Dalgety Parish Church of
Scotland
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At the heart of the community… with a heart for the community Regents Way Dalgety Bay KY11 9UY
Dalgety Church E-pistle The Next Week or so... at Dalgety Church This coming Sunday - 23 November Morning Worship Sunday Morning Worship will be at 9.30am and 11am. Worship will be led by Donald, Alasdair and Iain Mitchell, who will be preaching. On Sunday we mark "Suffering Church Sunday", remembering and praying for the Christian Church in places where she is persecuted and suffering; we continue journeying with Abram who as we reach Genesis 17 will have his name changed to Abraham; and Sunday being the last Sunday before Advent is "Christ the King Sunday" - the themes will come together well, as they interact too with our stories. All welcome. Children's Ministry Crèche meets in Room 3 for babies and toddlers. Sunday School children are invited to gather in church at 11am and share in worship. After the second song there will be an opportunity for children to leave for the various Sunday School Groups. Bell Delivery The Christmas edition of "The Bell", the Newsletter of Dalgety Parish Church, will be ready for distribution on Sunday. 4,500 copies are to be delivered - could you deliver in your street... or one nearby. If you can take a bundle to deliver next week please do so - and please indicate on the sheet beside the bundles what you have taken. Bundles are "by street", and will be in the Hall of Fellowship on Sunday. Monday Prayer Meeting Every Monday 7.30pm at the Church - all welcome. Tuesday Tuesday Coffee Morning A warm welcome, tea coffee and home made cakes, scones and goodies await you every Tuesday morning from 10am. In Room 1. All Welcome. Wee Worship "Wee Worship" is for pre-schoolers, parents, grandparents and others carers. Craft Time from 10am, Worship with fun songs and simple prayers at 10.30am, followed by refreshments, play and chat... all welcome. Wednesday Badminton 7pm - on Wednesday. All Welcome. Congregational Development Group 7pm: Congregational Development Meeting... one of the three Kirk Session sub groups. Mid Week Communion - 8pm On the fourth Wednesday of each month, except July and December, at 8pm there is a short informal communion service. Quiet peaceful reflective worship at the end of the day... all welcome. Thursday "Thinking Aloud"
Bereavement Support Group We extend an invitation to you to come along to our Bereavement Support Meeting on the last Thursday of each month. Please drop in any time between 10am and 11.30am. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and the opportunity to talk with others. Members of our Pastoral care Team will be available to talk personally with you. Saturday Multiplay Book Sale
“MULTIPLAY at the BAY” is a group for Twins, Triplets, Sunday 30 November Advent Sunday Worship - 10am One service on the last Sunday of the month at 10am - on Advent Sunday, which this year also falls on St Andrew's Day. On Advent Sunday the one of the Discoverers will light the first of the advent candles... and we'll be singing the great Advent Hymn - O come, O come Emmanuel. "Time to Remember" - 3pm On Sunday 30th November at 3pm there will be the annual Time to Remember Service. This is a quiet reflective service at which we take time to remember and give thanks for those we have loved and lost. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served after the service. A Poem A poem to amuse... and to ponder..! At Heaven's Door
I was shocked, confused, bewildered Preparing for Christmas Christmas Fair December 6th 10-12noon. All Welcome. Christmas Post Once again, Dalgety Parish Church will be offering a Christmas card postal service for members of the congregation and residents of Dalgety Bay and Hillend. A new postbox will be set up in the church’s Hall of Fellowship from Sunday 30 November until Sunday 21 December. During that time, the church will be open to receive cards on weekday mornings from 9.30am to 12noon and also on Sunday mornings. The suggested donation for the service is 18p per card, with the proceeds going towards the work of the Church. With a 1st class stamp costing 36p and a 2nd class stamp at 27p, this is a great way to save money. An honesty box will be part of the postbox and donations should be placed in it. Cards should be clearly addressed as normal - with name, address and post code. We are appealing to members of the congregation for help to run the service. Specifically, we need volunteers on some weekday mornings from 1 – 22 December, to help sort cards into streets. If you feel you can spare an hour or so, on one or more mornings, that would be very helpful. If you can help with sorting, please add your name to the list on the ‘Don’t Pass by Table’. Thanks to all who have already done so. Cards will be available for distribution each Sunday morning from 7 December and we would ask that people take a bundle of cards for their own street and deliver them to their neighbours during the week. Please don't just extract your own! Providing a community service like this is one way in which Dalgety Parish Church can be: “at the heart of the community, …with a heart for the community”. What better way to show the hope and promise of Jesus by delivering a Christmas message? Buy.at/dpc Your On-Line shopping can help Dalgety Church. If you are doing any on-line shopping, please have a look at www.buy.at/dpc Many on-line stores, including many well known High Street names, support Dalgety Parish Church through "buy.at". Commission is paid to Dalgety Church on all your online purchases - as long as you start at www.buy.at/dpc. Over the past five years this has raised £450 for DPC. (No personal details are recorded - no-one at Dalgety Church will know that you are buying online, or what you are buying!) Cards and Gifts from CrossReach
CrossReach Cards and Gifts are available to order on-line at www.crossreach.org.uk/shop Christingle Service On Christmas Eve at 7pm we will once again have the Christingle Service - and this year it will also include two baptisms - how appropriate on Christmas Eve. In preparation for the service 350 Christingles will be produced - oranges with candles, ribbon and so on... if you don't know what a Christingle is - then you must come along. A few folk have already volunteered to help make them... could you help too... 10am on Christmas Eve... an hour or so will do it... Can you let Donald, or Bruce Marshall know if you can help? Church Membership Would you, or anyone you know, be interested in finding out more about Church Membership? The minister hopes to have a service of admission of new communicants in the Spring of next year, and in preparation for this will arrange a series of meetings to explore what the Church is, why we might commit to gathering regularly for worship, why read the Bible and pray, and what it means to give of our time talents and money for the church's work in the world. If you would be interested please let the minister know on Sunday, drop him an email to donald@dalgety-church.co.uk, or phone 822316. Blythswood Care Blythswood Care Charity Collection - You can support this Christian Charity by taking your unwanted clothes, household goods, bric a brac, toys, and foodstuffs to the collection lorry at Asda (Halbeath) at Dunfermline on 19th November, 17th December from 12.30 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. Forthcoming Dates What's on listing is online. Printed Copies are available at the church - for the month or so ahead. The full Diary is at www.dalgety-church.org.uk
Draft Order of Service notes can be viewed at www.oos.dalgety-church.org.uk Contact Details...
Minister: Rev Donald McCorkindale,
donald@dalgety-church.co.uk, 01383 822316 Dalgety Parish Church of Scotland is registered in Scotland as a charity, number SC 020926 Please feel free to forward this email to others who may be interested. If you have received a forwarded copy of this and would like to be added to the circulation list please send an email to mail@dalgety-church.co.uk with “subscribe” in the subject line. If you wish to be removed from the list please include “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
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