Interim Moderator: Session Clerk:
Rev Bill McKaig Mr Alex McKee
34 Woodlands Drive
Coatbridge
Tel: 421191
St Andrew’s Church Tel: 431385
www.saintandrewscoatbridge.org
All Saints Day
Dear
Friends at St Andrew’s,
For
better or for worse, here goes – my first letter to you as your Interim
Moderator since Ian’s retirement. It
will not be in my best interests to have to write too many of these letters.
Thank you for your friendliness whenever I have been involved with you in worship and at other occasions over the past wee while. Acceptance and inclusion are the oils of good community, and if we at St Andrew’s exhibit that we are truly a good community to belong to, our time of vacancy can be a short one and our ministry a long and fulfilling one.
Driving
home on the M8 the other night my eye was caught by an ad on a taxi door for
Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow. It
said
“ One less mother at the school Nativity won’t matter
–
DON’T LET LIFE DISRUPT YOUR SHOPPING!”
Well,
there you have it! They want you, not
because you have taste, personality, aspirations, concerns, joys, loves, or the
multitude of other things that make you who you are – they want you as an
economic spending unit. In the run up
to Christmas they’ve lost sight of the Bethlehem Stable, obscured by bar codes
and points of sale.
“One less mother at the Nativity will be a
tragedy –
DON’T LET WHAT DOESN’T MATTER DISRUPT YOUR
LIFE!”
Now
that reads better, doesn’t it? For in
this world we seek to grow closer to a God who has no real interest in our
credit cards but in our personalities, aspirations, concerns, joys, loves and
all the things that make us who we could be – that’s taste!
God
bless
Bill McKaig, Interim Moderator
PARISH REGISTER
BAPTISMS
3.
10. 04 Jamie
Gordon Gibson (d of b 3. 12. 03) 74a Deedes Street, Airdrie
Hannah Rose Johnston (d
of b 23. 7. 04) 72 Meadow Walk, Victoria Park, Coatbridge
Chelsea Sedgeworth (d of
b 27. 9. 04) 15d Southfield Crescent, Coatbridge.
FUNERALS
Jesus said, “I am the
Resurrection…”
25.10.04
Jessie Clunie, Dunbeth Lodge Nursing Home
26.10.04
Frank Markauskas, 49 Croy Road
28.10.04 Agnes Johnston, Rawyards N.H., Airdrie
COLLECTIONS F.W.O. Open
Plate Total
October £5,700.80 £506.05 £6,206.85
10
South Union Street
Cupar,
KY15 5BB
Tel:
01334 654245
Dear Friends,
Rosemary and I cannot
find words to express our thanks to you all for the magnificent ‘send off’ you
gave us.
I must confess that I
was not looking forward to the Social on Friday the 8th because
there is always a real sadness at the thought of leaving friends and in
particular leaving Coatbridge where we have spent ten very happy years.
In the event it was a
very happy evening with a great meal followed by fun and good humour combined
with moving speeches. I must thank Alex
McKee and Dorothy Dunlop for their touching and clever contributions as well as
Stewart Alston with the choir and Stewart McGregor for his piping. We know just how much work goes into preparing
for such an event so our thanks to everyone involved.
As to the gifts we
could not be more delighted with the flowers, the barometer and the extremely
generous cheque.
All these things will
remind us of a congregation whose unfailing kindness and generosity have marked
a very happy final ten years in the ministry.
Finally we would both
like to thank everyone who has sent cards and given us gifts and we hope that
many of you will manage to visit us in Cupar.
With thanks to you
all, and with every good wish for the future
Yours sincerely
Ian & Rosemary
DECEMBER
COMMUNION
The quarterly
communion services will be held on Sunday 5 December at 11am, 2.30pm and
6.30pm. Hope to see you there.
CHRISTMAS FAYRE
The Christmas Fayre will be held on Saturday 20 November 2004 at
12.30pm in Coatbridge High School. All
the usual stalls, and perhaps a few more!
The church hall will be open for the collection of goods on
Thursday 18 and Friday 19 from 2-3pm and 7-9pm and for perishable goods
Saturday morning from 8.30-9.30 or Coatbridge High School thereafter.
Help will be needed from 9a.m. on Saturday to take goods from the
hall to the school and again after the Fayre to return things to the hall. Lots of baking is also required for the tea
room and stall – we can never have too much! If you are able to help on the day
please let me know. Jean MacDonald
425301
MINISTER’S RETIRAL
Many thanks to the Sunday Tea Break teams for their help during
the tea break. Also thank you to the
Boys Brigade and Sunday School for assistance with vacating the hall for this
occasion. Jean MacDonald
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
An enjoyable social evening was held on the first Saturday of the
month as usual, and the next one will take place on the first Saturday of
December. New people are always welcome
– whist starts at 7.15p.m. and the beetle at 7.45 p.m. Just come along – you would enjoy the
company. Admission £1.50 is payable at
the door.
INDOOR BOWLING
Our match against the team from the Bellshill Churches is arranged
for Saturday 13th November at 10.15 a.m. Our team is ready to try and bring back the cup to St. Andrew’s….
so this time, folks, let’s do it !!
J
Ferguson, Social Convener