Update 25 August 2019
OUR VISION: WE ENCOURAGE ALL TO
WORSHIP GOD, FOLLOW CHRIST, SERVE OTHERS
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Did You Know
- At the end of the week at this years General Assembly the moderator the Rev Colin Sinclair urged commissioners “to work tirelessly” to make the reforms agreed a reality. Deciding change is not the same as making change. Making changes will be painful. He concluded by saying when commissioners went back to their parishes they need to be advocates and change makers, willing to make the sacrifices to set an example.
- There is a group in Carnoustie called Friends of Carnoustie & District Heritage. Their first public meeting is to be held on Wednesday the !8th of September 2019 in the Braid Hall at the Kinloch Care Centre. There will be another meeting in November and these will let the steering group assess the level of support for thus new venture.
- Irene McGugan from Letham is a former moderator of Angus Presbytery and a member of the Social Care Council of the Church of Scotland since 2012. . In what will be her final year she recently completed the Dundee Kilt Walk (25 miles) to raise funds for CrossReach. If you would like to make a donation to this worthwhile cause you can do so on her online fundraising page https://dundeekiltwalk.everydayhero.cpm/uk/irene
- The Harvest Thanksgiving service on 22nd Sept will be held at Scryne Farm. Volunteers to provide transport to the farm will be required. If you would like to make use of such transport please let the Minister or your Elder know. There will be the opportunity for tea/coffee after the service.
- The Queen has recently appointed one of our members Mrs Pat Sawers as the next Lord-Lieuenant for Angus. The appointment take effect from 24 August 2019
Prayer
A deliverance at General Assembly this year was ‘to encourage a season of prayer and prepa-ration from Sept to start of Advent when the church focuses on outworking of the Action Plan anticipating a number of significant changes in the church.
The Minister looks on prayer as a vital and essential part of Christian life. In a recent sermon she said ‘Prayer is what we are wired for; Prayer is what Christians do; Prayer is never ceasing
A prayer will be included as a regular feature in future issues of UPDATE
The prayer below was written by Rev Ian J M McDonald.
Prayer
“If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me and the light around me become night around me,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with you.” Psalm 139: 11,12
God,
Surely as night follows day, so day follows night –
Such is the promise of which the psalmist sings.
So when darkness presses in and light seems to flee,
Draw me closer to you, silent and still, embraced, invited
Again and again to know that you are God!
Lord, help us to do what can be done in this day.
You know us completely and understand
Our broken hearts, our fragile spirits and our anxious, fearful minds.
You hold and bless our beloved common humanity
And we are thankful
Thankful for the small things in life and for the big things too!
Thankful for your knowledge of us, the scope and the breadth beyond our measure.
Thankful that no part of life or loss remains untouched, unreached, unknown.
Guide us Lord, to places where love is found – grief-filled, embodied love
And –
Into my anger, I invite the patience of the Father
Into my numbness, I invite the healing of the Son
Into my confusion, I invite the wisdom of the Spirit
And we shall live together
I, in community with the Three in one. Amen*
(*words in italics based on an anonymous prayer in the Celtic style)
Musings from the Manse
During the summer I enjoyed looking at all the holiday posts from friends on Facebook. There were all the usual ones with photographs on the beach or out in the countryside or eating al fresco.
There were also a great many pictures of churches.
Everything from the neo-Gothic St Joseph’s Church in Krakow with its 80-metre clock tower, elaborate masonry and sculptures of saints to quaint little churches in sleepy Italian villages.
When I go on holiday I am always drawn to church buildings and even if there is not a service of worship, if they are open I have a look inside and I know that this is true for many people holidaying abroad, even people who don’t go to their own local church when they are at home will venture inside a church when on holiday for a look.
So maybe it is not the architecture, the stained glass or the iconography that fascinates them maybe more a need just to get out of the searing heat into the quiet cool for a while.
But there is something about a church building, especially an old church, which is very calming and comforting.
Perhaps it’s the solid stone walls and floors that give us a feeling of security or perhaps the silent echo of people worshiping there down through the years which connects with our spirit.
Inside the church there is always a sense of peace, a sense that you are inside a holy place, on holy ground and that God is near.
But, of course, we cannot contain God in a building no matter how opulent or how humble, we cannot limit God to a certain time or place.
Even King Solomon when he was overseeing the building of the first temple in Jerusalem said:
“But can, you, oh God, really live on earth? Not even all heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this temple that I have built be large enough?” (1 Kings 8: 27)
So, although there is something holy, something evocative about our church buildings, our God is so vast, and so immediate that we can experience him everywhere and anywhere.
Of course, we experience God in all of his creation every day.
I have friends who climb hills, or bag munros as they say, and tell me that they never feel closer to God than when they are at the top of a mountain. Whether that is because they are down on their knees thanking God that they made it to the top or whether they are praying for the strength to get back down – I don’t know!
Some find a real sense of God’s presence beside the sea. A walk on the beach listening to the gentle lapping of the waves or perhaps the powerful roar as the waves crash on to the rocks reminds them that despite everything the creator of the sky and sea is still in control.
However, wherever I go on holiday, as well as experiencing God as I wander “through the woods and forest glades” or from “lofty mountain grandeur”, I will still seek out a church and I will go in and say a prayer, offer up my worship in whatever “temple” I find myself in knowing that for years prayers and songs of worship have been sent up in that place in languages different from my own – and even though I may be far from home, I will still have a sense of belonging with God’s people in God’s house.
Blessings, Annette
Moment for Mediation
The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry
from New Collected Poems (Counterpoint, 2012)
Copyright (c) 2012 by Wendell Berry
Change
Willie Porter, one of our Elders, gave me documents as he thought some of the congregation might be interested as they refer to his grandfather’s induction in the Church of Scotland at Cults, Aberdeenshire.
This got me thinking about how I could use this in UPDATE
In recent issues of UPDATE we have had articles about the call for radical change.
An Induction service in 1900 was clearly very different from our service in 2018
WHAT WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER IS THAT CHANGE IS ONGOING
AT CERTAIN TIMES THE CALL IS LOUDER AND THE CHANGE IS MORE MARKED
BUT CHANGE IS ALWAYS WITH US
Treasurers Report
| GIVINGS TO END OF JULY | 2019
£ |
2018
£ |
| Weekly | 2,838 | 2,666 |
| Monthly | 25,194 | 25,671 |
| Plate | 5,689 | 5,367 |
| Gift Aid | 8,227 | 7,887 |
| TOTAL | 41,948 | 41,591 |
FOG Squad
The FOG Squad starts on Sunday 1st September. We look forward to seeing you then. AS.
JAFFA
JAFFA are looking forward to a new year of fun after our summer break.
We welcome all young people S1 to S4 to join us for fun games and discussions on the last Sunday of the month. This year we are particularly excited to introduce more cafe visits and to find out how we can support our Fairtrade status.
Our first meeting is Sunday the 29th September at 11am in the session house.
JS.
Flamingo Cards
YES, it’s that time of year again. It’s only 18 weeks to Christmas!! Get your shopping off to an early start with a browse through the new Flamingo Card brochure. There are lots of Christmas cards, paper, tags and advent calendars, as well as beautiful birthday cards, to choose from.
The brochures will be available from the beginning of September. As usual, 10% of all sales goes to Church funds. See me after the Sunday service or phone 853919 for a brochure.
PJT.
Congregational Outing
With a full bus and glorious sunshine we travelled to Pitlochry, stopping for a lovely 2 course lunch at the Biba Café.
Before we left for the House of Bruar some of the party put in a bit of practice at retail therapy to tune up for what lay ahead. Throughout the trip there was a regular opportunity to select a sweet or three from the vast selection on offer from Marion Palmer. They were yummy!
At House of Bruar some chose a cup of tea/coffee, others had an ice cream and some actually had a look at the retail outlets but your correspondent was not aware of any purchases but he is sure there had to be some.
And finally what about the gin tasting. Regretfully or fortunately the lack of space for this article prevents including any more about this. Anon
Dates for your Diary
September
1st MORNING SERVICES RETURN TO NEWTON CHURCH.
Service at Condor Court 2pm.
4th Coffee and chat Panbride Hall 10am each Wednesday excluding Fairlogie café dates.
14th Congregational Supper – Panbride Hall 7pm
17th Finance Committee – Session Room 7pm
19th Congregational Board – Panbride Hall 7:30pm
22nd Harvest Thanksgiving Service 11am Scryne Farm
26th Concert by Arbroath Instrumental Band and Junior Band – Newton Church 7.30pm
October
6th Service Condor Court 2pm
17th Kirk Session – Panbride Hall 7:30pm
November
2nd Coffee Morning – Panbride Hall 10-11:30am
3rd Service Condor Court 2pm
17th Holy Communion 11am Newton Church 3 pm Panbride Hall
21st Congregational Board – Panbride Hall 7:30pm
Creche Rota
September
1st Gillian Sawers / Joyce Brown
8th Tom Black / Dawn Barrowman
15th Marion Palmer / Joanna Stout
22nd Beth Lee Smith / Annetta Anderson
29th Joyce Brown / Tom Black
October
6th No Creche
13th Gillian Sawers / Dawn Barrowman
20th Marion Palmer / Joanna Stout
27th Tom Black / Beth Lee Smith
November
3rd Joyce Brown / Annetta Anderson
10th Gillian Sawers / Dawn Barrowman
17th Marion Palmer / Joanna Stout
24th Tom Black / Beth Lee Smith
December
1st Dawn Barrowman / Joyce Brown
8th Tom Black / Annetta Anderson
Needles and Pins
Needles and Pins Group resume on 27th August at 2pm in the Session Room. Thereafter every 2 week
Old and new members will be made very welcome. For more information telephone 853919. PJT.
Fundraising & Social Committee
The next event to be held will be a Congregational Supper to be held in Panbride Hall on Saturday 14th September 2019 at 7.00 pm. Cost is £12.50 per head and as spaces are limited, names and money to be given to Barbara Gillespie as soon as possible, telephone 411184. Final numbers and money to Barbara by 8th September.
A concert by Arbroath Instrumental Band and Junior Band is to be held in Newton Church, Arbroath Road on Thursday, 26th September 2019 starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at £5 for adults and £1 for children and you can pay at the door.
We are holding a Coffee Morning on Saturday, 2nd November 2019 in Panbride Hall, Arbroath Road from 10.00 until 11.30 am and tickets cost £2.00. Donations of tray bakes and cake and candy would be greatly appreciated.
I mentioned bottle bags in a previous issue of Update and here is more information on their use
Can we ask that donations of bottles and jars of produce, e.g. sauces, wine, toiletries, jam etc. to the value of a minimum of £1.00 be put in the used bottle bags so we can have a bottle bag stall at the Coffee Morning. More information can be had from Committee members if required.
HH.
Friendship Circle
Carnoustie Panbride Friendship Circle resumes at 2 p.m. on Tuesday 8 October, in Panbride Hall when Ron Scrimgeour will speak on ‘The Wark o’ the Weavers’ We look forward to welcoming all existing members and new.
Please come and join us for an afternoon of friendship and a cup of tea and chat. SW.
Flower Calendar
September
1st Mrs Jacqueline Beattie
8th Mrs Mary Taylor / Mrs Moira Cowan
15th Mrs Brenda Easton
22nd Harvest /Mrs Ann Brown
29th Mrs Elizabeth Watson
October
6th Mrs J. Sturrock / Mrs S. Devanay
13th Mrs Dorothy Booth
20th Mrs Phyllis Scanlow
27th Mrs Margaret Easton / Mrs June Jones
November
3rd Mrs Ann Clark / Mrs D Smith
10th Mrs Pat Geekie / Mrs Kathleen Fulton
17th Mrs Maureen Low /Mrs Nan Reid
24th Mrs Alison Scott
December
1st Mrs Gillian Bennett
8th Mrs Rita Clark
Congregational Register
Deaths:
Mr Billy Norris 16th June 2019
Miss Diane Finlayson 25th June 2019
Mr Jason McCarthy 1st July 2019
Mr Russell Winter 7th July 2019
Mrs Helen Tulloch 1st August 2019*
Mrs Jenny Jeffrey 1st August 2019*
Mrs Jean Bell 8th August 2019*
*Member of congregation
Weddings:
Robert Aird and Jade Sturrock on 6th July at Panbride Church
Alex Fowlie and Ruth Batchelor on 19th July at Panbride Church
New Members:
Mr Brian and Mrs Susan Hamill (District 34
Church Directory
Minister Rev Annette Gordon
Session Clerk Mrs Lyn Ross
Clerk to Board Mr Walter Ruark
Treasurer Mr W John Winterton
Gift Aid Mr Stan Beattie
Church Secretary Mrs Nicola Keen & Rollkeeper Contact via: secretarypanbride@hotmail.co.uk
Organist Mrs Marjorie Rennie
Church Officer Mrs Mary Bushnell
Fabric Convener Mr John Porter
Fund Raising & Social Convener Mrs Helen Harley
Flower Convener Mrs Eleanor Whamond
Magazine Convener Mr David Taylor
Health & Safety Mrs Linda Nicoll
Friendship Circle Mrs Cathie Connor
FOG Squad Team Leader Mrs Alison Stuart
Youth Group JAFFA Mrs Joanna Stout
Creche Mrs June Black
Safeguarding Co-ordinator Mrs Linda Nicoll
