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The Remade in Edinburgh group that Christ Church hosts is starting back up again after a month off for the holidays – it’s Monday 16 January from 7-9, and fortnightly after that. This time, we’ll be bringing along some old jackets and trousers, and thinking about how to make bags from them. All welcome – [...] You can find the new newsletter here. At our AGM on Sunday, we elected new vestry members. You can find out who they are and what they look like in the attached PDF file. You can find the November newsletter here: November newsletter Christ Church will soon start hosting Remade in Edinburgh sessions. Since these sessions are new, we expect what happens in them to evolve to suit the people who come. We hope to have a range of people from the neighbourhood with many different skills who are interested in re-use, and expect to focus on [...] The Beauty of Holiness – An Exhibition of Vestments and Church Treasures at Christ Church Morningside Saturday 19 November 2011 10.30 am–4.00 pm Organ Recital 12.00 noon–12.30 pm Sunday 20 November 2011 12.00 noon–3.00 pm Worship on Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion (Prayer Book)
You can find the October newsletter here: October newsletter Susan Macdonald, our rector, has just started a blog – you can read it at http://myweavings.wordpress.com/.
GOINGS AND COMINGS… as we prepare to give thanks for their ministry among us and to say a very fond farewell to Anderson and Rebecca on 30th October, we can also look forward to welcoming our new Associate Priest, Revd. Philip Blackledge in January of next year. Philip (known as Pip) is currently Rector [...] First Sunday Conversation on Sunday 2nd October, 11.30am in the Church Centre. “Death – can we talk about it?” led by Joan Adams, member of Christ Church and nurse lecturer at St Columba’s Hospice, with Revd Susan Macdonald and Revd Anderson Jeremiah. Come along and join in the conversation. September News Letter Our Scottish Country Dancing classes start up again on Sunday 11 September after the evening service. All are welcome (church-goers and non-church-goers alike). For more information including term dates, see the Scottish Country Dancing page. For Harvest this year, we’ll be “re-harvesting” some of the things that clutter our homes for two local community groups who are trying new ways to keep items out of landfill. Recycled Scottish Domestic Appliances (RSDA) is a social enterprise. They give ex-offenders work skills by teaching them to repair domestic appliances. They [...] Along with many other European churches, we will be celebrating Creationtide in September and early October. The overall theme for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland this year is “Our Daily Bread” and the need for societal and personal change if food is to be shared more equitably. Kathy Galloway of Christian Aid reminded us [...] July and August News Letter Get the pulse of Christ Church here! June News Letter Get the pulse of life at Christ Church here! “Arab Spring: What’s going on in the Middle East?’ Lecture by Professor Hugh Goddard 12th June, 11:30am, Christ Church Morningside. Recent months have seen new developments in many parts of the Middle East, from Tunisia and Egypt, to Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain. Professor Hugh Goddard, the Director of the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in [...] On 29th May, Laura McNamee, lead facilitator for Passing The Baton, will share in the 10am Service and then lead a session after the service. Passing the Baton is an initiative by the Bethany Christian Trust to transform the lives of homeless and vulnerable people in our city and across Scotland. We are delighted that Rev Kathy Galloway, Head of Christian Aid, Scotland, will be preaching on Sunday 15th May, 10pm Sung Eucharist, at the start of Christian Aid Week. She will also lead a Q&A session after the service. Following the tradition of earlier years, this service will celebrate the work of Christian [...] CC May News Letter Services during Holy Week and Easter Christ Church News Letter April Friday 18th March at 6:30 pm.An initiative to watch interesting films from around the world. Please contact Anderson Jeremiah for details. previous films watched: Motorcycle diaries(Spanish 2006), Huckle (Hungary 2007), Goodbye Lenin (Germany, 2003) Ash Wednesday Service on 9th March 2011 There will be an Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes at 7:30 pm in the Church Christ Church News Letter forMarch and April 4. 27 February Eighth Sunday after Epiphany Liturgy of the Scottish Episcopal Church Sunday 27 February 10am Eucharist and 11.30am in Church Centre (coffee/tea from 11.15am) Led by Revd Canon Ian Paton, Rector of Old St Paul’s, Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh and former convenor of the SEC Liturgy Committee Hebrew is a Funny Language!, lecture by Prof. Mary Smallwood on 30th January, after the 10 am service in the Church Centre. At our November 2010 Annual General Meeting, we had a talk about boiler controls, as a way of starting efforts to share information about how we can reduce our energy consumption (and more generally, our carbon footprints) at home. If you were there, and are looking for the promised web page with links to follow [...] Sunday 19th December Fourth Sunday of Advent 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist with Young Church Nativity 6.30pm Carol Service (followed by refreshments in the Hall) Friday 24th December Christmas Eve 8.00am Morning Prayer and Holy Communion 5.00pm Children’s Christmas Eve Service (followed by refreshments in [...] |
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