Christmas Services: There will be a Christmas Eve service in the church building at 11.15pm, and an all age family service in Balerno High School on Christmas Day. Please wear your best Christmas jumper on Christmas Day! There will be no services on Sunday 29 December.
Spirit Café training day (for new people or a refresher for current team) Sat 25 January at the Ministry Centre. We need more team for Spirit Café due to the large number attending Spirit Café Livingston. Please email penny.moise@stmungos.org to come along. 9.30am to 4pm for training, with Spirit Café on in the evening in Balerno. We need people with a variety of gifts such as talking with people, praying, serving and hearing from God.
Alpha taster evening: Thursday 23 January, 7:30pm, church building, Balerno. Email ollie.clegg@stmungos.org with any questions or if you are going to bring a friend, or come along. Free meal so please RSVP by 19 January for catering.
Rend Collective Tickets: We have bought a number of tickets for a youth trip to see Rend Collective in Glasgow on Friday 23 October. We will be advertising this at Lendrick Muir in February. This will be on a first come first served basis. More details will follow in February.
Water Bottles: From January we will no longer be selling water bottles at the Balerno High School services, and ask that you bring your own instead. There is a water fountain near the refreshments. Thank you for helping raise £2000 for Tearfund’s water appeal over the last 5 years.
Sunday 22 December: 0-18 groups will run as follows: Balerno – Climbers (Riverside Café) will be a holiday team; Primary will be Kaleidoscope (Drama Studio); Little Wonders (as normal); no youth activities. Livingston – Preschool as normal; Primary children will be in the service; no youth activities. After that all 0-18 groups will begin again on Sunday 5 January.
Youth activities in Balerno & Livingston: start back on Sunday 5 January in both locations.
Thank you to everyone who made our Christmas carol events and the preschool event happen!
Prayers
Please pray for the Christmas Day service – that it will be a great and fun celebration of the true meaning of Christmas.