BOFA - Magazine May-June
Please enjoy our Bridge of Allan Parish Church Magazine for May and June.
Please enjoy our Bridge of Allan Parish Church Magazine for May and June.
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P A G E 6 | B R I D G E O F A L L A N P A R I S H C H U R C H M A G A Z I N E<br />
GUILD<br />
For our last meeting in February we were delighted to welcome<br />
our very own Janet Cameron (Dad Willie came to support), to tell<br />
us about something she knew a lot about, The MS Therapy<br />
Centre in Stirling. Many of you will remember when it used to be<br />
in Bridge of Allan. It was an extremely fascinating and very<br />
entertaining talk from Janet whose Mum Christine made use of<br />
the Hyperbaric Chamber on a regular basis. Also Janet’s Dad,<br />
Willie is an ‘award winning volunteer’ having volunteered for<br />
over 30yrs. Thanks Janet for sharing some very interesting facts<br />
about the MS Therapy Centre. You were a star performer!<br />
Unfortunately the World Day of Prayer on Friday, 2 March had to<br />
be cancelled due to the weather. So much snow!!! It was such a<br />
shame as a lot work had been put into the planning of this event<br />
but hopefully we may use some of that service, written by the<br />
women of Suriname, at one of our Guild meetings in the future.<br />
Our final speaker of the session was Iain Craig from the Haiti<br />
Project, Mission International. A short quote from ‘Haiti Project’<br />
sums up the importance of fundraising for these projects; “The<br />
involvement of the Guild as a partner with the Haiti Project is a<br />
real answer to our prayers. As a result we plan to help a<br />
community devastated by poverty and crisis by building a multi<br />
purpose building.”<br />
Our AGM went well. Unfortunately I couldn’t be there as I was supporting Scotland in the<br />
last game of the 6 Nations in Rome but I have such a fantastic committee that I was more<br />
than happy to leave everything to them.<br />
Finally, a massive thanks to the committee and friends for the huge success of the Daffodil<br />
Tea on Saturday, 7 April. Thanks also to everyone who supported the event by baking, by<br />
their donation and by coming along on the day. We raised a fantastic £762 which will go to<br />
our Project partners.<br />
Our last event is The Guild Summer Trip. We are heading back to Pitlochry Theatre on<br />
Saturday, 2 <strong>June</strong> to attend the matinee performance of Chicago followed by High Tea at the<br />
Theatre. Really looking forward to this and hopefully the sun will shine for us!<br />
Whose we are and whom we serve.<br />
The Guild Project Partners for the next 3 years have been announced. They are;<br />
Malawi Fruits, Boys Brigade, Scotland, World Mission Council, Free to Live, CrossReach,<br />
and Sailors Society<br />
More information about these will follow.<br />
Dorothy McGowan