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CROFTFOOT UNITED FREE CHURCH
335 CARMUNNOCK ROAD GLASGOW G44 5HH A Congregation of the United Free Church of Scotland
Designated Religious Charity No. SC008167
NEWSLETTER April 2015
“The way, the truth & the life”
Website – www.croftfootuf.org
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MESSAGE FROM ANN
The next day the great crowd that had come for the feast heard that Jesus was on the way
to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!”
John 12.12
Has anyone had a Cadbury’s cream egg yet? Or hot cross buns? Did you eat pancakes on
pancake Tuesday? I had mine on the Friday at T in the Croft! Do we know why we eat
pancakes on this day? Pancake Tuesday is also known as Shrove Tuesday. This moveable
festival is determined by Easter. The expression "Shrove Tuesday" comes from the word
shrive, meaning "absolve”. On Shrove Tuesday, many Christians make a special point of
self-examination, of considering what changes of life or areas of spiritual growth they
especially need to ask God's help in dealing with. Because the next day is the beginning of
lent, and people will give up certain foods for 40 days to remember Christ’s sacrifice for us
a lot of feasting took place on Pancake Tuesday!
Many people follow the traditions of Easter without recognising the true meaning. In the
church we too can get caught up in the fringes of Easter. Some people love Palm Sunday,
miss the difficult bits in the middle and rejoice on Easter Sunday. Easter is the ultimate
celebration of Christians but for many the warm glow of Christmas isn’t as painful, so it’s
easier to rejoice in Christ’s birth than his suffering and death.
As Christ’s family we too should cry out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord! But we should also give thanks for the week in-between where Jesus washed his
disciples’ feet, gave them comfort as he told them, “I am the way, the truth and the life”.
Jesus also gave to the disciples the meal of remembrance and the promise of the Holy SpirIt.
We need to spend time in Holy week remembering every part of the last Journey Jesus took
for us. It is here we will find strength, hope, love, joy peace and life everlasting! To miss
out Holy Week is like missing out the filling in the crème egg….and we don’t throw that
away do we?
May you receive every blessing this Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter DaY.
Ann 0141 4203565
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E100 Below is a list of Bible Readings that we will be covering in our Essential 100 readings
through the New Testament:
March:
29th Palm Sunday
April:
5th Easter Sunday
12th James 2
19th 1 John 3. & 4
26th Revelation 1
May:
3rd Revelation 2 & 3
The Lord’s Prayer at 12 Noon & 6.30pm
Topics for: April please pray for the following projects
Outreach Project: Pray that God will show us the way forward as churches together.
Anniversary: Pray that God will lead us through our anniversary events and give us
vision in our preparation
If you do not have the ‘Lord’s Prayer @ Noon’ postcard, and would like one, please speak to
the Minister
Ann
SUNDAY WORSHIP – APRIL
Sunday 5th Rev Ann Deacons (*Easter Sunday)
Sunday 12th Rev Ann Deacons
Sunday 19th Rev Ann Deacons
Sunday 26th Rev Ann Deacons * A light lunch will be served in the large hall, come and join us!
MEETINGS IN APRIL
April 9th 7:30pm Session Meeting in small hall
April 23th 7:00pm Congregational Board in small hall
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HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Monday Toryglen Parish Church
Tuesday Kings Park Church
Wednesday Croftfoot UF Church
Thursday Croftfoot Parish Church
All services from 7.00
Four Churches WALK OF WITNESS
This year’s Walk of Witness will take place on Friday 3rd April starting here Croftfoot
UF at 1.00pm and concluding at Toryglen Parish around 3.00pm. If you can come along
on the day we look forward to seeing you there. If you feel you can’t manage the whole way
please join us at any point along route.
LOCAL CHURCHES WORKING TOGETHER FOR CHRIST
Our vision is to unite our local churches together to
• Reach out into the community to bring people to Christ
• To provide a venue as a meeting place
• To seek volunteers from local churches
At the beginning of the year letters went out to local churches with our initial thoughts and ideas and
followed up in February with a booklet and DVD presentation.
Initial feedback was encouraging with many congregations from all denominations expressing an interest
and we were overwhelmed when 36 people from 6 congregations came to our 1st joint meeting here at
Croftfoot on Wednesday 11th March
What an uplifting evening; Our prayers answered. Thanks be to God!
Over the next few week we will be putting together all the ideas discussed so far and a bulletin/ newsletter
will be available giving fuller details and will include the dates and times of the next meeting.
We are still praying for more people to join in and help carry this project further so please feel welcome to
come along at any time.
For detail contact either Ann Deacons or Marion Milligan
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UNITED FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND EASTER SCHEME 2015
This Year’s Easter Scheme is to support the work of “Stand by Me” in Ethiopia. The
scheme aims to supply water filtration kits to local housing. The team will also be running a
holiday club and hope to supply T-shirts for local children to wear during club activities.
Please pray for this project and if you are in a position to help please speak with Stacey our
Youth Worker.
MONTHLY PRAYER BREAKFAST
On Saturday 11th April from 8.30am we have our monthly Prayer Breakfast held in our
small hall, everyone is welcome to come along. Let’s take time to reflect on God’s love and
guidance of his work here in Croftfoot this Easter time.
DUTY ROTA FOR APRIL
April 5th Team 3 Callum McCone Ann Blackwood Cathie Henderson
April 12th Team 1 Jim Hart Alex McFarlane
April 19th Team 2 L. McPherson Wilma Neil
April 26th Team 3 Callum McCone Ann Blackwood Cathie Henderson
COFFEE ROTA FOR APRIL & May 2015
April 5th Anne & Catherine (H)
April 12th Elma and Catherine (M)
April 19th Beth & Betty
April 26th Anne & Catherine (H)
May 3rd Elma and Catherine (M)
May 01th Beth & Betty
May 17th Anne & Catherine (H)
May 24th Elma and Catherine (M)
‘T’ IN THE CROFT
In the church every Friday 10am -12noon; come along for a cuppa, a chat, and lots of
goodies.
THANKS
I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, telephone calls and visits during my
recent illness.
I appreciate all the kindness shown to me and consider myself fortunate to be part of our
Church family.
Mamie
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PRAYER TREE LIST
Name Prayer Request
Colin Rae Broken Back
Andy & Family Cancer. God’s Peace
Margaret Cancer
Sheila & Jim Cancer ( Jim)
Grandpa Health & Strength
Jaqueline & Lucy Health & Strength
Carole Health & Strength
Kate Health & Release
Ruby & George Health & Faith
Dorothy Healing for Hip
Brother Motor Neurone Disease
Loved One Depression
Amy Back injury
Drew & Alistair Dementia
Liam & Mark Kidney donation/Transplant. Continued Health
Sarah IVF Treatment
Lally Family Loss of little boy
Elizabeth and Mum God love and support
Isabel
Ruby & Jean
Loved one Guidance, grace & support
Baba Camara Find a job, to find Christ
Carol End of division
Andrew Safety
Daddy on oil riggs Safety
Bethany Release form Jehovah Witness
Prayer Tree Bring before God people not on the list
This is an updated list of the prayer tree. If we have omitted anyone and you
would like their name included please ask Jim Owens or Ann Deacons to include
them in the next Newsletter.
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SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Social Programme
During the last month 2 successful events have taken place. Firstly, on Thursday 5th March we had a good
turnout at our Quiz Night, with questions set by Gordon McPherson and announced by his able assistant
Lexie. As ever there was a nice mix of easy, difficult and downright impossible questions to answer, with a
winning team finally emerging. A big thank you goes to Gordon & Lexie for all their hard work, and to
everyone who donated the eats on the night and/or helped with the setting and clearing up. A super total of
£120 was raised.
March 21st saw the return of our monthly craft sale. We were blessed with a glorious sunny, warm day and
the grounds were busy with lots of kids taking advantage of the free bouncy castle. We had a nice selection
of tables inside and the cafe lived up to its reputation by providing good quality fare at reasonable prices. At
the end of the day, having paid for the hire of the bouncy castle, we raised a very respectable £200. A huge
thank you to everyone who helped with the event – be that in making food, serving food, serving behind a
stall, setting up, washing up, clearing up and most importantly, turning up. Your efforts are very much
appreciated.
Moving into April, our first event is the monthly craft sale on Saturday 18th April from 11am to 3pm. Craft
Sales are an extremely important element of our fund-raising efforts, and it would be great to see a good
turnout from our own members. If you’re not a great bargain hunter, then why not just come along for a
spot of lunch – good value guaranteed!
On Saturday 25th April, we hope to run a Treasure Hunt, commencing at 2pm. At the time of writing, the
final details of this event are still being worked on, so put the date in your diary now – and keep your ears
pinned back for more details during the intimations.
The full list of dates for the rest of the year are set out below and we look forward to seeing you at some, if
not all, of these events over the months to come.
Anne Bryce EVENT DATE
APRIL 14
Craft / Table Top Sale
Treasure Hunt &
Fellowship Tea
Saturday 18th April, 11am – 3pm
Saturday 25th April, 2:00pm
Tickets £2
MAY 14
Beside the Sea
Craft / Table Top Sale
Friday 8th May, 7:30pm
Tickets £5, Kids Free
Saturday 16th May, 11am – 3pm
JUNE 14
Bus Outing
Craft / Table Top Sale
Saturday 6th June, 10am – 6pm
Destination – Crieff
Saturday 20th June, 11am – 3pm
JULY 14
Craft / Table Top Sale
Saturday 18th July, 11am – 3pm
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Croftfoot UF Church
80th AnniversaryThis Far by Faith
The main event of the year, will be “The Big Celebration” on Saturday 5th September, when there will be a range of fun events to say thank you to the local community for supporting us over the last 80 years. Plans are starting to come together for this, with a meeting being held at 7:30pm on XXXXXXXXXXXXXX to continue firming up on ideas – would be great to see you there.
See below for a wee taster of all the events coming your way in this special year!
In the meantime, we are still looking for photographs of events that have taken place in the Church over the last 80 years –weddings, baptisms, sales of work, etc - the plan being to put these on display. Can you help? If so, please see Anne Bryce.
Croftfoot UF Church
80th AnniversaryThis Far by Faith
Date Event
Tues 14th April : 10am – 11:30pm
Parents & Toddlers Open Day in aid of Mother & Baby Unit at Yorkhill Hospital
April - August Choir’s Musical Quiz Sheet in aid of Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy (Scotland)
Fri 22nd May : 10am –12 noon
Friendship Club’s reading of your favourite verses, poems , psalms, in aid of The Leprosy Mission
Sat 20th June : 1pm Mixed Badminton Club’s Fun Challenge Event in aid of The Dogs Trust
Sat 4th July : 11am Minister & Youth Worker’s sponsored Border Walk in aid of Tear Fund – No Child Taken
Sun 30th Aug : 4pm –7pm
Past Times, Pukka Purvey, and Proper Praise – taking a trip down memory lane
Sat 5th Sept : 11am –3pm
THE BIG CELEBRATION
Sun 6th Sept : 11am Anniversary Praise Service
Fri 27th Nov : 7:30pm Ladies Singalonga Musical
