BIRSE AND FEUGHSIDE PARISH CHURCH
SUNDAY 16th November 2014
ISSUE 753
Birse and Feughside Church of Scotland Charity Number SCO18517
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CHURCH TODAY
A warm welcome is given to all, especially any visitors
amongst us. Please join us for refreshments after the service.
WORSHIP LEADERS
Worship Leader
Rev Anita Stutter
Reader Anne Horsfall
Junior Church & Creche
Musical accompaniment
Susan Zappert & Louise Counsell
Hospitality
Julie Christie & Kerry Hector
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Hymn 213: Every new morning
Hymn 189: Be still, for the presence of the
Lord
Hymn 97: O God, you search me and you
know me
Matthew 23: 23- 27
I Thessalonians 2: 1- 6a
I John 4: 7- 21
Hymn 691: Be still, my soul
Hymn 724: Christ's is the world in which we
move
Hymn 1921: All my hope in God is founded
Benediction
Parish Minister
Rev Anita Stutter
01330 850776
vanderwal@btinternet.com
Session Clerk & Church
Booking Officer
Malcolm Littlejohn
01330 850329
malcolmlittlejohn@hotmail.co.uk
Treasurer
Dorothy Dinnie
013398 86339
dorothydinnie@gmail.com
Website Editor
Andrew Douglas
01330 850699
andrew.douglas@uglifruits.co.uk
Newsletter Editor
Pat Lawson
01330 850226
Pal63@live.com
Church Website
www.birseandfeughside.org.uk
Walking in Pilgrimage – United in Faith
SUN
WED
WED
PRAYER GROUP – 10.15am in the vestry
JUNIOR CHOIR – 4 – 4.30pm in the Church
THURS
FORGET ME NOT THURSDAY CONCERT 2 – 3.45pm in
Kirk Session Meeting at 7.30pm
the Church
NEXT WEEK DUTY ROTA
Rev Anita Stutter will conduct the Service at 11am.
Door
Bell / Bible
Collection 1
Collection 2
Audio
Tea
Driver
John Hector
Nancy Davidson
Donald Farquharson
Malcolm Littlejohn
Maureen McLellan & Malcolm Littlejohn
Sheena Littlejohn & Mary Christie
Lil
INTIMATIONS
Christmas Shoe Box Appeal 2014
For 25 years the New Hope Trust have taken thousands of parcels to the
desperately needy in Eastern Europe, particularly orphans. Birse and
Feughside Church and the primary schools of Finzean and Strachan have
generously supported this appeal and we hope this year people will again
find it in their hearts to think of others less fortunate as Christmas time
approaches. Please take a leaflet available at the door which gives
instruction on how to pack your parcel and what to include in it. A donation
of £2 towards the cost of transportation would be appreciated. As the leaflet
explains there is a desperate need for toiletries and warm winter clothing.
We will also accept these items which we will pass on with the shoeboxes.
All shoe boxes and any toiletries and clothing need to be returned to the
church or Malcolm Littlejohn by Sunday 7th December . Thank You.
Walking in Pilgrimage – United in Faith
FIRESIDE REFLECTION 753
Susan Zappert Writes:I was intrigued by the following article about Iona in a recent email from the Church of
Scotland’s Church and Mission team. “Dr James Kelly has self published a new book titled
‘The Iona Community and the Kirk: A History of the Christian Workers League and Industrial
Mission’. The CWL was the youth movement of the Iona Community engaged in outreach to
society through politics, pastoral work, management and trade unions. “
I realised I didn’t know very much about the recent history of Iona so I started by looking at
articles on the Internet and thought others might be interested in a brief summary of my
findings.
Iona and St Columba
Iona is a small Hebridean island off the west coast of Scotland, cradle of Christianity in
Scotland, where in 563AD the Irish monk Columba established a monastic settlement that
evangelised large parts of Scotland and the north of England and became an important centre of
European Christianity. In the Middle Ages it became the site of a Benedictine abbey, and over
the centuries it has attracted many thousands of people on their own pilgrim journeys.
Many early kings were buried here from Scotland (48), Norway (8), Ireland (4) and possibly
also France. Most recently, John Smith of the Labour Party was buried on Iona in 1994.
Iona remains a centre for pilgrimage and tourism; the daily services of the Iona Community in
the Abbey church and worship elsewhere on the island are open to all; many visitors come again
and again. There is a year-round population of over 100; long-established island families as well
as more recent arrivals, including those who work for the Iona Community in its centres as staff
or volunteers. The abbey is now managed by Historic Scotland; the Iona Community
remains in residence as a living, worshipping presence. The islanders, the Iona
Community and Historic Scotland work together to maintain Iona as a place of welcome.
Founding of the Iona Community
The Iona Community was founded in Glasgow and Iona in 1938 by George MacLeod, minister,
visionary and prophetic witness for peace, in the context of the poverty and despair of the
Depression. From a dockland parish in Govan, Glasgow, he took unemployed skilled craftsmen
and young trainee clergy to Iona to rebuild both the monastic quarters of the mediaeval abbey
and the common life by working and living together, sharing skills and effort as well as joys and
achievement. That original task became a sign of hopeful rebuilding of community in Scotland
and beyond. The experience shaped – and continues to shape – the practice and principles of the
Iona Community.
If this article results in anyone being interested in reading the book which I mentioned
in the first paragraph above, I have ordered a copy and would be happy to lend it to
anyone who would like to read it.
Walking in Pilgrimage – United in Faith
WISH TO MAKE A
DONATION
If you are a visitor and
wishing to make a
donation to the church,
please use the white
envelopes found on the
table at the door. If you
pay Income Tax, please
do fill in your details,
that will allow us to
claim back Gift Aid on
what you have so
generously given
SUN
Hab. 1:1–4 (5–11) 12–2:1
Matt. 23:13–24
MON
Hab. 2:1–4, 9–20
Luke 16:19–3
TUES
Hab. 3:1–10 (11–15) 16–18
Luke 17:1–10
WED
Mal. 1:1, 6–14
Luke 17:11–19
THURS
Mal. 2:1–16
Luke 17:20–37
Mal. 3:1–12
Luke 18:1–8
FRI
SAT
Mal. 3:13–4:6
Luke 18:9–14
Sing-A-Long Sessions
Monday 17th November at 2.30pm in the church and then
on the 3rd Monday of every month thereafter.
Forget Me Not News
Just to let you know we are now having a regular Saturday
Coffee Morning at Bennett House, 10 till 12 - homemade
scones & pancakes £4 - lovely!!!!
Walking in Pilgrimage – United in Faith