We continue our summer services (joining together without our neighbouring congregation in Cambusnethan Old Church) for the next two weeks of August. Worship will be held on Sunday 1st and 8th in Cambusnethan North Church, at the earlier time of 10.30am. All are welcome!
Community project MADE4U IN ML2 have announced their events diary for the summer. If you’re local to the area, and interested in joining in, why not get in touch with Anita, Robert and Sandra who’ll give you more details about coming along to the planned summer happenings in MADE4U IN ML2
Events June, July and August 2010 28/6/10 – Chill week at Clyde Valley High School 6/7/10 – North Lanarkshire Challenge walk 8/7/10 – Youth Club Trip to Loudon Castle 14/7/10 – Mixed Abilities Fun Time Bonanza (Wednesday till Friday) 19/7/10 – Drop in Youth Café in Church Hall 1-4pm (Tuesday till Friday) 27/7/10 – Family Day Trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park
Burned out? Exhausted? Tired of the constant demands of other people and your own expectations?
On Sunday 20th June in the North we will listen to a story about Elijah which reminds us we are not the only ones.. and that God still has plans for us even if we think we are failures.
photo credit: straaddreamer
A photo recently added to Cambusnethan North Church’s photography blog was a reminder of a saying of George MacLeod, founder of the Iona Community. He said:
Follow the light you have
and pray for more light
Some members of Cambusnethan North Church join the walks organised by a local group, spending time exploring the great outdoors (and the, at times, unpredictable weather!) in nearby places. It’s a good chance to catch up with others and get out and about. The group has provided a list of summer walks here – and if you’re interested in coming along please contact Rev. Mhorag
The next walk is expected to be on 30 June 2010, to Greenhead Moss (the Secret Pond) and will be led by Cathie.
photo credit: ChrisK Photography
The community project MADE4U IN ML2, of which Cambusnethan North is a partner church, has recently updated their website with a slideshow of some of the work they have been doing in the area with groups of young people and adults. This can be viewed below (and also via the MADE4U IN ML2 website which provides further details about the activities going on at the moment).
MADE4U IN ML2 have additional photos you can view on their Flickr page (by clicking on the image below):
MADE4U IN ML2 photostream on Flickr
Congratulations to three of our BB boys, Ross Finlayson, Ross McPake and Craig St John, who were presented with their Queen’s award on Wednesday 2nd June. It is the highest award in the Boys’ Brigade. Congratulations to the three boys and thank you to all of our officers who give so much of their time to encourage our boys in so many ways.
Next weekend 11-13 June some of them will be climbing Snowdon in Wales.
Today the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland begins at 10am, and proceedings will continue until Wednesday 26th. The moderator designate, Rev John Cairns Christie, will take over duties from the current moderator (Rev William Hewitt).
More details about what happens at the General Assembly are available here
On the Church of Scotland site, there is an opportunity to ‘go live’ and follow proceedings via webcasts and it is anticipated that updates will be available via twitter (generalassembly #ga2010).
For those interested in following what is happening today, the Church of Scotland has made available the daily papers and notices of motions (available as pdf files) together with a detailed agenda for the day.
photo credits: Church of Scotland
Sacred Space is a helpful online resource offering material for daily prayer. As the website puts it,
“We invite you to make a ‘Sacred Space’ in your day, and spend ten minutes, praying here and now, as you sit at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.”
It’s straightforward to use, involving the selection of a prayer which you can click through in your own time and reflect upon as you choose.
The Church of Scotland also has a dedicated ‘daily prayer’ section on its website, offering the current day’s bible reading, reflection, prayer and blessing from the Church’s ‘Pray Now’ publication. (After following the link above, go to ‘click here for today’s prayer’).
If you haven’t done so yet, it might be worth taking a look at both resources – and if you know of any other daily prayer websites, please let us know!
Recently, we’ve just begun trialling a slightly different service time for Sunday worship – instead of meeting at 11.30am, the service is now beginning at 11am. This is likely to be reviewed by the Kirk Session later in the year before it becomes a permanent feature!
For anyone who hasn’t yet come along to a service at the Church, more details about the kind of thing that happens on a Sunday can be found on our worship page.
