Parking – please “be love” to our local communities by parking considerately when attending any of our services and events.
Communion. It will be communion at the 10.30 services in Balerno and Livingston on Sunday 25 February. Gluten free wafers and grape juice are available in Balerno and gluten free wafers in Livingston.
Pioneers meet on Sunday 25 February in Balerno High School
Spirit Cafe: will be running on Monday 26 February at 7.30pm in the Mercure Livingston Hotel. (Note NEW VENUE)! This is a great event to invite and bring people along to who don't know Jesus. We'd love to see you there.
Amy Orr-Ewing weekend [2 and 3 March 2024]:
o Tickets still available for the day conference on Saturday 2 March at Heriot Watt conference centre
Amy will be speaking on the following topics:
Saturday; Session 1: Trusting the Bible, confidence in God’s word.
Saturday; Session 2: Rooted in the word, including in times of trial.
Sunday: Knowing Whose I am.
· We will be sending out a detailed email to all who have booked in for the conference next week
· There are a limited number of cafes/shops on campus so we strongly recommend bringing your own packed lunch/snacks and drinks for the day.
· There are no 0 to 18 groups on Saturday 2 March, but youth are welcome at the conference itself - youth tickets are free. There is a room for families with an audio link available.
· Tickets cost £10 for those 18 and over. (If cost is a factor, please contact wendy.brown@stmungos.org)
· Sunday 3 March - do plan to come to Heriot Watt for 10.30am service as there’s lots of space for us all to be church family together as we hear from Amy! (no services at Balerno High School or St Margarets) No evening service at 6.30pm as it’s Social Sunday.
Baptism service planned. Sunday 10 March at 1pm. Short service then baptisms in pool at Balerno High School. Why not bring a packed lunch to have before and support those being baptised – adults and children from both congregations. No evening service on 10 March.
St Mungo's has given a gift of £500 from the World Mission Fund towards the Bishop's Lent Appeal for 2024. This year's appeal is in aid of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre, located under the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The centre provides rehabilitative services to children with disabilities from Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza and operates under the umbrella of the Arab Anglican Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. Further details can be found here: https://edinburgh.anglican.org/2024/02/bishops-lent-appeal-2024/
Church Family Ceilidh, Friday 15 March 7-9pm in Balerno High School. A fun, family evening for all ages with a live ceilidh band, plenty of dancing and refreshments. Tickets cost £5 per person (pre-school age children free) and are available to buy via Ceilidh churchsuite link
Church Ceilidh – can you help? We are forming a team to make it all happen. Looking for helpers on Friday 15 March, especially hosts for during the event and help to clear and tidy up. Contact andrea.brewster@stmungos.org – we’d love to hear from you!
Bethel Team Visit: From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March we will have a team of 12 Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry students coming to be with us from Bethel Church, California. We will be arranging a number of opportunities over that weekend to serve with them and receive ministry. We are also looking for people within the congregation to host the students in their homes for 2 nights. If you are able to help with this, please contact wendy.brown@stmungos.org.
Easter Sunday Origin Resurrection event [Sunday 31 March; 7.30pm at Usher Hall, Edinburgh], St Mungo's group booking is available again this year, booking email gone out via ChurchSuite. Booking also available direct https://www.originministry.org/bookings There will therefore be no St Mungo’s evening service that day – in the morning there will be all age services at both Balerno and Livingston.
Wellness Centre is looking for volunteer receptionists to cover on an ‘ad hoc’ basis – a few hours during an afternoon or evening. If you might be interested and able to help us out please email sophia.lyons@stmungos.org.
Hosting at our services. We need more people to join our welcome and hosting rotas morning and evening – especially in Balerno. If you would be interested to find out more please contact Kate.yates@stmungos.org
0-18 notices.
· Sunday 25 Feb – Refuel at 10.30am in Church Building, Ladycroft Balerno
· Sunday 25 Feb –Adventurers and Xplorers team lunch after church service.
· Thursday 29 Feb – Youth Worship 7.30pm in Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno
· Friday 1 March – Friday Night Youth is a Youth Club night