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PASTORAL CARE Appreciate a Pastoral Visit, Please Inform Scott Or One of the PV Group Co- Ordinators February 2018 Issue 232 Scottish Charity SC000785 GMayfield SRalisburAy ParisPh (EdEinburgVh) Ch urcNh of ScotE land MODERATORIAL VISIT SERMON: THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGI YOUTH UPDATE www.mayfieldsalisbury.org THE MANSE Revd Scott S. McKenna Dear Friends, Candlemas (2 February) Candlemas or Candle Mass was a service in which the priest blessed the candles for use throughout the year; candles which were to be used in church but also in the homes of the congregation. The light of candles was used to signify Christ as the Light of the World. There are some similarities with our Christingle Service. Joseph and Mary brought their Child to the temple. Proud parents, full of love, carefully carrying this new life, they brought their Child to the temple for God’s blessing. The story is myth but it mattered to strength is the ‘commodity’ which the the Gospel writer. Once inside the Church, at its best, offers the world. temple walls, probably in the forecourt, in the Court of the Women, Joseph, Mary In this moment of reflection and and Jesus met with Simeon. Simeon had meditation, take yourself into that holy been led by the Holy Spirit to the temple; scene, into the presence of Joseph, Mary, it is as if the Holy Spirit created and the Child and Simeon. What do you see enveloped this encounter. ‘You will not or feel? Simeon takes Jesus into his arms, see death,’ said the Spirit to Simeon, ‘until holds Him and in that moment, at once, you have seen the Lord’s Christ.’ Hence, feels he can die happy, satisfied, his life the Nunc Dimittis, from Simeon’s lips, completed. What does Simeon do? He ‘Now let thy servant depart in peace, for I looks at the Child, gazes at the Child and have seen the salvation of the Lord.’ embraces the Child. Here is the spiritual Simeon is captured by an inner peace message in this legend. The Bible is which not even the prospect of his own primarily a spiritual tool, there to lead us death can shatter. This peace or inner 2 deeper into the Divine, into a richer an orchestra in performing a symphony is relationship with the Holy. Simeon working towards the fleeting silence that looked at the Child, gazed at Jesus, and comes after the last note has finally embraced Him. This passage is not evaporated: those precious silent seconds history but a word-icon for us to gaze into is where the meaning lies. Taylor calls on and be drawn into. the churches to explore the richness of silence. Pope Francis calls Christians to What does it mean to look at Jesus or gaze ‘spiritual activism’. The inner peace at Christ or embrace Him? The which touched and changed Simeon came American Episcopal priest, Barbara Brown when he looked at Jesus, gazed at the Taylor says that there is a hunger for God, Christ and embraced Him. The evidence for life-giving words, even in the Church. for God is inner evidence and what we She says that the decline of the churches mean by God is mysterious, elusive yet is, in part, due to its failure to deal with the penetrating. silence of God. It is certainly true that we can become tired of words – including Every blessing, sermons – and crave contact with the Ultimate Reality, the ineffable, the Scott inexpressible. Rowan Williams says that DR HYUNG SHIN PARK At the morning service on 28 January, Dr Hyung Shin Park from Namseoul University in South Korea, here seen with our minister, Revd Scott McKenna, and our assistant minister, Revd Laurene Lafontaine, presented Mayfield Salisbury with copies of the 1882 facsimile editions of the Gospel of St Luke and the complete New Testament which were the first translations made in Korean, the language of the ordinary people of Korea. They were made by Revd Dr John Ross (1842-1915) who had strong connections with Mayfield Salisbury as he worshipped here in his latter years, was an elder here, and is buried nearby in Newington Cemetery. 3 MODERATORIAL VISIT Revd Scott S. McKenna On Sunday 4 March, 2018, the Moderator Ecclesiastical History. of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (2017/2018), the Right He gained his doctorate in ministry from Reverend Derek Browning DMin will be Princeton Theological Seminary in the the guest preacher at Mayfield Salisbury United States in 1997, the first Church of Parish Church. Derek will be assisted by Scotland minister to gain that degree from one of his chaplains, Anne Mulligan DCS, Princeton. and the Minister. To date, during his moderatorial year on Dr Browning was born in Edinburgh in behalf of the Church of Scotland, Derek 1962. He attended North Berwick High has met His Holiness the Pope, Her School before going on to Corpus Christi Majesty the Queen and, mostly recently, College, Oxford, where he read History King Abdullah of Jordan. Hospitality has and graduated with Honours. He been a central theme of Derek’s year. attended St Mary’s College, St Andrews, where he graduated in Divinity. W e look forward to welcoming him to Dr Browning specialised in Mayfield Salisbury Church. 4 YOUTH UPDATE Hillary Leslie December was a busy month for the Gingerbread Build-Off’ and the showing youth at Mayfield Salisbury. Over the of a Christmas film. There were some course of the Christmas season, we had colourful and tasty houses created by the three different events to take part in the end of the night. celebration. On 10 December we had our Christmas Charity night where a visitor To cap off the season, the Christingle from Amnesty International came and service brought in many families from the spoke about its annual ‘Write for Rights’ area to sing carols and share hot chocolate campaign with the P6-S6 youth; the youth together. Thank you to all our youth that then spent the evening writing letters to helped make and hand out Christingles at support those wrongly accused, and to the the service! leaders of those countries who have the power to make changes. 2018 holds a new and exciting schedule for Mayfield Salisbury Youth. On 14 The following week we had a Christmas January we launched our first official Party involving our first annual ‘Great Youth Club which will run on most 5 6 Sunday evenings throughout the year from 5:30-7:30. The youth are split up into age- appropriate groups, but join together for dinner in between the activities. Additionally, there will be a Youth Worship night on the last Sunday night of every month at 7:00 PM in the sanctuary, which will take place of our usual Sunday night Youth Club. This is open for every member of the congregation regardless of age – it’s for the young and the young at heart! It will be a time of prayer, praise and reflection. Sunday mornings for the 12-16s will also experience a change: on the first Sunday of every month at the 9:30 service, The Breakfast Club will allow the teens to expand their conversations over breakfast. 2018 is a time of transformation and growth for the youth at Mayfield Salisbury and I encourage everyone to take part in praying for our youth, as well as asking how you can be involved in our various events and programming! 7 SESSION MATTERS Catriona Spratt Kirk Session met on 5 December 2017 other income is expected largely to remain when the following was discussed: the same. The Ministries and Mission contribution is determined by the Church Correspondence: The Clerk had received of Scotland based on three years’ income emails from two Church members so we cannot do anything about that thanking us for financial support from the figure. An anonymous donation has Spiritual Growth Fund which enabled significantly helped fund the Youth them to attend religious retreats. Worker. The figure for Outreach and Youth has increased to £5,000 to cover the Bethany Trust: The Minister wished to increase in activities for our young people. record the thanks of Session to Marjory Other figures are expected to be similar to Grant for acting as Bethany Trust those for this year. The 2018 Budget Coordinator over many years which shows a deficit of £9,300 but the proposal was approved by Session to Treasurer does not consider this to be a warm applause. Tricia Stevenson has now large deficit and comes on the back of kindly agreed to take over this role. several years of surplus. The draft Budget 2018 was approved. The Treasurer was Business Committee: Session approved thanked for his diligence and hard work in Steve Holehouse joining the Business preparing the Budget and related papers. Committee. New members: Session resolved to add Research Convener: Alastair Katharine Robertson, Wade Robertson MacGilchrist had agreed to take on the and Annabel Toogood to the Roll and role of Research Convener and this was approved the admission of Daniel approved by Session. McQueen as a member by transfer. All four new members were welcomed to Budget 2018: The Treasurer, John Mayfield Salisbury. Graham, spoke to his draft Budget. The budget covers spending from the Church’s Familiarisation candidate: The Minister General Fund (which relates to our regular gave our familiarisation candidate, Revd activities); much of what we do is paid for Laurene Lafontaine, a warm welcome to from Restricted Funds. The Treasurer the meeting. Laurene is a Minister with the commented that whilst the figures for Presbyterian Church in the USA and was income are down so too is our expenditure ordained some thirty years ago.
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