Weekly Update
Dear <<First Name>>,
Welcome to your weekly update, letting you know what's happening at St John's.
CHURCH NEWS
Cornerstone Magazine: The next magazine will be available on Sunday 27th January.
Cornerstone Café is open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday and Sunday 10.30am-5pm.
Cornerstone Bookshop is open Mon-Sat, 10.00am-5.30pm.
Scottish Country Dancing: re-starting today, Sunday 13th January.
Kerri Kivlin has unfortunately decided to move on from St John’s. We are extremely grateful for all she contributed to our church. Once again, we ask to for cash donations to give to Kerri when she leaves. Please make your cheques payable to St John’s, designating them “Kerri’s purse” and send/hand them to Rosie or Markus. Thank you! We have decided to hire a temporary administrator, while we are looking to fill the position permanently.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Growth Group: will next be meeting on Friday 8 February 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.
Church walks: Saturday walk on 19th January (North Berwick to Whitekirk and back). Thursday walk on 7th February (Loch Leven). Please see the porch for further details.
This year’s Edinburgh City Centre Churches combined service will be at St Andrew’s and St George’s West on 20 January at 11am. The preacher will be the Revd Peter Sutton, minister of St Cuthbert’s. Please note that there will be no Matins and no10:30am Eucharist here at St John’s.
For the first time Edinburgh Churches Together will host a worship service at Palmerston Place Church on 21st January at 7:30pm to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The service will be led by Mgr. Philip Kerr, Parish Priest of St. Patrick’s, Cowgate and Convener of ECT and the Rev. Marjory McPherson, Presbytery Clerk, Edinburgh Presbytery, Church of Scotland and Vice Convener of ECT. The guest preacher on January 21st will be Rev. Colin Sinclair, Moderator Elect of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. All are welcome!
Bicentenary Pulpit: 27 January, the Revd Anne Tomlinson, Scottish Episcopal Institute.
Bicentenary Ceilidh: on Friday 1st February from 7.30pm to 10.30pm, in the Cornerstone Centre, with a live ceilidh band. All ages welcome.
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).
David Todd, Arts Project Leader for Greenside Parish Church in partnership with ECCCT, is showing the film “The Lady in the Van” at St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church at 7pm on Wednesday 23 January. The film lasts one hour and forty minutes and will be followed by a short discussion. All are welcome. A further screening is planned at St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church: “Life is Beautiful” on Wednesday 27 March at 7pm.
Newcomers meeting will take place on Sunday 17th February after the 10.30am service.
Messy Cafe, Saturday 19th January, from 10am-12pm at St John's. Drop-in style Messy Church with crafts, the chance to chat, hot/cold drinks, snacks. Any questions/concerns, contact Beki Cansdale beki@stjohns-edinburgh.org.uk
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