HARVEST OCTOBER 2016
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PILRIG St PAUL’S WELCOMES YOU OCTOBER 2016 There are many activities held on our premises, please see the notice board in Pilrig street (middle entrance). If you would like to rent our premises, please contact psp.halluse@gmail.com The food bank is designed to help individuals and families in crisis through the provision of emergency food supplies. Local care professionals in the Leith area refer people, with a food voucher, to the Foodbank distribution point where they are given their food supplies. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE HELPERS, EITHER FOR A WEDNESDAY 4.30-6pm IN THE OPEN DOORWAY OR TO COLLECT SUPPLIES. For further information, please contact Roy Eprile
THE DONATIONS BASKET IS IN THE VESTIBULE.
If you want more information, or are unsure how to do this, please speak to Mark Wexelstein, Treasurer 2
CHURCH ACTIVITIES SUNDAY - 11am WORSHIP in the Sanctuary, followed by tea or coffee and a chat in the Session Room. Children’s activities from 10.50am: There is a creche for younger children, while those of school age join the congregation, including taking an active part in the all age 'Time to Talk' and then follow activities or projects. TUESDAY AND THURSDAY - 10.30-12.30 open doorway for coffee, a chat and quiet time in the sanctuary.
IN OCTOBER Sunday 2nd October 11am Harvest Festival WE WILL BE DONATING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NORTH EDINBURGH FOODBANK. IN ADDITION TO NONPERISHABLE FOODS WE WILL WELCOME TOILETRIES etc. Sunday 9th October 11am Sunday Worship Tuesday 11th October 2pm Guild Starts See page 5 Thursday 13th October 7.30pm Session Sunday 16th October 11am Sunday Worship Sunday 23rd October 11am Sunday Worship Thursday 27th October 2pm Guild Sunday 30th October 11am Holy Communion CONTACTS Music and Choir - Colin Gray 07901 556 217 or at the Service Alternate Tuesdays - The Guild 2.00pm (Irene Wexelstein 476 1385) Beavers, Cubs and Scouts 5 3/4 - 14 years The 5th Leith Scouts Edinburgh North East Broughton Primary gym hall (Evelyn Torrance 552 1657) For Rainbows, Brownies and Guides please send all enquiries to www.girlguiding.org.uk . We have two groups associated with Pilrig St Paul’s Youth organisations take a summer break, please contact the leaders for further information.
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Caulking the Boat "A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped." - Mark 4:37
Dear All, We are all familiar with this story from Mark’s gospel in which Jesus calms the storm. Over the centuries the drama of this story has inspired artists such as Rembrandt and Delacroix to depict Jesus’ mastery over the wind and the waves, while it’s message has provided comfort to many going through stormy times in their own lives. But as a colleague pointed out to me recently, this is also a story about a seaworthy boat. It wasn’t just a pure miracle that the boat wasn’t swamped – it was also that someone had done a good job in building and maintaining it. As human beings we are good at complaining. And we are often best at complaining about the small nitty-gritty administrative tasks that keep us from doing the big important things we would like to do. But this story reminds us that these small, sometimes mundane, even tedious, tasks such as caulking the boat, are just as important. As a community of faith we rely on many members who work quietly away behind the scenes doing the nitty-gritty administrative tasks that need to be done, but which are essential to the life of our congregation. 4
In The Oxford Book of Prayer, an Arab Christian named Mustafah wrote a prayer based on his work as a tailor: O God, I am Mustafah the tailor and I work in the shop of Muhammad Ali. The whole day long I sit and pull the needle and the thread through the cloth. O God, you are the needle and I am the thread. I am attached to you and I follow you. When the thread tries to slip away from the needle, it becomes tangled and must be cut so that it can be put back in the right place. O God, help me to follow you wherever you may lead me. For I am really only Mustafah the tailor and I work at the shop of Muhammad Ali on the great square. Like Mustafah the tailor, may we know God's presence in all the details of our work, and may we remember to give thanks for the work of all the Mustafahs of this world – all those who work behind the scenes caulking our boat. Shalom. Mark
Sunday 30th October Holy Communion This is the Lord’s Table. ANYONE who loves God and responds to Christ’s invitation to join together in this feast is welcome to join us in the celebration. The Magazine Thank you for the articles this month. May I have articles for November by Wednesday19th October? Please note the earlier date. The magazine will be published on the last Sunday of the month (October 30th), as usual. Catriona Blackwood 5
Please come along and support our coffee morning on Saturday, 22nd October, between 10.30am and 12.30pm. On sale will be some wonderful baking, books. DVDs and CDs. Try your luck on the tombola stall. Tickets £2 include coffee/tea and biscuits and will be available from Fiona Rankin from Sunday 9th October (accompanied children free). Put your name and contact telephone number on the back, return it and you could win a prize in the “lucky ticket draw”. Not able to attend? Buy a ticket and enter the draw. You could be a lucky winner! Bring your family and friends for morning coffee.
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The Guild restarts on Tuesday 11th October with an afternoon tea. Please come and join us. Everyone is made welcome. Thank you To my friends at Pilrig St Paul's. Many thanks for the lovely cards and kind wishes I received after my fall. Special thanks to Linda, Lily and Christine for visiting me and making tea! I hope to be back in action after my stookies come off in about 3 weeks. The lovely flowers I received on Sunday were very much appreciated. Hilda Winton Many thanks for the flowers I received from the Church, also for the nice visit from Mrs Lily Gilhooley. Ina McRae Thank you very much for the beautiful flowers I received from the church, also the cards and numerous good wishes during my short stay in hospital. Roy Eprile A big Thank you to everyone at Pilrig St Paul’s for the beautiful flowers we received. The flowers were taken to Jean’s home where everyone appreciated them. Thanking you again. Jimmy and Jean Gilbert Thank you all once again for all your good wishes and the lovely flowers I received after my short stay in hospital. Margaret Cameron Thank you all for the card which was sent to my mum, Irene, after her stroke. She is making progress every day. Thanks again for all the kind wishes. The Broons 7
PASTORAL CARE TEAM The autumn is already making its presence felt with darker mornings and a ‘wee nip in the air’ and so we are now turning our attention to the final quarter of this year for the Pastoral Care Team. Leith Community Cinema Update In September we held a screening of the classic Calendar Girls film and our audience enjoyed our home baked Cream Tea while enjoying the film. It was the first time we had used our new equipment. The screen is amazing and certainly warrants the description of a cinema screen. The other equipment is enhancing the quality of the picture and sound for our audience as well. It was a sell out event and the feedback from those attending was very positive. Audience feedback There were 14 feedback surveys completed with the following results. Marketing and communication about screenings – 71% agreed that it worked well however there were comments about the need to communicate more so that more people know about our cinema. Please help us with this by letting your family and friends know about our cinema. We do place articles in our magazine, inform the other Leith Churches, provide articles for Leith publications and place flyers in all key places in our local community however as we 8
all know the best way to get the word out is by word of mouth. We look forward to your support with this one. Experience in attending the screening – 100% of those completing our survey indicated that they thought the afternoon was very good/exceptional so we are pleased that, once people know about our screenings and come along, they have a good time!! Some of the quotes from Saturday. ‘the cakes and tea were fab, as was the decoration of the hall
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‘liked the tables, had been to a previous screening when all in rows. -preferred the tables’ ‘loved the cream tea, the scones were excellent. Would have liked more scones and less cake! The sunflowers on the tables were a lovely touch’ ‘like the format you have - the refreshments matching the film theme. The small touches, napkins, paper tissues etc all lovely. Congratulations to all concerned.’ ‘a small interval would have been appreciated’ It is encouraging for us to receive such positive feedback and also valuable insight into how we can make things better for our audience. We are currently considering the potential for having an interval at our screenings in the future.
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It has to be said that our screenings would not take place without the small army of volunteers who help in advance of the screening or turn out to set everything up. Our thanks go to the team for this screening. Emra Baker, Catriona Blackwood, Ian Dyson, Jim Fergie, Mark Foster, Scott Gillies, David Gill, Stephanie Gill, John Innes, Michelle Muhammed, Anne Murray, Susan Oliver, Cathie Purdie, Gordon Rouse, Jeanette Sime andLena. Our next screening is taking place on Monday 17th October at 1.30pm when we are showing the latest Ice Age film Ice Age 5 – Collision Course. Tickets can be booked via our website or completing the booking sheet in the Open Doorway. Doors open at 1pm. For
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http://www.leithcommunitycinema.com If you would like to help or be involved in any way with the Community Cinema and Café please let me know, as we are keen to create a team to work with us on the on-going development of the cinema. We have also had acceptance of our application for funding from the £eith Decides programme to support the payment for the film licenses for our 2017 programme. We would encourage those who live and/or work in Leith to help us by giving us your vote. 10
There will be displays of all the projects you can vote for on Saturday 8th October in the Leith Community Education Centre from 12.30pm-3pm. We look forward to your support for this valuable funding. The Knitting Bee Our Knitting Bee is always happy to welcome new people and so it has been good to have Flo Simpson and Joan Blackie join us. Thank you to everyone who has supported us with donations of wool and buttons, we have put them all to good use. Our next catch up is on Thursday 27th October at 2pm in the Open Doorway so please feel free to join us even if just for a cuppa. Training and Development I was both delighted and relieved to pass my Food Hygiene certificate in September and am now arranging for a training session for all those involved in food preparation and serving that will be a refresher for those who are already qualified and a good basis for anyone new to the guidance around food hygiene. If you would like to join this course please let me know. (Linda Gill) CrossReach Congregational Representative We give our thanks to Ella Gilfillan who has been our CrossReach Congregational representative for a number of years and is now stepping down. Christine Edington is going to 11
take on this role for us and so we wish Christine well with this new opportunity. CrossReach is the Social Care part of the Church of Scotland delivering more than 70 services employing 2000 people. We can do our part to support this work by purchasing from the Christmas Catalogue of cards and gifts. This year Care Share has been launched that allows you to purchase a gift that supports others for example for £5 you can fund a week’s supply of welcome tea and coffee for visitors to a CrossReach counselling centre like Wallace House. Copies of the catalogues are available now and orders can be placed with Christine or myself. Helping Hands Please remember to let us know if you would like a visit or phone call from us or would like to arrange this for a member of our congregation you feel would appreciate this type of support. All you need to do is complete a Helping Hands form and pop it into the box in the Open Doorway of the Church or speak/call any of our team. Pastoral Care Team Mark Foster - Minister Catriona Blackwood – Elder, Safeguarding Co-ordinator and Magazine Editor 12
Christine Edington – CrossReach Co-ordinator Ella Gilfillan Linda Gill – Elder and Pastoral Care Team Leader Michelle Muhammad – Congregational Board Member Cathy Purdie – Contact for Special Needs Fiona Rankin – Elder Jeanette Sime – Elder and Roll Keeper Linda Gill Pastoral Care Team Leader 669-7409 or helpinghands@pilrigstpauls.org.uk A huge thank you to Linda who co-ordinates all of these events and projects. Ed Prayer Corner Mark Wexelstein Helen Greig Gary, Margaret and David Fraser Frances Chambers Charlie and Joyce Forman The Davis family Margaret Gunn Murdo and Joy MacLeod Emily Dickson and family David and Lynn Cameron and family Frazer and Craig Garvey and families Irene Brown and family
Jim and Jean Tait Mary Currie Matthew Green Jackie Allan Norrie Frazer Isabel Fyfe Isabel Pert Tom Gilzean Roy Eprile Hilda Winton Lewis Carter Ann Dunn
Please let Roy Eprile know if you would like someone included in the prayer corner.
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MINISTER Rev Mark Foster (332 5736) MFoster@churchofscotland.org.uk SESSION CLERK John Innes - 33 Monktonhall Place, Musselburgh (07802 917910) pilrig@btinternet.com THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD CLERK Aileen Fraser (07936 716 765) ASSISTANT CLERK Maria Croall (07747 071 545) CORRESPONDENCE to: pspcongragationalboard@gmail.com The Clerk to the Congregational Board Pilrig St Paul’s Church, 1B Pilrig Street, Edinburgh EH6 5AH TREASURER Mark Wexelstein mark.wexelstein@googlemail.com (665 6881) ROLL KEEPER Mrs Jeanette E. Sime - 1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) PASTORAL CONVENER Mrs Linda Gill (669 7409) SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens (554 6183) cewblackwood@tesco.net PROPERTY CONVENER Eric Fisher 104 Crewe Crescent (552 8982) HALL LET GROUP psp.halluse@gmail.com ORGANIST and CHOIRMASTER Colin Gray (07901 556 217) SUNDAY CLUB LEADER Mark Wexelstein (665 6881) mark.wexelstein@googlemail.com CHRISTIAN GIVINGS CONVENER Mrs Irene Wexelstein - 15 Upper Hermitage (476 1385) MAGAZINE Editor - Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - see above Distribution - Mrs Margaret Cameron - 35 Lorne Street (554 2139) Scottish Charity no. SCO07277 www.pilrigstpauls.org.uk www.leithchurchesforum.org.uk OUR WHEELCHAIR ENTRANCES ARE IN PILRIG STREET
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Do you know someone who would appreciate being remembered in our prayers each Sunday, a visit, a phone call, a card in the post or perhaps some flowers from us? Please provide the details below and put this card into the box in the Open Doorway or contact: Linda Gill on 669-7409 or helpinghands@pilrigstpauls.org.uk Postal address: Linda Gill, Pastoral Care Team Leader, Pilrig St Paul’s Church, 1B Pilrig Street, Edinburgh EH6 5AH Member's Details Name .................................................................................................................... Address ............................................................................................................... Phone number................................................................................................. Please choose from the following, which you think would be most appropriate. You can tick more than one option Remembered in our prayers each week ……. Visit to their home ……. Flowers from the Service ……. Phone call........ Card posted to their home……. Would you like to help with this? Yes / No (If you select yes please also provide your contact details) ................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. Pilrig St. Paul's Church SCO 07277
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