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Livi Kids on 18 September. Due to the September weekend, and so many people in this group being away, Livi Kids (age 4 to P5) will NOT run during the morning service in St Margaret’s. Please note the babies/toddlers and youth will still run as usual. The Livi kids room will be open if anyone needs space out with the service but there will be no team or programme.
Transform is tonight at Balerno Parish church. 6.30pm for an evening of worship and prayer ministry.
Queen’s Funeral. On Monday 19 September the Wellness Centre and the Ministry Centre will be closed in respect of the Queen’s funeral taking place.
Evening Services. The pattern for our services at 6.30pm will be that the first Sunday of each month is a social Sunday – so no service but a chance to socialize with church family. Second, fourth and fifth Sundays will be at the church building with a mixture of worship, prayer and talks. The third Sunday is given over to Transform – a time of worship - so we are using Balerno Parish church building for those.
Communion in Balerno. We will be restarting communion in Balerno at the 10.30 service on Sunday 25 September. We hope to be able to hold a communion service in Livingston in the near future and will give details of that at a later date.
Staff news. Jane Owens has been appointed for seven hours a week to provide administrative support for Valley Friends, our new befriending project in Balerno, Currie and Juniper Green. She will be working closely with Helen Yewdall, the project lead to move the project into its next stage.
Livi Men’s Group: We’re back, and all Livi men are invited to a mouth-watering Braai social, on Friday 23 September (from 7.30pm). Sign-up via the ChurchSuite email or speak with Lawrie Hudson.
Livi Congregation Walk: We’d love for you to join us at Beecraigs Country Park on Saturday 24 September (10am at Hillhouse carpark), to catch-up, have a coffee, and for the younger ones among us, scramble around the children’s play park. All members of the Livi congregation are welcome! Sign-up via the ChurchSuite email or through isaac.knight@stmungos.org.
Communion & Soaking: Thursday 29 September 9.30am - 10.30am. A short liturgical communion service followed by a time of worship and soaking in the Church Building Ladycroft, Balerno.
Balerno Company of Men. Thursday 29 September, at the Ministry Centre. Talk by Derek Thomson at 8pm (7.30pm, for refreshments) on “Identity Crisis: pitfalls, potholes and priorities". There will be small group discussion afterwards. Please sign up via the ChurchSuite invitation, further information from Adrian.smith@stmungos.org.
Balerno Welcome Lunch [Sunday 2 October 12.30pm to 2pm]: We will be hosting a welcome lunch at the Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno for those in Balerno who started attending St Mungo’s either just before or during the pandemic or since we have resumed meeting in person. This is an opportunity for you to meet some of the senior leadership team and others in the congregation, to hear more about the church and our vision. If you would like to come and haven’t received the email invite, please contact wendy.brown@stmungos.org for more details. A welcome lunch for the Livingston congregation will be arranged at a later date.
Vacancies on the staff team: We are currently advertising for an Operations Co-ordinator [28-35 hours per week] and a Team Administrator [20 hours per week], both application packs are now available on the vacancies page of our website. If you are interested in the Operations Co-ordinator role, please speak to Dave Lyons [david.lyons@stmungos.org] or for the Team Administrator role, please speak to Wendy Brown [wendy.brown@stmungos.org]. Please do pray for both of these vacancies and the Livingston Youth & Children’s Worker role which is still vacant.
Hosting at the evening services. As we return to regular evening services we would like some new volunteers to help the staff in welcoming people. If you are planning to attend these services from either the Balerno or Livingston congregations and would be interested in being on a rota, then get in touch with kate.yates@stmungos.org.
Tech Team volunteers needed! None of our services would be possible without our awesome setup and tech teams, every Sunday they turn up at 8am and get to work building the church you attend, from chairs to sound equipment - it all comes out of storage and put in its place. We are short of team in Balerno and so our current teams are working hard to keep the services running – can you help? No experience is needed, we will give all volunteers training and support and these really are roles that anyone can help with. If you are interested or want more information, please drop an email to fil.stevenson@stmungos.org and we will get you on-board.
Certificate in Counselling Course. A new two weekend Christian course will be running in October and November in Balerno which is a great stand-alone course, but also a prerequisite for anyone interested in then doing the full counselling diploma course. More information here: https://www.vitalconnexions.org/accredited/certificate-in-integrative-counselling-a-christian-perspective-edinburgh-2022/
Donations required for the Care Van Team: Imagine spending all day on your feet, getting soaked, then having no fresh dry clothes / shoes to change into...Now imagine some angels turning up and offering you a choice of clean jeans / underwear / coat / shoes... Bliss! Could you help stock up supplies when the Mungo's Care Van team next goes out w/c 19th September? Urgently needed: Men's underwear; coats; sweaters; shoes; boots; joggers. Please contact Susan Smith treasuredartwork@yahoo.co.uk to arrange donation drop-offs, rather than bringing items to church on Sundays. Thank you.
Love After Marriage. This course will be running again in the autumn (start date of Monday 3 October with sessions on 6 Mondays and some Saturdays). It will be held at Holy Trinity Wester Hailes Church premises and run by Paul and Sarah Stanger from St Mungo’s. It is open to any married couples from St Mungos or Holy Trinity church. Love After Marriage is a course to encourage couples and it helps connect couples on a deep and intimate level so they can experience the kind of marriage they hoped for. Flyers available. Contact: Paul & Sarah Stanger for more details, sarahstangerconsulting@hotmail.com; paul.stanger@outlook.com,
Minis has restarted. This is the St Mungos run carer and small children group on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in our church building, Balerno. It is a very popular group in the community on both days and we are always keen to welcome new people to our great teams. If you like to chat to families especially mums, help serve them drinks, and all whilst in a noisy room of children then get in touch with andrea.brewster@stmungos.org (Tuesday) and kate.yates@stmungos.org (Wednesday).
Friday Night Youth 7:30pm in Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno. On Friday 23 Sept. we have an indoor Friday Night Youth where the youth will have an option of learning about Bible Journalling with Megan. We are running an offer on Journalling Bible’s ahead of this. See Jonny’s email for more details.
Deeper – S4-S6 Leadership Course is this Sunday evening, 18 Sept. Meet for Transform at 6:30pm and then go to Deeper, pick up is at 9:30pm at Kenny and Suzie Erasmuson’s house.
Please could all 0-18 parents check and update their child’s photo consent and health information on ChurchSuite.
Prayers
Join with Christians around the world in praying for the Royal Family as they mourn the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II, and we pay our respects at her funeral on Monday 19 Sept.
Pray for the team of volunteers as they lead, and the young adults in our Pioneers group in Balerno as they meet today.