Bruce Collins visit on 3 December: On Sunday we will be joined by Bruce Collins who will speak and minister at our Balerno services in the morning and evening. Bruce will be speaking on the topic of faith at the 8.45 and 10.30 Balerno services and will speak at the evening service on healing, with an opportunity to receive prayer for healing. Please feel free to invite friends or family you know who need healing.
Christmas events are all listed on our website – do check them out as they have been recently updated, and pray for them as they are being planned. https://stmungos.org/christmas
Sunday 10 December Livingston Carol service at 11am (St Margaret’s)
Thursday 14 December Beer and Carols in Balerno (sold out)
Saturday 16 December Balerno Carol service at 7pm (Balerno High School)
Sunday 17 December Family services in Balerno and Livingston at 10.30am
Sunday 24 December Christmas Eve service in Balerno at 8.45am (church building)
Lessons and Carols in Balerno (church building) at 10.30am
Nativity Walk Balerno (free but ticketed) at 3pm
Watchnight service in Balerno at 11.30pm (church building)
Monday 25 December Christmas Day service at 11.15am (Balerno Parish church)
No services on Sunday 31 December in any venues including 8.45
Invitations are now available for the Carol and Family services in both locations and the Christmas Eve family Nativity walk in Balerno. Please take invitations to give to those you know, and also help with street bundles for the local area in both Balerno and Livingston. (if any Livi people have any left over from those taken for streets last week, please do return these not needed so others have enough for their streets too).
Balerno Farmers Market, Saturday 9 December 9am-1pm. Pray for the team who will be giving out craft bags, carol service invitations and chatting to people. If you’d like to join the team for part of the morning please contact andrea.brewster@stmungos.org It’s a great opportunity to meet people and ‘Be Love’ in a very practical way.
COP28 is the biggest and most important annual climate-related conference. Decisions made or not made at COP will impact on God’s creation and his heart for justice for the poor. As last year, a web resource has been created to help people focus their prayers during this critical time and invite the church to join them in praying for our world. You can find the resource at Praying for COP28 (google.com)
Gold (St Mungo’s group for over 60’s) will meet on afternoon of Tuesday 12 December at Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno.
0-18 activities.
· Envision for all youth on Sunday 3 December in Church Building, Ladycroft, Balerno.
· Youth Christmas Ceilidh 7-9pm on Friday 8 December in St Joseph’s Hall at Balerno Parish Church. Use this link to reserve your young person’s place.
https://form.jotform.com/233193361146049
· Deeper at 4pm on Sunday 10 December in Ministry Centre
· Dive-in at 4pm on Sunday 10 December at Caitlin’s
Connect point [Balerno 10.30]. A place to meet others after the service whether you are brand new to the church or have been coming for years. Look out for the Connect Point banner near refreshments in the concourse.
Healing prayer is offered each week after the 10.30 services in Balerno and Livingston.
Prayers
Pray for the St Mungo’s teams at the Balerno Farmers market on Saturday 9 December – hosting a St Mungo’s stall and overseeing the collection of Bethany Caring Christmas Trees. Pray for good conversations and plenty of opportunities to invite people to our services and events.