occasion. and an expression of our thanks to God for the speedy return to our Thanks to Bill Martin for sharing some homes. of the history on the next two pages. Third. - In humble acknowledgement CATHCART U.F. CHURCH. that in the providence of God, victory WAR MEMORIAL has been granted to our cause; and in 1914-1918 thankfulness that our shores and our homes have been preserved from the Cathcart,13th December, 1918. invasion of the enemy, and all that would have involved. Dear Sir or Madam, The office- bearers decided that the At a joint meeting of the session and most fitting Memorial would be the managers held on 2nd inst., the dedication of a Stained Glass Window question of erecting a suitable War in the back wall of our church just over Memorial in our Church was carefully the organ, which was purposely considered, and the unanimous designed to leave this window free; decision was that we should proceed and also the erection in the front at once in the matter. While offering vestibule of a brass tablet, bearing the our thanks to God for the courage, names of all the nurses and men on endurance, heroism, and sacrifice of our Roll of Honour, with a distinctive all those who have helped to bring mark against the names of those who victory to our side in this the greatest died on service. trial in the history of our nation, our thoughts naturally turn to those who The cost of these memorials will be have given there all, and who will about £1000, which may seem a large never return to us again. The idea of sum, but the office-bearers are the office-bearers was that this convinced that it is not beyond the Memorial should give expression to a power of our people, if all take part three - fold purpose:- according to their ability, and they

www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 28 realise it would be a worthy expression of our feelings in the three fold Commending this to your careful purpose above. consideration, we subscribe ourselves in name of the Session and Managers It is intended that contributions for this purpose should be paid in one or Yours very sincerely, more sums as each may find most suitable, but that the entire sum GEORGE JOHNSTON, MODERATOR. should be paid at latest by 30th June, 1919; and as it is necessary to order ANDREW L. FLEMING, SESSION the work soon if the Memorials are to CLERK. be completed within the next nine months or so, the sums to be ALEXANDER B. FULTON, PRESES. contributed require to be intimated in JAMES C. IRELAND, CLERK TO the next few weeks. MANAGERS

Will you kindly, therefore, with the members of your family where there are such, think this matter over, and, to enable the arrangements to be completed, indicate to the elder or manager who will be deputed to call on you within the next two or three weeks such sum as you may see your way to contribute.

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September & October at a Glance

Sunday 2nd September 11.00am Morning Worship. 2.45pm Cartvale Service 6.30pm Evening Worship Monday 3rd September 2pm Moments Cafe Tuesday 4th September 6.15pm Snowdrops Thursday 6th September 12.45pm Lunchtime Service 7.30pm Board Games @ UF Church Sunday 9th September 11.00am Morning Worship with Communion 6.30pm Evening Worship with Communion at Cathcart UF Church Tuesday 11th September 6.15pm Snowdrops Wednesday 12th September 7.30pm Prayer Meeting @ Cathcart UF Church Thursday 13th September 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Saturday 15th September 4pm Messy Church Sunday 16th September 11.00am Morning Worship Monday 17th September 2pm Moments Cafe 6.30pm Evening Worship Tuesday 18th September 6.15pm Snowdrops Thursday 20th September 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Sunday 23rd September 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Thursday 27th September 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Saturday 29th September 8.30am Prayer Breakfast (UF Church) Sunday 30th September 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship

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Monday 1st October 2pm Moments Cafe Tuesday 2nd October 6.15pm Snowdrops 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 4th October 12.45pm Lunchtime Service 7.30pm Board Games @ UF Church Friday 5th October 7.30pm Men’s Evening reconnected Sunday 7th October 11.00am Harvest Service 2.45pm Cartvale Service 6.30pm Evening Worship Tuesday 9th October 6.15pm Snowdrops 7.30pm The Guild Wednesday 10th October 7.30pm Prayer Meeting @ Cathcart UF Church Thursday 11th October 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Sunday 14th October 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Monday 15th October 2pm Moments Cafe Tuesday 16th October 6.15pm Snowdrops 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 18th October 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Saturday 20th October 4pm Messy Church Sunday 21st October 11.00am Morning Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Tuesday 23rd October 6.15pm Snowdrops 7.30pm The Guild Thursday 25th October 12.45pm Lunchtime Service Saturday 27th September 8.30am Prayer Breakfast (UF Church) Sunday 28th October 11.00am Morning Worship & Thank you Wilma 6.30pm Evening Worship Tuesday 30th October 6.15pm Snowdrops 7.30pm The Guild

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Cathcart Trinity Church, 90 Clarkston Rd, Glasgow G44 3DA

Cathcart Trinity Church is a registered Scottish Charity, SC033802

Key Church Contacts:

Minister: Rev Alasdair MacMillan 0141 391 9102 [email protected]

Associate Minister: Rev Wilma Pearson 0141 632 2491 [email protected]

Session Clerk: Angus Morrison 0141 649 2417 [email protected]

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