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Harvest Thanksgiving and Foodbank collection

24/9/2018

On 14 October, we'll celebrate our Harvest Thanksgiving, with a service at 9.30am in the church, followed by coffees and teas. All are warmly invited to join us!

We are also collecting donations again for the East Lothian Foodbank. If you would like to contribute, please bring your donations to the church (there's a collection box next to the stairs to the gallery) by 14 October, and we'll take them to the Foodbank after the Harvest Thanksgiving service.

Donations urgently required at this time include:

Tinned meat and fish
Tinned fruit
Tinned vegetables
Custard and rice pudding (that don't need to be refrigerated)
Long-life fruit juice
Long-life milk or milk-powder
Tinned soup

Christmas Shoebox Appeal

24/9/2018

Hard to believe - but it's already time again to think about Christmas preparations.

This year, we'll again be supporting the Blythswood Care Christmas Shoebox Appeal. If you would like to pack and donate a shoebox, for a child, teenager or adult, please print this checklist, pack your box and bring it to the church, by Sunday, 28 October.

You can learn more about how the Shoebox Appeal helps people in need by watching this video:

Evening services

17/9/2018

From this coming Sunday, we will start a new series of Evening services, held jointly with our linked congregation at Yester, Bolton and Saltoun Church. The services will be held roughly every six weeks, and alternate between Sunday and Wednesday evenings. The first one, this Sunday, is focusing on the topic of Peace.

The next dates for the Evening services are

23 September, 7pm in Yester Church: An Evening Service for Peace Sunday
7 November, 7pm, in Humbie Church: A St Martin's Candle Service
16 December, 4pm, in Yester Church: A Blue Christmas Service, for all who have lost a loved one and miss them especially at this Christmas time
13 February, 7pm, in Bolton Church: A Valentine's Eve Service.

Messy Church: Friendship

3/9/2018

We had a great time at Messy Church yesterday, thinking about friendship in a lot of different ways - by making friendship bracelets, keepsake boxes and friendship wreaths, decorating biscuits while discussing what friendship means to us, by playing team games, while the babies and toddlers played in a soft play area.

We then heard about friendship stories in the Bible and learned a song, before having a lovely meal of sausages, mash and beans, followed by jelly and fruit, together.

It was great to see so many children and parents there - some old friends and some new - we hope you all had a good afternoon! Here are some photos of what we got up to:

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Harvest Thanksgiving and Foodbank collection

Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Evening services

Messy Church: Friendship

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