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This is the February edition of the church magazine, News and Views.

As the United Kingdom prepares to leave the European Union today, the College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church has urged the UK government to protect the vulnerable in society by doing everything possible to avoid a no-deal conclusion at the end of the forthcoming transition period. “We hold in prayer all those for…

On Friday 24th January, 2020, the Community Outreach Group organised a Burns Supper with a traditional three-course Burns Supper meal of Cock a’leekie soup, haggis (veg, gluten free and vegan options) neeps and tatties, dessert, tea/coffee. The haggis was addressed with amusing speeches by Dan Dowcra, Rupert Forbes and Angela Saunders. The excellent entertainment with…

The Crib Service is a short All-Age friendly service held in the Hall. During it, we sang Christmas Carols, heard the Christmas story, and made Christingles. It was followed with Christmas refreshments.  Christingles have a special meaning: The orange represents the world The red ribbon symbolises the love and blood of Christ The sweets and…

The annual Nine Lessons and Carols by candlelight was held at 6.30pm on Sunday 15th December. A retiring collection was held in aid of ‘UNSEEN’, our Christmas Charity. https://www.unseenuk.org

On Monday 9th December, 2019, Heather Downie, Sam MacAdam and Romy Wymer played Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite arranged for two clarsachs and electro-harp, with an accompanying dancer, followed by some Christmas favourites. It was a wonderful evening, greatly enjoyed by all that attended. The performers all perform and teach in Glasgow. The evening is in memory…

Here is the December 2019 / January 2020 church magazine, News and Views

Many people had great fun on 6th December, 2019, at this buy/swap/sell event when individuals, groups of friends and church groups registered for a market table to sell and give away unwanted items and do some inexpensive and ethical Christmas shopping! This very practical and fun community event brought people together in the Christmas spirit…

The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony was held on Sunday 1st December to celebrate Advent Sunday. It began with the lighting of the Christmas Tree in the garden, followed by community Carol Singing in the Hall together with refreshments including mulled wine, and activities for the children. All profits of this event is going to the…

Cordialis presented ‘Holy Mystery’: A concert for Advent in aid of The Mission to Seafarers on Saturday 30th November, 2019. Cordialis, meaning a group of friends, is a vocal ensemble of eight singers who came together to perform this concert. It featured music by Palestrina, Praetorius, Byrd, Warlock, Vaughan Williams and Britten, and there was…

Monday 25th November, 2019, was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. During Toddler Group that day we had a very successful fundraising Chai Day event, where a variety of baked goods and chai tea were exchanged for chai. Chai tea, coffee, and some delicious baked goods were on offer and a…

On Saturday 23rd November, 2019, there was a chance to take some time out from the busyness of the approaching season of Advent. For those present, it was a very meaningful morning of quiet reflection, prayer and fellowship, engaging with God and with others in that deeper sense that many of us seem to yearn.

Mercy Ships: Vicki Clark gave a fascinating talk about ‘Mercy Ships’ on Monday 18th November, 2019. Mercy Ships provide medical and community care, and free surgeries for the underserved in Africa. The hospital ship, Africa Mercy is staffed by volunteers and Vicki has served on the ship. Volunteers from over 49 nations have served onboard the Africa…

Meditative and meaningful Prayer Meetings were held in The Millar Chapel, St Peter’s Church during both October and November. Focusing on the appointment of a new Rector, they were both well attended and meant a lot to those that attended. Prayer really does make a difference, and it was felt important that people could be…

Photograph by: Julian Bukits

A Quiz Night was held in the church hall on Friday 1st November when many people were entertained by the popular and brilliant Quiz Master, David Simpson. They shared a great evening of fun and laughter while learning random facts and meeting new people. There was a bar and a Fair Trade Stall. £236 was…

On Sunday 27th October 2019, young adults from the St Peter’s International Student Cafe had a fund raising Bake Sale in aid of the Blood, Bone Marrow and organ Donation Association. They had great fun baking and decorating Halloween themed cakes, biscuits and goodies that were sold after the morning service in aid of this…

Here is the October version of the St Peter’s Magazine, News and Views.

For our Harvest Festival, the congregation were asked to bring gifts of food and essentials for the Basics Bank at Kings Hall. We thank everyone for their generosity! After the service, the well attended soup lunch raised money for the World Land Trust, and various flower arrangements that had adorned the church were delivered to…

With our new Link building almost complete, St Peter’s was open to the public on Saturday 28 September, 2019, from 10 am – 2 pm, as part of the Doors Open Day Festival. Over 100 people came to: Get a first glimpse of our new Link Building Learn about some of the local and global…