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Moderator’s Visit 3 Financial Affairs 7
Flower Quiz Answers 5 More Photos 8,9,16
Clackmannan Parish
Church of Scotland
Locum: Rev Ray Gaston
The WindowThe Window October 2017
Celebration of Bicentenary with
Moderator’s Visit
Rev Alex M Millar, Jim Millar, Rev Lynne Mack, Robert Fleming, Right Rev Dr Derek Browning, Rev Ray Gaston
Photos: Duncan Brember
Communion Table
27th August 2017
Flower Festival
Inside this issue:
Page 2 The Window
Date Time Service
1st Oct 11.00 am Morning Worship - Rev Bill Izett Donations for Alloa Food Bank—The Gate
8th Oct 11.00 am Morning Worship Donations for Alloa Food Bank—The Gate
3.00 pm Afternoon Service—BMH*
15th Oct 11.00 am Morning Worship Traidcraft Fair Trade Table Donations for Alloa Food Bank—The Gate
22nd Oct 11.00 am Morning Worship—Souper Sundae—WCG Donations for Alloa Food Bank—The Gate
29th Oct 11.00 am Morning Worship—BB Enrolment Donations for Alloa Food Bank—The Gate
5th Nov 11.00 am Morning Worship
12th Nov 10.50 am 11.15 am
Act of Remembrance at War Memorial Remembrance Service
3.00 pm Afternoon Service—BMH*
* Bruce Memorial Hall (beside Manse) - Crèche available every Sunday
Church
Services
Telephone Numbers and Email Addresses
Position Name Tel No Email address
Interim
Moderator Rev Alex Millar 01786 469979 [email protected]
Locum Rev Ray Gaston 01259 743202 [email protected]
Session Clerk Jim Millar 01259 217361 [email protected]
Depute
Session Clerk Anne Dawson 01259 219350
Clerk—Board John Young 01259 215914 [email protected]
Treasurer Joyce Morrison 07557537611 [email protected]
Organist Meg Carroll 07900443425 [email protected]
Church Officer Willie Hunter 07775686664
Church Office 01259 214238 [email protected]
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Telephone Numbers and Email Addresses
Position Name Tel No Email address
Interim
Moderator Rev Alex Millar 01786 469979 [email protected]
Locum Rev Ray Gaston 01259 743202 [email protected]
Session Clerk Jim Millar 01259 217361 [email protected]
Depute
Session Clerk Anne Dawson 01259 219350
Clerk—Board John Young 01259 215914 [email protected]
Treasurer Joyce Morrison 07557537611 [email protected]
Organist Meg Carroll 07900443425 [email protected]
Church Officer Willie Hunter 07775686664
Church Office 01259 214238 [email protected]
CLACKMANNAN PARISH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND—200 YEARS MODERATOR’S VISIT
On the 24th of August 1817 the present church building was dedicated by Mr Mylne, Minister of Dollar. The church celebrated the bicentenary of the church building during a service on Sunday 27th August. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Right Rev Dr Derek Brown-ing, was in attendance and gave a meaningful and inspiring sermon. During the course of the service he also presented a long service certificate, signed by himself, to Mr Robert Fleming who has completed 50 years service as an Elder, though not all of the years in Clackmannan. Robert, however, did hold office as Property Convenor and then latterly as Session Clerk of Clack-mannan Parish Church for several years. He was sincerely thanked by the Moderator for such a long service to the church. Also in attendance were the Rev Lynne Mack, Moderator of Stirling Presbytery, Rev Alex M Millar, our Interim Moderator, and Rev Ray Gaston, our Locum Minister (see photo on front cover). Each of them made a telling contribution to a service which was well appreciated by the congregation.
On the three days leading up to the visit of the Moderator, a Flower Festival took place in the church organised by Elspeth Cuthbertson and the flower ladies of the church. The floral creations depicted the old industries and businesses in and around Clackmannan (see photos throughout the maga-zine). Every visitor remarked on the creativity and skill displayed by the ar-rangers and complimented them accordingly. All in all, Clackmannan Parish Church of Scotland and its congregation should be proud of these four days of celebration to mark the bicentenary.
Jim Millar Session Clerk
FUNDS FROM FLOWER FESTIVAL
The Flower Festival realised a total income of £2,958.50. Total expenses were £338.00 making a net income of £2,620.50. We will also be able to claim a further £233.00 in Gift Aid on this.
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The Editorial Team
Deadline Date for November Window—Sunday 15th October.
Email articles to [email protected] or hand to Mary Millar, any member of the Editorial Team or place in the “Window” box in the Church Office (Tuesday and Friday 10 am—12 noon). Magazines available - 29th October.
Maureen Brember Lorna McAllister Chris Fyfe Mary Millar Bill Izett Meg Young
A Thought for Today
“If only…..”
Two of the saddest words you will ever hear. “If only I had ……”
Words that tell of regrets … opportunities missed … decisions not taken … mistakes avoided … a life wasted … potential not realised.
There are so many sad, unfulfilled “if only” people in the world.
And God never meant it to be this way: Jesus came that it should never be this way. His message was one of finding meaning, purpose, direction and fulfilment in life.
“Seek first God’s kingdom, and all else will be added to you” he said.
Meaning: let God’s love be the guiding force in your life and He will show you the way that is best for you – in your personal life, home life, relation-ships and career.
That way, you need never need to be one of the “if only …” people.
Ray Gaston
We are sorry but we are unable to print certain articles in this web
edition of church magazine for reasons of personal confidentiality.
We hope this does not affect your enjoyment of the rest of
The Window.
The Editorial Team
Page 5 October 2017
FLOWER QUIZ THESE ARE THE ANSWERS REQUIRED BY THE QUIZ SETTER. IT COULD BE THAT THERE ARE OTHER NAMES FOR THESE PLANTS AND FLOWERS BUT
THESE ARE THE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR QUIZ
1 The Lenten Lily DAFFODIL 2 Of Scotland and a Polka BLUEBELL 3 Motorists may try to do it SPEEDWELL 4 Elderly Gentleman’s facial hair OLD MAN’S BEARD 5 Pig – gardener’s hate HOGWEED 6 A stringed musical instrument VIOLA 7 They inhabit monasteries – a headdress MONK’S HOOD 8 Did this bovine creature fall? COWSLIP 9 Dairy produce and a vessel BUTTERCUP 10 Alter “mean one” ANEMONE 11 An animal and item of clothing FOXGLOVE 12 National flower of Japan CHRYSANTHEMUM 13 They were humble in the carol with a money receptacle SHEPHERD’S PURSE 13 Grain blooming CORNFLOWER 14 Strolling marine WANDERING SAILOR 15 Opposite to buy – indefinite – to eat CELANDINE 16 A “sore” girl ROSE 17 Another name for the bell flower CAMPANULA 18 This King of the Jungle is a poser DANDELION 19 From Amsterdam? TULIP(S) 20 Young horse – lineal measure COLTSFOOT 21 Left alone in the onion patch PETUNIA 22 A little bit of winter weather SNOWDROP 23 Heavy lifting gear with an invoice CRANE’S BILL 24 This lea tastes sugary MEADOW SWEET
The £20 voucher for Dobbie’s was won by Sandi Brown from Tillicoultry.
The Quiz raised £200. Thanks to all who sent back their answers. Twenty-seven entries were returned with only 3 fully correct ones.
Meg Carroll
TO BOOK OR HIRE THE CHURCH HALL OR BRUCE MEMORIAL HALL—
Contact the Office (214238). ALL meetings should be entered in the diary.
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Annual Donations to Alloa Food Bank—The Gate
Collections in Church will take place on every Sunday in October
Was this a Golden Summer?
We pass on congratulations to the following ‘golden’
couples who have recently celebrated their Golden Weddings:
Roberta and Andy Davidson Pat and Jim Cochrane
Meg and Mick Carroll Margaret and Stuart Robertson
Dorothy and Tom Hall
and we send very good wishes to
Elspeth and James Cuthbertson
who will celebrate their Golden Wedding on 26th October
and
Nesta and Ross Kettles who are looking forward to celebrating their
Golden Wedding on 28th October.
Open Church
As the summer opening of our church once again draws to a close, I would like to give sincere thanks to all those people who helped by manning the church and welcoming visitors. We have had a good year with quite a num-ber of people popping in. Many have come to view the Bicentennial Exhibi-tion and they have all been very appreciative of the welcome they received and the efforts of the team who put the exhibition together. So, once again, many thanks to you all.
Anne Paterson
Syllabus for Guild for October 2017
2nd Oct Welcome with short communion Shoebox Appeal/DVD/Project Update/Cheese and Wine
Rev Ray Gaston
16th Oct On Safari—Trip to Africa Sandy Jack
30th Oct Care for the Family—Project Let’s Stick Together
13th Nov Talk on Eyesight Anne Marie Mackline
Blythswood Shoe boxes should be with Helen White by 19th November Forms will be available at the door of the church
Page 7 October 2017
CLACKMANNAN PARISH CHURCH MISSION STATEMENT
adopted by Kirk Session 17th November 2001
“God has called His people in Clackmannan Parish Church, under His
guidance, to be a congregation committed to sharing Jesus’ Word and
Love with the community.”
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS FOR AUGUST 2017 Aug Aug
INCOME includes £ EXPENDITURE includes £ Offerings 4,567.55 Ministry 4,687.87 Weddings/Funerals 860.00 Salaries 823.00 Investment Income 6.07 Heat and Light Hall Lets 165.00 Telephone Printing 35.00 Council Tax 1,644.48 Donations 251.00 Fabric 588.30 Gift Aid 4,802.89 Offering envelopes 51.84
Travel 377.25 Other costs 50.00
Total Income 10,687.81 Total Expenditure 8,418.87 Surplus/Deficit 2,268.94
Since the beginning of the year our expenditure has exceeded our income by £5621.49, meaning that we now have a deficit of this amount.
The Secret Child Project needs a further £54 of funding until the end of the year.
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Congratulations to
Emma Smith
who celebrated her
100th birthday
on
Monday 11th September 2017.
Emma was delighted to
receive a floral arrangement
from the Church on her big day,
kindly arranged by
Pat Cochrane
We were also pleased to be able
to deliver a floral arrangement to
John Duncan
on the occasion of his
90th birthday.
Happy Birthday Emma!
Photos show some of the floral
arrangements from the
Flower Festival
celebrating many of the industries
which operated in Clackmannan-
shire as well as highlighting some
of the Church‘s features.
Roll of Ministers
Patons and Baldwins
Woollen Mill
Roll of Honour World War II
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McLean, The Joiner
Cherryton Brickworks
Kennet Pans Distillery
Mining
The Moderator presenting Robert Fleming with his Long Service Award
for 50 years as an elder
Joe Morrow’s
Fruit and
Vegetables
Page 10 The Window
Christian Aid Walk
We started our walk at the Mercat Cross with 18 people, 4 of them children and ever so many dogs. We went down the Riccarton and on to the old rail-way path which we walked along as far as Brucefield. Here we took a left turn and carried on to Forestmill where we stopped for a break and a bit of lunch. Fiona lost us while walking along the railway. She walked too far past the exit to Brucefield. She took a selfie to let everyone know she actu-ally walked! The weather was extremely kind to us so this made our walk much more pleasant. After our lunch we crossed the road and ventured along the lade towards Gartmorn Dam. The group decided to walk back to Clackmannan via Linn Mill. A really good day with good company and lots of laughs. Big thanks to the children who walked extremely well without a murmur.
Janice Scotland World Concern Group
Community Weekly Events Monday 6 pm - 7 pm Aerobics (CHL) in Clackmannan Town Hall
Tuesday 10.00 am Coffee Morning in Church Hall
Wednesday 2.00 pm Wee County Walkers
Wednesday 8.00 pm Prayer Group in Bruce Memorial Hall
Thursday 11.00 am Active 50s Keep Fit (SD) in Town Hall
Thursday 7.00 pm Church Choir Practice in BMH
Friday 12 noon Bargains and Bites Café in Town Hall
Friday From 5.30 pm Boys’ Brigade in Town Hall
CHL = Clackmannanshire Healthier Lives SD = Sports Development
Community Fortnightly Events Alternate Mondays
6.30 pm Ukulele Group practice in Church Hall
Alternate Mondays
7.30 pm The Guild—starting on 2nd October
Community Monthly Events
First Tuesday 7.00 pm Maker’s Dozen Craft Group in BMH
Third Thursday 2.00 pm Circle of Friends in Town Hall
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CALENDARS
Maureen and Duncan Brember regret to announce that
they will not be able to produce a 2018 Church calendar
this year due to family commitments with the arrival of
their new grandchild.
Community Special Events
27th October 7.00 pm Stirling Rock Choir—Clackmannan Church
PASTORAL CARE GROUP
If you know of anyone at all who is either sick, in hospital, bereaved or ‘under the weather’ – let Helen White know (07900837546). A card, a bunch of flowers, can make a difference.
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CHURCH FLOWERS
I would like to record my very grateful thanks for all the help and support from the congre-gation for the recent Flower Festival and also the local busi-nesses, organisations and indi-viduals who very generously gave us donations. This all con-tributed to make it such a suc-cessful event, and enjoyed by many from outwith the area.
Thank you for the Flower Fund contributions and as you can see by the thank you notes the flowers that are distributed are very much appreci-ated.
Elspeth Cuthbertson Flower Co-ordinator (01259 730864)
October Flowers
Oct Contributed by Arranged by
1st Warnock Family Jean Hillis Jan McTaggart Barbara Wilson
Distributed by
Linda Sloan Helen White Barbara Wilson
8th Available
15th Available
22nd James and Elspeth
Cuthbertson
29th Janet Hawke
JUST A WORD OF THANKS ...
Aileen and Graeme Lindsay would like to thank Ray Gaston and the Church congregation for making our family feel so welcomed into the family of the Church.
The welcome given to Graeme in becoming a member was overwhelming and so appreciated.
The beautiful flower arrangement brought to us by Mary Millar when we were unwell was lovely and thoughtful, and put a warmth in our hearts. Thank you Mary for taking time out of your daily schedule to deliver this beautiful gift to us both.
The card was such an extra lovely touch which is heartfelt and warm from you all and is encouraging Graeme and me to improving our health.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. God Bless one and all.
The Lindsay Family
I would like to thank the Pastoral Team for the lovely card and kind thoughts and words in the card I received through the post. I was in hospital from 30th July to 4th August 2017. I also appreciated the visit from Jim and Mary Millar who took the time to come and see me during that time. I was re-admitted on 29th August to 2nd September but am back home now. The Pastoral Care Team were also kind enough to send me a second card. Thank you.
Kenny McCall
I would like to say thanks for the Church flowers I received on Sunday and thanks to Helen White for delivering them. Thanks also to the Pastoral Care Team for the get well card they sent when I went in to hospital. Both were very much appreciated.
John Duncan
Thank you for the lovely flowers we received on the occasion of our 50th Anniversary. They are beautifully arranged by Elspeth Cuthbertson and delivered by our elder Jim Millar. Thank you all for your good wishes. Kind-est regards.
Pat and Jim Cochrane
I would like to thank the Church for the lovely flowers and Helen White for delivering them. What a lovely surprise.
Sheila Graham
Many thanks to the Pastoral Care Team for the lovely ‘Thinking of you’ card I received. Thanks to Helen and to the ladies who design these lovely cards.
Helen Crews
I’d like to thank the Church for the beautiful display of flowers received on my 100th birthday. It was so nice of you to think of me on my special day. Many thanks also to Jim and Betty for delivering them.
Emma Smith
Meg Carroll would like to express her appreciation for the lovely arrange-ment of flowers she and Mick received on the occasion of their Golden Wedding on 2nd September. They were very much appreciated.
Christina Innes very much appreciated and would like to say thanks for the bouquet of Church flowers which were kindly delivered by Barbara Wilson. (continued overleaf)
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FLOODLIGHTING OUR CHURCH
Contributors are listed below and their names and dedications will be on display at the Church entrance. If you wish to sponsor any future dates please contact Rosemary Ramage (01259 720805). The cost to light up the Church for one night is £5.
October dates still available: 5th, 6th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 19th
September September (continued)
1 17 The Watson Family
2 18 Andrew and Nancy Airnes Mrs Isabel Gilroy
3 19 Jan and Ben McTaggart The Warnock Family
4 20 The Warnock Family
5 21 Harry and Joyce Fox (Elgin) The Warnock Family
6 The Warnock Family 22
7 Jim and Mary Millar 23
8 Mrs Moira Sinclair 24
9 Miles and Kareen Blackadder 25
10 Mrs Margaret MacPhie 26 Billy and Wendy Graham
11 Mrs Margaret MacPhie 27 Alistair Gemmell
12 Mrs Margaret MacPhie 28 Jan and Ben McTaggart
13 Mrs Margaret MacPhie 29 Mrs Margaret Robertson
14 Mrs Isabel Gilroy 30
15 Mrs Moira Sinclair
16 Mrs Helen Jarvis
Lorraine Lindsay would like to express her heartfelt thanks for the beautiful flowers delivered by Kathryn Clark on behalf of the Church and to also say thanks to the Pastoral Care Team for the lovely card she received.
Sincere thanks for the lovely flowers I received recently. They were much appreciated. Thanks also to Helen for her visit.
Cathie Howie
Elder Members in these districts are asked to supply baking etc
on the dates indicated
October
3rd Alex Birrell Devonway
Roberta Davidson Devonway
Bill Izett Devonway
10th John Young Alloa Rd/Mill Rd/Millbank Cr
Bill Izett Kirkwynd/Mary Pl/Mayfield Cr
Jim Millar Backwood Ct/Erskine Pl/Kersegreen Rd/Woodside
17th Garry McPhee Craigrie Rd/Ladywell Gr/Manse Terr/Port St/The
Aileen Birrell Castle St/Castle Terr/Lochies Rd/Pennyschool Pl
Chris Fyfe High St/Main St /North St
24th Bill Johnstone Alloa Rd/Livingstone Way/Mar Terr
Gordon Stanners Bruce St/Garden Pl/Garden Terr
Elizabeth MacDonald Duke St/Alloa Rd
31st Lysbeth Fleming South Pilmuir Rd/Zetland St
Betty Cameron Cattlemarket/Dundas Cr/Izatt Terr
Helene Paterson Chapelhill
November
7th Catrina Mackey Mannan Dr/St Serf’s Gr/Ladywood
Mary Millar Brucefield Cr/Mercat Pl/Northfield Gdns
Helen Paterson Kennet/Kennet Vill/Marquis Dr
Baking Rota for Tuesday Coffee Mornings
Coffee Morning income for July was £260.
Bicentenary Celebrations
Stirling Rock Choir—Friday 27th October at 7 pm in Church
PRAYER GROUP
A time to read and meditate briefly on the scriptures is provided every Wednesday evening at 8 pm in the Bruce Memorial Hall.
Please do consider coming along.
If you know of someone who is ill, or would appreciate being remembered in prayer, please tell Rev Ray Gaston and Rev Bill Izett.
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