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ADVENT CAFE CHURCH – 30TH NOVEMBER – 21ST DECEMBER

The Covenanted Partnership have put together an Advent Cafe Church for each week of Advent, with participation from representatives of the 6 churches. We will be focusing on the strangeness of Christmas this year and making Advent candles of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.

We want Advent Cafe Church to be interactive and informal, with craft making and discussion time. We especially want to encourage families connected to the churches to participate, including those who would, in normal circumstances, have been coming to Toddler groups, Messy church, Primary school clubs, Brownies/Guides, Boys Brigade and Youth Clubs.

To this end, we are delighted to host Advent Cafe Church through ZOOM on 4 Monday evenings starting on 30th November and ending on 21st December. Each one will begin at 6.30pm. We hope this will be a family friendly timing where children are welcome to dip in and out as they please. All are welcome.

To join the Zoom call use this link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7604467830?pwd=MVNZbUhqbDh1ZTRVeXl3cVl3NDBydz09

Or if you have the Zoom app, use Meeting ID: 760 446 7830 and password: 315046

To join by telephone, dial 0131 460 1196, then enter the Meeting ID: 760 446 7830# and the Password: 315046#

The Zoom call will open from about 10:45 and the service will start at 10:55am

The YouTube stream will be from about 10:55am – https://youtu.be/XbGu3731nf4

This link should also show the recorded video after the service finishes.

It won’t be quite the same as usual, but ….. We will remember them.

When will St Columba’s be open again?

We reopened on Sunday 6th September for SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP, allowing upto 50 Church members to join in worship in the Church at 11am. We are not yet permitted to join in fellowship outwith the Church building, however do still welcome everyone to join in on our ZOOM facility and watch live on our YouTube stream.

Several people are asking this question and the short answer is “We are not yet sure”. The Church of Scotland have a lot of restrictions and required procedures. We have set up a group to monitor the rapidly changing guidelines and to consider the practical precautions we will need to take. We would love to return to have the building being the active worship centre and community resource it was before lockdown. However, our primary concern is for the health and safety of the congregation and community, including those who are especially vulnerable. Therefore, we cannot set any dates at the moment, but we will keep people informed as the situation changes.

If you have any questions, please e-mail info@st-columbas.com

DEC COVID-19 Appeal

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have now launched a Corona-virus appeal. If we were worshiping together we would normally support this cause with a retiring offering on Sunday, but as we parted during this epidemic, please consider helping those less fortunate than ourselves by giving online. More information can be obtained by clicking on the below link.

https://donation.dec.org.uk/coronavirus-appeal

Standing Orders / Donations

Many thanks to everyone who has supported St Columba’s in recent weeks by setting up a standing order for their offerings or by sending a cheque to the treasurer.

If you would still like to contribute in either of these ways, please contact Dorothy Woolley at treasurer@st-columbas.com or on 01592 745003.

You can also donate online direct to the church at

Donate to the Church – Church of Scotland

ZOOM

Due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, we are trying to keep in touch with people as well as we can. In order to do this we have been building up the lists of e-mail addresses for members. All information is held securely and is not shared with any other groups. Our data protection policy is on the church web site (https://www.st-columbas.com/data-protection/)

If you would like to receive occasional e-mail updates, please let us know. You can contact us by email at admin@st-columbas.com or by telephone (01592) 752539.

We are uploading our news and online reflections to our Facebook page and website on a regular basis. This also includes information on our new venture – ZOOM. This social media platform allows multiple members to chat and join in fellowship using video or audio from a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone, or you can join in just using an ordinary telephone. We are holding a Virtual Sunday Morning Service each Sunday at 11am using this software, and also a “Drop-In” cuppa and chat session each Wednesday from 1pm-1.30pm. All family members, pets and cuddly toys welcome! 🙂

To join with video use this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7604467830?pwd=MVNZbUhqbDh1ZTRVeXl3cVl3NDBydz09

Or if you have the Zoom app, use Meeting ID: 760 446 7830 and password: 315046

To join by telephone, dial 0131 460 1196, then enter the Meeting ID: 760 446 7830# and the Password: 315046#

Please also visit our Youtube channel filled with all our Easter reflections. This can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLHCPvqmMznfu80pM-oVNw?

For regular updates in the meantime, please see the website (www.st-columbas.com) or our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stcolumbasglenrothes/).

Prayers and Best wishes,

Alan

In these strange times when we are unable to worship together St Columba’s income has been hit hard. We still have our Ministries & Mission contribution, salaries and other overheads to pay.

If you would normally give to the church through Free Will Offering envelopes or open plate, please consider setting up a standing order either via Internet banking or you can be sent a form to post or hand in to your bank. For further details contact the treasurer Dorothy Woolley by email (mailto:treasurer@st-columbas.com) or by phone on 01592 745003.

Regular or one off donations by cheque would also to be welcomed. Again please contact Dorothy about this.

Alternatively you can make donations via our give.net page at https://www.give.net/20197489 This has options for one off or monthly donations. If you do wish to donate to the church on a regular basis setting up a standing order would be preferable as give.net take a small percentage for an administration fee.

We would like to thank each and every one of our St Columba’s Church family for their continued support during this unprecedented time.

Love and prayers to you all.
God Bless.

Our new Calendar page should now be working

PLEASE SEE THE HOME PAGE FOR COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES

WE HAVE SET UP TWO PAGES WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES RELATING TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS

Glenrothes Foodbank – The Foodbank continue to need our support and are grateful for all donations received. At present they are beginning to plan for the summer holidays and need snacks for the children like juice, crisps, cereal bars, mini packs of raisins, etc. Again, if you can help with any of these items, your donations can be put into the box in the vestibule area. Thank you.

Refugees – The church family is very concerned about the plight of refugees and we are trying to do what we can.

Please see our Refugee Crisis page for more information.

Recordings of Sunday services

We load recordings of our Sunday Services on the web site, but they are in a password protected area. To request the password, please fill in the form on the Sunday Services page.

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