PILRIG St PAUL’S CHURCH MARCH 2012 SUNDAY SERVICES AT 11AM
Holy Communion is celebrated on the last Sunday of January, April, June and October at the 11am Service, and informally as announced. To contact the minister, please ring 554 1842. The “OPEN DOORWAY” is open each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am - 1.00pm. Pop in or arrange to meet a friend there over a cup of coffee. Enter by the main door. Our wheelchair entrances are in Pilrig Street. ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE CHURCH BUILDINGS: Sundays - Sunday Club, 10:45 am for ages P1-S4 all welcome (Mark Wexelstein 665 6881) Mondays - Rainbows 5.45pm (Christine Buchanan 554 2941) Brownies 6.45pm (Christine Buchanan) Tuesdays - The Guild 2.00pm (Irene Wexelstein 476 1385) Pilrig Choristers 4-5.30pm Session Room Pilrig Chorus 7.30-9.30pm Sanctuary Wednesdays - Lunch club 12 noon (Marjory McArthur 553 2323) Vocal Vibes and Singchronicity youth choirs 4-5.30pm Halls Choir Rehearsal 7.30pm (All music enquiries Martin Ritchie 07984 466 855) Thursdays - all Sections Boys’ Brigade (Mark Wexelstein 665 6881) In Pilrig Park School: Thursdays Rainbows (Ann Urquhart 554 8387) 6.15-7.15 Brownies (Ann Urquhart ) 6.15-7.30 Guides (Karen Wood 554 5493) 7.30 - 9.00 In Broughton Primary School: Tuesdays The 5th Leith Scouts Beavers 53/4 to 8 years (6.00 to 7.00 p.m.) Cubs 8 to 10 1/2 years (6.30 to 8.00 p.m.) Scouts 10 1/2 to 14 years (7.30 to 9.00 ) MARCH 2012 IN PILRIG St PAUL’S
STATED ANNUAL MEETING The Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation of Edinburgh: Pilrig St. Paul's, will be held at the close of the 11 am service on Sunday 25 March, 2012. At this Meeting the Audited Congregational Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 2011 will be submitted together with the Congregational Statistics and Elections to Membership of the Congregational Board made as appropriate. The Board very much hope that all members of the congregation will remain at the end of the service for this short but important meeting. Stuart W. Sime Clerk to the Board March 13th 2pm Guild - Glass jewellery demonstration March17th Guild coffee morning 11-1 Saturday 24th March 2.30pm and 7.30pm Singchronicity are presenting their production of scenes from the 1950's classic musical, Grease. See page 5 Saturday 31st March 7.30pm Pilrig Chorus See page 5 March 27 2pm Guild Talking tours of Edinburgh Flower Diary 4th March Flower Fund 18th March Flower Fund 1st April Flower Fund
11th March 25th March
Jean Ramage Flower Fund
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 27TH FEBRUARY–11TH MARCH 2012 1
PILRIG St PAUL’S CHURCH
MARCH 2012
Dear Fellow-members, Lent is the period of six weeks leading up to Easter Sunday. It is the season in the Christian Calendar when Christians are encouraged to put some more time and effort into sharpening up the focus of their faith in Jesus Christ. This can involve reading and discussing together some particular aspect of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Lent Study materials are produced by several groups. One is produced by Churches Together in Britain & Ireland (CTBI) which this year focuses on “The Way to Freedom” www.ctbi.org.uk Another way is offered by Christian Aid who encourage you to “Make Lent Count”. We all have many blessings and for each day of Lent Christian Aid encourages you to donate a few pence for a particular blessing you have enjoyed and also in caring for creation. (See leaflet in Church or go to the Christian Aid website www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/lent-2012) Another option is to Take a Step for Fairtrade. Why not try out a new recipe using as many Fairtrade products as you can? Or invite friends over for Fairtrade tea and cakes? Contact shopkeepers to ask them to stock more Fairtrade goods. There are lots more ideas on the website www. fairtrade.org.uk/step . Jesus gave so much for you! Show your joy in the wonder of His love as you give some time and effort to let that love touch your living, making a change, making a sacrifice, however small that shows that you love Jesus! May God bless you all as you travel through Lent! John 2 RECIPE REMINDER
There's still time to add your favourite recipes to the pot for Pilrig St Paul's. They could be family favourites or fail-safe treats. Everyone looks for ideas and inspiration in the kitchen now and again, so why not share one or two of your tried and tested recipes with the Congregation? Scribble them down and pass to Jean Ramage or email to Shelagh.Green@ed.ac.uk<mailto:Shelagh.Green@ed.ac.uk> THANKS Martha & Willie Cruikshank wrote “A very special thank you for your kindness and the lovely flowers we received which were much appreciated.” I would like to thank Marlyn and the Congregation for the flowers I received at Christmas. It was a lovely surprise, much appreciated. Joyce and Charlie Forman Mary and Jimmy Rennie have many thanks to give this month. First of all to John and the congregation for the lovely flowers and to Maureen Eunson for delivering them. Next for our Christmas gifts, very much appreciated, and to Alex Eddington for his visit. Last to the ladies of the Guild Committee for the excellent Christmas Party. Many Thanks to all. Mary. Joy and Murdo (MacLeod) thank you for the lovely flowers we received last Sunday, delivered by Ian Bethune. 6-5 SPECIAL Thank you to all who helped me celebrate my birthday recently. The surprise in the Session room after the service was indeed the icing on the cake! Thanks to all concerned. I always thought I may have letters after my name one day. IAN BETHUNE O.A.P. 3 FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 27TH FEBRUARY – 11TH MARCH 2012
Look out for events and information about Fair Trade during Fairtrade Fortnight. Take actions and Take a Step for Fairtrade. Buy some Fairtrade product you have never tried before. There are lots of them !! Bananas, coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; instant and filter, tea - wine, biscuits, sugar, rice, clothes, skincare products and many more. Just look for the Fairtrade symbol ! Recipe - from Fairtrade Foundation - for Double Chocolate Chocolate Brownies. Ingredients 4oz Margarine 1/2 level teaspoon Fairtrade vanilla essence 2oz Fairtrade cocoa 2oz self raising flour 2 free range eggs 2oz Fairtrade chopped nuts (optional) 8oz Fairtrade caster sugar Chopped plain Fairtrade chocolate for topping. Method Melt margarine then add to the rest of the ingredients-mix well. Pour into a tin lined with greaseproof paper sprinkle chopped nuts or chocolate on top Cook for 30mins at Gas 4 While still warm gently cut into pieces in the tin. Place a cooling tray on top of the brownie. Turn upside down (carefully!) then remove the tin and peel back the greaseproof paper. Place a second cooling tray on top of the upside down brownie and turn the right way up. Allow to cool â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you can wait!! 4 MUSIC OUTREACH UPDATES
GREASE IS THE WORD! Our older singers in Singchronicity are presenting their production of scenes from the 1950's classic musical, Grease, on Saturday 24th March at 2.30pm and 7.30pm in the hall. The place will be transformed into Rydell High for one night only! Don't miss your chance to enjoy all the fun and great tunes as well supporting our youth choir in action. Tickets can be booked by contacting Martin Ritchie and cost ÂŁ5 each. The proceeds will be used to pay for our freelance music team, so please do everything that you can to encourage members of the church, family and friends to come along to one of the shows. VOCAL VIBES - THE PEACE CHILD Thanks to everyone who helped out with and came along to the Peace Child show on Saturday 11th February. It was a great show, full of lively singing and acting as well as some really touching 'lump in the throat' moments too. It was great to welcome along family and friends of our young singers as well as members of the congregation. PILRIG CHORUS Pilrig Chorus are busy rehearsing for their spring concert, which is on Saturday 31st March at 7.30pm in the Sanctuary. Admission is free, with the opportunity to make donations to the Chorus music fund at the end of the concert. The programme will include: John Rutter Requiem Gabriel FaurĂŠ Cantique de Jean Racine and Messe Basse Howard Goodall Love Divine The music is really beautiful stuff, and the programme includes both established classics as well as newer material - but everything contains a good tune! The more observant of you may notice that Howard Goodall also wrote the Setting of Psalm 23 that is used as the theme tune of The Vicar of Dibley! So please feel welcome to come along and support us as we make music as well as build relationships with our local community through this group. Thanks for your support. Martin Ritchie 5 SHALLOWFORD PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH CHOIR
Pilrig St Paul's, North Leith and South Leith will be hosting a visit from the Shallowford Presbyterian Youth Choir on 14th and 15th June 2012. We are looking for volunteers to host one or two singers in homes for two nights as part of our hospitality for the group. Please let me know if you'd be interested in this. Our experience of this group is that they are charming and very well behaved teenagers, so we are sure that showing them hospitality would be a rewarding opportunity to show some Scottish hospitality! As the focus for their visit to Leith, there will be a concert 'crawl' on the evening of Friday 15th June around the three participating churches. Please pop the date in the diary and encourage others to come along to one or all of the short performances in each church that evening. It should be fun! Many thanks in advance for your support. Martin Ritchie Mobile: 07984 466 855 Home: 01383 889 195 Email: martinsritchie@gmail.com THANKS TO JOHN BROWN AND MARGARET SCOTT Back when Victoria Manor Nursing Home in Albert Street was opening, worship services began and have continued till today. Initially taken by Rev Iain Dunn and subsequently by a rota of ministers these fortnightly services have all been blessed by having John Brown playing the keyboard for the hymn singing and Margaret Scott ensuring that all went smoothly and organising the rota of ministers to lead the worship services. More recently Margaret also provided and set up the communion elements for communion services. On 14th December 2011 John and Margaret officiated at their last service having served the Church in this way for many years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well over twenty! Pilrig Dalmeny St Church and Pilrig St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church owe them a great debt of gratitude for all those years of faithful service to the Church served in the Parish on our behalf. 6 We believe in life before death
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Forth Bridge Cross Saturday 28th April 2012 Christian Aid Week 13th – 19th May 2012
PILRIG ST PAUL’S CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS Thanks to all who helped us raise the sum almost £500 through our Christmas Offerings at our Christmas services. The total has been made up to £500 form Church funds and split between the Bethany Christian Trust and Triple E Bethany works in Edinburgh bringing help and support to homeless people in our city. Triple E is a charity based in County Durham working with street children in the Phillipines. Your generosity is making a huge difference to the lives of many people and we thank you on their behalf! The Magazine As usual, thanks to all contributors - without you there would be nothing in the magazine! Please may I have articles for April by March 24th? Thank you, Catriona Blackwood
7 RICHMOND’S HOPE CHARITY CONCERT
Saturday 31st March 2012 7.30pm The Tom Fleming Centre for Performing Arts, Stewart’s Melville College, Queensferry Road. A fun and enjoyable programme of popular light music, film music and theatre scores. All proceeds go to support the work of Richmond’s Hope, helping to rebuild the lives of children and young people after the death of someone they loved. More info and buy tickets online: www.edinburghconcertband.com
HEART & SOUL 2012 A celebration for the whole Church on Sunday May 20 2012 6.00pm in West Princes Street Gardens. Simply come along – it’s free!
1.00pm -
There will be something for everyone including even more activities than last year for children and young people! www.heartandsoul2012.org.uk
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Ina Grierson Isabel Hannah Matthew Green Mary and Jimmy Rennie Jeanette and Stuart Sime Peter Sinclair Murdo and Joy McLeod Linda Connolly Jack McArthur
Jean Stark Cathie Galbraith Frances Chambers Bernhard Scroggie Agnes Douglas June Welsh Charlie and Joyce Forman Phil Howie Mairi and Robin Leach
Helena Adie
Please contact Roy Eprile with any names you would like included in this section. News about Santou Beurklian-Carter I received this message for Santou last month. Perhaps you remember Santou worked with us in Pilrig St Paul’s as a youth worker a few years ago. Great to hear she is doing well and will be working in the Church of England as an ordained curate. “Just wanted to let you know that my training will finish this June and I will be ordained (into the Church of England) on Sunday 1 July at Chelmsford Cathedral in Essex. I will begin my 5 year curacy the day after in a neighbouring town (Seven Kings, Ilford) from where I'm currently living.” Santou. John Tait
9 Funerals
28/1/12
Mr Charles Laird
10 Milnacre (Taken at invitation of family)
6/2/12
Mrs Cathleen McKnight Bonnington Care Home, Ferry Road (Taken for Rev Andrew McAspurren of North Leith Church)
14/2/12
Mrs Agnes Herd
34 Springfield
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MINISTER Rev John Tait B.Sc. B.D. - 78 Pilrig Street (554 1842) j.m.tait@blueyonder.co.uk SESSION CLERK John Innes - 33 Monktonhall Place, Musselburgh (07563 248722) pilrig@btinternet.com CLERK TO CONGREGATIONAL BOARD Dr Stuart W. Sime -1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) stuart.w.sime@btinternet.com TREASURER Mark Wexelstein (665 6881) mark.wexelstein@googlemail.com ROLL KEEPER Mrs Jeanette E. Sime - 1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens (554 6183) bill.blackwood@tesco.net PROPERTY CONVENER Dr Stuart W. Sime -1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) stuart.w.sime@btinternet.com HALL LET GROUP psp.halluse@gmail.com 07842047093 (Answer phone) ORGANIST and CHOIRMASTER Martin Ritchie - 18, Catherineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wynd, Woodhead, Culross, Fife KY12 8EU (07984 466 855) martinsritchie@googlemail.com SUNDAY CLUB LEADER Mark Wexelstein (665 6881) mark.wexelstein@googlemail.com CHRISTIAN GIVINGS CONVENERS Mrs Ella Gilfillan - 8 Paisley Terrace (661 2281) Mrs Irene Wexelstein - 15 Upper Hermitage (476 1385) MAGAZINE Editor - Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens (554 6183) bill.blackwood@tesco.net Distribution Mrs Margaret Cameron - 35 Lorne Street (554 2139) Scottish Charity no. SCO07277 www.pilrigstpauls.org.uk Leith Churches Forum Web Site www.leithchurchesforum.org.uk