244 January 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer

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kilbarchan
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Eat Lochwinnoch Food Fayres
‘Eat Lochwinnoch’, which aims to promote the eating of healthy, local foods,
would like to thank everyone who has supported the food fayres we have been
organising over the past year, which were aimed at helping people to purchase
from local suppliers and reduce food miles.
However, for the time being at least, we have decided to stop them. It’s
disappointing, we know, as they added to the buzz of the village, however, council
licensing rules were making it difficult to continue, along with other factors. We
would like to thank Susie Herteleer of LEAP in particular, for her tireless work in
support of the fairs, not least in the time-consuming chasing of potential stallholders
to convert them from ‘interested’ to actually taking a pitch.
In the meantime, don’t forget our local shops stock a range of foods so that you
don’t have to leave the village to get your cooking ingredients. For example, as
well as selling butcher meat such as pork and bacon from Ardrossan, Heritage
Farmers’ Market Shop also sells vegetables like carrots, leeks, swedes, potatoes
and cheeses, oatcakes, eggs, butter, milk, balsamic dressings, rapeseed oil,
salad bags. The Junction’s not just great for coffee and a bite to eat – Ivan also
sells cheeses, tinned coconut milk, pasta, bread as well, of course, as Fairtrade
tea and coffee.
Eat Lochwinnoch Organic Delivery Club
If you’re keen to eat organic fresh fruit and veg then Eat Lochwinnoch runs a
delivery service, where your order is delivered to the Heritage Farmers’ Market
Shop.
In January, we will be changing our supplier to Locavore in Glasgow. All of their
produce is sourced as locally as possible, with some of it being grown in their
market garden in Neilston. If you are interested in finding out more, please
contact Eat Lochwinnoch (eatlochwinnoch@gmail.com)
Seasons Greetings - Howwood
and Lochwinnoch
The members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul wish all parishioners of the
villages peace, health and happiness in this coming New Year.
SSVDP, Christ the King, Howwood, and Our Lady of Fatima, Lochwinnoch
Parish
Lochwinnoch Arts Festival 2015
Early announcement
Some of the events for the 2015 Arts Festival 19th till
29th March 2015
• Karine Polwart Scottish singer-songwriter concert and Voice workshop and
local artists
• The Rose Room Jazz Band
Swing music and the style of
the great Django Reinhardt and
Stephane Grappelli the Gypsy
Jazz genre
• Art exhibition
• Photography exhibition
• Glasgow theatre Guild
• The Rock Choir and local singers
• Susie Lamont pupils concert
• The Capitol Big Band
• A night at the Opera and other classical music
• Celtic music workshops
• Writers Bernard McLafferty and Catherine Mcphail
• Lochwinnoch Coral society
• Craft Fairs
Church Bible Class & Fewsion
Kilbarchan Church Bible Class and Fewsion have been collecting donations
throughout December for their annual “Put the Christ back into Christmas”
campaign in aid of Mary’s Meals and as usual, have been delighted by the
generosity of the church family. As well as this, 78 filled shoeboxes and a large
cash donation were delivered to Blythswood for Eastern Europe and gifts were
sent to the children of Easterhouse and the Paisley Women’s Refuge in the last
month. Donations have also been accepted after concerts and services for
various charities and local hospices.
Kilbarchan Pipe Band
Kilbarchan Pipe Band would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who,
in lots of different ways, helped make our 1st ever Coffee Morning held on
29th November a huge success. We made over £1000 which was beyond
our wildest dreams. This was our first fundraising event towards our invitation
visit to France in 2016 for the centennial commemoration of the Battle of the
Somme. We will keep you posted with regard to our other fundraisers. Thank
you once again.
Hi-de-Hi - a great sucess
Kilbarchan
East Church
Drama Group’s
production of
Hi de Hi was a
great success
and thoroughly
enjoyed by all
of the large
audiences who
came along and
supported the
event.
Kilbarchan Churches
At the start of a New Year we invite everyone to join us as we work towards the
union of the two churches in Kilbarchan.
The services for January are as follows:-
Sunday 4th January – 11am – Joint Service in the East Church followed by an
Informal Communion
Sunday 11th January – 11am – Joint Service in West Church
Sunday 18th January – 11am – Joint Service in East Church
Sunday 25th January – 11am – Joint Service in West Church
Crèche, Junior Church and FEWsion meet as usual and all our services will be
conducted by the Rev Stephen Smith.
The Midweek Fellowship resumes in the West Church Session House on
Wednesday 7th January at 10.30am.
The first meeting of the Guild will be in the East Church Hall on Tuesday 13th
January at 2.30pm. Alan Downs will show slides and talk about Peru. On the
27th January we are in the West Church Hall and welcome Sheina Ross who will
talk about the history of Coats of Paisley, the thread manufacturers.