Markinch Parish Church

Sunday Bulletin – 29th August 2010

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The full Sunday Bulletin for Sunday 29th August 2010 is available as a PDF download from HERE

Ministers Vestry Hour 12 noon – 1.00 pm. Please contact the Minister for an appointment – phone 01592-758264 or E-mail alex@arforsyth.com In the event of hospitalisation, serious illness, family anxiety, bereavement or personal difficulty the Minister is readily available to visit. You have to let him know if he can be of help.
Session Clerk On 16th August Ian Watt resigned as Session Clerk and was thanked by the minister for nearly nine years of service. The Kirk Session presented Ian with a study Bible and went on to elect John Wood as the new Session Clerk and Tracy Thomson as the Deputy Session Clerk.
Coffee Morning from 10.00am to 11.30am on Thursdays in the church hall. Join us for tea or coffee and a chat. Sales table and lucky tickets.
The Guild – The opening Social of the Guild is on Monday 13th September at 7.00pm in the Church Hall. Entertainment by Bruce Lindsay & Friends. Tickets priced £3.00 can be purchased from Jean Forsyth or pay at the door.
Around Markinch – Photographic Quiz. How well do you know Markinch? Entry sheets are available in the hall after the service today. First prize is a model of the church. The quiz sheets are priced at £1.00 each.
Church Coffee Morning on Saturday 9th October We are looking for volunteers to help at this event. Please contact Tracy Thomson on 01952 775752 if you are available. Donations required please for:- Books – Cake and Candy – Lucky Tickets – Tombola – Tea and Coffee. If you would like to help
at this church fundraising event with a different stall please let Tracy know
as soon as possible
Back to School with God Sunday – A special service to focus prayer for young people, school staff and local schools will be held today, Sunday 29th August, at 2pm in Glenrothes Baptist Church. All welcome.
Intimations for 5th September bulletin to Ian Watt please. Contact Ian at ian_a_watt@hotmail.com or telephone 01592 611881

Memorial to the Markinch boys lost at Ibrox in 1971
You may be aware that the existing memorial stone has recently been restored thanks to the generosity of Rangers FC supporters across the world. Rev Alex Forsyth will conduct a dedication ceremony for the new memorial stone immediately after the communion service at 12.15pm today. The ceremony will take place at the memorial site which is located at the top of Park View. Anyone who would like to attend will be welcome

Memorial to the five Markinch boys lost in the Ibrox disaster in 1971

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Rev Alex Forsyth will conduct a dedication ceremony for the new memorial stone on Sunday the 29th of August at 12.15pm. The ceremony will take place at the memorial site which is located at the top of Park View in Markinch, directly across from the entrance to Balbirnie House Hotel.
Anyone who would like to attend this ceremony will be made very welcome.

A New Session Clerk for Markinch Parish Church

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At the kirk session meeting on 16th August, Ian Watt resigned as Session Clerk and was thanked by the minister for giving nearly nine years of service. The Kirk Session presented Ian with a study Bible and went on to elect John Wood as the new Session Clerk and Tracy Thomson as the Deputy Session Clerk.

Rev Alex Forsyth presents a gift to Ian Watt as John Wood and Tracy Thomson look on.

Sunday Bulletin – 22nd August 2010

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The full Sunday Bulletin for Sunday 22nd August 2010 is available as a PDF download from HERE

Session Clerk At last Monday’s Kirk Session Ian Watt resigned as Session Clerk and was thanked by the minister for nearly nine years of service. The Session presented Ian with a study Bible and went on to elect John Wood as Session Clerk and Tracy Thomson as Deputy Session Clerk.

Christian Aid Last Sunday the congregation gave £76 to the Christian Aid Pakistan Appeal. Please leave your donation in the Christian Aid Tub in the vestibule.

Coffee Morning from 10.00am to 11.30am on Thursdays in the church hall. Join us for tea or coffee and a chat. Sales table and lucky tickets.

Memorial to the Markinch boys lost at Ibrox in 1971 You may be aware that the existing memorial stone has recently been restored thanks to the generosity of Rangers FC supporters across the world. Rev Alex Forsyth will conduct a dedication ceremony for the new memorial stone next Sunday, 29th August at 12.15pm, immediately after the communion service.. The ceremony will take place at the memorial site which is located at the top of Park View. Anyone who would like to attend this ceremony will be made very welcome.

Around Markinch – Photographic Quiz. How well do you know Markinch? Entry sheets are available in the hall after the service today. First prize is a model of the church. The quiz sheets are priced at £1.00 each.

A Treasure Hunt is being organised by the Markinch Environmental Action Group this afternoon, 22nd August, starting at 1pm from the entrance car park of Balbirnie Park. Teams will follow clues on foot and all ages are welcome, but children MUST be accompanied by an adult. Adults (over 16s) pay £1.00 and this includes refreshments at Markinch Town Hall afterwards. Under 16s go free. There are prizes of up to £50.

The African Children’s Choir is performing in Kinghorn Parish Church on Sunday 22nd August at 7.30 pm. Tickets are £5 and are available only from Ena Hudson on 01592 890181. Entry is by ticket only (as requested by the choir).

Back to School with God Sunday – A special service to focus prayer for young people, school staff and local schools will be held on Sunday 29th August, at 2pm in Glenrothes Baptist Church. All welcome.

Christian Aid – Pakistan Floods Appeal – Please Donate

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In southern Pakistan, the Sindh Province is now being described as the worst hit area, with an estimated four million people having been displaced in the city of Sukkar alone. The city is situated on the west bank of Indus River. Around 10 per cent of those made homeless are living in relief camps, with limited aid and enormous demand.

Your donations will help make a difference to the people of Pakistan whose homes and livelihoods have been destroyed in what the UN is describing as the worst natural disaster since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

http://www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies/current/pakistan-floods-appeal/index.aspx

Church Newsletter – August 2010

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The August 2010 copy of our Church Newsletter “News From The Pews” can be downloaded below in PDF format. The printed version has recently been distributed to all households in our parish.

News From The Pews

Sunday Bulletin – 15th August 2010

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The full Sunday Bulletin for Sunday 15th August 2010 is available as a PDF download from HERE

Coffee Morning from 10.00am to 11.30am on Thursdays in the church hall. Join us for tea or coffee and a chat. Sales table and lucky tickets.

Around Markinch – Photographic Quiz. How well do you know Markinch? Entry sheets are available in the hall after the service today. First prize is a model of the church. The quiz sheets are priced at £1.00 each.

Help For Heroes – One of the young bowlers from Markinch Bowling Club is organising a fundraising bowling competition to raise funds for Help for Heroes today, 15th August. Everyone is invited to come and watch the Adult / Junior pairs bowling competition, which begins at 10.00 am and will run through the afternoon. There will be lucky tickets on sale at the Bowling Club to help raise funds for this extremely worthwhile cause.

A Treasure Hunt is being organised by the Markinch Environmental Action Group on Sunday 22nd August, with the first teams leaving at 1pm from the entrance car park of Balbirnie Park. Teams will follow clues on foot and all ages are welcome, but children MUST be accompanied by an adult. Adults (over 16s) pay £1.00 and this includes refreshments at Markinch Town Hall after the event. Children (under 16s) go free. There are prizes of up to £50.

Have your say on policing! Fife Constabulary is committed to allowing you to directly influence local policing. You can have your say on local priorities by coming to the community engagement meeting in Markinch Church Hall on Tuesday 7th September at 7.30pm For more detail please contact you local community team on 08456005702 or visit www.fife.police.uk

The Little Book of Heroes

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Laugh and cry reading stories and poems written by British Forces children about their heroes.

Children from all 43 Services Children’s Education (SCE) schools based around the world entered a creative writing competition in January of this year organised by Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd (GHP). The theme was ‘My Hero’ and the winning entries have now been published in a paperback book called ‘The Little Book of Heroes’.

The Sun newspaper is proudly supporting The Little Book of Heroes and will be featuring some of the stories and poems within their paper

Buy this book now and you will be donating 75p direct to Help for Heroes
Click here to purchase it now. Also available from WH Smith and Morrisons

Foreword by Simon Weston OBE
Hardly a day goes by without the newspapers and TV news reporting of another tragic loss of life in Afghanistan. I think it is impossible for anybody who is not directly involved in this war against terrorism to fully comprehend the human cost to the soldiers and to their families.
It could be argued that the cost is greater for the families as they are the ones left behind at home.
In this Little Book of Heroes we can read what the children of our brave soldiers think about heroism and who they have as their own heroes. Some of the ‘authors’ are as young as six years old and some are in their teens; some of the stories and poems will make you laugh and some of them will make you cry. One thing is certain, all of the stories and poems will bring home to us the poignancy of having a parent ‘taken away’ to go and do their duty.
Thank you for buying this book and thereby contributing to Help for Heroes. We would also like to thank the heroes themselves, their spouses and their children, thank you.

Sunday Bulletin – 8th August 2010

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The full Sunday Bulletin for Sunday 8th August 2010 is available as a PDF download from HERE

We welcomed Rev Alistair McLeod, who led us in worship today.

Coffee Morning from 10.00am to 11.30am on Thursdays in the church hall. Join us for tea or coffee and a chat. Sales table and lucky tickets.

Around Markinch – Photographic Quiz. How well do you know Markinch? Entry sheets are available in the hall after the service today. First prize is a model of the church. The quiz sheets are priced at £1.00 each.

Life and Work magazine Subscribers please note that copies of Life and Work magazine can be collected from the vestibule following today’s service.

Models of Markinch Parish Church are on sale in the hall after today’s service, priced at £19.99 each. All profits will be used for the refurbishment of the Church buildings. Please see Tracy Thomson or call her on 01592 775752.

Help For Heroes – One of the young bowlers from Markinch Bowling Club is organising a fundraising bowling competition to raise funds for Help for Heroes next Sunday, 15th August. Everyone is invited to come and watch the Adult / Junior pairs bowling competition, which begins at 10.00 am and will run through the afternoon. There will be lucky tickets on sale at the Bowling Club to help raise funds for this extremely worthwhile cause.

Life and Work – August Edition

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Scotland’s Reformation Trail
In the month which marks the 450th anniversary of the beginning of the Scottish Reformation, Lynne McNeil offers a path through the history of this significant time.

Wish You Were Here…
Professor Jane Dawson offers a snapshot of the Scottish
Reformation.

“Where God Wants Me To Be…”
Jackie Macadam meets Joel Githinji, a Church of Scotland mission partner in Nepal.

Keeping it Fresh
Jackie Macadam reports on the work of Biblefresh, which offers a new look at the Bible.

From Paradise to Pilgrim
R D Kernohan explores the influence of the King James Bible on two of the best-known Christian authors of that time, Milton and Bunyan.

The Barclay Legacy
The Very Rev Dr John McIndoe reflects on the legacy left to the church by William Barclay.

Mills and Mausoleums
Jackie Macadam learns about a project to conserve a unique part of Scottish church history in India.

“The Father of Us All”
In the first of a new series examining the great characters of the Old Testament, the Rev Martin Allen looks at Abraham.

Plus Edinburgh 2010, Presbytery of Lewis, all the regular columnists, news, letters, reviews and crosswords – all for just £1.60

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To subscribe, contact Tracy Thomson on 01592 775752