WEEKLY NEWS
SERVICE TIMES THIS WEEK: 9.30am and 10.45am.
SERVICE TIMES NEXT WEEK: 10.30am and 7.00pm.
OPEN TO ALL Coffee and tea will be served in the Bill McDonald Hall at the close of the Sunday service. Everyone is very welcome.
RECYCLING MEDICINE BLISTER PACKS Boots The Chemist is now operating a FREE blister pack recycling service in its stores (see list below) Please continue to recycle your packs by using this service – we are discontinuing collection at the church premises as it has become expensive to do so. Participating Boots Stores: Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, Fort Kinnaird Retail Park, Waverley Station, Craigleith Shopping Centre, Princes Street and The Gyle Centre
MORNING PRAYERS ON TUESDAYS We meet for prayers every Tuesday at 10.00am in the Salisbury Room opposite the Office.
GUILD TEA Please note, the Guild afternoon tea at dobies on 6 May has been cancelled. Thanks Julia.
MESSY CHURCH The next meeting is on Saturday 26 April 2025. At Messy Church we will be looking at what Thomas Didymus, a friend of Jesus, said and did at this time. There will be a hunt in the garden, a sit in a cave and more activities, as well as songs, story and food.
EDINBURGH NEWMAN ASSOCIATION Dear Members and Friends, I am writing to invite you to our next meeting of the Edinburgh Newman Association on Thursday evening, May 1st. Our guest speaker will be the eminent Irish scripture scholar Rev. Dr. Kieran O'Mahony OSA. Fr. Kieran has been until recently the Academic Co-ordinator of Biblical Studies for the Archdiocese of Dublin. He has also served for twenty two years as Associate Professor and Head of Department of Scripture at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin. He is also currently closely involved with the Tarsus Scripture School at St. Patrick's Pontifical University in Maynooth. The title of Kieran's talk will be: The First 90 Years of Christianity. Emerging Ministries. Lessons for today.
Our meeting will take place at 7.30pm at our usual venue, Newington Trinity Church - Mayfield, 18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh EH9 1TQ. All are welcome. We hope you will be able to come and please forward this invitation to any and all who may be interested. There is a suggested donation of £5 to help cover the cost of our meeting.
EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA A huge thank you to all that came along or volunteered at our Easter Eggstravaganza last Monday. We were delighted to welcome many new families from our community. We welcomed folks of all ages and a great time filled with creativity, laughter and lots of cake was had by all.
PASTORAL SUPPORT If you have any pastoral issues, including any suggestions for the prayer chain or if you wish to receive the prayer chain email, please contact Pauline Robertson DCS 0758 704 3191 or the new email address: parishdeacon@newingtontrinity.org
PRAISE AND PRAYER This small group meets every two weeks at Newington Trinity - Priestfield. Anyone is welcome to join others for this time of prayer from 7.30pm until about 9.00pm. We next meet on Thursday 1 May. We pray together for a variety of topics. The starting point can be the prayer sheet which is produced fortnightly. There are also some specific requests, church activities, community, local, national and world issues. We have been particularly praying for the Union for months now. Also more particularly we have been praying for the Pioneer ministry and new minister. Whether you are new to praying or have prayed for years, this is an opportunity to grow in confidence, faith and also to encourage us all to keep on praying.
SAVE THE DATE - CROSSREACH AFTERNOON TEA. We're having an afternoon tea event in aid of CrossReach's perinatal services on Saturday 14th June (2-4pm) at Newington Trinity - Mayfield. Hope to see lots of you there.
THURSDAY CLUB The final meeting of the term is on 1 May at 2pm in the Bill McDonald Hall, Newington Trinity -Mayfield. Hannah and Samuel with early music - and a summer party! Coffee and Blethers intend to start up in June: more details to follow.
YOUTH GROUP Thank you to everyone that supplied egg boxes, pringle tubes and newspapers for the Easter crafts & celebrations..all very well used (& some still for our next project!). We now have sufficient stocks. Thank you also to everyone amongst the church family and wider that have sent me pictures of doors. They are so varied, evocative and impressive. The pictures are helping us to engage with the story of Thomas and Jesus this weekend at Messy Church and on Sunday...more to be revealed over the weekend and beyond! Bettina. youthworkermspc@gmail.com
CHURCH GIVING Our Quick Response code is a handy way of using your smart ‘phone or tablet’s QR app to link you to our Giving Page. Once you have joined the Giving Page safeguards are still operative. Those who would have wished to use it may make use of the offering plates situated in the vestibule and halls entrance, at the close of the service. Regular and one-off donations are possible online at www.give.net/20311853 (scan the QR code) or please contact our Freewill Offerings Treasurer, Hugh Somerville on 0131 466 2446 or hs.somerville2@gmail.com
Forthcoming Deadlines
Order of Service: Thursday at 10.00am - Next Parish Magazine: Friday 27 June 2025 at 6.00pm
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