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Sunday 25th December - Christmas Day Christmas - December 25th Sunday Eve Christmas - December 24th Saturday December 18th Sunday December 11th Sunday Sunday 1st January 2005 2005 1st January Sunday Saunday29th Januray Communion- 11.00am - www.grantonparish.org.uk Advent and Christmas Services Christmas and Advent 11.00am - Family Service suitable for all ages all for suitable Service Family - 11.00am received have you which gift a along bring Please Birth. Christ’s of Celebration - 11am Service Watchnight - 11.30pm hall) the in afterwards served (soup c the for especially - Service Christingle - 6.30pm Candle Advent Fourth Christmas Story by the children 11.00am and “The the Angry Lighting Hotel of Man” - a presentation of t Candle Advent the Third of Lighting an Christmas for Music and Words of Service 11.00am Theme: Who Is This Child? This Is Who Theme: 16 hildren d the the d the he he www. Kirk grantonparish .org.uk Granton Parish Church December 2005 Christmas Issue Christmas Services Christmas and Advent preparation 1 Advent - a Advent of time BurnsNight Granton Parish Church DECEMBER ISSUE OF What really Minister LIFE & WORK Norman A Smith Hall Convener matters about 551 2159 Irene MacPherson Music of the season [email protected] 552 4543 Christmas? Parish Assistant [email protected] Music critic Michael Tumelty Marilynn Steele Gift Aid Convener examines the enduring qualities of Some years ago, when a Bishop’s 01875 811 497 Stewart Greig Christmas music and why it continues doubts about the virgin birth of Jesus hit [email protected] 552 4427 to touch the soul. The Rev Douglas the headlines, a clergyman was Session Clerk Church Flowers Galbraith highlights some old and new interviewed on the BBC's ‘Breakfast Lesley Webster Ilean Greig carols which have been included in Time’ about what it all meant. 539 5033 552 4427 the recently published CH4. [email protected] Magazine and Website Editor The interviewer had one great objection Clerk to the Board Charles Macintosh Try and try again to what the Bishop was saying. He put it Alan Summers 552 2240 Fame Academy finalist Lemar travels in the form of a question to the 551 3176 [email protected] to Ethiopia with Christian Aid and tells clergyman: "If Jesus wasn't born to the [email protected] fax: 07092 158687 John McKie about the impact of the virgin Mary does that mean we'll have to Organist emotional trip. stop sending Christmas cards and giving Sharon Parkin Kirk 4 Kidz presents?" 551 3096 Stuart Mitchell The day the earth shook [email protected] 552 6046 John Hayward reports on the effects For this BBC presenter, as for many Treasurer [email protected] of the recent earthquake in Pakistan. others in Britain today, what really David Duncan A consultant development worker he matters about Christmas is the cards 552 1546 Church phone is also the Liaison Officer for a group and the presents. If Jesus wasn't really [email protected] 552 3033 of organisations including the Church born as the Bible says, that would be a of Scotland working with the Church nuisance - but only because it would of Pakistan. take away the justification for the ways in which we celebrate his birth! It might “Sharing the love and knowledge of God Desert Padre even mean one or two bank holidays to create a better and fairer world for all“ The Rev Louis Kinsey, a Territorial less. The Mission Statement of Granton Parish Church Army chaplain, describes his deployment with British troops serving In fact if Jesus hadn't been born as the in Iraq. Bible says the implications would be Website- www.grantonparish.org.uk much more serious. It would mean that Eldership The on-line version of Kirk Outlook has web-links to many God has not come into this world to put This month’s page for elders includes related sites, providing an opportunity to find out more right what we have spoilt. It would mean an account of how a Glasgow church about articles. Remember to pass on our web address to that we have no way of getting to know began an after-school club. Sheilah God. anyone that you know who has moved away from the Steven, national organiser of elder area. New material, including many news items, added training, writes about young people It would mean that we have no chance of regularly so if you haven’t visited for a while why not have and how they may be more integrated anything but judgment and a look. into the life of the local congregation. condemnation when we die. Kirk Outlook AND LOTS MORE…LIVELY Christmas is worth celebrating, not as an Articles and information for inclusion in Kirk Outlook should be passed to the LETTERS, BOOK REVIEWS, excuse for cards or presents or holidays, editor, Chas Macintosh at 8 Fraser Crescent, telephoned to 552-2240, emailed TRAVEL, CROSSWORDS AND but because Christmas assures us that to [email protected] or faxed to 07092 158687 - deadline for March COMMENT…ALL FOR £1.50 God hasn't written us off - that he loves issue is Sunday 13 February out on Sunday 27 February us and has a plan for us. 2 15 Here at Granton Parish Church we offer a Parish Register range of social and spiritual groups covering all ages where Funerals 4th May 2005 you can mix, enjoy Jenny Pace In Brief 2nd March 2005 147/1 Lower Granton fellowship and grow Robert Russell Road within our community. 217/3 West Granton Road 4th August 2005 Please feel welcome to 6th May 2005 Peter Hildersley join us at any of our 3rd March 2005 Mary McGovern 8/3 Wardieburn Terrace groups. Unless stated Kenneth Mackenzie otherwise these groups 3/1 Wardieburn place 7th August 2005 meet in the church/ South 17th May 2005 Margaret Steer halls. George Shanks 39/4 Granton Place 3rd March 2005 Ferryfield Nursing Home December Agnes Ness 12th August 2005 18 Granton Mains Avenue 1st July 2005 George Carstairs Sunday 11th Service of Words and Music for Christmas 11.00am Hugh King 50/2 Granton Crescent 3rd March 2005 22 Wardie Cres Elizabeth Shaw 26th August 2005 Traidcraft After the 28 Pilton Place 6th July 2005 David Kerr Lawrie service Agnes Liston Muirhouse Way Wednesday Traidcraft at Lunch Club 12 noon 21st March 2005 9/3 Royston Mains Place 14th Catherine Duff 23rd September 2005 16 Wardieburn Place 14th July 2005 Robina Bird Friday 16th K4K Outing to the Panto West Brian Ainslie 39 Boswall Terrace 24 Granton View Saturday 17th K4K Party 22nd March 2005 23rd September 2005 Helen Dignan 15th July 2005 Ruth Walker Sunday 18th Nativity - “The Angry Hotel Man” 11.00am 3 Granton View Mary Smith 30 Grierson Crescent 148 Granton Road 26th March 2005 13th October 2005 Wednesday Lunch Club Christmas Lunch 12 noon Andrina Cox 23rd July 2005 William Campbell 21st 67 Pilton Avenue William Webster 50 Boswall Parkway Saturday 24th Making Christingles in the hall 10.00 94 Boswall Parkway 9th April 2005 20th October 2005 Christingle Service 6.30pm Robert Macdonald 2nd August 2005 John Kerr 21 Lennox Row Jane Williamson 6/1 Wardieburn Street Bonnington Nursing Home East Watchnight Service 11.30pm Kirsty’s Coffee Quiet Time Sunday 25th Celebration of Christ’s Birth! 11.00am Every 2nd week at 9.45 - 10.15 on January (Alpha Course starting this month) Morning Thursdays. This is a chance to take some time out during the day and spend Saturday 21st Burns Night Every Thursday from 10.00 – 11.30 some time reflecting on life the universe and everything! Sunday 29th Communion 11.00am 14 3 of Science at America’s Westmont College wrote a The Boys’ Brigade is cur- Challenging? Seniors are also working book called Science rently in the middle of a The Company Section towards this Award. Speaks. In a section called review of the Awards Pro- Awards are currently still “The Christ of Prophecy”, gramme for all Sections, so under review, but while we Stripped for Action! he looks at the Biblical new material has been have not yet changed any Our Company Football evidence for Jesus using rolled out for us to use this of our Badges, there has strips desperately needed scientific methods. At one Session. been a new ‘Seniors Chal- replaced this year. With point he calculates the lenge’ award introduced. the help of the Congrega- chance of 48 of those 300 New Juniors Programme Therefore you may have tion, we had a successful prophecies being fulfilled in The new Junior Pro- seen Boys performing Coffee Morning in October one man as 10 to the gramme has been com- Magic Tricks, gargling the that raised over £240, power of 157. pleted and we have National Anthem or de- which helped tremen- introduced it this Session signing their own Pizza. dously towards these new Notes from the Minister To illustrate, take an for all new Boys in the P4 Meanwhile, the younger strips. While the team now electron, a small Age Group. However, the Boys in both P5 and P6 will particle inside an Boys Brigade atom. If you lay continue to work on the them end on end at ‘Going for Gold’ awards. Preparations While both schemes culmi- the rate of 250 a minute, it would nate with a Gold Badge, take 190,000,000 the new Programme has Dear friends, which take place for years to make a line one only 4 Badges, beginning with a Target Badge then Brigade Christmas.