Doing your Christmas shopping online this year? Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from special presents to your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for St Columba’s Parish Church – Glenrothes with easyfundraising?
There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.
All you need to do is:
1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stcolumbasglenrothes and join for free.
2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to St Columba’s at no extra cost to you whatsoever!
There are no catches or hidden charges and we will be really grateful for your donations.
Thank you for your support.
ADVENT PRAYER GROUP 
Will you join with us in prayer to ask for God’s guidance for the way ahead? John Hutchison will be leading worship for 4 weeks leading upto Advent. Please come along on November 28th, December 5th, 12th & 19th to share in fellowship and rejoince in God’s holy word.
Zoom Meeting ID: 317 522 8773
Passcode: PRAYERROOM
Please click on the below link to view the Covenanted Partnership Newsletter created by MDS Worker Irene Ure.
Some wonderful information on the work of the partnership and other networks.
.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7604467830…https://youtu.be/zAd9gCFliX0
Sunday Services
We are now back to Sunday at 11am in the church, on Zoom and on YouTube.
Please join us on Zoom using the following link, meeting ID and passcode
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7604467830?pwd=MVNZbUhqbDh1ZTRVeXl3cVl3NDBydz09
Meeting ID: 760 446 7830
Passcode: 315046
Please join us on our YouTube channel using the below links to our upcoming services:
Sunday 28th November – https://youtu.be/Doedft_1wJU
Sunday 5th December – https://youtu.be/7u7lYeK59z4
Sunday 12th December – https://youtu.be/rik-6kkcgms
Sunday 19th December – https://youtu.be/XT83ai46wmQ
Sunday 26th December – https://youtu.be/GWXChQuYfYM
Reflecting the further relaxation of restrictions this week, the Glenrothes Scottish Country Dancing class can finally start back!
Monday 4th October for a soft restart, no dancing this evening , just an opportunity to meet up again. Bring your own mug!
New class members would be so welcome if you would like to know more get in touch with Lorna!
St Columba’s Church is still very active. There will be regular updates through the Facebook page, website and Sunday services through our Zoom and YouTube platforms.
Little Fishes
HAS RESTARTED.
We will be adhering to the Scottish Government Covid-19 legislation in place at that time. Our webpage and Facebook page will be updated as soon as the new legislation has been published.
Bookings can be made by texting:
07520 646266
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO LITTLE FISHES UNLESS YOU HAVE RECIEVED A CONFIRMATION TEXT MESSAGE.
If you have any questions, please contact us via Facebook or e-mail info@st-columbas.com.
Junior Church is back!
We are looking forward to welcoming all the young people who have been to Junior Church in the past, as well as any who have not been before. We will be in the church for the first part of the service, as before, and then we will go through to the big hall. At the end of Junior Church, the leaders will bring the children back to the sanctuary.All young people, aged 3-16, are more than welcome!
Church Service Update
WE ARE NOW ALLOWED TO SING IN CHURCH – Although we do still have to wear face coverings.
We are now down to 1m distancing in the church on Sundays. This means that we can have more than 100 people. We are allowed to sing with face coverings on. This sounds awkward, but people seem to be getting used to it.
Please come to the main door as usual and we will redirect people if required. Face coverings will be required and we will be operating under the current restrictions with a one way system, 2m distancing and no singing.
There will also be an opportunity for up to 300 people to join using Zoom –
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7604467830?pwd=MVNZbUhqbDh1ZTRVeXl3cVl3NDBydz09
Meeting ID: 760 446 7830 Passcode: 315046
Sixtieth Birthday
The first service in the St Columba’s Church building was on 14th April 1961. We recently celebrated our 60th anniversary.
To mark the 60th anniversary , we have collected some pictures from the last 60 years. https://www.st-columbas.com/picture-challenge/ Our challenge was to share any memories or stories triggered by these pictures – we know there are lots of people with connections to the church. Printed copies have now been distributed. If you know of anyone else who would like one, please e-mail info@st-columbas.com. We will then collect the stories and produce another booklet later in the year.