News from Cathcart Trinity Church April/May 2018 Welcome to the April/May issue of the As well as the newsletter, please newsletter and sorry it’s late in remember that we can promote reaching you. activities and information through the weekly notices In this month’s issue, you’ll find details ([email protected]), the on a new prayer time starting from welcome loop that appears on the Sunday 22nd April, information about screens before the service starts and our prayer breakfasts for April and the Church’s website and Facebook May and some reflections on the page ([email protected]) Glasgow Winter Night Shelter as well as an update on the progress being The next issue of the newsletter will be made with upgrades to the Church out in June and copy should be with buildings. me by Sunday 27th May either by email to There are a whole host of [email protected] or opportunities to get involved in Messy pass it to me in Church any Sunday. Church, the Roll Back the Years Disco and assisting with the welcome rota Thanks, for our Sunday evening Worship Gary. services. Please don’t hesitate to speak to the people who have submitted articles if you’d like more information about any of these opportunities. www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 1 At the same time I have the Labyrinth A word from our Minister: we put in the Sanctuary for the Wednesday of Holy Week in my mind. Sometimes I sit down to write my article for the church newsletter and If you used it, I hope it proved to be a the words flow onto the page blessing. Throughout history there effortlessly. Other times my heart and have been many different uses of this head are full of ideas jumping about, maze like design. However, our aim, clambering all over the place trying to like many Christians before us, was to get my attention and I don’t know use this Labyrinth pattern to journey where to start! with Jesus to the cross hearing his words in Mark 8:34-36 I’m writing today in the context of ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple seeing our son Cody being born must deny themselves and take up yesterday. I’m incredibly happy and their cross and follow me. For whoever giving so much thanks to God for both wants to save their life will lose it, but this miracle of new life and also my whoever loses their life for me and for amazing wife. Understandably, I’m the gospel will save it. What good is it drawn to the theme of new life - a for someone to gain the whole world, particularly apt topic at Easter. yet forfeit their soul?’ However, I also finding myself However, perhaps those two themes revisiting the Bible’s imagery of the aren’t so different after all. The journey to the new creation (promised journey to the new creation for by God throughout scripture and Christians is, after all, a journey illustrated in part by Jesus’ following Jesus. So, this Easter, with resurrection) being like that of a the message of Jesus’ resurrection (an woman in birth pains. As a man, there image of the new creation) ringing in is only so much that I can truly your hearts and minds, let’s remember understand from that picture – but I that following Jesus to the cross find myself with a fresh perspective of doesn’t end on Good Friday, but is a the fact that God uses this image part of our day to day life as God reminds us that at times as he works prepares us for his perfect kingdom – his purposes out things can be hard the new creation and life forever with and painful; that waiting for the new him. requires perseverance. However it has a good end. With love and Easter blessings, Alasdair www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 2 How Can I be filled with the Help needed for Sunday Holy Spirit? Evening welcome rota Saturday 28th April 2018 Help is needed please for the rota for Newlands College Sunday Evening Door Duty and tea 10am – 3.30pm making. It isn't a demanding service and you have the chance to welcome Our current Alpha course is going people to the Church, which is so really well, we have enjoyed great important to help grow our Church fellowship over a meal and had some family and friends. interesting discussions around some of life’s BIG questions. The more people we have on the rota the lesser people are asked to do it. If Due to the snow fall in January we had you are willing to help or just want to rearrange our planned away day. more information please contact me We have also been thinking about at church or by phone. some folks who have been on Alpha and missed the away day due to other Thanks, commitments, therefore we would Sheila Gowans like to extend a special invitation to 637 4385 our church family to anyone who has been on the Alpha course and missed the away day to join us on Saturday Coffee afternoon 28th April. Govan Community Project Womens’ If you would like to join us please Group, in conjunction with Hillington contact Fiona Paton or Carol-Anne Park Church are hosting a coffee th Latta, [email protected] afternoon on Saturday 28 April from 2pm – 3.30pm in Hillington Park May you know the love and grace of Church, Berryknowes Road, Jesus, in equal measures as we Cardonald. Come and sample some prepare to have our hearts refreshed new and exciting recipes from around with His unconditional love this Easter. the word in addition to our usual Scottish selection! Bring a friend and God Bless have a chat while supporting the Womens Group in the work they do within the Govan Community. Your Alpha Team. Anne Hind. www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 3 Fabric Report for 2017. The total to date that has been pledged or raised including the Gift 12 months ago I stood before you, Aid Tax that we have been able to embarrassed at the video I was due to reclaim on the actual cash donations present, which showed a building in received, is an absolutely whopping need of some tender loving care. £52,765. The 20-20 Vision Project was launched An absolutely tremendous figure and this year, I stood before you again which allows us to plan the work equally embarrassed but for entirely needed to be carried out over the next different reasons. 3/ 4 years. The response in terms of the This year we carried out a number of donations pledged or donated in the tasks including, Kent Hall renovation, last 12 months has exceeded any fitting new double glazed units, expectations that we had. repainting the walls and ceiling. Removing the curtains from the We had hoped for a modest amount of windows and replacing them with money pledged to the 20-20 Fabric blinds. Fund but we have been overwhelmed by the total amount earmarked for the Opening up the stained glass windows improvement of the Fabric within the at the back of the hall to show off Church and Halls complex. these exceptional windows that were hidden behind the venetian blinds. Donations have been forthcoming New stage curtains were fitted and the from many different sources including floor was sanded and resealed. many of the groups using Cathcart Trinity’s Halls and from individuals New LED lights were installed and a making their own pledge or donation new welcoming sign was fitted on the to allow the work to commence last front wall of the building to welcome summer. Both large and small people into Cathcart Trinity Church donations pledges received and some Hall complex. have even been pledged on a monthly or regular basis. Other works that was undertaken was the lighting of the Kent Hall entrance and courtyard with new floodlights on a timer to illuminate and welcome people visiting the Church, especially on dark wet winter nights. www.cathcarttrinity.org.uk Page 4 The work carried out on the Kent hall We have replaced or are about to has been very well received by replace the high level lights in the Mid everyone using the hall facilities. hall, Ladies & Gents toilets and Resource Room, the old Youth Room My thanks goes to everybody involved and downstairs in the Boiler Room, in the redecoration of the Kent Hall again with more efficient LED lighting. and include The Design Team, the builders, carpenters, painters and By the time that these jobs are decorators as well as the people with a finished we will have replaced all the head for heights at the top of the older light fittings in the halls with scaffolding. more modern energy efficient lights. The small team of experts who each Work being planned in for this coming brought their individual talents summer includes repairs to the Church together to pull all the work together roof. and to provide a modern fresh looking hall for many years ahead. The first quote that we have received has intimated that the cost to repair Other work undertaken included the the Church Roof could be in excess of updating of the outside signage with £100,000 and to replace the Church the new times of the church services. roof with completely new slates and The road marking around the outside ridging could be in excess of £250,000.