Christmas at St Mungo's
Sunday morning church services: 21 November 10.30am at St Margaret’s for the Livingston congregation. Pre-booking is not required. Please allow time to take children to 0-18 groups and fill the auditorium safely. The Balerno congregation will meet at Heriot Watt on 28 November. Services are live streamed.
Welcome point is now available after our services. Do direct any new people or guests there so they can hear more about us as a church.
0-18 Sunday mornings: Pre-school and Primary groups run during the live services (21 November is for the Balerno congregation). You will be able to drop off and register your young person from 10.15. Mighty Mungos continues online for those unable to attend in person.
All parents (includes those serving) in both locations: Please could we remind you that you are responsible for your children at all times unless they are signed into a group. Both Heriot Watt and St Margaret’s are open campuses with roads outside and various areas inside that we do not hire to use. Thank You.
Worship Night – at 6.30pm on Sunday 28 November at Heriot Watt. This is not live streamed so please come in person.
Connections Evening; Thurs 25 Nov: Ollie will be hosting a Connections evening on zoom where we will look at why and how we can care for God's creation. He will be joined in sharing by Alan MacDonald, Tara Devlin, Gill Menzies and Sarah Stocks. Please join us from 7.45pm and sign up via the ChurchSuite email which has gone out.
Life Seasons: Saturday 4 December 10am-12pm - Season of Connection - all St Mungo’s women are invited to a morning of connecting with each other and with God as we begin the Christmas season together. Ministry centre, Balerno. Limited spaces so booking is required, via the ChurchSuite email that has gone out.
St Mungo’s Carol services will be on Sunday 12 December at 11am at St Margaret’s for Livingston and Sunday 19 December at 4 and 7pm at Heriot Watt for the Balerno congregation. Invites available soon.
Caring Christmas trees is a great way to buy a real tree and support Bethany Christian Trust’s work amongst the homeless and vulnerable in Edinburgh. Collection available throughout the city including Balerno. All details at www.caringchristmastrees.com of 03451118733
Bethany Care Van: Donations are requested for clean good quality men's winter clothing, including long sleeve T-shirts, coats, scarves, shoes and packs of brand new underwear, sleeping bags,. If you have suitable items to donate, please get in touch with Susan Smith [via wendy.brown@stmungos.org] to arrange drop off.
SALAAM Christmas Appeal 2021: St Mungo’s are delighted to once again partner with Edinburgh City Mission’s Salaam Ministry, along with Churches city wide and Edinburgh City Council’s Refugee Team, to gift a food hamper to the many New Scot Refugee families resettled to our city [240 hampers this year]. This is a great opportunity to show our love and care to “love our neighbour”. This year St Mungo’s is gifting 15 Hampers and we would love to invite St Mungo’s family to help deliver some of these hampers to New Scot families. Please email wendy.brown@stmungos.org if you are interested in helping and Teresa Martin (Salaam Team) will provide further information about the process. Deliveries will be ideally in your locality; done in pairs; anytime from 28 Nov onwards.
Livingston Mighty Mungos Seniors and Youth - reminder about trip to Stack and Still on Sunday 5 December. Please book your place and pre book food and drinks. A ChurchSuite email has been sent. Any questions speak to Caitlin or Lindsay.
Friday Night Youth: 26 November are having a games night including a number of new board games and PlayStation games. Meet in church building, open to all S1-S6 from both Balerno and Livingston.
Balerno Youth Sundays: This week (21 Nov) we are meeting at church building, Ladycroft at 6:30pm for the third part in our Christmas series looking at Matthew 1:1-17. Parents are welcome to pop down to Caitlin's for a cuppa during this time. Please email Jonny or Caitlin for address details.
Balerno primary Movie Night and gift exchange - Saturday 4 December P1-3, at 4pm and P4-7 at 6:15pm, both in church building, Ladycroft. See flier for details or speak to Caitlin.
Midweek Word Live: Every Wednesday morning at 8.30am for half an hour, available on the St Mungo’s Community Facebook page and the St Mungo’s Balerno & Livingston YouTube channel. Do join us for a Word from the Word!