Peebles Old Parish

Church of Scotland

with

Eddleston Parish

Church of Scotland

the magazine

October 2009

ECO-Bee

Competition

Winners Sunday 6th September saw

the ECO-Bee competition

entrants lining up after the

service. Ailidh Copeland

was the overall winner and

she is pictured here

receiving her prize from

Sheena Edgar.

Apparently a chap called

Macdougall won the

seniors competition but perhaps with a little

outside help!

Pastoral letter October 2009

There are many aspects of parish ministry that thrill me but few more so than my fortnightly visits to Eddleston

Primary School. There we have lively assemblies with

cheery songs and hymns. I particularly enjoy the lively

interaction with the children and, much of the time, with

the teachers as well. At this time of year, as the new

P1 children are settling in and are filled with fascination

at all that’s going on around them, I too can’t help but

be moved by a sense of wonder at what seem to me to be the dual miracles of teaching and of learning.

The art and skill of teaching and of teachers constantly

amaze me and I find myself reflecting on how

remarkable it is that within such a comparatively short

period the little beginners will start to read.

Development of the curriculum seems to be a

continuing process and of course it’s vital that schools help to prepare young people for the demands of 21st

century life but few would argue that the core skills, of

which reading is one, continue to be a vital part of the

process.

As the only minister in attendance at a meeting recently

I was told that I should open the proceedings with a prayer because “you’re the one who knows the lingo!”

One of the potential risks of this, however, is that verbal

communication can too easily be considered the only

legitimate form of communication and that, somehow,

we have to be skilled with words in order to get our

message across.

Nowhere is this further from the truth than in the

context of worship and especially of prayer. As the only

minister in attendance at a meeting recently I was told

that I should open the proceedings with a prayer

because “you’re the one who knows the lingo!”

How sad that we should ever think that God sits at his

celestial desk with his assessment sheet, giving marks out of ten for language. The American writer Kathleen

Norris makes the point very well when she says that

“Prayer is not doing, but being. It is not words but the

beyond-words experience of coming into the presence

of something much greater than oneself. It is an

invitation to recognise holiness.”1

God knows our thoughts, our needs, our feelings, our hopes and our intentions far more fully than we know

them ourselves. Often our words are superfluous and it

should be sufficient simply to be at peace, recognising

the presence of God, offering to him what we are and

receiving from him an awakening to all that we can be.

Words have their place but so too does quietness.

With love,

Calum Macdougall.

1 p350 Amazing Grace by Kathleen Norris (pub by

Riverhead Books, New York 1998)

Peebles Old Parish Church of Scotland

Family Ceilidh in the MacFarlane Hall

Sat 24th October 2009 6.00pm-9.30pm

£6 adults, £3 children,

under 5’s free

Proceeds: Access for All Fund

Buffet Included,

Refreshments available

For Tickets Phone:

Karen 01896 833108

Fiona 01721 724024

News from Peebles What we’re up to.

Sunday School Programme

October

4th All Age Worship – Harvest Thanksgiving & Bring a Friend

11th October Break – We’re on holiday

18th October Break – We’re on holiday

25th The Parables

November

1st All Age Worship

8th Remembrance Sunday – We’re on holiday

15th The Parables

22nd The Parables

29th The Parables

December

5th am Nativity Rehearsal in Church

pm Panto Outing – See below; EastgateTheatre

6th All Age Worship – Nativity Presentation

13th Last week – Fun Day

20th We’re on holiday

27th We’re on holiday

January

3rd We’re on holiday

10th New Year Resolutions

The Sunday School had a visit from the editor of the Magazine on Sunday

27th September where he explained how it’s made up every month. The

children offered lots of suggestions as to how the content of the Magazine

could be improved for them...so watch this space!

DICK WHITTINGTON PANTO

The Sunday School may have spare tickets for the

Panto on Saturday, 5th December at 2.30 pm. The

children attend with parents, grandparents, aunts,

uncles, cousins and friends. If anyone is interested in having a fun afternoon contact Mags (01721 723328)

for booking form. Tickets are £8 for adults, £6 for children and concessions.

Old Parish Forum …releasing potential.

Alistair Robertson

The speaker at the meeting of the Old Parish Forum on Tuesday 27 October

will be Anna Preswell, COOL CARBON Coordinator in the Climate Change

Unit of Mercy Corps, who will address the topic “Are we losing faith in

Climate Change?”

Mercy Corps is a Registered Charity which exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just

communities. It works for lasting change in the world’s toughest

transitional environments. and pioneers innovative strategies and scalable

solutions in three areas:

Enabling community-led and market-driven recovery and development;

Finding social innovations that address the toughest problems; and

Inspiring people to engage on global challenges.

The Climate Change Initiative offers a practical, effective and inexpensive

way to help developing countries meet the challenges of climate change. Mercy Corps’ climate-friendly projects allow communities to balance

emissions that cannot be reduced while providing a host of benefits to

vulnerable people.

Cool Carbon projects range from small scale to large and provide clean and

sustainable energy options for communities at risk. Projects include:

Mongolia: Yak Tallow conversion to biodiesel Indonesia Biogas from organic waste

Colombia Hydro-power for isolated communities

Africa Fuel efficient stoves to reduce deforestation

The speaker at the meeting on 24 November will be Professor Duncan

Macmillan, Former Dean of Arts and Curator of the Talbot Rice Gallery at

Edinburgh University.

Anna Preswell “Are we losing faith

in Climate Change?”

In the church

27th October

7.30pm

Peebles Old Parish Church of Scotland (Registered Charity SCO 13316)

Works by Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Mendelssohn and other

composers

Friday 23 October 7.30pm

£5 (school pupils £2) We are delighted to welcome such a talented young organist to Peebles Old,

and doubly so since she is also a Peeblean! We hope that many of you will

turn out to hear her play

Christmas time cookbook. Sadly we haven’t received

enough recipe entries for our proposed cookbook therefore it

is with regret we’ve abandoned our plans for it for this year.

Church Flowers

Once again thank you to everyone who has donated flowers over the past

year and to the ladies who have arranged and distributed them.

I have just finished compiling the Flower Donors Calendar for 2009-2010 –

not an easy task and therefore open to mistakes. I do my best to allocate

dates a s near as possible to those requested taking into consideration

Weddings, Church Festivals and the number of Sundays in any month. I

would therefore be grateful if those of you

who so kindly donate money towards the flowers each week would check the new

Calendar, now on the Notice Board in the

Vestibule, to make sure they have been

allocated a suitable date.

I am always on the lookout for anyone

interested in arranging church flowers be they male or female. Great

pleasure can be gained from the priviledge of arranging such beautiful

flowers. Why not come along and see what we do on the Saturday before

Harvest Thanksgiving.

If you have any questions regarding donating, distributing or arranging church flowers please get in touch.

Maureen Collier (Flower Convener) 724633

Our next anniversay is not far away

The current building of our church will be

celebrating it’s 125th Anniversary during

2011. It hardly seems long since the centenary for some of us...in fact there

might still be some mugs for sale! Our intrepid researcher the Kirk

Chronicler is wading through the Session records for the articles in this

magazine and would like to get the records into chronological order leading

up to the building of the present building in 1886. There will be some gaps to fill in and we’ve access to several resources in order to do this. The

Chronicler could do with some help as it’s a big task if we’re going to do it

properly so if you fancy yourself as a “Time Team” researcher please get in

touch with the Editor and he’ll put you in touch with research HQ! Go

on...there must be someone out there with an hour or two to spare?

1886POPCOS2011

LIFE AND WORK at Eddleston

Life and Work is the editorially independent magazine

of the Church of Scotland and is published monthly.

The magazine has won awards in recent years and is very readable.

Anyone in Eddleston wishing to order a copy through

the church is asked to contact Marion Smellie on 01721

730317.

Eddleston Church Guild

The first meeting of the new session of the Guild will take place in the Village Hall on Wednesday 21st October at

7.30pm. We look forward to a variety of speakers during

the session, and there is always time for a ‘cuppa and

chat’ during the evening. The Guild theme nationally for

the next three years is ‘What does the Lord require of

you/” - the first part for 2009/2010 being ‘to act justly’.

Anyone is welcome to come and join us. A copy of

the syllabus will be on the notice board in the church in October. (Contact Vivienne on 730335 or Margaret on

730263)

The Church of Scotland diary for 2010

…has a picture of the Old Parish Church on its cover.

There will be the chance to buy one in both churches after

the morning service throughout October. They cost £6.99. 25% of the total sales we get to keep. Please see Janet

Macdougall after the morning service.

Want to Stay Fit with Little Effort?

Come and join the Tai Chi in the MacFarlane Hall. Tuesday

6.30pm and Thursday 11am. Classes for this season have

just started.

Did you know… You can see Calum’s Blog at

topcop.org.uk

Daily Worship Leaders –Oct/Nov 09 Monday 5th 1 Cor. 10:14-11:1 Jim Edgar

Tuesday 6th 1 Cor. 11:2,17-22 Tom Mills

Wednesday 7th 1 Cor. 11:23-34 John Fairless

Thursday 8th 1 Cor. 12:1-11 Geoff Goldstraw

Friday 9th 1 Cor. 12:12-26 Lily Swinney

Saturday 10th 1 Cor. 12:27- 13:3 Isabelle Coghill

Monday 12th 1 Cor. 13:1-13 Marjory McFarlane

Tuesday 13th 1 Cor. 14:1-12 Frances Carrol

Wednesday14th 1 Cor. 14:13-25 Sheena Edgar

Thursday 15th 1 Cor. 14:26-33a, 37-40 Marjorie Renton

Friday 16th 1 Cor. 15:1-11 John Moore

Saturday 17th 1 Cor. 15:12-29 Pauline Copeland

Monday 19th 1 Cor. 15:30-41 Alistair Robertson

Tuesday 20th 1 Cor. 15:41-50 Cathy Davidson

Wednesday21st 1 Cor. 15:51-58 Janette Cameron

Thursday 22nd 1 Cor. 16:1-9 Tom Fairbairn

Friday 23rd 1 Cor. 16:10-24 Alan Douglas

Saturday 24th Philemon 1-25 Russell Copeland

Monday 26th Rev. 1:4-20 Janet Macdougall

Tuesday 27th Rev. 4:1-11 Douglas Kesting

Wednesday28th Rev. 5:1-10 Wilma Barrett

Thursday 29th Rev. 5:11-6:11 Calum Macdougall

Friday 30th Rev. 6:12-7:4 Fiona MacFarlane

Saturday 31st Rev. 7:4-17 Diana Brown

Monday 2nd Rev. 10:1-11 Tom Mills November

Tuesday 3rd Rev. 11:1-19 Geoff Goldstraw

Wednesday 4th Rev. 12:1-12 John Fairless

Thursday 5th Rev. 14:1-13 Lily Swinney

Friday 6th Rev. 15:1-18 Elspeth Knowles

Saturday 7th Rev. 17:1-14 Elizabeth Parker

Daily Worship in Peebles Old Parish,10am

Kirk Session Matters The Kirk Session of the Old Parish Church of Peebles

met on Wednesday, 9th September 2009 Compiled by Fiona Taylor

Mention was made of the health of Session members Mr

David Annand and Mrs Mary Clark, both recently hospitalised, and Mr Tom Swanston, who was involved in a

road accident along with members of his family.

The Minister stated that a memorial service will be held in the afternoon of All Saints’ Day (1st November). As in past

years, this is principally for those bereaved during the year,

but everyone is welcome to attend.

There will be a student placement here this year. Mr Jamie

Grigg will be with our church for 10 weeks from 19th

October 2009.

Mr Alan Douglas is to resign as Treasurer, now that much of

the day-to-day book-keeping can be done by the Church

Administrator.

Mr Alasdair MacFarlane reported on various fabric repairs,

including costings (£8000) for the repair of the sewage pipe

under the pend next to the church. This is to be replaced

and the ground reinstated, and access will have to be taken

through the church for the duration of the work. Some

trees will be removed around the rear of the church

building, and maintenance work will be done on the rear

steps, including the provision of a handrail.

A committee was appointed earlier this year to look at

alternatives to the Manse and its increasing maintenance

costs. Various builders have been approached, with options being considered on sale or development of the building and

grounds.

Mr Graeme Murray reported on Health and Safety matters. Some minor repairs have been done, after a “hazard

spotting” exercise. Two Accident Books are kept here, one

at the front of the church and one in the Hall kitchen.

Mr Roger Trueman reported on the Access for All project.

Planning approval will soon be agreed. There are no

objections from Historic Scotland, and there is approval

from the Church of Scotland General Trustees and from

Presbytery. We are still negotiating with the Courthouse

over the actual construction works.

The barbecue held in July in the Manse grounds was a great

success, being blessed with excellent weather and

contributing £525 to the Access fund.

The Minister stated that the sound system needs to be fully

operational for funeral services, as well as for normal

Sunday use. The Hall should also be open, so that

mourners have access to toilet facilities.

The Peebles Youth Trust, who are affiliated to the Y.M.C.A.,

are keen to maintain contact with local churches, and aim

to be funded by the local community. We are happy to

support them and will make a specific donation from one of

our services.

The Glasgow Phoenix Choir will perform in our church in

February 2010, on a date to be finalised.

We are still negotiating with Scottish Borders Council over

the possibility of a reserved space in the Greenside car

park.

The Toddlers Group recently made a very generous

donation of £500.

The Minister stated that he had been asked to be Chaplain

to the Air Training Corps Wing in Penicuik. They wish to

hold their annual service here on 6th June 2010.

The CD-ROM version of CH4 has recently been produced,

and a copy of this will be purchased for use on our Power

Point presentations for Sunday worship.

Could you contribute to our “Who we are” or Recipe column?

We should have enough members in TOPCOP to run this

column for over 50 years, sadly all but a few are too shy. Don’t

be. A church is not only a building…it’s also the people in it so we’d be delighted if you’d like to contribute to this magazine by sending us your

details for this column.

Simply e-mail the editor for a form and send your responses back

on magazine@topcop.org.uk or you’ll find a form in the MacFarlane Hall after services. A photo would be really handy obviously.

There must be the odd favourite recipe out there from all you

home bakers in Peebles…you can share them through our recipe

column every month…go on and send it in.

For two Saturdays in a row I attended day

conferences on the theme of Climate Change. The

first of these was on the 5th September when I went

to Colston Milton Church in Glasgow. The title of the

day was ‘Going Through the Roof’. The underlying theme of the day was to highlight the need for all

churches and individual church members to continue

to reduce their carbon footprint by 5% a year, to

comply with the instruction given to all

congregations by the General Assembly this year.

The reason we were meeting at Colston Milton

Church was to observe the huge commitment of this

priority area congregation in taking on this project.

Their church at the moment is their hall, as the rest of the building has been condemned. It would take

too long to tell you on this page about their whole

plight but the long and the short of it is they have

embarked on an amazing act of faith. We were

shown the plans. Here is the image of the sanctuary

copied from the Church of Scotland web-site. You

can read more at

www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news/nr57a0809.htm

The sanctuary of the new

church will be

built from tyres!

The hall which

will be

incorporated

into a community

centre will be

built of straw

bales. Although they will be using old tyres [tyres

are now not allowed to go into landfill], aluminium

cans and straw bales they still have to raise £2 ¼

million for the whole project including the community

centre. The sanctuary itself will cost £900,000. The

whole community are pulling together, some are

actually physically constructing the building and

many are collecting cans for filling in the gaps

between the tyres. When it is finished it will emit 2

tonnes of CO2 a year compared to 30 tonnes at the moment. I came away feeling very humbled and

feeling that I would like to help raise some of that

money.

The following Saturday I went to a meeting in

Edinburgh run by Christian Aid. The main aim of the

day was to try and raise as much awareness of the

rising need for all churches and church members to

use the resources of God’s creation wisely. We were also encouraged to lobby the Prime Minister to

attend the ‘Climate Justice’ talks in Copenhagen in

December. If you think this is something that you

would like to do, I will have postcards, in both

churches throughout October, for you to fill in and

send off to Downing Street.

We were also told of an ecumenical celebration at the

Lutheran Cathedral in Copenhagen on the 13th

December which will end at 3.00pm with the ringing of their church bells 350 times. On this day the

United Nations climate negotiations will be at their

height. Churches around the world are being invited

to sound their own bells, or even shells, drums,

gongs or horns, 350times. Why 350? According to

many scientists, climate experts and progressive

national governments 350 parts per million is the

safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Until about 200 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275

ppm of CO2 but now the concentration stands at 390

ppm. Unless we are able to reduce CO2 levels again,

we risk irreversible impacts on God’s wonderful

creation.

If you would like to come along to either the Old

Parish Church, or Eddleston Parish Church, at 3 pm

on the 13th Dec and help ‘ring’ out the changes,

please contact me after church, by phone (720568)

or by email (janfingal@yahoo.co.uk ).

Janet Macdougall

Bell-tower Craik More tea Vicar?

Shredder

A young engineer was leaving the office

at 3.45 p.m. when he found the Acting CEO standing in front of a

shredder with a piece of paper in hand.

"Listen," said the Acting CEO, "this is a

very sensitive and important

document, and my secretary is not here.

Can you make this thing work?"

"Certainly," said the young engineer. He

turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

"Excellent, excellent!" said the Acting

CEO as his paper disappeared

inside the machine, "I just need one

copy."

The secret of enjoying a good wine: 1. Open the bottle to allow it to breathe.

2. If it does not look as if it's breathing,

give it mouth-to-mouth.

A thief in Paris planned to steal some Paintings from the Louvre.

After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it

safely to his van.

However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of

petrol. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime, and then make such an

obvious error, he replied,

"Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings, I had no Monet

To buy Degas, to make the 'Van Gogh'

The Talking Centipede

A member of the congregation decided life

would be more fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet shop and told the owner that he

wanted to buy an unusual pet.

After some discussion, he finally bought a

talking centipede, which came in a little white

box to use for his house. He took the box back

home, found a good spot for the box, and decided he would start off by

taking his new pet to church with him.

So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to

church with me today? But there was no answer from his new pet.

This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked again, “How about going to church with me and hear Calum preach?"

But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited a

few minutes more, thinking about the situation. The guy decided to invite

the centipede one last time.

This time he put his face up against the centipede's house and

shouted, "Hello, in there! Would you like to go to church with me and

hear the choir sing?"

This time, a little voice came out of the box, "I heard you the first time! I'm putting on my shoes!"

In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 am, regardless of their medical

condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something

to do with the super natural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the

deaths occurred around 11:00 AM Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts

was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents. The next Sunday

morning, a few

minutes before

11:00 AM all of the doctors and nurses

nervously waited

outside the ward to

see for themselves

what the terrible

phenomenon was all

about. Some were

holding wooden

crosses, prayer

books, and other

holy objects to ward

off the evil spirits.

Just when the clock

struck 11:00,

Charlie, the part-time Sunday

sweeper, entered the

ward and unplugged

the life support

system so he could

use the vacuum

cleaner.

Thanks from the

magazine babes.

Thank you. Since we included the costings for this magazine in this column

we’ve had a great response.

In the year beginning 2006 we collected £1800 for the magazine and so

we’re delighted to announce that for the twelve months ending in 2008 the

donations rose to £4,131. We calculated that the magazine costs somewhere in the region of 35p per copy to produce and so we’re delighted

that this increased giving represents 53p per copy…we must be doing

something right… and we’re about to give you colour too! So it’s a big thank

you to you our readers from the Magazine Babes.

Magazine Distributors

Please note that your folders will not be in your pews anymore. They will be

in Boxes in the NORTH and SOUTH AISLES at the back seat.

New developments. Thanks to our new printer we can produce a large-

print copy of this magazine so if this would be helpful to you, please ask your magazine distributor for this service.

If you’d like to save a tree or two you can also access the magazine in

full colour on the website www.topcop.org.uk/magazine

Would you like your own copy each month?

Well help is at hand… just fill in and post this form!

To:

Miss Marianne Ewart, 23 Cuddyside, Peebles EH45 8EN (721964) or

Mrs Ruby Buchan, 14 Kingsland Square, Peebles EH45 8EZ (721048)

Your name ……………………………………………………………………

Your address……………………………………………………………………………………..

I’m happy to enclose a donation of £….... towards the cost of the

Magazine.

Please make cheques payable to “The Old Parish Church of Peebles”

CHURCH ORDERS (PEEBLES)

READERS

October 4 All-age Worship Deuteronomy 8:1-10

St John 6:1-13

11 Roger Trueman Job 23:1-9, 16-17

St Mark 10:17-31

18 Graeme Murray Job 38:1-7

St Mark 10:17-31

25 John Moore Job 42:1-6, 10-17 St Mark 10:46-52

Nov 1 All-age Worship Revelation 7:9-17

St Matthew 5:1-12

8 Service of

Remembrance

Deuteronomy 4:9-14

St John 15:9-17

15 Daniel Scott Hebrews 10:11-14 and 19-25

St Mark 13:1-8

22 Janette Cameron Revelation 1:4b-8

St John 18:33-37

29 Ronald Ireland Jeremiah 33:14-16

St Luke 21:25-36

DUTY ELDERS

North South

Oct Tom Swanston Graeme Murray

Barbara Crawford Angus Russel

Nov Elizabeth Fairless John Moore

Maureen Collier Graeme Coulthard

SHORT ORDERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Oct 25 Sacrament of Holy Communion

THE CLANGERS

October 4 Fiona Taylor (am & pm)

11 Anne Derrick 18 Kirsty Davidson

25 Wilma Smith

FORTHCOMING SERVICES

EDDLESTON

October

Sunday 4th 11.45am Morning Worship

Harvest Thanksgiving

Sunday 11th 11.45am Morning Worship

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 18th 11.45am

Morning Worship

conducted by The Rev Rachel JW Dobie

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 25th 6pm Evening Worship 4 All Last Sunday after Pentecost

November

Sunday 1st 11.45am Morning Worship All-Saints’ Day

CONGREGATIONAL REGISTERS

PEEBLES

MARRIAGE

5th September Miss Caroline Baird to Mr Ian Gillespie

now at Niddrie House Drive, Edinburgh.

DEATHS

31st August Mr Gilchrist Wilson, 25 Buchan Gardens, Peebles

10th September Mrs Isabella Beattie, Foxley House NH, Glasgow

(formerly of Kingsway, Peebles)

21st September Mr James Macvicar, 16 Riverside House, Peebles

EDDLESTON

MARRIAGE

25th September Miss Louise MacDonald to Mr Kevin Malone

now at Arthur Street, Edinburgh.

OFFERINGS

EDDLESTON

Total Offerings for September 2009 £573.28

Total Offerings for September 2008 £552.75

Total Offerings for 9 months 2009 £6,278.31

Total Offerings for 9 months 2008 £5,653.10

Surplus/(Deficit) £625.51

FORTHCOMING SERVICES

PEEBLES

October

Sunday

4th

10am

6pm

All-age Morning Worship.

Harvest Thanksgiving and Bring a Friend Service.

Monthly Evening Service

Sunday

11th

10am

Morning Worship,

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 18th

10am

Morning Service conducted by The Rev Rachel JW Dobie Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday

25th

10am

Morning Worship

with the Sacrament of Holy Communion

Last Sunday after Pentecost.

November

Sunday

1st

10am

3pm

6pm

All-age Morning Worship.

All Saints’ Day

Memorial Service

for all those who have been bereaved in the last year

Monthly Evening Service

Daily Worship at Peebles Monday to Saturday at 10am.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed to this

edition of the TOPCOP magazine.

If you’ve an event happening within the church and would like

people to know about it through this magazine? Let the editor know. It

would be a great help if articles or intimations for the November 2009

magazine be sent in by 20th October to David MacFarlane on 07711

851611 or preferably e-mail: magazine@topcop.org.uk

Articles or contributions for any of the sections in the magazine are

welcomed. Humour, recipes, poetry, travel, photos, Getting to know us. About 300-400 words will fill a page but don’t restrict yourself to just one!

This is a church magazine and a church is the sum of its people so come on

and contribute…it’s your magazine!

FLOWER CALENDAR Convenor: Mrs Maureen Collier 724633

4

Harvest Thanksgiving

Donors Mrs MacLeod, Rose Park, Rosetta Road

Mrs Reid, Rose Park Rosetta Road

11 Donors Mrs J Cameron, Kingsland Square

Miss Hamilton, London Arranger Mrs M Percy-Robb

Distributor Mrs Thorburn, High Street

18 Donors Mrs I Coghill, Springhill Road

Arranger Anne Ross

Distributor Mrs Moore, Nether Soonhope House

25 Donor Mrs A Edgar, Northumberland

Mrs Kerr, Dukehaugh

Mrs Turner, Kingsmuir Crescent Arranger Margaret Ireland O

ctober

Distributor Mrs R Forsyth, Soonhope Cottage

1

Donors

Mrs K Ritchie, Nursery Park, Innerleithen

Mr & Mrs J Mason, Kingsmeadows Gardens

Arranger Janet Macdougall Distributor Mrs Peattie, Springhill Road

7 Saturday. Wedding Flowers – Eileen Williamson

8 Remembrance Sunday

Arranger Elizabeth Trueman

15 Donor Elizabeth Douglas

Arranger Elizabeth Douglas

Distributor Anne Ross

22 Donor Mrs C Davidson, Cardrona Arranger Maureen Collier

Distributor Mrs I Coghill, Springhill Road

29 Donor Mrs M Ogilvie, Walkershaugh

Arranger June Grandison

November

Distributor Can someone volunteer for this date please?

Who’s Who at Peebles & Eddleston

Minister:

The Reverend Calum Macdougall The Manse, Innerleithen Road,

Peebles EH45 8BD 01721 720568

calum@topcop.org.uk

Session Clerk:

Sheena Edgar 5 Jubilee Park

PEEBLES

Tel: 01721 723327. sheena@topcop.org.uk

Treasurer:

Alan Douglas 3 Edderston Ridge,

Peebles.

01721 723038

Organist & Choirmaster:

Andrew Russel

Glensax, Bonnington Road, Peebles.

01721 721127

music@topcop.org.uk

Church Administrator

& Roll Keeper: Alison Duncan

House: 721033 Mobile: 07752 633287

admin@topcop.org.uk

Beadle: Edward Knowles

56 Elliots Park, Peebles. 01721 722860

Hall-keeper: Tess Goodwin

16 Elcho Street, Peebles.

01721 720674

Eddleston Session Clerk: Margaret Love

11 Old Manse Road,

Eddleston. 01721 730263

Eddleston Treasurer:

Archie Smellie Hattonknowe, Eddleston.

01721 730282

Eddleston Organist:

Lorraine Mulholland Millbank, Eddleston.

01721 730332

Eco-congregation & Fairtrade

Co-ordinator, Peebles: Diana Brown

Springhill Road, Peebles.

01721 720817

Eco-congregation &

Fairtrade

Co-ordinator, Eddleston: Vivienne Wilmut

Manse Road Eddleston 01721 730335

Registered charities (Peebles) SCO13316 (Eddleston) SCO10081

The view from the top!

Here’s our High Street seen

from the top of the tower on a summer day.

Enjoy the view! Thanks to our Fabric Convener