BARNHILL ST MARGARET’S CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, INVERMARK TERRACE, BARNHILL DD5 2QU

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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2015 issue no 15

Welcome to ‘Network’ – our church newsletter. Thank you for taking the time to read it. I hope you find the articles interesting as we give you a flavour of what is going on in your local church. Barnhill St Margaret’s is the church that people come for worship, nur-ture, education and friendship. The first service was held on 8 June 1884 in the ‘tin kirk’. The congrega-tion at that time worshipped in a cor-rugated iron building until 1895 when the nave of the present stone church was completed. With the addition of transepts and at a later date a Ses-sion Room/Choir Room the building has changed and developed over the years. Although we hear a lot about church decline in the media, Barnhill St Mar-garet’s is a busy church with a grow-ing worshipping congregation. Praise God we have parking prob-lems on a Sunday morning! Yet, I am very aware that we live in a world of multiple choices and these changes have produced a genera-tion that expect to be offered options in every area. There used to be one kind of Coca-Cola but now there is Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Diet Cherry Coke, Caffeine-Free Diet Coke and now Coca Cola Life. Unfortunately when it comes to worship services most churches offer only two options – take it or leave it! God does not change, neither does the gospel. We cannot change our doctrine or our message just to suit passing fashions. But the way in which we worship and the way in which we communicate the gospel must resonate with modern men and

From the MINISTER

If you haven’t been to church for a while, then

why not come and join us? We would love to welcome you to

one of our special services at 9.15am and/or 10.30am on

Sunday 27 September

Back to Church Sunday coincides with our Harvest Thanksgiving

celebration so perhaps you could help us support the Dundee Food-

bank by bringing along: coffee , tea bags, tinned fruit, custard, rice,

beans, soup, tuna, ham, UHT milk or cereal. Thank you.

Sunday 27 September 2015

women. With this in mind our Kirk Session has decided to add another worship service on a Sunday morning. This will be a service with modern music using new technology and will last for approximately 45 minutes. Our new ‘all age service’ will begin on the 27 September – on Back to Church Sunday/Harvest.- at 9.15am. Come along to the church at 9.00 am for doughnuts and coffee.

Every blessing—Susan

Where to find us? Our address is

1 Invermark Terrace, DD5 2QU

Starter Packs is a voluntary

charity, supported by various Churches. It responds positively to help the homeless and needy in the Dundee Area by providing house-hold items. Small donations can be left near the vestry in church. Larger amounts should be taken to the of-fice at 39 Forest Park Road, Dun-dee. Telephone 223977

Can you play guitar, drums, keyboard?

If so, I would like to hear from you. In the future we would like to form

a ‘Praise Band’ for our early morning service.

Phone Susan on 779278

The Service Group are planning to

have a Giving Tree in the weeks

leading up to Christmas. The tree

will be decorated with gift cards with

a suggested toiletry item written on

the back. Members of the Congrega-

tion will be invited to take a card and

bring the suggested gift to Church.

The donated items will be distributed

to women being helped by Dundee

Women’s Aid.

Two Special Ladies

Susan spends a great deal of her working week visiting her parishion-ers. This is a task she considers to be a vital part of her ministry and it is a never-ending job. Beth, as our Pastoral Assistant, is willing to help with these visits and we thank her for her dedication and commitment and her willingness to share with others her love of the Lord.

Please contact the Church Office for further details

Sunday at 10.30am Morning Service Junior Church Creche Monday Badminton 2pm Scottish Country Dancing 7.30pm Tuesday Prayer meeting (in the Session Room) 9.30am Afternoon Guild (monthly) 2.30pm Evening Guild (fortnightly) 7.30pm Wednesday Short Service 12 noon (from 28 Oct) Café 12.30pm Social Club 1.30pm Bereavement Support Group 2pm (3rd Wednesday of each month)

Thursday Badminton 2pm. Book Club 2pm (2nd Thursday of each

month).

Choir rehearsal 7pm (Session Room)

Saturday Messy Church (monthly) 4-5.30pm

Lifts to Church Volunteer drivers are happy to help any-one who has difficulty in getting to Church on Sunday mornings. Each is-sue of Network contains a list of duty drivers who will collect you and take you home. Call the appropriate number by Saturday evening to arrange a pick up time.

Sept 20 Alister Lockhart 776308 Ken Inglis 774996 27 John Grocott 779581 Jack Robertson 776955 Oct 4 Dave McCowat 477915 Anne Chalmers 739719 11 Steve Johnston 477739 Chris Johnston 477739 18 Joyce Meach 776542 Ken Inglis 774996 25 Lindsay Foulis 774851 Ishbel Argo 779054 Nov 1 Bill Barr 776103 Lindsay Darroch 738224 8 Stan Hutcheson 779250 Anne McPhail 775444 15 Ian Meach 776542 Joyce Meach 776542

OUR DIARY

To hire our hall for children’s parties etc. please contact the

church office on 737294

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 1 at 2pm Service in Shiell Court (All welcome) Tuesday 1 at 7pm (Room 1) Guild Committee Sunday 6 at 10.30am Worship Thursday 10 at 2pm (Room 1) Book Club Sunday 13 at 10.30am Worship Tuesday 15 at 7.30pm (Hall) Guild Wednesday 16 at 2pm (Room 2)

Bereavement Support Group Friday 18 at 1.30pm Wedding Sunday 20 at 10.30am Guild Dedication Thursday 24 at 7pm (Room 1) Service Group Saturday 26 at 4pm (Hall) Messy Church Sunday 27 at 9.15am and 10.30am Back to Church /Harvest Thanksgiv-ing Tuesday 29 at 2.30pm (Hall) Afternoon Guild Tuesday 29 at 7pm (Church/Hall) Guild Project Evening OCTOBER

Sunday 4 at 9.15am and 10.30am Worship Tuesday 6 at 2pm Service in Shiell Court (All welcome)

Baptisms: We welcome to our Church Family: Kinley Coyle Cameron Leslie Brodie Clark Millie McGurk Rosie Ryce

Marriages: We offer our congratulations to: Ryan Petrie and Brooke Baker Robert Smyth and Helen Patterson Paul Gunn and Katie Dunn James Stewart and Clare Matthew

New members: We welcome to our congregation: David and Senga Barrie Ross and Christine Howat

Funerals: We remember those who have died recently: Mr James Ewart Mr Ian Pattullo Mrs Eleanor Williamson Mrs Charlotte Brown Mrs Anne Low Mrs Muriel Tait Mrs Ivy Spence

Church Register Forthcoming Events

Harvest Lunch: Sunday 27

September following the 10.30am service. Ploughman’s Lunch will be prepared by the Fellowship Team.

Ceilidh: Friday 9 October at

7.00pm—11pm in the hall. Proceeds to church building projects. Tickets cost £10 and will be on sale shortly from the Church Office

Bridge Lunch: Friday 13 No-

vember at 12 noon in the hall. Con-tact Rhona on 774916 for details.

Christmas Fayre: Saturday

14 November at 10am - 2pm in the hall.

Advent Quiet Day: 28 November at 10am in the Church /Session Room.

Panto: Thursday 14—Saturday 16

January 2016. Any young people or

adults interested in taking part in our production of Cinderella are welcome to join us. Contact Alan Hunter on 07719816585 .

Network Deadline: All articles to be in the

Church Office by Friday 9 October 2015

Thursday 8 at 2pm (Room 1) Book Club Friday 9 at 7.00pm (Hall) Fundraising Ceilidh Sunday 11 at 9.15am and 10.30am Worship Sunday 18 at 9.15am and 10.30am Worship Tuesday 20 at 7.30pm (Hall) Guild Sunday 25 at 9.15am and 10.30am Sacrament of Holy Communion Tuesday 27 at 2.30pm (Hall) Afternoon Guild Thursday 29 at 7pm (Room 1) Service Group Saturday 31 at 10am to 12 noon (Hall) Guild Coffee Morning Saturday 31 at 4pm (Hall) Messy Church NOVEMBER

Sunday 1 at 9.15am and 10.30am Worship Tuesday 3 at 2pm Service at Shiell Court - all welcome Tuesday 3 at 7.30pm (Hall) Guild Sunday 8 at 9.15am and 10.30am Worship

WHAT’S ON

The Guild

If you have been bereaved, you might find it helpful to join with a group of people who have all lost someone close to them. The group meets once a month for a coffee and a chat, and we lend each other emotional and practi-cal support. The meeting time is 2pm on the 3rd Wed of each month and we meet in room 2 of the Hall.

Bereavement Support Group

At its heart, Messy Church, aims to create the opportunity for parents, carers and children to express their creativity through craft work, sit down together for a meal, listen to a bible story, sing together and have fun. Messy Church draws people of all ages together and helps us to experience what it means to be part of a Christian community outside of Sunday worship. We meet on Saturdays from 4- 5.30 pm. Here are some dates when you can join us in our hall at 1 Guthrie Terrace: 26 September 31 October 28 November 24 December (for our Christingle Workshop)

“The Guild is a movement within the Church of Scotland which en-courages and enables women and men to express their faith in wor-ship, prayer and action.”

A varied programme of events has been arranged for both the Evening and Afternoon Guilds for the 2015/16 session. The Evening Guild meets fortnightly on Tuesday eve-nings at 7.30pm in the Church Hall and the Afternoon Guild is held monthly at 2.30pm also in the Church Hall. The first Evening Guild is on 15th September and the Afternoon Guild on 29th September. Lifts can usually be arranged for those who have difficulty in attend-ing. For further details on any Guild mat-ters, please contact Norma McDonald, President, Phone: 01382 793834

Scottish Country Dance classes

start on Monday 14 September 2015 Meetings every Monday 7.30 to 9.30pm. New members welcome. All dances are walked through first—so no experience is needed, and for people on their own there will always be a partner. Linda Wightman

The Book Club resumes on

Thursday 10 September at 2pm in Room 1.

The Choir has been having a break from regular rehearsals during the summer months but rehearsals will resume on Thursday 3 September 7pm – 8.30pm in the Session Room. We are blessed at St Margaret’s with many dedicated and faithful Choir members, some of whom have given service over a number of years. There are, however, always vacan-cies especially for gentlemen, and Bill Ford and I are pleased to invite anyone who might be interested in joining us to come along to any of our rehearsals on Thursday evening to find out what is involved. Also on the musical front, there has been a great deal of remedial work carried out on the organ over the past few months Stewart Fyffe

Church Choir

The CAFÉ is open 12.30pm—3.30pm every Wednesday during school term time, serving soup, sandwiches and home bakes.

We are always looking for new waiting staff and bakers should you wish to become involved.

Debbie McLean

WEDDINGS

Monday Badminton re - started

on 31 August and

Thursday Badminton starts on

10 September 2015.

On a Tuesday morning a group of people meet at 9.30 am for a time of prayer in the church. We give thanks to God for the blessings he has given. We pray for the world, our city, our congregation. Some people ask us to remember them and to pray for their specific situation or crisis. Here is a letter I recently received from one of our congregation who says:

“At the end of 2014 we thought our world had come to an end. My husband was diag-nosed with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Now in the middle of 2015, life is looking much brighter due in part to the medical expertise of the Haematology Department at Ninewells Hospital, but also we believe to the power of prayer. We give thanks to all concerned”.

In our pews there are prayer cards but if you do not come to church and wish us to pray for you then either telephone the minister (779278) or the church office (737294) with your request. You do not need to give any personal information.

PRAYER GROUP

So you want to get married and you would like to have a service in Barnhill St Margaret’s Church. Maybe you have some questions such as.....

Who can be married in this Church? If you live in Barnhill or your par-ents live in the Parish then it is pos-sible to be married in Church.

Must we be members of the Church? No – it is not necessary. We would expect you to believe in God because it is before Him that you will make your vows of love and loyalty. You may however, wish to take the opportunity of discovering who God is and join others in their search.

What should we do? The Minister is happy to meet with couples who wish a Christian Mar-riage. Please contact her and she will arrange to meet you both. She will expand on some of the things already mentioned and try to an-swer any other questions you have.

WEDNESDAY SERVICES Begin again on 28 October

On Easter Sundays, members of the Congre-gation gather in the beautiful surroundings of the Rock Garden for an early morning service. We were interested to hear that the Rock Gar-den has been looked after for 60 years by a group of 'Friends' whose aim is to preserve and enhance the garden. In addition, the 'Friends' organise visits to other gardens and places of interest; they have 4 winter talks and issue 2 newsletters per year. Each Monday at 11am some members meet to carry out maintenance and improvements and they would welcome anyone who would like to come along to help. Contact John Grocott 779581

The Minister’s telephone number is

01382 779278

Philippines

We had a fantastic week at the start of the Summer holidays. We learned that we can never make too many mistakes; we can never be too ordi-nary; we can never be too near or far; we can never be too bad; we can never be too young to be part of God’s expedition. Thanks to Dave Fairbairn for his amazing igloo and to Ian Philp for the loan of the Polar Bear - they certainly helped to set the scene. Thanks to all the children and their parents as well as the helpers and leaders for making it such a great week. Beth Duncan

Polar Explorers Holiday Club

Once again we were delighted to welcome the School Leavers from Barnhill Primary School to lunch after their Prize giving. The children came with their parents and teachers and everyone enjoyed the food prepared and served by our catering team. Our thanks go to everyone who helped make this such a happy occasion. Congratulations go to our member Angela McGechaen who will shortly be taking over as Head Teacher at Barnhill Primary. We wish her well.

The Golf Outing was once

again a great success. Around 70 Church Members and Friends played a game of golf at Ashludie and enjoyed a well earned meal. £692 was raised by this event and the roof of the Session Room will benefit from this generosity. Thanks are due to the organisers – Rhona and Fiona – and to those who contributed raffle prizes.

A well deserved seat after preparing the lunch. Thank you ladies!

Through various fundraising we have been supporting our minister’s daughter Vivien and the work she does at Sefton Village in the school, children’s home and her local church . We have also helped fund feeding programmes in local schools. In Manila we have supported Ron and Joanna who have a church on the rubbish dump in Tondo. Recently the older members of Junior Church had a stall with cake, candy, plants and books. Our younger children had a craft day printing canvas bags and we look forward to purchasing these to raise more funds.

Barnhill P7’s Leaver’s Lunch

Ron and Joanna visited us earlier in the year and updated us on the work that they are doing among the needy folk living on the Tondo dump. While they were with us they sang a song called ‘Dry and Weary Land’ which touched the hearts of many who heard them sing. They have now produced an album called ‘Glimmer’ which is on sale at a cost of £12 and can be purchased at the church office. The 11 tracks were all written by Ron with some featuring the voices of their community choir on Tondo dumpsite. All the monies raised will go back into their ministry.

Last Saturday we celebrated the 21st anniversary of the opening of the chil-dren’s home in Sefton Village. We had a short service followed by a fundrais-ing event entitled ‘Meal for a Cause’, It was great hearing the impact that the children’s home has made in so many lives over the years. Every week August and I go to the hospital and pray for the sick. Lately the hospital has been very full with many cases of dengue fever which comes from mosquitoes. We continue to have our kids club once a month. There are normally around 110 chil-dren who attend and our youth service on a Friday night is growing in number. We have outreaches in two ‘squatters’ areas every week. Communication is hard in one of the areas as they only have their own local dialect so we use this opportunity to give out bread to them. They love to see us. We thank you for your continued

support to us in the ministry. We

appreciate it so much.

With love from Vivien and August x

From Vivien...

Bethany, Eve and Isla enjoying the igloo made for us by their Grandad.

Barnhill St Margaret’s

Parish Church Office

Telephone 737294 SCO11017

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