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Parish News Round-up

Thursday January 10 2019

Our regular round-up of news received from churches.

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Wormit and Balmerino Church in Fife is the base for the foodbank which serves the Taybridgehead area. Members of the Church are busy through out the year, collecting and sorting contributions and collating them into suitable parcels. There is always a need, but demand increases during school holidays, and Christmas parcels are especially important. Church members responded to appeals for items such as Christmas puddings and chocolate selection boxes to add to the usual necessary goods; over 40 parcels were delivered this Christmas.
Pictured: members who volunteered to help and deliver Food Bank supplies over the area before Christmas.

Orchardhill Parish Church, Giffnock hosted The BIG SING concert held by West of Scotland Military Wives Choir and Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir on Sunday December 2 on behalf of Scottish Huntington’s Association. Around 200 people attended and just short of £3,000 was raised for the Association.

Scottish Huntington’s Association Fundraiser Linda Winters said: “We really cannot thank the members of Orchardhill Parish Church and the community of Giffnock enough as we couldn’t have done it without them. We plan to make this an annual event bringing peace and tranquillity to everyone at the start of December.”

Linda is also organising a ceilidh in aid of the Association, in Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow, on March 16 at 7pm. Tickets are £10, under 16s free. Pay online at www.hdscotland.org or call Linda on 0141 848 0308

A Christmas Big Sing at Forfar St Margaret's Church raised a total of £468 for the work of Christian Aid.

Long service certificates were presented to elders of Cromar Church, Tarland, in Aberdeenshire. Pictured from left: John Halkett (35 years), the Rev Frank Ribbons, Sheila Robertson (41 years), George Robertson (40 years), Ed Anderson (45 years).