Pentecost. We will celebrate by having a church family service in both Balerno and Livingston on Sunday 28 May at 10.30am with worship, teaching and opportunity for prayer ministry. There will be no separate 0-18 provision, but Pioneers will be meeting in Balerno. These services will NOT be live streamed so please plan to join us in person.
Baptisms. We will be holding a baptism service at 1pm on Sunday 4 June at Balerno High School. Do come along to support those being baptised - adult and young people. This is for all congregations – feel free to bring a picnic to eat at Balerno High School beforehand.
Spirit Café. Livingston: Monday 5 June at 7.30pm. A West Lothian wide initiative, ‘Love West Lothian’, is bringing together 25 churches from across West Lothian for a week of outreach and a celebration on the Saturday evening (10 June) and our Spirit Café is part of the week of outreach events and not to clash with this other event happening in Livingston on the Saturday. and will run @ The Howden Park Centre, Livingston. More details about the West Lothian event here: https://stmungos.org/news/love-west-lothian
Staff Appointment: Tara Devlin will join the St Mungo’s staff team in her role as Team Administrator / Teaching Associate on Monday 5 June, on a 24 hours per week contract. Please pray for Tara as she finishes up in her current job and transitions into both of these new roles.
The 0-18 team are still in urgent and desperate need for volunteers across all of our Friday Night and Sunday Morning outputs. Do check out the great recruitment video to give you a flavour of what’s involved : https://stmungos.org/vacancies Please contact
0to18team@stmungos.org to arrange a visit to see what we do and chat about how you can assist us.
Setup Team: We urgently need additional help setting up for Balerno service. We are looking for 4 people to serve on 2 Sundays between now and July. Timings are: 8am-9.30am and then 12-12.45. email graham.wilson@stmungos.org.
Prayer Ministry Training: For those on the prayer ministry team who have yet to go through the training, Ollie will be running another session on Wednesday 31 May, 8pm to 9.30pm at the Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno. Please sign up via the ChurchSuite email or contact wendy.brown@stmungos.org to confirm your attendance. We will need a good number to attend for the training to be beneficial.
Balerno Men. There are a few spaces left for the Company of Men (Balerno congregation) tenpin bowling night on Thursday 1 June 7.30pm at Fountainpark. £10 for two games plus burger and chips.. what’s not to like! Check ChurchSuite invite for more details and to sign up – or email Adrian.smith@stmungos.org
Youth: Friday 2 June –meet at Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno at 7.30pm for a testimony night.
Balerno Gala Day, Saturday 3 June - St Mungo’s is hosting an ‘activity village’ with games and challenges. Thanks to all those who have signed up so far. We have plenty of people to help set up but still looking for people to help man the stall in the afternoon. Contact Andrea.brewster@stmungos.org for more information or check the ChurchSuite email.
Balerno Ladies Life Seasons- Meal out for women of Balerno congregation at Rannaghor in Currie, Thursday 8 June at 7pm. (note new timing please). Please book this week via your church suite email- only 10 spaces still available. New faces always welcome, a great chance to connect with others.
The Wellness Centre are looking for volunteer receptionists for a Tuesday afternoon 12.30-3.30pm on a rota basis. If you would like more details or would like to offer please email Siobhan.short@stmungos.org or call the Wellness Centre 0131 451 5226.
Gavin & Heather Falconer in Ecuador: We are delighted that Gavin & Heather from our Livingston congregation will be interviewed as part of the Reach Beyond's 'PrayerZone live' event on Thursday 8 June at 7pm for about 45 mins. We will make available the details for registering for the Zoom call as soon as we have them. Please do join if you would like to hear how their 2nd year in Ecuador is going and the amazing testimonies from the work through physiotherapy and hippotherapy and the transformation of children’s lives.