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www.corstorphineoldparish.org.uk Christian Aid Week : 15th — 21st May
www.corstorphineoldparish.org.uk
Christian Aid Week : 15th — 21st May
Diary Dates 2nd—4th May Church Office closed
4th May (Wed) Kirk Session meets at 7.30pm in the Session Room
5th May (Thurs) Office Hour 7-8pm in the Church Office, High St Hall
8th May (Sun) Service at 10.30am
15th May (Sun) Service at 10.30am - Christian Aid Week
16th May (Mon) Last date for summer magazine material covering June, July and August
16th May (Mon) Annual BB Awards Night, High St Hall
22nd May (Sun) Service at 10.30am with the Dr Hazel Hastie
23rd—27th May General Assembly all week attended by Moira
28th May (Sat) Corstorphine Festival Week commences
29th May (Sun) Service at 10.30am led by the members of the Old Parish
30th May (Mon) Seedling Coffee Morning in the Kirk Loan Hall at 10am
30th May-3rd June Church Office closed
31st May (Tues) Tricky Ricky Fundraiser in High St Hall pm
1st June (Wed) Kirk Session meets at 7.30pm in the Session Room
2nd June (Thurs) Office Hour 7-8pm in the Church Office, High St Hall
4th June (Sat) Corstorphine Fair in St Margaret’s Park
Church Open to Visitors 10am-4pm
5th June (Sun) Sacrament of Holy Communion with services at 8.30am and 10.30am
8th June (Wed) Fabric Committee meets at 7.30pm in the Session Room
12th June (Sun) Service at 10.30am
15th June (Wed) Finance Committee meets at 7.30pm in the Committee Room
Corstorphine Old Parish Church, KIRK LOAN, EDINBURGH EH12 8HD SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER: SC016009
Sunday Worship at 10.30am - On the first Sunday of every month there is a short service of Communion at 11.30am except March, June, October and December when there are services of Holy Communion at 8.30am and 10.30am Church Office - 2A Corstorphine High Street EH12 7ST. Open during school term time: Monday – Thursday 8.45am – 1.15pm and Friday: 8.45am – 12.45pm 334 7864 [email protected] The Thursday Office Hour - In the Church Office, High Street Hall, on the first Thursday of eve-ry month 7.00-8.00pm (except July and August). No appointment necessary. Church Halls - High Street Hall, 2A Corstorphine High Street EH12 7ST and Kirk Loan Hall, 18 Kirk Loan, EH12 7HD
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Letter from our Minister
Dear Friends
Twenty years ago it was my fortune to become the probationer minister at Cramond Kirk, under
the supervision of Russell Barr. I like to tell people that I taught him everything I knew but I am
very aware of the time and effort Russell put into forming and supporting the parish minister I
now am. We have remained friends as well as colleagues ever since, often meeting for lunch and
putting the world to rights, and it was Russell who suggested that I apply to Corstorphine Old
Parish when it became vacant in 2005, something I blame him for on the bad days, and thank him
for on the good days. Russell was Interim Moderator here when I was on maternity leave and
then baptised Sophie, so he and his family hold a special place in the lives of me and my family.
I was delighted when Russell told me he had been asked to become the next Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a position that will see him moderate or chair the
General Assembly in May, and spend a year visiting presbyteries throughout Scotland and part-
ner churches further afield, as well as participating in national events and occasions as they
arise. I was equally delighted, but very surprised when Russell asked if I would be one of his two
chaplains throughout Assembly week and the rest of his moderatorial year, along with Ian Gil-
mour, another former probationer of Russell’s and the minister of St Andrew’s and St George’s
West. Being Moderator’s chaplain involves accompanying the Moderator to the General Assembly
and occasionally on other trips through the year, offering a listening ear and a supportive shoul-
der and any words of wisdom that might seem appropriate. This means I’ll be away from the par-
ish for the whole of the Assembly week later this month, and occasionally at days away on visits,
but the role of chaplain won’t make too much of a difference to my day to day work. Be prepared
to hear about some of these stories in sermons through the year...!
At this time of year, following Easter, we hear stories of the early disciples making their way in
the world on their own, no longer with Jesus to guide or lead them, but entrusted with the work
of the kingdom using their own strength, faith and common sense. We know from their stories
that these can be daunting, yet fulfilling tasks, and important as they gain new followers and
bring people to faith through healing, prayer and kindness. I am sure you will join me in congrat-
ulating Russell on his forthcoming appointment and offering him our prayers and support – you
might like to spare a few words of prayer for his chaplains too, delighted to be asked, but a little
daunted at the same time!
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Guild News
Tuesday 17th May
Guild Outing — Crieff Visitor Centre
Can everyone please meet outside the High
Street Hall by 10.45am Coach will leave 11am.
There will be tables reserved for us but you will
be free to choose when you wish to have lunch etc
and free time to look around the Visitor Centre.
The coach will be returning around 4pm.
Our President Doreen and the Leadership team,
hope you have a pleasant Summer break and look
forward to seeing you all again at our Opening So-
cial on Tuesday 27th September 2016.
Brenda Russell, Member of Leadership Team
0131 629 1456
Duties for June 2016
Welcome and Uplift
5th Team 2 S Bryson M McDonald P Baber M Ewart B Petherick-Kerr
12th Team 3 B Black B Russell C Calder L Gorrie J Mitchell K Paterson
19th Team 4 I Dingwall P Salton M Stewart M Watt
26th Team 5 C McKay R Bowerbank M Bowerbank P Carnie J Walker
Sunday Beadles
5th 8.30am D Pearson 10.30am A Thom 12th R Allan 19th J Gorrie 26th A Thom
Bell Ringers
5th 8.30am R Ingle 10.30am 12th P Carnie 19th H Edwards 26th A Hay
Office Hour
5th D Drummond
Sunday Coffee
5th The Guild 12th B Williamson/I Chalmers 19th L Gorrie/J Walker 26th J Wakeford
Wednesday Church Opening
1st D Davidson 8th M McMurdo 15th D Drummond 22nd G Stewart 29th I Chalmers
Christian Aid Week 15th—21st May
As in previous years, enclosed in this month’s magazine, is a donation envelope for Christian Aid. Please put your donation in the envelope and complete your details for gift aid. Having this information allows the charity to claim an additional 25p in the £1.00. Although we all have to consider our own per-sonal expenses and donations to the church, I urge you to give generously. Please put the filled envelope in the offering plate. Late donations will be accepted up to and in-cluding the June Communion Sunday.
Linda Ingle Christian Aid Co-ordinator
Christian Aid Book Sales
George Street, Edinburgh
Saturday 14 May, 10am-4pm; Monday
16 - Wednesday 18 May, 10am-3.30pm;
Thursday 19 May, 10am-7pm; Friday 20
May, 10am-3.30pm
The Sale will take place at St Andrew's
and St George's West Church, George
Street, Edinburgh.
Since its beginnings in 1974, this legendary
book sale has raised over £2 million for
Christian Aid's work. Expect around
100,000 books of every kind throughout
and around the church. And there's pic-
tures, music, toys and games, antiques and
collectables, stamps and postcards, and
ephemera too.
Holy Corner, Edinburgh
Saturday 14 May, 10am-5pm; Monday
16 - Friday 20 May, 11am-6pm; Satur-
day 21 May, 10am-5pm
The Sale will take place at the Morningside
United Church, 15 Chamberlain Road, Edin-
burgh.
Last year's sale of books, CDs, DVDs and
music raised over £15,000. Donations of
books are currently welcome at the church
door between 10am and 12noon on Mon-
days, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Corstorphine Festival May/June 2016
Events included so far:
Tricky Ricky Family Magic Show
Tuesday 31st May
Corstorphine Old Parish High Street Hall
6.00pm
Dower House open 31st May
7pm – 9 pm
Gin Tasting Event
Winston’s Bar (details still to be finalised)
Pub Quiz, Thursday 2nd June
Corstorphine Inn (time TBC)
Busking by local schools and organisations
30/05 – 4/06.
Contact Caroline at [email protected] if you would like to organise an event during the Festival week.
Seedling Coffee Morning
10am in the Kirk Loan Hall
(last Monday of the month)
All Welcome!
Next dates:
Monday 30th May
Monday 27th June
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Fresh Start
How it all began: Fresh Start began in 1999 when a group of people from Edinburgh’s churches came together to
find a way of tackling homelessness. The question was – how to help? The group decided to ask
someone who was homeless what they could do for them. Through listening and learning about the
challenges faced by being homeless, the Starter Pack Project was launched. Fresh Start has con-
tinued to listen and learn from our clients to develop our Services.
What we do: We use three main themes to describe our Services – Provision of Goods; Social & Practical; and
Employability. The journey from homelessness to settling into a new tenancy can be a challenging
one. We take a rounded approach to supporting our clients by providing household goods, a deco-
rating service, and cooking and budgeting classes. There is an opportunity to work in our growing
spaces, that grow fruit and vegetables, and for those who are unemployed, our Training Initiative
offers valuable skills and experience to help get into the workplace.
Sponsored Walk 2016: Fresh Start’s annual sponsored Walk will take place on Friday 27th May. We warmly welcome any-
one who would like to take part in this scenic 8-mile walk. It begins at 10am from Jubilee Gardens
in Stockbridge, and the route takes us along the Water of Leith, round Colinton Dell and on to the
Union Canal towpath. Our Food Station at Harrison Place is the finishing point, where a well-
deserved lunch will be waiting for you.
There is no registration fee, but we do request all entrants raise a minimum of
£25. You can walk as part of a team, or with a companion, or on your own, it’s up to
you. It’s a fun day, a great walk, a fantastic route, all with a brilliant bunch of peo-
ple – what more could you ask for? And the bonus is – raising funds for Fresh
Start. If you can’t take part, but still want to be involved, you can sponsor the
Fresh Start staff team – we need your support, please help!
If you want further information, please call us on 0131 476 7741, or e-mail
[email protected] and we will send you a registration form.
Remember, if you have any items for FreshStart please phone 467 6868 or place items in
FreshStart Box at the back of the stage in the High St Hall.
Heart & Soul
Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Sunday afternoon, 22nd May 2016
‘Heart and Soul' is a regular event to celebrate the life and work of the church alongside the an-
nual gathering of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly. If you would like to contact us
about 'Heart and Soul', then please email us: [email protected].
Church Flowers The name of the team member arranging the flowers is in brackets
1st May Kirk Session
(Sheena Crisfield)
8th May A member of the Congregation
(Linda Gorrie)
15th May A member of the Congregation
(Margaret Price)
22nd May In loving memory of Janette Wakeford and Bessie Maxwell from
Tom, Jennifer and Colin Wakeford
(Mary Cooke)
29th May Marion Turner
(Sheila Irving)
Thank you to everyone who gave money for flowers in April. If you wish to make a donation for flow-
ers, or indeed arrange them yourself, in memory of someone or just for yourself, please contact me.
Sallie Bryson : Tel: 334 2614 : [email protected]
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Teddies for Tragedies
Thank you to everyone who knitted teddies. We collected 103 - a great result - and they will soon be
sent to Moldova.
BBQ
Advance notice, there will be a Barbecue in the manse garden on Sunday 26th June. Full details in
due course but in the meantime, put a note in your diary.
Social Committee
Corstorphine Public Hall Rebuild Moving Forward
After many months of work, plans have now
been submitted to the Edinburgh City Council
containing the detailed proposals for a new and
much improved Corstorphine Public Hall which
will rise from the ashes of the old building. The
plans and architects’ drawings were developed
after consultation with those who have used
the hall for many years and with many others
who hope to be able to make good use of it in
the future.
It has taken time to get the insurance claim settled, to form a new charitable trust and to consult
with the many people and groups involved, to ensure that the architects produced plans which would
satisfy the needs of the entire community. This has resulted in a significant increase in floor space
within the building and an increased flexibility and capacity, which will allow more people to use dif-
ferent areas within the hall at the same time. One improvement will be to make the hall facilities
disabled friendly. This is not only a requirement today, but will also make life easier for the many,
such as older users, who may not be disabled, but will find the access and other facilities much easi-
er to use. One significant change from the old hall to the new one is the addition of a second floor
meeting room within the roof space. This will not only provide additional space for users, it will re-
duce the amount of money wasted heating the old large unused roof space in days gone by. Another
change will involve the main entrance, which will be contained in a new part of the building added to
the west side of the existing structure. The new main entrance will move from Kirk Loan to Saugh-
ton Road North, next to the bowling club entrance. The new entrance will be through wide double
doors and will provide easy access, with no steps, into a reception area and also to the lift, which will
provide access to the facilities on the first floor for those unable to use the stairs. Many of the existing facilities will be retained and improved and it is hoped to reinstate the caretaker’s flat on
the first floor.
Now that the insurance claim has been settled, enough funding is now in place to move forward and
rebuild the hall structure, which was well loved and used over the last hundred years. However, the
new larger hall with many improved facilities will require extra funding to provide a hall fit for the
future and the task now is to raise that funding.
There is a dedicated fundraising group working on this, but they will need everyone’s help. There are
many ways to help. Whatever you can do will be appreciated.
John Barrett
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
On our website: http://www.corstorphinepublichall.org.uk/
From Corstorphine Public Hall, c/o Corstorphine Hub, 191 St John’s Road, EH12 7SL.
On Facebook (Corstorphine Public Hall Rebuild): https://www.facebook.com/
CorstorphinePublicHallRebuild/
On Twitter: follow @CPHRebuild
To speak to someone on the phone about the rebuild, call either 07775 677708 or 07851 116939.
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NEW ENJOY-A-BALL CLASSSES
STARTING
IN CORSTORPHINE
Classes starting on Monday 9th May in Kirk Loan Hall
Enjoy-a-Ball is a skills development and sports coaching programme for girls and boys aged between 4 & 9.
In the early years we introduce the children to fun, creative games designed to develop
their gross motor skills and as they get older we develop their sport-specific skills and con-
fidence in the 8 ball sports that we teach, which are Basketball, Baseball, Cricket, Volley-
ball, Football, Rugby, Tennis & Hockey. All lessons are taught in a caring, positive, fun-filled
environment and there are never more than 12 children in a class. Our objective is to make
children's first experiences in a sports coaching environment happy and memorable.
I will be starting new classes for the Pre School (ages 3½+) to Primary 2 age group in Cor-
storphine on Monday 9th May (classes between 1.30-5.30pm) and if you would be interested
in your child attending Enjoy-a-Ball lessons, please phone me on 07791 047 173.
Please also have a look at the Enjoy-a-Ball website at www.enjoy-a-ball.com for more de-tails on the coaching programme, or for more information on classes.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Paul McLaren
07791 047 173
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Corstorphine Fair - Church Open
The Church will be open to visitors on the day of the Corstorphine Fair from 10.00am until 4.00pm. We do need folk to 'meet and greet' visitors. If you can spare some time during the day, even just an hour or so, please get in touch with Donald Baird on 334 7591 or give your name to the duty officebearer on a Sunday morning and (if you prefer) tell us what time you are available. There is no need to have any knowledge about the church building (you are not acting as a tour guide) but your help would be very much appreciated. This is a chance for folk to see inside our beautiful building, even those who walk past every day. Hope you can help.
http://www.enjoy-a-ball.com/
Parish Records
Deaths
18th March Margaret Morris, Tyler’s Acre Road
28th April Janette Wakeford, Broomhall Loan (ED24)
28th April Douglas Geddes, Gylemuir road
Weddings
9th April Jamie Connelly and Lisa Butler, Featherhall Avenue
24th April Megan McLachlan and Ryan Connolly, New York
Officebearers, Elders and Magazine Distributors are asked to note these announcements and to adjust their records accordingly.
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Saturday 4th June
St Margaret’s Park, Corstorphine
The Old Parish Church will also be open to Visitors (10am-4pm)
13th Edinburgh Company The Boys’ Brigade 13edinburgh.boys-brigade.org.uk
I can’t believe another session is nearly over!. We would like to extend a warm welcome to all fami-
ly and friends of the Company to meet with us for our Annual Awards night in the Corstorphine Old
Parish, High Street at 6.45pm on Monday, 16th May 2016.
Following this we will have some informal games nights before our Summer break
Kevin Aitchison, Captain 13th Edinburgh
Church Contacts
MINISTER Rev. Moira McDonald 476-5893 [email protected]
ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER Dr Archie Ewing 552-3799 [email protected]
DMus, FFCM, LTCL, LLCM
CHURCH SECRETARY Christine Mill 334-7864 [email protected]
SESSION CLERK Alison Edwards 334-5093 [email protected]
CLERK TO THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD Ramsay Allan 332-5809 [email protected]
or 07973 499297
TREASURER OF CONGREGATIONAL BOARD Alistair Christie 334-4893 [email protected]
FABRIC CONVENER Ramsay Allan 332-5809 [email protected]
MISSION COMMITTEE CONVENER Carol Christie 334 4893 [email protected]
WFO CONVENER Graeme Stewart 339-7718 [email protected]
FINANCE CONVENER Penny Salton 334-2652 [email protected]
CHRISTIAN AID CO-ORDINATOR Linda Ingle 444-2395
or 07530 988240 [email protected]
PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION ORGANISERS Ken and Rena Ingle 334-9467 [email protected]
WEDNESDAY CHURCH OPENING ORGANISER Donald Baird 334-7591 [email protected]
ROLL KEEPER Marlene Pearson 538-5592 [email protected]
GIFT AID CONVENER Linda Gorrie 339 3687 [email protected]
SUNDAY CLUB LEADER & MAGAZINE EDITOR David Drummond 334 -5741 [email protected]
SAFEGUARDING OFFICER Liz Allan 332-5809 [email protected]
PRESBYTERY ELDER John Hartil 476- 9761 [email protected] REPRESENTATIVE TO CORSTORPHINE CHURCHES
EXECUTIVE MEMBER Jane Walker 539-1080 [email protected]
WORSHIP COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE Betty Black 538-0373
MANAGING CO-ORDINATOR
THE GUILD (President) Doreen Hood 334-3467 [email protected]
BOYS BRIGADE (CAPTAIN) Kevin Aitchison 334-7731 [email protected]
GIRL GUIDES Joanne Newby 467-5900 [email protected]
RAINBOWS Debbie Scott 622-0487 [email protected]
BROWNIE GUIDES (Unit Leader) Fiona Sneddon 538-0371 [email protected]
FRIENDLY HOUR Margaret Borthwick 334-9217
FRESH START LEADER Eleanor Stewart 467-6868
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