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Pilrig St.
Paul’s
Church
June 2012
SUNDAY SERVICES AT 11AM
Holy Communion is celebrated on the last Sunday of January, April,
June and October at the 11am Service, and informally as announced.
To contact the minister, please ring 554 1842.
The “OPEN DOORWAY” is open each week on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 11am - 1.00pm. Pop in or arrange to meet a friend
there over a cup of coffee. Enter by the main door. Our wheelchair
entrances are in Pilrig Street.
ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE CHURCH BUILDINGS:
Sundays - Sunday Club, 10:45 am for ages P1-S4 all welcome
(Mark Wexelstein 665 6881)
Mondays - Rainbows 5.45pm (Christine Buchanan 554 2941)
Brownies 6.45pm (Christine Buchanan)
Tuesdays - The Guild 2.00pm (Irene Wexelstein 476 1385)
Pilrig Choristers 4-5.30pm Session Room
Pilrig Chorus 7.30-9.30pm Sanctuary
Wednesdays - Lunch club 12 noon
(Marjory McArthur 553 2323)
Vocal Vibes and Singchronicity youth choirs 4-5.30pm Halls
(All music enquiries Martin Ritchie 07984 466 855)
Thursdays - all Sections Boys’ Brigade
(Mark Wexelstein 665 6881)
In Pilrig Park School:
Thursdays Rainbows (Ann Urquhart 554 8387) 6.15-7.15
Brownies (Ann Urquhart ) 6.15-7.30
Guides (Karen Wood 554 5493) 7.30 - 9.00
In Broughton Primary School:
Tuesdays The 5th Leith Scouts
Beavers 53/4 to 8 years (6.00 to 7.00 p.m.)
Cubs 8 to 10 1/2 years (6.30 to 8.00 p.m.)
Scouts 10 1/2 to 14 years (7.30 to 9.00 )
YOUTH ORGANISATIONS TAKE A SUMMER BREAK SEE
LEADERS FOR DETAILS
EVENTS DURING THE SUMMER see also pages 4 and 5
Forum United Service Sunday 10th June 2012
This year’s Forum United Service is being held in North Leith
Parish Church in Madeira Street at 11.00am on Sunday 10th
June. All the Forum churches will be sharing in the leading of
this service. The Pilrig Choristers will be taking part in the
service and there will also be a joint Forum choir. Please come
along and share worship and fellowship together with your
friends and fellow Christian brothers and sisters in the other
Forum churches.
THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE IN PILRIG ST PAUL’S ON
10TH JUNE.
PILRIG St PAUL’S CHURCH JUNE 2012
Dear Fellow-members,
It hardly seems a year since I was writing to you about the coming
Leith Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011!
Looking back to my letter then I was pointing out that “The faithful
few who undertake all the essential jobs in the life of our
congregation are having to bear too much of the burden! As the
years pass so we are faced with needing others to help share the
load.”
Another year on, this is still very true – even more so, as major
personnel changes are coming ever closer!
We are currently looking for one or possibly two people to carry
forward the exciting and dynamic musical work undertaken by
Martin Ritchie over the past 4 years. Martin is responding to God’s
call to the Church of Scotland Ministry and will be stepping down
from his musical duties at the end of June.
Also, as you know, I shall be retiring at the end of October.
Together these changes leave many jobs which will need to be
covered – a significant number of them currently undertaken by my
wife Marlyn.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – the Church needs you – God
needs you!
Please come forward and volunteer to undertake a Church duty in an
area you haven’t helped in before!
Meanwhile there is much going on! Our Summer worship services
will be running for 6 Sundays commencing on 29th July. If you wish
to help in the planning or the leading of these services – please let me
know as soon as possible.
The Pilrig Choristers continue as a much appreciated and valued part
of our Church Choir. All 5 Choristers have now each been awarded
their first medal marking the completion of the first stage in the
“Voice for Life” Course run by the Royal School of Church Music and
thereby their formal inclusion as full members of the Pilrig
Choristers. We look forward to them developing further in their
singing abilities. We also hope to recruit new Choristers in the new
session, commencing in the Autumn.
As part of our Leith Parish grouping - Leith Churches Forum - Pilrig
St Paul’s will be taking part in the Forum run Tea Tent on Leith
Links as part of the Leith Gala on Saturday 9th June. We are taking
part in the Forum United Service on the opening Sunday of the Leith
Festival. This service is in North Leith Parish Church on Sunday 10th
June at 11.00am.
There is no service in Pilrig St Paul’s (PSP) that Sunday.
Please come along and be part of the life of PSP – your Church!
Enjoy the summer and may you know God’s blessing on you and
your loved ones!
John
PRAYER CORNER
Ina Grierson Jean Stark
Isabel Hannay Cathie Galbraith
Matthew Green Frances Chambers
Mary and Jimmy Rennie Bernhard Scroggie
Jeanette and Stuart Sime Walter Taylor
Peter Sinclair June Welsh
Murdo and Joy McLeod Charlie and Joyce Forman
Linda Connolly Phil Howe
Jack McArthur Helena Adie
Morag Davidson Flora Paterson
Lilian Kane Norman Lawrence
Barbara Graham
Please contact Roy Eprile with any names you would like
included in this section.
EVENTS DURING THE SUMMER
Leith Churches Together AGM Tuesday 12th June Acorn
Centre Junction Place.
Leith Churches Together welcomes the Very Rev. Dr. Sheilagh
Kesting, former Moderator, and now Secretary for Ecumenical
Relations in the Church of Scotland to be the guest speaker at
the LCT AGM under the title “Where is the Action?”
Sheilagh Kesting was the first female minister to be elected as
Moderator (in 2007) and her ministry has included working with
homeless women, parish ministry in Glasgow and Musselburgh,
and ecumenical work at national and international level. The
evening will include supper (7pm at the Leith Acorn Centre
YMCA).
Space is limited so please contact Walter McGillivray, tel. 553
1060, [email protected] by Tues. 5th June if you
would like to come (no charge but donations welcome).
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Outline plans to mark Martin Ritchie’s last Sunday as Organist /
Choirmaster of Pilrig St Paul’s Church.
Plans are taking shape for a Songs of Praise type service at
6.30pm on Sunday 24 June. This will be followed by some light
refreshments and an opportunity to meet with Martin and Soo
and wish them well for the future.
Please note this event in your diary and plan to come along.
Together as a church we owe so much to the commitment, skill
and enthusiasm of Martin. His vision of outreach through music
is developing well in exciting ways and we thank him for all his
hard work in God’s Name, with us and with the people in our
community.
SUMMER SERVICES
Our Summer worship services will be running for 6 Sundays
commencing on 29th July.
Flower Diary
3rd June Flower Fund
10th June Forum United Service
17th June Flower Fund
24th June Jeanette & Stuart Sime
1st July Flower Fund
8th July Flower Fund
15th July Margaret Cameron & Frances McPherson
22nd July Irene Wexelstein
29th July Flower Fund
5th August John Brown
12th August Ian Quin
19th August Flower Fund
26th August Evelyn Torrance
GUILD SUMMER MEETINGS
12th June Lunch Victoria Park Hotel 1pm
10th July 2pm
11th September 2pm
PILRIG PARLOUR
The parlour runs from 6th-25th August, Monday - Saturday, 11.30am -
2pm. SEE PAGE 9 FOR DETAILS OF HOW YOU CAN HELP.
SHALLOWFORD YOUTH CHOIR VISIT
Concert Crawl on Friday 15th June See page 11
THANKS
May I say a grateful and sincere thank you to all the folks who have
so kindly asked about my health over the past weeks. The kindness
which has been shown to us has been heart warming and both
Jeanette and I want to say a big thank you to you all. I still have a few
more weeks of treatment but hopefully by end of June the doctors will
have a much clearer picture of developments. Thanks once again for
your good wishes and the beautiful church flowers which we received
delivered by the Minister and which were very much appreciated. -
Stuart Sime
Chris Whelan wishes to say Thank You for the lovely flowers and to
Lily Gilhooley for delivering them.
Open Doorway
Thank you to everyone who staffs the Open Doorway on Tuesday and
Thursdays from 11.00am -1.00pm.
As always we could do with some more volunteers to help with this
venture. If you could help once a month, please give me a call on 554
1842 .
The Open Doorway will be OPEN on 2nd of August and then
CLOSED for 4 weeks, re-opening on Tuesday 4th September.
Marlyn
Thanks to all who sponsored our walkers in the Forth Bridge Cross on
Saturday 28th April.
Thanks also to those who walked and also got sponsors from beyond
the Church congregation.
The total of £349.50 was raised for Christian
Aid.
THE MAGAZINE
Thank you to the minister, and all those who have contributed to the
magazine this year. Particular thanks to John Innes who prints it,
Margaret and the team who make it up and distribute it, to Stuart
Sime who acts as stand - in printer and general advisor, and to my
husband Bill Blackwood who proof reads it. Summer will go by all too
fast and in no time we’ll start again! Please may I have material for
the September magazine by Sunday 19th August?
Catriona Blackwood
Margaret Cameron thanks all the team who put the magazine
together and distribute it. Without their assistance on the last
Thursday of the month the magazine could not happen. Enjoy a
summer break - see you again on 23rd August.
ELDERS’ LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES
Four of our Elders, Jean Ramage, Jeanette Sime, David Fraser and
John Innes have each recently completed 30 years service in the
eldership of the Church of Scotland. All of them were initially
ordained as Elders and served the congregation of Pilrig & Dalmeny
Street Church and are now presently continuing to serve on the Kirk
Session of Pilrig St Paul’s Church.
Their service over all those years is much appreciated by the local
congregation and also by the national Church. Marking this special
achievement and milestone, the Minister Rev John M.Tait, BD., BSc.,
during our Easter Sunday celebrations, presented each of the elders
with Long Service Certificates, signed by the Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, The Right Reverend A.
David K. Arnott MA., BD.
ROYAL SCHOOL OF CHURCH MUSIC TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL
On Saturday 16th June, a massed choir of voices from across
Scotland will be meeting to rehearse and sing a festival service of
stunning choral music in the magnificent setting of St Mary's
Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh at 5pm. The core of the choir
will be the professional voices of the cathedral choir, so the sound
should be stunning! Admission is free, with a retiring collection, so
please come along if you fancy hearing the end result.
Martin Ritchie
REFURBISHMENT PROJECT 2012
The Congregational Board are pleased to advise that consultations
over the past twelve months have now been concluded and estimates
have been received for the Rewiring and Replacement of all the Light
Fittings in the Sanctuary together with Redecoration of the church at
the completion of the work. It has been a very difficult process trying
to find the correct style of lights for the Sanctuary as the type with the
onion shaped globes presently in use have been there since 1963.
The Property Inspection carried out by the Presbytery some time ago
highlighted the need to replace all the existing cabling and lighting to
meet current Health & Safety standards as all the cabling is now over
50 years old!
It will be a large project to undertake and work will commence on the
1st September this year. With a completion date towards the end of
October. We have appointed Nicholson Bros. (C.E.) Ltd., Grange
Road, Edinburgh, to undertake the entire project - electrical and
redecoration. A scaffolding will require to be installed throughout the
church to give access to the roof space and it makes sense for the
decorators to follow on when this is in place.
The church was last redecorated in 1988.
From Sunday 2nd September, 2012 all the church services will be
held in the Church Hall which follows the pattern over past times
when we required to redecorate the Sanctuary. We will count on
everyone to support this effort which will focus on our witness for the
future. More detail will be given in the September edition of the
church magazine but we wanted everyone to appreciate what is about
to happen. The cost of the work is being met by the funds held by the
Church of Scotland Central Fabric Fund on our behalf and which may
only be used for work of this nature.
If you would like more information or detail please do not hesitate to
contact me and I will be delighted to discuss any aspects of the
programme with you.
Stuart W. Sime
Clerk to the Congregational Board
PILRIG PARLOUR
The parlour this year is from 6-25th August, Monday - Saturday
11.30am-2pm. We are having the same menu: soup, toasties and
sandwiches and there will also be cakes and biscuits on sale. We
need people to help in the kitchen, and serve and clear tables from
11am - 3pm.
PLEASE VOLUNTEER FOR THIS FOR EVEN ONE DAY - IF WE DO
NOT GET ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS THE PARLOUR CANNOT
TAKE PLACE - SO PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE IT TO OTHER
PEOPLE PLEASE VOLUNTEER
Could you give dates suitable to you by telephone or on a Sunday
Morning to Irene Wexelstein (476-1385) or Jean Ramage (554-0491)
If you cannot really help with the parlour, please come and
support us for a light snack and meet some of your friends.
ALL THE PROFIT GOES TO CHURCH FUNDS.
FINDING (A) NEW MUSICIAN(S) FOR PILRIG ST PAUL’S
The Kirk Session and Congregational Board of Pilrig St Paul’s Church
are looking to appoint (a) musician(s) to sustain and develop the
worship and music outreach of the congregation in this lively and
densely populated urban parish. The post is located in the wider
context of the Leith Church of Scotland parish group (North Leith,
South Leith, Leith St Andrew’s and Pilrig St Paul’s congregations) with
line management through the Kirk Session of Pilrig St Paul’s Church.
In recent years, outreach through music has been formally adopted by
the Kirk Session as a key aspect of the life of the congregation and
the music programme includes two community youth choirs, a junior
choristers group, adult church choir and a community chorus.
The weekly music programme is currently:
Church Choir Rehearses after the morning service on the first
Sunday of each month and prior to each morning service for 30-45
minutes.
Pilrig Choristers meets 4-5.30pm on Tuesdays during term time and
works to the RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) Voice for Life
programme.
Vocal Vibes is a community choir for boys and girls of primary 3-5
age.
It meets on Wednesdays 4-5.30pm in term time. Vocal Vibes have
performed two fun musicals, Peace Child and Ocean Commotion in
2011-12.
Singchronicity is a community choir for boys and girls from Primary 6
upwards.
It meets on Wednesdays 4-5.30pm in term time. The latest project
was a staged production of scenes from the musical Grease
Pilrig Chorus is an adult community chorus drawn from a pool of
around 60 singers, which works towards two concerts per year, at
Christmas and in the spring. It meets on Tuesday evenings from 7.30
-9.30pm.
A full job description is now available. If you know of anyone who
would like to see this, please feel free to contact John Innes, Mark
Wexelstein or John Tait to obtain a copy or have one sent to an
interested musician!
SHALLOWFORD YOUTH CHOIR VISIT
CONCERT CRAWL ON FRIDAY 15th JUNE
Many of you will already be aware that we are hosting a visit from the
60 strong Shallowford Youth Choir, from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on
the nights of 14th and 15th June.
The choir are the chapel choir of a Presbyterian church and have a
great reputation for their biennial Scottish tours, when they have been
hosted by many Church of Scotland congregations.
Please try to come along to support the young singers in one of their
mini-concerts on the evening of 15th June. Admission is free, and the
concert schedule is:
7pm Performance at Pilrig St Paul's (30 minutes)
8pm Performance at Broughton St Mary's Church, Bellevue Crescent
(30 minutes)
9pm Performance at North Leith Parish Church, Madeira Street (30
minutes)
You can come to any, or all, of these performances, and we'll be
delighted to see you there. Please help to show a warm Leith
welcome and bring along your friends, neighbours and families for
what will be a great evening.
Martin Ritchie
Funerals
26/4/12 Mr George Douglas 5/7 Elliot Street
Parish
14/5/12 Mr James Leadbetter Bonnington Care Home
Taken for Rev Alex McAspurren of North Leith Parish Church
16/5/12 Mrs Agnes Douglas 18 Lorne Street
District 14
18/5/12 Mrs Fiona Moxey 157 Mountcastle Crescent
22/5/12 Mrs Georgina Bell 7 Connaught Place
District 11
MINISTER
Rev John Tait B.Sc. B.D. - 78 Pilrig Street (554 1842)
SESSION CLERK
John Innes - 33 Monktonhall Place, Musselburgh (665 9125)
CLERK TO CONGREGATIONAL BOARD
Dr Stuart W. Sime - 1 South Trinity Road (552 9652)
TREASURER
Mark Wexelstein (665 6881)
ROLL KEEPER
Mrs Jeanette E. Sime - 1 South Trinity Road (552 9652)
SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR
Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens
(554 6183) [email protected]
PROPERTY CONVENER
Dr Stuart W. Sime - 1 South Trinity Road (552 9652)
HALL LET GROUP
07842047093 (Answer phone)
ORGANIST and CHOIRMASTER
Martin Ritchie - 18, Catherine’s Wynd, Woodhead, Culross, Fife KY12 8EU
(07984 466 855) [email protected]
SUNDAY CLUB LEADER
Mark Wexelstein (665 6881)
CHRISTIAN GIVINGS CONVENERS
Mrs Ella Gilfillan - 8 Paisley Terrace (661 2281)
Mrs Irene Wexelstein - 15 Upper Hermitage (476 1385)
MAGAZINE
Editor - Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens
(554 6183) [email protected]
Distribution -
Mrs Margaret Cameron - 35 Lorne Street (554 2139)
Scottish Charity no. SCO07277 www.pilrigstpauls.org.uk
www.leithchurchesforum.org.uk
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