EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
3 - 9 May 2026
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Organist : Simon Bertram
10.00 am Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 63, Welcome Everybody, 502, 512
Readings – Psalm 31 : 1 – 5, 15 & 16 and John 14 : 1 – 14
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WELCOME TO WORSHIP We are glad you have been able to join us in person or online.
FURTHER INFORMATION on many of the following announcements is available from Louise in the Cramond Kirk Office or from Alan Fisher at Pennywell Kirk (fishatthewell@hotmail.com). The Cramond Kirk office is open from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, Monday to Friday. Louise can also be contacted on 336 2036 or by e-mail at office@cramondkirk.org.uk.
CONTACTS If you need to contact the Minister, Julia’s phone number is 07706 454148 and her email address is jcato@churchofscotland.org.uk and our Pastoral Assistant, Reverend Jessie Fubara-Manuel can be contacted on 07305 622493 or at JFubara-Manuel@churchofscotland.org.uk
A REMINDER OF THE CHANGE TO WORSHIP TIMES On Sunday, 14 June we will move to the new service times. Services at Cramond will be held at 8.30 am and 9.45 am and the Pennywell service moves to 11.30 am. Monthly joint services will continue to be held at 10.30 am and alternate between the two churches. The joint services are typically held on the first Sunday of the month, except in May when it will be held on Sunday, 10 May to coincide with the annual Christian Aid service followed by a soup lunch in the Hall.
THE MEN’S COFFEE & BACON ROLL MORNING is being held in the Bruntsfield Golf Club lounge on Thursday, 14 May from 10.30 am – 12 noon. Cost : £5. Please let Louise in the Kirk Office know if you’d like to attend.
NEW ELDERS The Kirk Session has selected members to become elders and their ordination is to take place on Sunday, 10 May during the 10.30 am service at Cramond Kirk. Those who have answered the call to eldership are Anna Aitken, Elaine Collins, Marc D’Ambrosio, Donna Gilmour, Nicola Gray and Irene Robertson.
FAIR TRADE STALL There will be no Fair Trade stall in May but the Fair Trade team look forward to seeing you on Sunday, 14 June.
CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT is on every Monday from 10.30 am to 12 noon in the Gathering Space of Cramond Kirk Hall.
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am with a monthly outing. Further details are available from Violetta on 07305 848150. All are welcome.
ACTIVE TRAVEL, ACTIVE HOPE On Saturday, 9 May please join A+E (a socially engaged art project), St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral & Eco-Congregation Scotland to celebrate active travel and active hope including walks, talks, bike repair, information stalls, art workshops, exhibitions and a 24-hr relay. Full details & free tickets are available HERE.
THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Friday, 8 May with a walk from Blairhill Station in Coatbridge, along the Monkland Canal and into Drumpellier Country Park (8 km). Meet: Barnton Avenue West at 9.45 am or Blairhill Station car park at 10.45 am. Further information is available HERE.
THE JUBILO SPRING CONCERT Irene Stockton, one of our choir members, will be singing with Jubilo in their spring concert in St Cuthbert’s Parish Church on Saturday, 9 May at 7.30 pm. The programme will include Mozart’s Vespers and Purcell’s Five Choruses. Tickets cost £15 and are available HERE.
FRESH START Many thanks for the recent large donation of cleaning products. Donations can be left in the Fresh Start boxes in Cramond Kirk Hall or taken direct to the Fresh Start warehouse at 22-24 Ferry Road Drive which is open from Mon – Thurs, 9 am – 4 pm.
DEATHS
22 April Ian Baird
26 April Eileen Hamilton
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
10 – 16 MAY 2026
Christian Aid Collection There will be a retiring collection for Christian Aid at the close of next Sunday’s service.
House to House Deliveries/Collections For all volunteer collectors and deliverers, your red bags are available for collection from the back of Cramond Kirk Hall today and on the mornings of 3 and 10 May. We have a number of districts still uncovered and would be very grateful for any help delivering to these districts. If you are able to help, please pick up one of the unallocated bags from the Kirk Hall, write your name on the label on the front and let us know which bag you have. The envelopes only need to be delivered.
A Christian Aid Bread & Soup Lunch is being held in Cramond Kirk Hall at the close of the joint service on Sunday, 10 May. The Scouts will also be selling plants.
The Quizaid Evening is taking place in Cramond Kirk Hall on Wednesday, 6 May (7 pm for 7.30 pm). Spaces are available for this fun evening which comes with a glass of wine & nibbles. Tickets are £5 per person. You can make up a team of 4, 5 or 6 people, or just come along and we will find you a team to join. Entry forms are available at the main door of the Kirk Hall or from the Kirk Office or simply e-mail the Kirk Office with details of your team.
The Christian Aid Brainteaser Quiz is also available at the main door of the Kirk Hall. Simply pop £1 in the Christian Aid collection tin and help yourself to a copy. This year’s theme is a sport or game and the deadline for completed quizzes is Tuesday, 24 May.
Jennifer Thomson Painting We have been given an original painting by Jennifer Thomson entitled “Alive with Colour : Cramond Village”. The picture is available to view in the Gathering Space of the Kirk Hall. If you wish to bid for the painting, please send your bid, along with your contact details to the Kirk Office by phone or email. All proceeds from the sale will go to Christian Aid.
The Christian Aid Book Fair is being held in Edinburgh New Town Church (formerly St Andrew’s and St George’s West) on Saturday, 9 May from 10 am to 4 pm and from Monday, 11 – Friday, 15 May from 12 noon to 6pm. As well as books of every kind, they will also have sheet music, stamps, postcards, toys, games, jigsaws, DVDs & CDs. Donations for the sale would be very welcome & can be left at the church from 4 - 7 May between 9 am & 8 pm.
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 10 May – Christian Aid Sunday
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
There is no Morning Prayer service at 8.45 am
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service
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Sunday, 17 May
(Minister : Reverend Dr Jessie Fubara-Manuel)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 24 May
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 10 May – Christian Aid Sunday
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
There is no service at Pennywell
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service at Cramond
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Sunday, 17 May
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 24 May
(Minister : Reverend David Coleman)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
LIVE STREAMING Please note that the 10 am service at Cramond Kirk and the 11 am service at Pennywell Kirk are live streamed to the Kirk website every Sunday morning. The cameras will focus on the front of the Kirks – the pulpit, lectern and Communion Table. However some of those sitting at the front may also be in camera shot. For those of you watching from home, the links to the services can be found HERE.
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