On Sunday April 3rd we had our first NiteKirk service – a time for meditation and a space for peace.

There will be further NiteKirk services from 6-8pm on 1 May and 5 June.

The latest issue of Quest is now available for download as a PDF file.

In this issue:

• Our project to provide support packs for new mums and babies in need
• New Daylight: a resource for daily Bible reading and prayer
• Nitekirk: a new evening service of space and reflection

And much more!

Alleluia, He is risen!

A few photos from the 10.30 Eucharist service this morning. The sanctuary was bedecked with lily flowers (some contributed by members of the congregation in memory of loved ones); the garden scene under the altar shows the stone rolled away.

Our Palm Sunday service started with a procession into the street and back

David leads a procession of the choir and congregation along the street at the start of the service

David leads a procession of the choir and congregation along the street at the start of the service

We used the following as a post-communion prayer:

Almighty God, whose Son entered not into glory before he was crucified, may we, walking in the way of the cross, find it to be for us the way of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Holy Week and Easter Events

This year we have the following services and events during Holy Week and Easter:

• Palm Sunday (March 20)
  • 10.30 Eucharist with Procession
  • 6 p.m. Evensong

• Monday
  • 7.30 p.m. ‘Voices in a Mystery’

• Tuesday and Wednesday
  • 7.30 p.m. Compline and Reflection

• Maundy Thursday
  • 11 a.m. Holy Communion (SPB)
  • 7 p.m. Seder Meal and Reflection
  • Feet or Hand Washing and Vigil

• Good Friday
  • 10.45 PACT Walk of Witness, starting at St John’s Kirk
  • 12 a.m. Words from the Cross

• Easter Sunday
  • 7 a.m. PACT Dawn Service at Quarrymill
  • 8.30 Holy Communion
  • 9 a.m. Easter Breakfast
  • 10.30 Eucharist

The altar cloth has been replaced with purple, for the penitential season of Lent.

After the service we had a bread and soup lunch – the first of several lunches to be held on Wednesdays during Lent.

Today was also Fergus Harris’s 80th birthday, so there was cake 🙂

This year’s Lent and Easter services are as follows:

Lent

Wednesday 10 February
7.30pm: Ash Wednesday – Eucharist and imposition of ashes

Wednesdays in Lent
12-2pm: Lent lunch and reflection

Monday 15 February
7pm in St Ninian’s: PACT Lent Study: Pilgrimage

Monday 22 February
7pm in the North Church: PACT Lent Study: Pilgrimage

Monday 29 February
7pm in the Salvation Army Citadel: PACT Lent Study: Pilgrimage

Holy Week and Easter Week

March 21-23: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
7.30pm in the Lady Chapel: Compline and Reflection

March 24: Maundy Thursday
11am Holy Communion (SPB)
7pm Seder Meal and Reflection
Ceremony of Feet or Hand Washing
Stripping of Altar

March 25: Good Friday
10.45am Walk of Witness starting at St John’s Kirk
12pm: Three hours devotion

March 27: Easter Sunday
7am PACT dawn service at Quarrymill, led by Major Linda Dunlop of the Salvation Army
8:30am Holy Communion followed by Easter Breakfast between the two services for both congregations
10:30am Sung Eucharist

The latest issue of Quest can now be downloaded here in PDF form.

In this issue:

• Homeless Sunday
• Christmas in pictures
• Burns Supper
• Lent and Easter services

And much more!

Come along after school on Tuesday 9th February to our Pancake Party. There will be activities for all ages including tabletop challenges and games, mask decorating and a mini Mardi Gras procession. Find out what Shrove Tuesday and Lent are all about and enjoy some pancakes together! For more information please email us at , message us on Facebook or phone 01738 634999.