It’s going to be a busy and interesting summer at MPN Church. By the time you read this we will have had a team of people at the Prestwick Prom event and this is always a good opportunity to share a bit about who we are and what we do, as well as encourage people to think about God!
services. These opportunities remind us that we are part of something much bigger than our congregation, or even our denomination, and we each have our part to play in building God’s Kingdom.
I’m sure you know that the Commonwealth Games will be in Glasgow at the end of Holly Thomson is going to Malawi with a July. There are lots of opportunities to group from Presbytery and she will be able share the gospel with people around the to meet people at our twinned church in games and we will be getting involved in Lweya and bring back news about the some of these. We will be running a different projects we have supported. We holiday club from 28th July to 1st August hope this will be a fantastic experience for for Primary School children. We will be Holly and that she will be blessed through working with St Nicholas and St Ninian’s all she experiences. to provide space where people can watch the games live and have tea/ coffee and On 30th June a group are going to Phoenix, chat. There will be a gazebo and tents in Arizona to share with and learn from our the grounds of St Nicholas and we need brothers and sisters there and in Leupp some volunteers to help serve the which is in the Navajo Nation. There are refreshments. We also have lots of copies always things to learn when visiting a new of the ‘Penny Gospel’ to give away and we place and our hope is that we have need volunteers to help with that too. opportunities to share God’s love through words and practically through helping with I hope that you have the opportunity to get projects the church there is involved in. away and have a good holiday, even for a Some people have asked why we would go day or two, and are refreshed and to America which is one of the richest invigorated for the rest of the year. countries in the world. The truth is that, as we have found here through our work with Blessings the CIA foodbank, there are people who struggle for the basics they need to live, even in a seemingly wealthy area. Simply being present is an encouragement to the users and providers of the different
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