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Evening Services. The pattern for our services at 6.30pm will be that the first Sunday of each month is a social Sunday [next one is next week, 2 Oct] – so no service but a chance to socialise 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 this Sunday. 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.
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.
Parenting Matters: Due to unforeseen circumstances the one-off events advertised for this term are temporarily postponed. More details to follow at a later date.
CAP Money Course: St Mungo’s will host a CAP Money Course on Thursday evenings (27 October & 3 November) in the Ministry Centre. The course is open to anyone in the church or the wider community. Details of how to sign up available soon but save the date and consider who you could tell about the course. For more information see CAP Money Course | Christians Against Poverty or contact andrea.brewster@stmungos.org.
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/
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;
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).
The Alpha Course in Livingston starts 6th October, 7.30pm. There will be puddings, coffee, and a great opportunity to explore life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment each week. Is there anyone you could invite? To sign up email alpha@stmungos.org.
Life Seasons. The roles we play: an opportunity to explore aspects of our lives together. Saturday October 29. 7:30-9:30, Ladycroft.
Year End Mission Giving: We have given £7,000 from our year end mission giving split as follows – £2,500 each to OM & Tearfund towards their Pakistan Flooding Emergency Appeals and Relief Support; one off gift of £1,000 to Open Doors UK who serve the persecuted church worldwide and a one off gift of £1,000 to International Justice Mission UK [IJM] who are working to bring an end to slavery and human trafficking.
Friday Night Youth 7:30pm in Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno
Youth Worship Plus - Thursday 29th September: Our first Youth Worship Plus with worship teaching for those in Group One and an Envision practice for those involved in the October Envision. If you have any questions as to whether your young person should be at this session, please email Jonny.
Youth Encounter Service Friday 7th October. We have Dave Crow and Sarah Stevenson leading worship and Andy Bennett returning to share from God’s word. The night starts at the earlier time of 7pm and finishes at 10pm. It is open to any young people from S1-S6 to come and explore faith and encounter Jesus in a safe environment.
Please could all 0-18 parents check and update their child’s photo consent and health information on ChurchSuite.
St Mungo’s Episcopal Church: Balerno (known as St Mungo’s) is a Scottish Charity, SC018114, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).