Dear <<First Name>>,
Welcome to your weekly update, letting you know what's happening at St John's.
CHURCH NEWS
Cornerstone Magazine: Copies of the current edition are available online. Pastoral Visitors can still collect their envelopes, either after today’s service or from the church office.
Cornerstone Café opening hours: Monday to Friday 10a-4p, Saturday and Sunday 10.30a-5p.
Cornerstone Bookshop is open Mon-Sat, 10.00a-5.30p. In addition to all their usual stock they now have all their Advent and Christmas stock available, including charity Christmas cards and great gift ideas. They can also order any available book for you, whatever the genre.
Scottish Country Dancing: re-starting on Sunday 13
th January. Any questions to Sheelagh Brand (339 4406).
Fresh Start provides household basics for recently homeless people. Please leave any donations on the shelves or I can collect: Clare Parsons 0131667 2221. Newsletter in racks. Freshstartweb.org.uk
Why not consider supporting Christian Aids’ Christmas Appeal this Advent? Cf.
https://bit.ly/2L0iq0A
Souper Saturday are putting on an extra all-day event on
Saturday 29th December to cover one of the periods when there is little provision for the homeless in Edinburgh city centre. As last year, they would be very grateful for donations of baking which can be brought to Old St. Paul's in Jeffrey Street any time during the day on the Saturday. They are open from 8.30am. Thank you!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Church walks: Saturday walk on
19th January (North Berwick to Whitekirk and back). Thursday walk on
10th January (Cramond Island). Please see the porch for further details.
The Service of
Nine Lessons & Carols will take place today,
23 December, 6pm.
(for Christmas Eve & Christmas services see above)
Hogmanay Service: Looking back & praying for the new year. An ecumenical service on Hogmany at
St Cuthbert’s with clergy from the Edinburgh City Centre Churches together.
31 Dec., 11pm.
Growth Group: will next be meeting on
Friday 4 January at 7pm.
Bicentenary Talk: Dr Eleanor Harris, "'Oh that men would therefore praise the Lord': how St John's first two rectors reinvented Anglicanism",
Monday 14 January, 7.30pm, Cornerstone Centre. Tickets £5 from the office or at coffee.
The Ceilidh planned for November has been postponed until
Friday 1st February. All ages welcome.
Social Committee Theatre Trip 2019: a trip to the King’s Theatre to see the Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society perform the Mikado, on
Saturday 16th March at 2.30pm. Tickets will be £19. We will need final numbers before the end of the year, so please contact Fiona McLuckie or another member of the Social Committee as soon as possible if you would like to go.
Bridge Evening: to be held on
Thursday 28th March at 6.30pm in the Cornerstone Centre and is in aid of Church funds. £25 per head. Application forms from members of the organising committee (Colin McEachran, Mo Grant, Grace Durham; and Vicki Reid Thomas).
