Govan and Linthouse

Parish Church

Magazine

Young Vikings defend the hogback stones.

September

2013

G and L Magazine Sept 2013

Sidelines

There has been a major argument in the church in the States about whether

or not to include, in the new Presbyterian Hymnary, the hymn ‘In Christ Alone’. Everyone agrees it is a great tune and, for the most part, has very comforting and uplifting words. The objection, in fact, comes down to one

line:

‘The wrath of God was satisfied’.

Traditional teaching on The Atonement, the doctrine that Jesus died for us,

so that we would be free from the consequences of our sins, is very out of fashion. And not simply in churches! There is a real sense that such a view of people sits very ill with a wider understanding of taking responsibility for

what you do, with making your own kinds of reparations and accommodations to the things you have messed up.

The thrust of modern thinking is that you work through your problems, in discussion or mediation, or in counselling, and come to some kind of

resolution. The emphasis is on getting from where you are, broken by circumstances, to a place where you can deal with daily life and even have some prospect of a future.

Meanwhile the church talks about a life in eternity – at a point when many people struggle with tomorrow – and tells them that even though they have

done the best they can to mend their situation, it will never be enough. They can never be good enough because this vague and distant figure in the sky

demanded that someone be punished for the human failings we all share – and fortunately Jesus stepped in and took our place.

We have never been more out of kilter with the people of our times. At one point, the preacher told people they were sinners, they felt overcome by a sense of their sin (they knew what it was, they had been hearing it all their

lives, it was all the things they did) and then they made a commitment, ‘were saved’, became communicant members, or whatever system their

particular branch of the church used to move them from A to B, from the wrong side to the right side.

Be assured, I believe that in some mystical, spiritual exchange, the sacrifice of Jesus’ life will be discovered to have been enough for us, has been accepted by God in some way we can’t fully understand. In other words,

unfashionable as it is, I believe in The Atonement. What I don’t believe, is that should remain the only narrative of the church, the only thing we have

to emphasise or offer. Faith is for living, and for living in an entirely different way. If it isn’t for living, then what use is an eternity of it?

I expect we will still sing the hymn. After all, it is a very good tune.

Moyna

Refurbishment Update

At Govan Old, the Stones redisplay is complete and looks stunning. For visitors it now seems as though they have been to see something special.

Still to be completed is the graveyard, the landscaping between the church and the river, and the walkway extension.

At Govan Cross, the hall roof will also be finished by the time you read this. The dry rot in the timbers and plaster of the stairwell (which if it were fixed

would allow us use of the hall again) has not yet been refurbished. We are waiting for the Royal Bank of Scotland to make a contribution to the roof work before we can proceed with the next phase of restoration.

The money set aside by HLF/ Historic Scotland (£248,000) at a phase 1

pass, has been extended until June 2014. In other words, we have six months longer to find matched funding to begin the work on the roof of the sanctuary.

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At the time of writing I am still reflecting on a good, relaxing holiday in Portugal. It's great to get away for a while and switch off, but I often find that I don't actually switch off completely. Holiday time gives me a chance to think about things in a different way, somehow a more detached way because I am usually a distance away. One of the things on my mind has been how we educate our young people to take our church into the future. Education is so important because it equips people for the tasks they will be called to in the future, but it also gives them confidence in the here and now. The process of education is one where people can try things out, make mistakes and learn from them, and discover their potential. But it also gives the rest of the church hope and confidence that the church will be in safe hands. There is an old song that goes something like this;

All God's people got a place in the choir, some sing low and some sing higher; some sing out loud on the telephone wire; some just clap their hands. We are all different and have different roles to play. Yet we are reaping what we have sown in terms of government policy now. For many years young people were encouraged to go to university to get a degree so that they would be equipped for the workforce. At the time this was first introduced I said it was a disaster because not all young people are built for academia and this policy would set people up to fail. Not only that, we need people who are trained in practical skills and some are built for that purpose. The result of the policy is that we find it difficult to get a plumber or an electrician these days because too few have been trained, and there are graduates working in whatever post they can get rather than the one they went to university to study for. The reason for that is a flawed policy.

Rather than resource ways of seeing the potential in an individual, we saw education as being simply about how clever a person might be academically. It is simply unfair to say that someone only has worth if they can pass exams, yet this is the message many have been given for too long now. In the church we have a variety of gifted people and our challenge is to recognise what these gifts might be and help our young people to develop them. All of us have a part to play in that development. Some of us may not be active enough to roll around the floor playing games with young people, or playing sports with them. But I have found that young people are genuinely interested in learning from the experience of people older than them. They see the value in experience and all of us can pass that on to them. So I want to focus on how we can use our experience to resource our young people. I want to help them know they have gifts and to try and help them develop those gifts. It is from here that the church of the future will emerge. We often hear the question asked; "Does the church have a future?" I heard a colleague turn that on its head and ask whether the future had a church. Many out with the church see a future without it, but in fact, if the future doesn't have a church the whole of society will suffer not only in terms of the religious nature of church but because the church contributes to the spiritual fabric of society in so many ways, not least through social care and pastoral care. It is imperative that we tap into the natural concern that young people have for society and, working with them, identify where they and their talents fit in. I know you have a real burden for young people and their families. Please continue to pray for them, and for openings for us to minister to them, bring them on board with who we are as a church, and welcome them as people who belong to the family of a living God.

Paul

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Hi to you all folks. It has been a time of change again this Summer. -We had a heat wave, the first for many years. Followed quickly by some stunning thunder storms. The Govan stones have been formally launched in their rearranged format and visitor numbers are between 70 and 100 a day. -Judith has finally, unfortunately, left us to go back to Switzerland to have her family around her as she raises hers. -For myself, I got my letter confirming what we all knew, that I will not be staying in Govan & Linthouse. At the time of writing this, my three months secondment to the Parish while my own Presbytery redefined my job up North has become 22 months. I will not be returning to the far North, but I don’t know where I will be. I have still to apply for the posts that are available in the Church. I may be keeping my home in Govan, or I may be packing up and moving again. I am not the only one that this is happening to, it will happen again and has done so often enough in the past. Most Ministers have a couple of moves in their ministries. Packing up all they own, along with families, and moving across the country or abroad to serve God.

Even the early Apostles moved on, even as they had left home to follow Christ. The men of Galilee spent a lot of time down in Jerusalem. Thomas, we are told, travelled through Arabia and settled in India, taking the teachings of Jesus with him. Much to the surprise of the Portuguese explorers and missionaries that expected to be taking Christ to the heathens, but they already knew him. Paul’s travels to spread the word are well recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. He carried out great missionary journeys and commissioned others to go and do Christ’s work. But all this did not detract from those that stayed at home. For the many that do not pack their bags and move the change to being a follower of Christ can be harder. You are still surrounded by people that you have known all your life. They know all the things that you used to get up to. So any change may be regarded with suspicion. Indeed some will not accept that you have changed. It his harder to reinvent yourself where you are than to move away and be someone different in a new place. But in turning to Christ you will have changed. It may be subtle, or may be massive. We do not know how we will be affected as we take our journey in life with Christ. I said last month that lives and the world around us change and God is the constant. We, as a parish, are still going through change, but we have our support to carry us through. “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes God’s messenger because he is God’s messenger, will share his reward. And whoever welcomes a good man because he is good, will share in his reward. You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward.” Matthew 9:40-42. Kenneth Naismith 30th July 2013

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At last I am able to add my own contribution to the newsletter. I trust you are all well and doing fine. We are looking forward to becoming grandparents for the third time (the family in Wales.) We go on holiday 3-17 August, this time a cruise to Iceland, Faroe Islands and the Norwegian fjords. We will be of course be thinking of you all every single minute of every day! I look forward to conducting worship on 18 August particularly as there will be a baptism that day - it reminds me of an article in a church newsletter - the church had a north and a south end, the south end had been under repair for some time, but work was complete, the news was recorded "babies will now be baptized at both ends". God bless you all, see you on the 18th - hopefully I will get the right end. Every blessing Andrew

Just a quick word from me to see if anyone is interested in helping out with the editing and collating of the magazine. I feel sometimes that it needs a bit of a change and a wee face lift so if anyone is interested or has any good ideas then please let me know. Kind reagrds Gillian

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Baptisms

Emily Ellen Milligan – 26th May 2013

Nomaston and Awande Dibidi – 11th June 2013

Stanley and Sabella – 16th June 2013

Steven and Katie Bagley – 14th July 2013

Declyn Kirkwood and Cooper O’Malley – 4th August 2013

Abbi Liz Hay – 18th August 2013

Members Deaths

Mrs Mary Caughie – June 2013

Weddings

Douglas Macdonald and Alison Philip - 6th July

Samuel Tervit and Alison McIntyre – 20th July

Mathew Richie and Natasha Hosie – 1st August

David Tweedle and Laura Mackie – 8th August

34th Glasgow Girls’ Brigade

When the last magazine was printed we were about to go on our weekend to

Dalguise Outdoor Centre. This trip went off very well with good weather and a

great time being had by all. Lots of tired children came home asking if we were

going to do it all again next year.

At the Church Tearoom some months ago a gentleman called Adam Bell spoke

to me and asked about the Girls’ Brigade and Boys’ Brigade in Govan. He

wanted to run a charity bowling tournament to raise funds for us as being a

former BB boy he knew we had lots of capitation fees to pay. Luckily Elizabeth

Young was in at the time and I introduced him to her and we were able to tell

him about the organisations.

On 12th July the tournament duly took place at Linthouse Bowling Club and

both organisations were represented. At the end of the evening we were told

we could expect to receive over £500 for each company. It was very gratifying

to see that people out with the Church thought about supporting our youth

organisations and we do appreciate it very much.

We will soon be having our leader’s night to organise the programme for next

session which starts on 4th September, 2013.

Sandra MacDonald

The Guild

The new session of the Guild is not due to start until October; it’s possible that we will be extending the number of meetings in the future so the start date is as yet unknown. As I mentioned in the last magazine we had a return visit from the Theatre South Productions. This was a great evening and enjoyed by all.

Our last meeting was on Monday 20th May when we had our A.G.M. and Cream Tea, fortunately our Office Bearers and Committee Members agreed to stay in post.

We had our annual outing to Perth on 28th May, stopping for morning coffee and retail therapy at Dobbies Garden World near Stirling. We had around 46 out for this enjoyable day.

We are now looking at a time table for the new session and this is working out quite well.

Three of us help at Lodging House Mission on two separate occasions throughout the year and we have had one of those occasions recently, this work is not as hard now as we are getting used to it but we’re not getting any younger! It’s good to keep this going because it keeps us all in touch with the goings on at the Lodging House Mission and gives them some much needed support in all the hard work they do.

With every blessing

Elspeth

ST. ANDREWS WEEKEND

Twenty three of us headed off to St. Andrews last week.

We stopped at Kincardine Bridge Cafe for lunch as usual on the way.

Although we do not do the amount of walking we used to do some of us still managed a few walks over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon we visited the Secret Bunker which is between St. Andrews and Anstruther. This is a very interesting place to visit and we could not believe what lay below ground level under what seemed to be ordinary farm buildings.

After this visit we headed to Anstruther to enjoy a fish tea.

On Sunday some of us walked round the golf course as far as the Eden Estuary then on to the sand to walk back to St. Andrews. The weather was nice - sun and some wind which really put some colour in our cheeks.

A big thank you to all car drivers.

Sandra MacDonald

Unveiling of the Govan Stones

On Friday 12th July hundreds of people attended the unveiling of the Govan Stones.

The collection consists of 31 pieces of sculpture ranging from a highly-ornate sarcophagus to

a number of crosses as well as the largest Scottish collection of ‘hogback’ stones which are

thought to have been used as grave markers. The unveiling was preceded by comments from

Nicola Sturgeon, Depute First Minister – accompanied by local schoolchildren and local and

national community and conservation representatives. Everyone was able to see the

improved interpretation and lighting that will enable visitors to better understand the stories

behind the stones and their historical context. The size of the collection and the

craftsmanship of the sculptures show the influence and power of the kingdom of Strathclyde

in medieval times and that Govan sat at the heart of royal power within the kingdom. The

range of designs and decorations also reveals that the people of Strathclyde were widely

connected to Picts in the east as well as the Gaels to the west and the Anglo-Scandinavians

to the south.

You will see a picture of some of the local children on the front cover of the magazine, who

were dressed up as Young Vikings and were ready to defend the Hogback stones.

Puppets in Partnership

Puppets in Partnership’, held in Govan 14th – 16th June 2013, was a very

successful community event with 684 attendances at performances and

overwhelmingly positive feedback from audiences and participants.

47 children from Govan High School, Pirie Park Primary School and the

Little Branches Nursery took part in hands-on workshops over a six-month

period prior to the event – making puppets, writing scripts and staging

puppet plays. 41 adults also participated in workshops.

12 events took place over the weekend in the historic settings of the Govan

Old and Govan Cross church buildings and the Pearce Institute, Govan.

The principal organisers of the ‘Puppets in Partnership’ event were Govan

& Linthouse Parish Church and Cran Theatre Company, represented by

Moyna McGlynn and Frank Miller respectively.

FUND RAISING CONCERT

The Glasgow Amateur Flute Ensemble has very kindly agreed to do a fund

raising concert in aid of our Renovation Fund.

The musicians have played in Glasgow Cathedral, the City Chambers and at

many other venues. They have played concerts for many charities.

The concert will take place at our Linthouse building on Friday 13th September,

2013 at 7.30 p.m. Tea, coffee and home baking will be provided and the tickets

will be £5.00.

They will be playing a range of music including spiritual and well known easy

listening pieces.

I hope you will be able to support this event as it promises to be a very

enjoyable evening.

TEA ROTA

Can the people who used to be on the Sunday tea rota for please speak to Jean

McFarlane with regards to getting it set back up.

COMMUNION COLLECTION

The retiring collection for Communion on 8th September will be for the Prince

and Princess of Wales Hospice.

Mary’s Meals

Also a massive thank you to everyone who continue to support Mary’s Meals.

BY A 15 yr. OLD AMERICAN SCHOOL KID who got an A+ for this entry

(TOTALLY AWESOME)! Since the Pledge of Allegiance

And The Lord's Prayer

Are not allowed in most American Public schools anymore

Because the word 'God' is mentioned..... A kid in Arizona wrote the attached

NEW School prayer: "New Pledge of Allegiance"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now I sit me down in school

Where praying is against the rule For this great nation under God Finds mention of Him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites, It violates the Bill of Rights. And anytime my head I bow

Becomes a Federal matter now. Our hair can be purple, orange or green, That's no offense; it's a freedom scene..

The law is specific, the law is precise. Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall Might offend someone with no faith at all..

In silence alone we must meditate, God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks, And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks... They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible. To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen, And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.

It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong, We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong..

We can get our condoms and birth controls, Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles... But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,

No word of God must reach this crowd. It's scary here I must confess,

When chaos reigns the school's a mess. So, Lord, this silent plea I make:

Should I be shot; My soul please take! Amen

"HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE"

I was walking down life's highway a long time ago.

One day I saw a sign that read,

"HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE"

As I got a little closer

the door came open wide

And when I came to myself

I was standing inside.

I saw a host of ANGELS.

They were standing everywhere.

One handed me a basket and said,

"My Child shop with care".

Everything a Christian needed

was in that grocery store.

And all you couldn't carry,

you could come back the next day for more.

First, I got some PATIENCE:

LOVE was in the same row.

Further down was UNDERSTANDING:

You need that everywhere you go.

I got a box or two of WISDOM,

a bag or two of FAITH.

I just couldn't miss the HOLY GHOST,

For it was all over the place.

I stopped to get some STRENGTH and COURAGE

To help me run this race.

By then my basket was getting full,

But I remembered I needed some GRACE.

I didn't forget SALVATION,

For SALVATION was free,

So I tried to get enough of that

To save both You and Me.

Then I started up to the counter

To pay my grocery bill,

For I thought I had everything

To do the MASTER'S Will.

As I went up the aisle, I saw PRAYER:

And I just had to put that in,

For I knew when I stepped outside,

I would run into Sin.

PEACE AND JOY were plenty

They were last on the shelf.

SONG and PRAISE were hanging near,

So I just helped myself.

Then I said to the angel,

"Now, how much do I owe?"

He smiled and said,

"Just take them everywhere you go.”

Again, I smiled and said,

"How much do I really owe?"

He smiled again and said,

"MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL

A LONG, LONG TIME AGO."

Author: KRISTEN M SACCARDI

Something to make you chuckle

A mate of mine recently admitted to being addicted to brake fluid but when I quizzed him on it, he reckoned he could stop any time.

I went to the cemetery yesterday to lay some flowers on a grave. As I was standing there I noticed four grave diggers walking about with a coffin.

Three hours later and they're still walking about with it. I thought to myself, they've lost the plot!!

My daughter asked me for a pet spider for her birthday, so I went to our local pet shop and they were £70!!! Blow this, I thought. I can get one cheaper off the web.

I start a new job in Seoul next week. I thought it was a good Korea move.

I was driving this morning when I saw an AA van parked up. The driver was sobbing

uncontrollably and looked very miserable. I thought to myself that guy's heading for a breakdown.

My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning. Can you believe that, 2:30am?!

Luckily for him I was still up playing my bagpipes.

A wife says to her husband, “You're always pushing me around and talking

behind my back.”

He says, “What do you expect? You're in a wheelchair.”

I was explaining to my wife last night that when you die you get reincarnated, but must

come back as a different creature. She said she would like to come back as a cow.

I said you’re obviously not listening.

The wife has been missing a week now. Police said to prepare for the worst, so I have been

to the charity shop to get all her clothes back.

The wife was counting all the 1p's and 2p's out on the kitchen table when she suddenly got very angry and started shouting and crying for no reason.

I thought to myself, "She's going through the change."

When I was in the pub I heard a couple of plonkers saying that they wouldn't feel safe on an aircraft if they knew the pilot was a woman.

What a pair of sexists. I mean, it's not as if she'd have to reverse the bloody thing!

Local Police hunting the 'knitting needle nutter’, who has stabbed six people in the arse in the last 48 hours, believe the attacker could be following some kind of

pattern.

Bought some 'rocket salad' yesterdaybut it went off before I could eat it!

Murphy says to Paddy, "What ya talkin’ to an envelope for?" "I'm sending a voicemail, ya thick sod!"

Kids Corner

Can you find your way through the maze? Start at the bottom left, have your breakfast then move on to brushing your teeth, then brush your hair, do your

homework, eat your dinner and then its bed time! Have fun.

Word Search

Let’s see if you can find these books from the Old Testament...

Acts 10.1-33 4th August 2013 G and L Peter’s Vision and

the Gentiles.

When I was off last week I watched a television film called ‘Burton and

Taylor’. It told the story of an episode in their lives, after their divorce, when

they performed together for the last time, on the New York stage in a

production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives. It was a good film, very well acted,

but it didn’t refer, in any way, to the thing which has always most fascinated

me about Liz Taylor, which was not the yachts or the jewels, but her

conversion to Judaism when she was quite young. I doubt she went to the

synagogue every week, but I do remember a picture of her in the

newspapers, sometime after the Six Days War in 1967, with a big headscarf

and sunglasses, standing at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, praying. Hers

was the celebrity lifestyle to top all celebrity lifestyles, regularly the

magazines covered her loves, her clothes, her houses, her jewels, and to see

her praying seemed oddly out of step with the rest, or so I thought then, I

would be less inclined to think it nowadays.

It would have been interesting, I think, had she gone to the synagogue every

week, in the way that people go to church every week, because then we

might have heard how she was received. It isn’t easy to become a Jew,

because those who believe that they were the nation chosen by God, believe

that you have to be born into it. Some Jewish groups don’t accept converts.

And that was the problem in the passage we heard today – Christianity

didn’t exist really, there was a small group of Jews who believed that Jesus

had been the Messiah, the anointed one sent to them by God. And the faith

would have remained that, a small sect within Judaism, we have said this

before, if it hadn’t been for Paul and his missionary journeys. But before

Paul even set foot on the ships that carried him around the Mediterranean,

the church had to be willing to receive non-Jews. This story, of Peter’s vision

and Cornelius, is the opening of that door.

Cornelius was not Jewish. He was an officer in the Roman Army, probably

an officer in an Italian regiment, stationed in Caeserea Maritima where King

Herod had built a city in honour of the Emperor Augustus, and also a great

harbour. It was a Roman garrison city and port. It was possible to keep large

numbers of troops there, where they could quickly be deployed if needed,

but without offending the Jews by keeping them permanently stationed in

Jerusalem. In other words Cornelius was not simply non- Jewish, he was a

member of the hated occupying army.

By all accounts, he seems to have been a good man. Everyone thought well

of him: he prayed and gave liberally to the poor, and falls into that class of

people called ‘God- fearers’, people who were impressed by Jewish religion

and who prayed to the one God. Nonetheless, being a God-fearer was not the

same as being a Jew born. Cornelius would have civic duties which required

his presence at religious and city events. He would be expected to eat at

civic feasts. He would, according to Jewish Law, be permanently unclean,

because of what he ate and touched.

Meanwhile Peter, the undisputed leader of the church, in Joppa, on the roof

of the house of Simon the Tanner, awaiting his carefully prepared Jewish

evening meal, had fallen into a trance, perhaps a dream. In the dream a

sheet was lowered from heaven, and it was full of creatures. And a voice

came from heaven telling him to get up, to kill and eat the animals.

Peter was utterly repulsed, as we would be in the case of most of these

animals, but for Peter it was more important than just a list of creatures you

wouldn’t be prepared to eat – the sheet contained animals that were

forbidden under Jewish dietary laws – he had had a lifetime of considering

these creatures unclean, and it is hard to let go of that. In both the Book of

Numbers and Deuteronomy, in the Old Testament, there are extensive lists

of the things Jews were on no account to eat: four-legged creatures that

weren’t domestic animals; camels, probably because they gave milk;

badgers, who would eat a badger; hares; and of course pigs; reptiles;

weasels; mice; lizards; crocodiles; birds, especially birds of prey like owls or

hawks; only sea-creatures with fins and scales, in other words only fish, not

sea-food; and only insects with jointed legs to leap, like locusts or

grasshoppers. These forbidden foods, said the book of Numbers, will be

‘detestable to you’.

And Peter is so overcome with revulsion that he responds to the command to

eat, ‘Certainly not. I have never eaten anything impure or unclean’. But even

as Peter sees the sheet go backwards and forwards to heaven, a party of

men are heading for the house where he is staying. They have come from

Cornelius, looking for Peter, anxiously waiting to hear if he and his

household can receive the life-giving story of Jesus. Peter’s vision isn’t really

about food at all, except as a kind of example of restrictive Jewish Law, it is

about people, about accepting people, people who do things differently from

us.

‘Go with them,’ said the voice of the Holy Spirit, ‘Go with them, doubting

nothing, for I have sent them.’ And when Peter arrived at Cornelius’ house,

he found the Centurion had invited all his friends and his family to come

and hear about the gift of Jesus, sent to us by the living God. What a

humbling amount of faith and trust from a man who ate detestable foods!

The history of the church is the history of surprising acceptance, as in this

story, and that revulsion of feeling for those who think or act differently from

ourselves – and one completely outweighs the other. Instead of going with

people, going with the grain, we have looked for ways to keep them out. We

are still doing that.

I hope and pray that these two little boys whom we baptised today, and to

whom we offered the promise that the Christian church will always be their

home, will always be treated with acceptance, will never know that kind of

rejection which others have suffered. God grant that they do.

Someone once told me, and I have no way of checking it, that there is no

word for welcome in Hungarian. The equivalent phrase is ‘ God has sent

you’. If only we could see people in that light, as sent by God, to be touched

by the Gospel, warmed by the Gospel, made alive by the Gospel and Christ’s

love.

Father,

Sometimes I wonder what we have done with your church – we have used it

to foster division. We have used it to close people out. Make us open now to

the voice of your Spirit, so that we too follow where you lead, and draw near

to those who are hungry to hear your words, and throw wide the gates of the

kingdom for all your children. Amen.

Contacts: Rev Dr Moyna McGlynn Minister 0141 419 0308 07908860997 moyna_mcglynn@hotmail.com Paul Cathcart Youth & Children's Outreach & Development Worker 01355 243970 07708396074 paulcathcart@msn.com Rev Andrew Thomson Pastoral Assistant 0141 641 2936 07772502774 thethomsons@hotmail.co.uk Elsie Donald Session Clerk 0141 883 0995 e_donald@ewkd.freeserve.co.uk Frank Brown Treasurer 0141 892 0283 frankbrown697@btinternet.com Gillian McIlreavy Communication Co-ordinator 07811332632 Church Office Tel: 0141 445 2010 glpcglasgow@googlemail.com Kenneth Naismith Parish Assistant 07789764105 kencaitheast@btinternet.com Please visit our website at: www.govanlinthouseparish.org If you have any feedback on the site we would be delighted to hear from you.