Intimations –
It’s the BB Camp this weekend coming so we are looking for some donations of home baking, the church will be open from 9am to 10:30am on Friday morning and from 3:45pm to 4:15pm Friday afternoon. The boys leave the Church at 4:30pm this Friday.
Our last Cinema Club before the summer recess takes place on Thursday the 15th of May this will be our afternoon tea followed by a film we are looking for names to be able to arrange the catering, if you intend on coming along and have not already given your name please contact Aileen.
Our Summer Fete is a little earlier this year it will be held on Saturday the 24th of May, from 11am to 1pm please come along and support this vital fundraiser for our new development, tea tickets are priced at £4 Adult and £2 Child. We will have the following stalls, Fancy Goods and Gifts, Cake and Candy, Toiletries, Jewellery, Craft, Bottle, and Plants.
Moira Scott gave us notice of the upcoming Summer Holiday Club which will be running from 9:30am till noon on the 21st to the 25th of July and is for P1 to P7 age groups. The theme this year is Epic Explorers based on Marks Gospel. The children will enjoy games, crafts, interactive storytelling, and teamwork. We would like some willing helpers from our congregation so if you could give Moira any of your time please get in touch.
On the 13th of September we have a small group going to the O2 in Glasgow to see the Rend Collective in concert it you would be interested please contact Alan
The reading this week was from Like Chapter 24 v 13-35 - On The Road to Emmaus read by Jean Maddock.
Alan’s Sermon asked us to imagine we were walking on that road back to Emmaus on the very first Easter, leaving Jerusalem after two years following Jesus the hope that had brought had just died with him. But they didn’t realise they were about to learn the reality of the resurrection.
We’ve all walked on that road because the Emmaus road is that place between devastation and what comes next, it’s a thin line. For some of us it’s when we received a diagnosis we didn’t expect, for others we walked that road the day it dawned on us our marriage wasn’t going to survive, for some of us we walked on that road when we were told our job was about to come to an end, for some of us we walked that road when we buried somebody who’s irreplaceable. We’ve All Walked the Emmaus Road.
Alan then went on to tell us the things we miss when we read the passage, the Greek manuscript gives us a better understanding, we learn that the disciples are angry and arguing and when the stranger arrives they are condescending and rude to him. When they get to Emmaus they physically restrained Jesus and as he told them the story of Moses they asked him to abide with them as darkness was coming and as bread was broken their eyes were opened.
What does it say to us well I think that when we walk the Emmaus road we don’t always recognise Jesus, we don’t always see him but he’s listening to us just as he listened to the disciples, occasionally he asks us questions. And sometimes it’s not until the scriptures are open to us that things begin to change, if you’re on the Emmaus road just now open your bible. Amen
Thanks this week –
Alison Mackie would like to thank everyone for their prayers and lovely flowers she received last week on the passing of her mum Helen Mackie nee Robertson.
Thanks to Alan and the Congregation for the beautiful flowers and Prayer square I received last Sunday. Also a special thanks to Ruth Gray for delivering these and the kindness that has been shown to me by so many of my Church friends – Love Moira Lamont.
Margaret Lindsay would like to thank her Church family for remembering her on Easter Sunday and especially for the beautiful Easter flowers.
May Murray wishes to thank the congregation for the lovely flowers, kind thoughts and prayers for her and her daughter Alison Dunlop who is celebrating her Ruby wedding.
Elizabeth, Graeme and Emma would like to thank everyone for the flowers, cards, kind words and support we have received over the last couple of weeks.
If you have any announcements, you wish to make to the church community this can be done by contacting David Macrae using the following methods by phone on 07464164093 or by email at dkmacrae@live.co.uk