Vestry recently approved the following year end gifts totalling £18,400 from the World Mission Fund, in light of having additional funds available for distribution at the end of this financial year.
What is Kintsugi Hope?
What is Kintsugi Hope?
Kintsugi Hope is a charity based in the UK striving to make a difference to peoples mental wellbeing.
"Kintsugi' (金継ぎ) is a Japanese technique for repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means 'golden joinery' in Japanese. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more beautiful, and even more unique than it was prior to being broken. Instead of hiding the scars it makes a feature of them.
We want to see a world where mental and emotional health is understood and accepted, with safe and supportive communities for everyone to grow and flourish.
Kintsugi Hope Groups
A Kintsugi Hope Group is a safe and supportive space for people who feel or have felt overwhelmed, providing tools for self-management in a facilitated peer mentoring style setting.
It consists of a structured yet flexible series of 12 weeks of content, which includes group and individual activities designed to help participants to accept themselves, to understand their value and worth, and grow towards a more resilient and hopeful future.
The role of the Group Leader is to facilitate the sessions using the material available, signposting people if necessary to further help and support. It can feel vulnerable and scary starting a group, but the benefit of a Kintsugi Hope Group is that Group Leaders are not on their own.
Issues covered include; disappointment, loss, anxiety, anger perfectionism, shame and resilience
What are St Mungo’s doing?
St Mungo’s Church will be running a Kintsugi Hope group on Thursday evenings. The group will meet at 8pm on Thursday 28 September in St Mungo’s Ministry Centre, Balerno, and will run for 12 weeks. The group is open to anyone, whether you are a member of St Mungo’s Church or whether you have no faith at all. The primary aim of the group is to provide a safe place where people can support one another.
How do I sign up?
If you are interested in signing up, please email david.lyons@stmungos.org
This is St Mungo's Course
This is St Mungo’s is a four-week course designed to help those who have started attending one of our St Mungo’s services regularly and who are wanting to become more involved and are especially thinking about joining a House Group. Our House Groups meet in lots of geographic locations with people in the Livingston and Balerno congregations in groups with people from their church service location.
The course will help you to find out more about:
Who St Mungo’s is and what it means to be a member
What we believe
What our vision and the core values behind our culture are
Each session will give you a taste of what a House Group meeting is like, and you’ll experience our core values in action. There will be tea and coffee (and cakes!), a time of worship and prayer, some teaching and a chance to ask any questions. The evening will start at 7:45pm and be finished by 9:30pm. It will be held at the Ministry Centre in Balerno.
The course runs for four evenings in total, and the dates are:
Tuesday 12th of September
Tuesday 26th of September
Tuesday 10th of October
Tuesday 24th of October
The course is also an opportunity for you to get to know us a bit more and to ask any questions you might have.
If you would like to attend the course, then please email Andrea at andrea.brewster@stmungos.org
Magnitude Feedback
Magnitude was a fantastic five days for the youth, team and volunteers who attended. Mungo’s had 31 youth attend for the five days, with seven others visiting for the day throughout the week. Plus a number of adults who were there as youth team, catering or serving as part of the SU Magnitude team throughout the week.
Summer Evening Service Schedule
Beach Trip
We’re off to the beach! Why not join us on Sunday 2 July after the morning service. Bring your picnic and bucket and spade and look out for Kate with the St Mungo’s flag.
There is on street parking in Gullane or you can park in the car park at the beach. Parking charges are £2.50
Summer Services 2023
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve shared our service plan for the summer. We are going to be running things differently over the 7 weeks of the school holidays (2nd July to 13th Aug inclusive) using the same format as we did for the summer holidays last year, with a few additions which take into account some of the helpful feedback we received last year.
Love West Lothian
Love West Lothian | 4 June-11 June
St Mungo’s is excited to be joining with other churches across West Lothian for a week of service and outreach as we look to Be Love to our communities. We’d love for you to be involved in this as we reach out in Livingston. There are several ways you can get involved.
Communion and Soaking
Easter Events
St Mungo’s Prayer Cells
Prayer is such a key part of the life of a disciple of Jesus as it helps us to become more like Him, who prayed with others, for others and on his own. Prayer reminds us of God’s heart for His world and reveals the wisdom of God helping us to pray in His will. Prayer is therefore key for us as individuals and as a church family and is why we have prayer cells.
St Mungos Youth Weekend Report
UK and World Mission – Our Generous Response
Wellness Ministry – Opportunities to train in counselling
Youth Weekend Away 2023 Prayer Points
After the success of last year’s February event, it is with great excitement that we are now under two weeks away from once again heading away as a St Mungo’s Youth family for our annual Weekend Away, an event that was fully booked before the Early Bird offer closed in October! This year we are going back to the 90s with activities themed as we reflect on what Hebrews 11 and 12 teach us on what we can learn from the past and how that can inspire our future!
