Ministers Vestry Hour 12 noon – 1.00 pm. Please contact the Minister for an appointment – phone 01592-758264 or E-mail forsythar@aol.com In the event of hospitalisation, serious illness, family anxiety, bereavement or personal difficulty the Minister is available to visit. You have to let him know if he can be of help.
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 Church’s Gift Day The Congregational Board has identified the following two items in need of attention. These are the replacement of the boiler used to heat the hall and the repair/replacement of several of the hall windows. Both of these items are likely to be expensive to undertake and the congregation’s assistance will be needed to help to fund these projects. All the money donated on Gift Day, along with that brought in during other fund raising events, will be used to meet the costs involved.
Markinch Youth Club urgently requires more volunteers. The youth club is held in Markinch Church Hall on Thursday’s between 6.30pm – 8pm. Anyone interested in working with youngsters aged 10 – 16 years please contact Tracy Thomson on 775752
Rotary Shoeboxes must be returned today, 28th February.
Fundraising and Social Events It has been decided that we will have a few social events as well as the major fundraising events in 2010, The fundraising effort for this year will be ring fenced for the fabric fund as there are a number of major projects which need to be undertaken this year, such as the replacement of the windows in the church hall. Please put the dates below in your diary, and we hope that these events will be well supported. All further details will be intimated in the weekly bulletin.
Fundraising. 19th June Coffee Morning with Tombola and Sales Table
1st September Raffle Tickets will go on sale
9th October Coffee Morning with Tombola and Sales Table
Social Events. 9th April Quiz Night
Summer Garden Party (any volunteers?)
10th December Christmas Meal at Balbirnie Golf Club (£20 each)
Community Police Meeting – Fife Constabulary has recognised the need to engage more with it’s communities in order to better understand and act on local issues. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting on Tuesday 2nd March in Markinch Church Hall at 7pm, to raise concerns about the community and be updated on progress already made.
The Flowers in Church today are dedicated to the glory of God and in loving memory of George and Davina Hopkins. They are gifted to the Church by Bert Hopkins and Beth Baxter and family.
Christian Aid Coffee Morning Volunteers are required please, for the Christian Aid Coffee Morning on Saturday 15th May from 10.00am to 12.00 noon. If you can help with any of the following, please speak to Jean Forsyth or call 01592 758264. She will be very grateful for:- help in the kitchen, serving coffees, manning the tombola stall, baking stall or the door and selling raffle tickets and tickets for the event. She would also appreciate donations of baking for the teas and for the baking stall, donations for the tombola and for the raffle
An invitation from the Burntisland Church Pastoral Care Group. Members of Presbytery are warmly invited to join them on Tuesday 9th March at 7.00pm in Burntisland Church Hall for an address by Justin Dowds, Director of the Charity ‘Lemon Aid’ based in the Vine Church, Dunfermline. Justin and his team of volunteer doctors and nurses go to La Gonave, an island off Haiti, to care for the children there, vaccinating them against typhoid, hepatitis B, meningitis and much more. The charity’s challenge now is to rebuild the hospital there. A film will be shown. If you are interested in attending please contact Ann Smith on 01592 873994 by 7th March.
“Bel Canto Voices – an evening of song” on Friday 12 March at St Margaret’s church at 7.30pm Tickets priced £5.00 including tea/coffee/juice and biscuits. in aid of the World Church Fund. For tickets call Brian Johnson on 01592 743251
Dear friends, It is my challenge for 2010 to combine my favourite activities of spending time with friends and cooking, with fundraising for the church fabric fund. I plan to start a dinner tree, a social activity for people to attend alone, in couples or with a guest, which will grow organically and allow us all to see more of each other in the coming year, while raising money in the process.
I will be hosting a number of dinner parties over the coming months, at which everyone will be invited to provide their own alcoholic beverages, a good time will be had by all, and then at the end of the evening, everyone will be invited to donate an amount of their choice into the fund.
The growth element of the activity is that everyone in the company will then be invited to host their own event, preferably with friends and family from outwith the congregation, in order to widen the income potential for the fabric fund.
If you hold an event, the money should be handed to myself within four weeks.
This activity is not restricted to dinner either, if you feel that you would rather host a lunch, wine tasting or morning coffee event, that is also encouraged, so that everyone can be included.
If you wish to be included in the initial round of events or require further information, please forward your names to Marianne Sankey either by phone (07801279899) or email (maz7731@aol.com)