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<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West<br />
Diary and Newsletter<br />
June 2011
What’s inside?<br />
Page<br />
A letter from Ian – in praise of intolerance 3-4<br />
June Diary at a glance<br />
Congregational Register – Contacts List<br />
5-7<br />
7<br />
TOGETHER News Togetherness magazine - 8<br />
TOGETHER Cornerstone service - Volunteer at the<br />
Festival of Spirituality<br />
News from church groups Amnesty – Chapel 9<br />
Group – Book Group<br />
Volunteer awards – Research Opportunity 10<br />
Music news – Midsummer ceilidh - concerts 11-13<br />
Christian Aid – View from the Vestibule – Who are 14-17<br />
we? – Thanks – SOLAS<br />
Malawi News Ken Pattison – Ruth Shakespeare 18-19<br />
Alex’s Angle: Anchors Aweigh! 20<br />
Hadeel AGM – World Week for Peace in Palestine 21<br />
– Israel - Kingdom of Jordan Event<br />
King James Bible Celebrations Shadows of the 22<br />
Divine – AV 400 at Monifieth<br />
Learning Resources Soul Marks - Church and 23-25<br />
Society events<br />
Prayer 26<br />
Contact details 27<br />
Newsletter team<br />
Design and layout: Andrena and Alison B<br />
Mailing Rosemary W<br />
Email: inspire at standrewsandstgeorges dot org dot uk<br />
Many thanks to all contributors. Photos, articles, events,<br />
prayers, poems are welcome by email or through the offices at<br />
Shandwick Place and George <strong>St</strong>reet.<br />
Next copy deadline: Mon 27 June for publication Sun 3 July -<br />
double issue covering July and August.<br />
Save a tree - read the <strong>newsletter</strong> online on the home or diary<br />
page at www.standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 2
In Praise of Intolerance!<br />
Thanks to all of you for the warmth of your welcome and for the<br />
generosity of your fine gifts. I really like the photographs of the<br />
church buildings as well as the new prayer stole, which I have<br />
been pleased to wear. It has all been thoroughly enjoyable and<br />
exciting. Donna and I are looking forward to moving into your<br />
manse at 25 Comely Bank at the end of May. I hope after this to<br />
settle into a more regular pattern of work. It is my hope to begin<br />
to visit more members in June. I did appreciate the meetings<br />
with the staff.<br />
What an extraordinary start to my period of ministry with you at<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West. In my first three weeks we<br />
have had funerals, a baptism, eleven extremely varied Sunday<br />
services. In addition there have been visits from Scotland’s<br />
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Makar, Liz Lochhead, the Moderator of the General Assembly<br />
of the Church of Scotland John Christie followed by the Lord<br />
and Lady Provost of Edinburgh, Revd George and Mrs<br />
Elizabeth Grubb.<br />
I have received many new insights. There are a huge number of<br />
capable, willing helpers within the congregation. People work<br />
exceptionally hard for the causes in which they believe. New<br />
people are attracted to our congregation for different reasons –<br />
the high quality of the music, prior family connections, the<br />
attractive buildings and their location. When Dr Ruth<br />
Shakespeare came to have a chat about her commissioning at<br />
morning worship on the 15 th of May service before moving to<br />
serve in Southern Malawi, she told me she had come to <strong>St</strong><br />
Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West because of the bell-ringers.<br />
Further, I have also noted that the congregation is intolerant. It<br />
struck me forcibly from the first week. There is an intolerance<br />
to poverty and injustice particularly revealed through the<br />
commitment to the poorest people in the world through support<br />
in various ways for Christian Aid. I was immensely impressed<br />
by the amount of time, energy and the Herculean effort given to<br />
this important work. It revealed to me something about the<br />
qualities and values of the volunteers undertaking these major<br />
commitments. Well done to all who were involved in the<br />
planning and delivery of this high quality sale. I was simply<br />
asked to contribute by arranging kind weather for a few days in<br />
May, which is obviously just a small task for any minister in the<br />
Church of Scotland!<br />
I hope to spend more time with you in your homes and at<br />
church over the coming months.<br />
Live humbly, love generously and enjoy worship.<br />
Every blessing, Ian<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 4
June 2011 Diary at a Glance<br />
Sunday services are held in our George <strong>St</strong> Building.<br />
Daily prayers are held Monday-Saturday in the Sanctuary or in<br />
the Undercroft Chapel in the George <strong>St</strong> Building.<br />
Information correct at TGP. Please check the website diary<br />
www.standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk/diary.php and weekly<br />
notices for up to date information.<br />
May 2011 Diary<br />
Sun 29<br />
9am, 9.45am and 11am services held in our<br />
George <strong>St</strong>reet building followed by the<br />
<strong>St</strong>ated Annual Meeting (SAM) of the congregation<br />
4pm George <strong>St</strong> Scottish Horn Trio Charity Concert<br />
in aid of Breast Cancer Institute (p12)<br />
World week of peace Palestine-Israel begins (p21)<br />
Tue 31<br />
12.30pm Undercroft Café, George <strong>St</strong><br />
Amnesty Group meets (p9)<br />
June 2011<br />
7.30pm George <strong>St</strong> Kirk Session meets<br />
Observers are always welcome<br />
Thu 2<br />
Sat 4<br />
10.30am, Undercroft Chapel, George <strong>St</strong><br />
Chapel Group meets (p9)<br />
9.30am - 4.30pm Leith School of Art Soul Marks<br />
Workshop (p23)<br />
7pm Monifieth <strong>St</strong> Rules Circa 1611 Concert (p22)<br />
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Sun 5<br />
Thurs 9<br />
Fri 10 (-<br />
Sun 12)<br />
Sat 11<br />
10.30am <strong>St</strong> John’s, Princes <strong>St</strong>reet Edinburgh<br />
City Centre Churches TOGETHER joint<br />
service NO 9am or 9.45am services (p8)<br />
7pm <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Palmerston Place piano concert<br />
(p12)<br />
Choir trip to Oxford<br />
10am - 5pm New College Last chance to see<br />
Shadows of the Divine Exhibition (p22)<br />
10am - 4pm Faculty of Advocates<br />
It wasn’t me, it was my neurons Conference (p24)<br />
Sun 12<br />
Mon 13<br />
Tue 14<br />
Fri 17<br />
9am, 9.45am, 11am services (no choir)<br />
1.30pm-6pm Faculty of Advocates<br />
Economics, Internet and Society Conference (p24)<br />
6.30pm Shandwick Place Hadeel AGM (p21)<br />
7pm George <strong>St</strong> From Japan with love concert<br />
(p12-13)<br />
Sun 19<br />
Mon 20<br />
Wed 22<br />
9am, 9.45am, 11am services. Presentation of<br />
cheque to Christian Aid at the 11am service (p16)<br />
10.15 am Shandwick Place Book Group (p12)<br />
2pm-4pm <strong>St</strong> James Leith Soulmarks Workshop<br />
(p23)<br />
7.30pm Candlish Halls, Shandwick Place<br />
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Midsummer Ceilidh (p11)<br />
Fri 24<br />
(- Sun 26)<br />
Sun 26<br />
Tue 28<br />
Wiston, near Biggar SOLAS Festival (p17)<br />
9am, 9.45am, 11am services<br />
Quarterly Communion<br />
6.30pm Royal Society of Edinburgh<br />
Jordan Kingdom of Peace (p21)<br />
July 2011 preview<br />
Sun 3<br />
9am, 9.45am, 11am services<br />
Regular meetings in George <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
Mondays Bellringers ring and Brownies meet<br />
Wednesdays AA meet in the Davidson Room<br />
Thursdays Scouts meet, Choir rehearses<br />
Congregational Register Update<br />
Deaths<br />
Miss Isobel Russell on 29 th April, 2011<br />
Mrs Betty Calder on 30 th April, 2011<br />
Contacts List<br />
An up to date Contacts List has been<br />
published to coincide with the <strong>St</strong>ated<br />
Annual General Meeting on 29 May.<br />
If you are a member or friend of <strong>St</strong><br />
Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West and<br />
would like a copy please contact the<br />
George <strong>St</strong> Church Office.<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 7
News from TOGETHER<br />
Togetherness: The Summer Issue<br />
of Togetherness with a focus on New<br />
Forms of Church and the Festival of<br />
Spirituality and Peace will be appearing at the end of June. If<br />
you have an idea for an article you think should be included or<br />
want to be involved in production, please get in touch. Deadline<br />
5th June.<br />
TOGETHER joint service Sunday 5 June 10.30am<br />
<strong>St</strong> John's Church, Princes <strong>St</strong><br />
PLEASE NOTE TIME. We hope everyone will attend, and there<br />
will be no 9am or 9.45am services on that day. The service will<br />
celebrate the history of The Corner <strong>St</strong>one Cafe, 40 years old,<br />
and is being run by a variety of those involved in its heyday.<br />
Your Festival needs you!<br />
The Festival of Spirituality<br />
and Peace is one of Edinburgh’s<br />
fastest growing festivals, and at the<br />
heart of our<br />
festival<br />
programme are our Festival volunteers. If<br />
you are interested in volunteering for the<br />
Festival of Spirituality and Peace, have a<br />
look at our website:<br />
www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk/volunteering where you can<br />
download an application form. If you have any questions at all<br />
about volunteering for the Festival, contact Festival Coordinator<br />
Katherine Newbigging: katherine@festivalofspirituality.org.uk .<br />
This year our Festival theme is exploring faiths and concepts of<br />
reality and how the two interrelate.<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 8
News from Church Groups<br />
Amnesty International - good news!<br />
In January our Amnesty group sent greetings cards to<br />
Mohamed El Sharkawi who was detained for 15 years without<br />
trial in Egypt. He has now been released and is with his mother<br />
and son in Cairo. He has told Amnesty representatives that he<br />
would like to thank everyone in the UK who wrote to him in<br />
prison. Knowing that people were aware of his story helped give<br />
him strength. He would like to be friends with everyone who<br />
supported him!<br />
Our Amnesty group will meet again in the Undercroft Cafe<br />
at 12:30 on Tuesday 31st May. Please join us - all welcome<br />
Chapel Group (formerly the House Group)<br />
begins again on Thursday 2nd June at 10.30 am, continuing the<br />
study of Timothy Kellar's book "The Prodigal God:<br />
Rediscovering the Heart of the Christian Faith". We meet in the<br />
Undercroft Chapel in George <strong>St</strong>reet. New members are always<br />
welcome.<br />
Shandwick Place Book Group<br />
meets on Monday 20 June at 10.15 for 10.30 in the Shandwick<br />
Place building. Coffee is available at 10.15, the meeting starts<br />
at 10.30. We are (still) reading "Tomorrow's Christian" by<br />
Adrian B.Smith, but the main purpose of the meeting is<br />
discussion of the issues arising from our reading. All welcome.<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 9
Inspiring Volunteers Awards 2011<br />
Congratulations to Victoria Adams and Brian Warrender, two of<br />
our volunteers at the Olive Tree Café in Shandwick Place, who<br />
received awards from the Lord Provost at the “Inspiring<br />
Volunteers” awards ceremony in Edinburgh on 26 May. Victoria<br />
works both in the cafe and, on a Friday, at the reception desk.<br />
She is always cheerful and takes an interest in the customers<br />
she serves, especially the elderly. Brian is a real asset in the<br />
cafe kitchen and has in his time as volunteer and encouraged<br />
by Colin Sharp, The Olive Tree Cafe cook, increased his<br />
confidence and skills - he is the baker of excellent scones for<br />
the cafe.<br />
CALTON YOUTH MINISTRY TRUST<br />
PAID WORK<br />
COMMUNITY RESEARCHER<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
The Calton Youth Ministry Trust is a local community trust. The Trust are<br />
looking to engage a Community Researcher who would investigate and report<br />
on Youth and Children's needs in the Calton/Abbeyhill/Greenside area of<br />
Edinburgh.<br />
This work is envisaged to take an estimated 30 hours and would be<br />
remunerated at £15 per hour plus expenses. Closing date for applications is<br />
10th June 2011.<br />
For more information and application forms please contact Rev. Sigrid Marten,<br />
minister.lrpc@phonecoop.coop or 0131 669 5311.<br />
Company Number: SC137577<br />
Registered Office: 1 B, Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB<br />
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A final fling for Russell and Susan. Tickets from Katie, Crispin<br />
and Alison B. Drinks, snacks, band all provided. Just bring your<br />
dancing shoes!<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 11
Music news<br />
Our choir will be touring to Oxford 10-12 June<br />
Forthcoming concerts<br />
George <strong>St</strong>reet Building Sunday 29 May at 4pm<br />
Broderick Horn Trio Concert in support of Breast Cancer<br />
Institute at the Western General Hospital. Music includes<br />
Brahms, Berkeley, Koechlin. Tickets £10 (£5) at the door or<br />
from <strong>St</strong>ringers, York Place.<br />
<strong>St</strong> Mary’s Cathedral Palmerston Place Thursday 9 June at<br />
7pm Concert to mark the 20 th Anniversary of the Consulate<br />
General of Japan in Edinburgh. Mr Masayuki Hirahara, piano.<br />
Music of Chopin, Brahms, Elgar and Japanese songs. Wine<br />
and sushi reception follows. Organised by the Consulate<br />
General of Japan Free entry, for tickets please contact Cara<br />
Ellison cara.cgj@btconnect.com 0131 247 3518<br />
George <strong>St</strong> Building Friday 17 June 7pm<br />
From Japan with Love<br />
Yumi Mizuori and the Water Beauty Singers perform<br />
Japanese songs, Scottish songs and songs from musicals.<br />
Wine and sushi reception follows. Free entry, for tickets please<br />
contact Cara Ellison at the Consulate General of Japan.<br />
cara.cgj@btconnect.com 0131 247 3518<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 12
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Christian Aid Sale 2011<br />
Who are we?<br />
We are retired optometrists, eye surgeon, offenders, teachers,<br />
economists, solicitors, member of parliament, procurator fiscal,<br />
financial administrator, shop assistant, paramedic, nurse,<br />
musicians, midwife, linguist, gas engineer, lawyer’s secretary,<br />
sculptor, civil servants, student, ministers, cytologist,<br />
housekeeper, professors of medieval history, law, consultant for<br />
Sky TV, scientist, genealogist, telephonist, IT support officer,<br />
librarians, university lecturers, naval architect, town planner,<br />
tour guide, signal engineer, secretary/pa, archaeological<br />
illustrator, geologist, bookseller, bursar, social worker, housing<br />
manager, support worker, health worker, railway manager, bank<br />
assistant, Montessori teacher, professional sign writer, actor,<br />
chartered accountants, company secretary, history graduate,<br />
coming from as far away as America.<br />
For 3 weeks of the year we come and go as regular as the tides<br />
that wash up on our beaches, sifting the sand and battering the<br />
rocks. We too sift and sort, prevaricate and price, suffer<br />
frustration, drink tea and coffee, polish up silver, gold & crystal,<br />
sort linens, hang pictures to best advantage, bake, cook and<br />
sell.<br />
Yes! You have guessed - we are the hundreds of volunteers<br />
that make up the team for the annual Christian Aid Sale at <strong>St</strong><br />
Andrews and <strong>St</strong> Georges West. This year the amazing total of<br />
£113,000 was raised by us to help alleviate poverty in the world<br />
The Christian Aid total has reached £114,000. As our signwriter’s<br />
poster in the church noticeboard outside says: “Thanks<br />
to all who gave, who came, who helped”. Kathy Galloway,<br />
Head of Christian Aid Scotland, will be present at the 11am<br />
Service on Sunday 19 June to receive a cheque for the money<br />
we have raised.<br />
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Christian Aid Sale 2011: The view from<br />
the Vestibule<br />
Despite Christian Aid being a whole year round effort, for most<br />
of us it begins with Push-and-Shove Sunday. This year, in the<br />
main, the weather was with us (despite April and May weather<br />
being the wrong way round). We took out the furniture in the dry<br />
and brought it back in the dry.<br />
There were new things to try which were different from last year<br />
and there were those of long-standing to reuse. There were old<br />
friends who came to help from across the city, across Scotland,<br />
the Continent and the Atlantic. There were also new friends to<br />
make and to keep.<br />
Sorting books at the front door was as busy as usual and kept<br />
the whole team on the move. Next year we may even patent<br />
this as a weight loss plan. New helpers were shown the church<br />
sorting layout and then set to work.<br />
Which leads us to the eclectic mix of books that are on sale:<br />
Nordic fairy tales are alongside books on economics at the<br />
beginning of sorting, not for any political points-scoring but in<br />
that one is mythology and both are social sciences. There are<br />
the usual funny discussions about the box marked “Better<br />
Royals” and there are the many, many well wishers and tourists<br />
to greet.<br />
Working at the front door is different from working in a section.<br />
Sections may have their own motto – ours on the front door is<br />
“keep smiling and keep your feet clear”. A big thank you to all<br />
our helpers and to all our donors – hope to see you next year.<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 16
Christian Aid Help -<br />
Thank You<br />
Our sale convener, Mary<br />
Davidson, has already<br />
thanked "all who gave, all<br />
who came, and all who<br />
bought", but I would like to<br />
extend a personal thank<br />
you to all those who<br />
helped in whatever way<br />
during the two weeks or<br />
sorting and the week of<br />
the Sale itself, not<br />
forgetting the clearing-up<br />
and cleaning of the<br />
Church afterwards.<br />
In particular I'm very<br />
grateful for those who<br />
completed help forms and<br />
returned them to me<br />
(whether as hard copy or<br />
e-mail) and those who<br />
responded to the special<br />
pleas for extra help. The<br />
Sale could not have gone<br />
ahead without the help of<br />
all of you.<br />
Solas Festival<br />
24-26 June 2011<br />
Wiston, near Biggar<br />
http://solasfestival.blogspot.com/<br />
volunteers needed<br />
day tickets now available<br />
Solas Festival derives inspiration<br />
and values from its roots in the<br />
broad Christian tradition. This<br />
underpins our commitment to<br />
equality, justice, beauty and<br />
hospitality. Our aim is to create a<br />
space which is tolerant, inclusive<br />
and free of prejudice.<br />
Campaigning organisations work<br />
closely with us and help ensure<br />
that issues of social justice and<br />
responsibility feature in our<br />
programming.<br />
Thanks again,<br />
Judy Chapman<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 17
Malawi News: 121 and Mulanje<br />
On 15 May a Commissioning Service was held for Ruth<br />
Shakespeare, who is moving to Southern Malawi as<br />
Medical Director at Mulanje Mission Hospital. Ken Pattison<br />
spoke some Words of Encouragement.<br />
Ruth, can I start by giving my words of encouragement the<br />
rather unprepossessing title of “121 and Mulanje”. One hundred<br />
and twenty one years ago, “121” years ago, in 1890, 40% of the<br />
missionaries at Blantyre Mission were paid for by the<br />
congregation of <strong>St</strong> <strong>George's</strong>, Edinburgh.<br />
This present congregation of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Andrew's</strong> and <strong>St</strong> <strong>George's</strong> West<br />
is doubly descended from that congregation. And one of the<br />
four missionaries funded directly by the then <strong>St</strong> <strong>George's</strong> in<br />
Charlotte Square was the Rev. Robert Cleland, the founder of<br />
Mulanje Mission. Robert Cleland had for some years looked out<br />
40 miles across the plain towards the grandeur of Mulanje<br />
Mountain and longed to expand the work of the Blantyre<br />
Mission to Mulanje, and then 121 years ago, in 1890, his dream<br />
came true and Mulanje Mission was founded.<br />
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So, with the historical connection with <strong>St</strong> <strong>George's</strong>, not to<br />
mention former mission partners in Malawi who are members of<br />
this congregation, I think you can be very assured of real and<br />
meaningful support from <strong>St</strong> <strong>Andrew's</strong> and <strong>St</strong> <strong>George's</strong> West.<br />
The work you are undertaking as Medical Director at Mulanje<br />
Mission Hospital is crucial to the healthcare of a vast number of<br />
people. The fact that you have worked as a doctor elsewhere in<br />
southern Africa will equip you for the task ahead. It will enable<br />
you to grasp the priorities. It will have taught you to pace<br />
yourself appropriately. It will have given you a sensitivity to<br />
African culture, which will be an immeasurable help as you get<br />
established in a new situation.<br />
So, as well as applying yourself to getting a good grasp of the<br />
main local language, Chichewa, and participating, however<br />
minimally, in the life of the local congregation, and doing all the<br />
little things that will enable you to be effectively part of the<br />
community you are serving, you must also look after yourself.<br />
I don't know what you hobbies are, apart from bell-ringing, but I<br />
would hope that one of them is hillwalking. Mulanje Mission is<br />
only a couple of miles from Mount Mulanje itself, so you will<br />
have a breathtaking view as soon as you draw your curtains in<br />
the morning. And if you want a rest from the heat of the plain<br />
you can have a cool holiday at the mission cottage after an<br />
exhilarating 4,000 ft climb. And if you want to make it to the top<br />
you only have another 3,500 ft to go.<br />
But even if you stay at the level of the plain remember Psalm<br />
“121” “I to the hills will lift mine eyes”. It is the prayer of all of us<br />
that, in the words of the last verse of that Psalm “The Lord shall<br />
keep thy soul: he shall preserve thee from all ill”.<br />
Ken Pattison<br />
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Anchors Aweigh!<br />
Sunday 15 May saw a Service of Commissioning for Dr Ruth<br />
Shakespeare’s dedicated work in Malawi – the first “real”<br />
service conducted for us by our new minister. As we steered<br />
through a thoroughly prepared service including much<br />
congregational participation, instruction for which was laid out<br />
with great clarity in the “Order of Service,” we were aware<br />
exactly what was expected of us, as a thoughtful, relaxed<br />
presentation put Dr Ruth completely at her ease – with no<br />
words wasted, all complemented by the meaningful work of a<br />
well trained choir in particularly good voice. An occasion to<br />
remember. An additional bonus was the fact that the Ladies of<br />
the “Sparse Lunch” team benefited the funds of Christian Aid to<br />
the tune of over six hundred pounds. Well done! It was good<br />
once more to find a positive steady hand on the tiller. Welcome<br />
aboard Ian!<br />
Alex Harper<br />
The Sure and <strong>St</strong>edfast Silver Band of the<br />
Boys Brigade joined us on Assembly Sunday<br />
Hadeel palcrafts (UK) Ltd<br />
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Fair trade for Palestine<br />
Open Meeting and AGM<br />
All Welcome!<br />
Tuesday 14 th June 2011<br />
6.30 pm (shop open!)<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West Church, Shandwick<br />
Place Building 58 Shandwick Place - Edinburgh EH2 4RT<br />
World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel<br />
29 May - 4 June 2011 Find prayer and worship resources along<br />
with ideas for action here www.worldweekforpeace.org<br />
Jordan, Kingdom of Peace<br />
Lieutenant Colonel William Macnair, Honorary Consul of the<br />
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for Scotland, is arranging an<br />
event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh at 1830 for 1900 hours<br />
on 28 June. Drinks Reception, followed by talks on Jordan as<br />
the Kingdom of Peace, welcoming pilgrims to the Holy Land<br />
East of the Jordan, and exploring Jordan as a delightful country<br />
to visit in a group or on your own. The evening will conclude<br />
with a light meal, a Jordanian Mezze. If anyone is interested in<br />
attending, or would like some more information, please reply to<br />
Anne Trotter on 478 0760 or to rsvp@consulofjordan.org.<br />
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King James Bible Celebrations<br />
Shadows of the<br />
Divine Exhibition at<br />
New College<br />
AV400 at<br />
Monifieth Parish Church<br />
Monifieth Parish Church<br />
(Dorothy Anderson’s parish just<br />
north of Dundee) is planning a<br />
weekend of celebrations of the<br />
400 th Anniversary of the King<br />
James Bible in 1611.<br />
The programme includes lectures,<br />
floral displays and Circa 1611, a<br />
concert of Scottish, English and<br />
French music of the time<br />
performed by early music<br />
ensemble Fires of Love<br />
Mon – Sat 10am-5pm<br />
closes June 11<br />
Read an interview with<br />
curator Monique<br />
Sliedrecht online at<br />
http://centrefortheologya<br />
ndpublicissues.wordpre<br />
ss.com/2011/05/20/inter<br />
view-with-moniquesliedrecht/<br />
Circa 1611<br />
Saturday 4 June 7pm<br />
<strong>St</strong> Rule’s Parish Church,<br />
Monifieth, by Dundee<br />
Tickets £8<br />
www.firesoflove.co.uk/category/eve<br />
nts<br />
http://www.monifiethparishchurch.o<br />
rg.uk/index.html<br />
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Learning Resources<br />
Soul Marks workshops with Carol Marples<br />
Art & Prayer Workshop<br />
Leith School of Art<br />
Saturday 4 June 2011 | 9.30-4.30 £36<br />
Uncertain times, strange happenings, signs of hope and a new<br />
way forward, these were all part of the post-resurrection and<br />
Pentecost stories. Practical art will be combined with words,<br />
images, music and silence to reflect on the relevance these<br />
stories have for today. For more information and to book:<br />
http://www.leithschoolofart.co.uk/shop/vision-and-dreams-artand-prayer.html<br />
Space & Worship Workshop<br />
<strong>St</strong> James Church Hall, Leith<br />
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | 2.00pm-4.30pm £15<br />
Soul Marks has been asked on several occasions to provide an<br />
opportunity for people who are interested in the creative<br />
development of an existing worship space - in a church, a hall<br />
or other meeting place - to meet to exchange ideas and<br />
information. This afternoon workshop is designed to offer ideas<br />
for developing such spaces using examples of work that Soul<br />
Marks has done in recent years, with a small taste of using art<br />
in worship. It will explore the questions:<br />
◊ If space speaks what are our worship spaces saying?<br />
◊ How can art be used to enhance our worship environments?<br />
◊ How can art help to enable the whole people of God to<br />
worship?<br />
For more information, please contact admin@soulmarks.co.uk<br />
or 0131 669 2431.<br />
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News and events from Church and Society<br />
it wasn't me, it was my neurons<br />
Are we more than mere machines? Freewill, love and<br />
compassion in the light of contemporary brain science.<br />
Book now for the Society, Religion and Technology Project<br />
Neuroethics Conference to hear a variety of speakers and join<br />
the debate on the ethical issues surrounding neuroscience.<br />
Saturday 11 June, 10am-4pm,<br />
Faculty of Advocates, Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close,<br />
High <strong>St</strong>reet, Edinburgh, EH1 1QX<br />
Enquiries: Karen Hunter, Church and Society, SRT Project,<br />
Church of Scotland, 121 George <strong>St</strong>reet, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN<br />
Tel: 0131 240 2267 E-mail: khunter@cofscotland.org.uk<br />
More information and booking here:<br />
http://www.srtp.org.uk/srtp/view_article/it_wasnt_me_it_was_<br />
my_neurons_book_now_for_the_srtp_neuroethics_conference<br />
Economics, Internet and Society<br />
Various speakers, including Iain Mitchell, a Church and Society<br />
Council member and David Pullinger, a former Director of the<br />
Society, Religion and Technology Project will explore the issues<br />
raised by the growth of the internet.<br />
Monday 13 June, 1.30pm-6pm,<br />
Faculty of Advocates, Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close,<br />
High <strong>St</strong>reet, Edinburgh, EH1 1QX<br />
More information at http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ev20758<br />
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You are warmly invited to the Church and Society Day<br />
Conference<br />
In response to the issues explored by the Council, we hold a<br />
free annual day conference to look at how congregations and<br />
individuals can make a difference in their local communities.<br />
Here is the proposed programme for this year:<br />
Supporting the Next Generation: Education and Early<br />
Intervention<br />
Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young<br />
People, will speak about Child Trafficking. Violence Reduction<br />
will also be a main topic and workshops offered will include:<br />
Child Trafficking<br />
Violence Reduction<br />
Love Your School<br />
Suicide and Mental Health<br />
Saturday 17 September, Carronvale House, Carronvale Road,<br />
Larbert, FK5 3LH.<br />
This is a free conference open to all and lunch is provided.<br />
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Love And Do What You Will<br />
Therefore once for all this short command is given to<br />
you:"Love and do what you will."<br />
If you keep silent, keep silent by love:<br />
if you speak, speak by love;<br />
if you correct, correct by love;<br />
if you pardon, pardon by love;<br />
let love be rooted in you,<br />
and from the root nothing but good can grow.<br />
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (340-430 AD)<br />
Pentecost Banner at George <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
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<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West, Edinburgh<br />
Minister<br />
Joint Session<br />
Clerks<br />
Joint Treasurers<br />
Rev Ian Y Gilmour<br />
Alison Campbell<br />
Barbara Finlayson<br />
John Innes<br />
Allan Sim<br />
Director of Music Brigitte Harris<br />
Key <strong>St</strong>aff at our Shandwick Place Building 0131 225 7001<br />
Centre manager<br />
Volunteer<br />
Co-ordinator<br />
Deputy Centre<br />
Manager<br />
Caretaking<br />
Cook<br />
Becky Duncan<br />
becky@stgeorgeswest.com<br />
Joe Doody mail@stgeorgeswest.com<br />
Alan Hynd pro tem<br />
Colin Sharp<br />
Key staff at our George <strong>St</strong>reet Building 0131 225 3847<br />
Church Secretary Joyce Garland<br />
info@standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk<br />
Church Manager Cathie Donaldson<br />
Church Officer Eddie McRiner<br />
Café Manager Wayne Williams<br />
TOGETHER Joe Evans 07951 529717<br />
Co-ordinator joe@togetheredinburgh.org.uk<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> <strong>George's</strong> West Church of Scotland,<br />
Edinburgh is a registered charity. Charity number SC 008990.<br />
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<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West<br />
Shandwick Place Building<br />
58 Shandwick Place<br />
Edinburgh EH2 4RT<br />
Tel 0131 225 7001<br />
www.stgeorgeswest.com<br />
mail@stgeorgeswest.com<br />
Centre open Mon – Sat 9am - 5pm<br />
Olive Tree Café Mon - Sat 9am-3pm<br />
Hospitality is not to change<br />
people but to offer them<br />
space where change can<br />
take place.<br />
It is not to bring men and<br />
women over to our sides,<br />
but to offer freedom not<br />
disturbed by dividing lines<br />
the paradox of hospitality<br />
is that it wants to create<br />
emptiness<br />
not a fearful emptiness;<br />
but a friendly emptiness<br />
where strangers can enter<br />
and discover themselves as<br />
created free<br />
<strong>St</strong> Andrew’s and <strong>St</strong> George’s West<br />
George <strong>St</strong>reet Building<br />
13 George <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
Edinburgh EH2 2PA<br />
Tel 0131 225 3847<br />
www.standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk<br />
info@standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk<br />
Church open<br />
Mon- Fri<br />
10am - 3pm<br />
Undercroft<br />
Café open<br />
Mon - Fri<br />
10am - 2.30pm<br />
free to sing their own<br />
songs, speak their own<br />
languages, dance their own<br />
dances<br />
free also to leave and<br />
follow their own vocations.<br />
Hospitality is not a subtle<br />
invitation to adopt the life<br />
style of the host,<br />
but the gift of a chance for<br />
guests to find their own.<br />
Henri Nouwen<br />
Reaching Out<br />
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