Carol Services – Christmas card invites are available for our Livingston and Balerno carol services. Please take them, pray over them and deliver them to friends, colleagues etc. There are invitations available for all the 0-18 events as well. Let’s give the gift of peace to our communities this Christmas.
The Very Unexpected Christmas Present: A free event for families with under 5’s. Sunday 8 Dec, 10.30am Balerno High School. Invites available.
Christmas Services: see here for full listing. Also note we have no Balerno 1030 or 630 on 8 December and no Livingston 1030 or Balerno 630 on 15 December due to our Carol Services. There will be no services on Sunday 29 December.
Open House / Gather: for any S1-S6 from 4pm to 6pm today (1 Dec) at Ministry Centre where we’ll provide hot dogs and snacks. Then all go to the Gather event!
Beer and Carols event is already full – please pray for this event happening on Thursday 12 December.
Bethany Care Shelter: thanks to your generosity, our gift of £10,000 will provide an entire week’s worth of shelter provision for 60 homeless men and women this winter. Thanks also to all who are volunteering at the Shelter and on the Care Van, including on Christmas Day.
Mission Giving: Vestry agreed to give £5,000 to Starfish Asia, enabling quality education for Christian children in Pakistan.
E-Swatini Mission Trip: We are returning to our friends in Southern Africa between 17 and 27 September 2020. This trip is perfect if you’ve never experienced a mission trip. Find out more and/or apply by speaking to Derek Thomson.
Balerno Farmers Market, Saturday 14 December, 9am-1pm. - we need your help! There are great opportunities– help with uplift of Bethany Caring Christmas Trees (see Emma Galloway); running kids crafts (andrea.brewster@stmungos.org) and chatting with people at our Nativity boards (ollie.clegg@stmungos.org)
Caring Christmas Trees, available from caringchristmastrees.com. This supports Bethany’s work with homeless people. Trees can be collected from a number of locations and dates including Balerno Farmers Market on Saturday 14 December 9-1pm. Order deadline is noon on Monday 9 December.
Tearfund Big Quiz –We joined with 25,000 people across the country and we raised £465 for Tearfund. Thanks to all who took part, next date is Sat 14 November 2020!
Staff News: Lesley Penny’s ordination training continues in the form of a placement at St Cuthbert’s, Colinton, until Easter. Lesley will be there most Sunday mornings. Please remember her in your prayers as she continues on this process.
Pray for the preparations for all the Christmas events coming up this month. For lots of guests to come and for everyone to be touched by the gift of God’s peace.