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the magazine<br />

Peebles Old Parish<br />

Church of Scotland<br />

with<br />

Eddleston Parish<br />

Church of Scotland<br />

<strong>June</strong> 20<strong>18</strong>


Daily<br />

Worship<br />

in Peebles Old Parish,10am<br />

Daily Worship Leaders <strong>June</strong>/July.<br />

Mon. 4th Tom Fairbairn 1 Samuel 2:11‐17 <strong>June</strong><br />

Tues. 5th Frances Carrol 1 Samuel 2:<strong>18</strong>‐21<br />

Wed. 6th Wilma Barrett 1 Samuel 2:22‐36<br />

Thur. 7th Calum Macdougall 1 Samuel 4:1‐22<br />

Frid. 8th Lily Swinney 1 Samuel 5:1‐12<br />

Sat. 9th Pauline Copeland 1 Samuel 6:1‐<strong>18</strong><br />

Mon. 11th Geoff Goldstraw 1 Samuel 7:3‐15<br />

Tues. 12th Isabelle Coghill 1 Samuel 8:1‐22<br />

Wed. 13th Alistair Robertson 1 Samuel 9:1‐14<br />

Thur. 14th Marjorie Renton 1 Samuel 9:15‐27<br />

Frid. 15th Mary Wight 1 Samuel 10:1‐8<br />

Sat. 16th Rachel Forsyth 1 Samuel 13:1‐15a<br />

Mon. <strong>18</strong>th Haisley Moore Galations 6:11‐<strong>18</strong><br />

Tues. 19th Charles Aitchison Psalm 53<br />

Wed. 20th Wilma Barrett Luke 6:43‐45<br />

Thur. 21st Janette Cameron Psalm 9:9‐20<br />

Frid. 22nd Tom Fairbairn Acts 21:1‐16<br />

Sat. 23rd BELTANE SATURDAY<br />

Mon. 25th Frances Carrol Psalm 119:113‐128<br />

Tues. 16th Tom Fairbairn Acts 27:39‐44<br />

Wed. 27th Calum Macdougall Mark 6:45‐52<br />

Thur. 28th Geoff Goldstraw Psalm 130<br />

Frid. 29th Isabelle Coghill 2 Corinthians 8:16‐24<br />

Sat. 30th Elizabeth Parker Luke4:31‐37<br />

Mon. 2nd Alistair Robertson 2 Corinthians 8:16‐24 July<br />

Tues. 3rd Lily Swinney Psalm <strong>18</strong>:1‐6<br />

Wed. 4th Marjory Renton Mark 9:14‐29<br />

Thur. 5th Haisley Moore 1 Corinthians 4:8‐13<br />

Frid. 6th Charles Aitchison 2 Corinthians 10:7‐11<br />

Sat. 7th Janet Macdougall Psalm 48<br />

From early in their history, the church has developed forms of daily worship. At the<br />

Reformation, the people were encouraged to join in daily worship in their parish<br />

churches, and the 1564 book of Common Order made provision for daily services.


Pastoral letter<br />

<strong>June</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />

We are in the season of Pentecost and the Pastoral Letter this month<br />

consists of excerpts taken from the sermon preached on the Day of<br />

Pentecost (20th May):<br />

“I don’t know about you but I cannot read (or hear read) Luke’s account<br />

of the tumult of that Pentecost so soon after Jesus’ ascension, without<br />

fondly wishing that reverberations from the drama, the upheaval and<br />

the bewilderment experienced that day in Jerusalem might be felt in<br />

every place where people of faith, and people searching for faith, gather<br />

each Pentecost.<br />

We all have our reasons for coming to church, and as a dear friend and<br />

colleague of mine used to say, there is no bad reason for coming to<br />

church. Whatever our reasons, however, we should come in a mood of<br />

expectation, not that our personal expectations will necessarily be met,<br />

but certainly in expectation of divine activity. Who knows how God is<br />

using our time together for his purposes, even at this moment?<br />

Luke tells of how, after Jesus ascended, the disciples left the Mount of<br />

Olives and returned to Jerusalem. What was going through their minds?<br />

What did they think they were going to do when they got there? Jesus<br />

had told them, just before he vanished from their sight, that they would<br />

receive the Holy Spirit and that they were to be his witnesses in<br />

Jerusalem and in Judea and in Samaria and to the ends of the earth.<br />

What on earth did they think lay ahead?<br />

They had spent three intense years learning about the uniquely<br />

charismatic preacher and teacher who had, remarkably, persuaded<br />

them to give up everything to follow him. They had seen him received<br />

and welcomed. They had seen him rejected and ridiculed. Eventually<br />

they had witnessed his arrest on trumped up charges. They had heard<br />

of his sham trial and condemnation. They had watched as he was<br />

subjected to barbaric tortuous death and now, now they were to<br />

continue the ministry of those three intense years, not just in Galilee<br />

but across the earth.<br />

The disciples had gone to Jerusalem on Jesus’ instructions and because<br />

they had gone on Jesus’ instructions, they had gone expecting<br />

something to happen. They didn’t know what! They were fearful of<br />

what lay ahead! They were acutely aware of their own limitations!<br />

Nevertheless they had gone expecting something to happen.


There may be no bad reason for coming to church, but at least we must<br />

come expecting something to happen, expecting God to be active in and<br />

through our time together. If we don’t expect that something is<br />

happening the days of the Church are surely numbered.<br />

We have to imagine new ways of being church … ways in which our<br />

structures – both physical and organisational - don’t get in the way of<br />

living out the Gospel, not behind closed doors but in the heart of our<br />

communities. To resist change is to betray the Gospel. The Holy Spirit<br />

calls us to constant change and to resist the call is to resign ourselves to<br />

die as the Church.<br />

I came across a wonderful quote during the last few days and I hope<br />

that it might inspire you as it did me: ‘Nothing happens, until the pain of<br />

remaining the same outweighs the pain of change.’”<br />

With all my love,<br />

Calum.<br />

News from<br />

Peebles & Eddleston<br />

What we’re up to.<br />

A Bite and a Blether<br />

A Bite and a Blether meets every Wednesday from 11.30am - 1.00pm in Eddleston<br />

Village Hall. For a donation of £2.50 come along and enjoy the camaraderie, a<br />

bacon roll or vegetarian alternative, home baking, tea or coffee. A warm welcome<br />

awaits.<br />

Music For A Summer Evening Concert<br />

This is a special concert celebrating 10 years of Eddleston<br />

Voices the local outreach choir. A lively programme of music<br />

will include 'Over the Rainbow', 'Moon River' and a medley<br />

from 'Les Miserables'. The Junior Choir will be singing 'A<br />

Midsummer Night's Dream' by Kane and Kane. Tickets will be<br />

available from choir members or at the door on the night. All<br />

proceeds from the evening will go to church funds. The concert is being kindly<br />

sponsored by The Horseshoe Inn.


All are welcome to our next<br />

FAMILY WALK<br />

To PROF VEITCH’S CAIRN,<br />

MANOR VALLEY<br />

Sunday 10 th <strong>June</strong><br />

Departs Church Steps 2pm<br />

If you have a car and are willing to drive up<br />

Manor, please park in the Swimming Pool Car<br />

Park. We will all rendez-vous at the foot of<br />

the Church Steps at 2pm and work out carsharing.<br />

Bring a drink and a snack.<br />

Distance: Just over 2 miles altogether on<br />

tarred road. No hills to climb!<br />

All welcome including well-behaved dogs on<br />

leads.<br />

Eddleston Church Clean<br />

The monthly church clean will take place on Monday 25th <strong>June</strong> at 9.30am.<br />

Dovecot Court<br />

Young musicians from Eddleston will be performing at Dovecot Court on Saturday<br />

2nd <strong>June</strong> and Eddleston Voices will be performing on Thursday 14th <strong>June</strong> at<br />

7.00pm.<br />

End of Term Service<br />

Eddleston Primary School End of Term Service will take place in Eddleston Parish<br />

Church at 1.30pm on Tuesday 26th <strong>June</strong>.<br />

Crafts Club<br />

We have just heard from Tesco that we topped the poll<br />

and will receive £4000. We’re delighted with this result<br />

and of course thank you to all our readers who have<br />

helped by dropping their tokens in the Crafts Club box.


Music For A Summer<br />

Evening<br />

featuring<br />

EDDLESTON PARISH CHURCH JUNIOR CHOIR<br />

EDDLESTON VOICES & FRIENDS<br />

Guest Solo Pianist - Graham McDonald<br />

on<br />

FRIDAY 8th JUNE<br />

At 7.00pm<br />

In EDDLESTON PARISH CHURCH<br />

Tickets £5 including a glass of wine. School children<br />

admitted free. Sponsored by The Horseshoe Inn<br />

Can you find 30 books of the Bible hidden in this passage?<br />

This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat<br />

pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours.<br />

He enjoyed it so much that he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois<br />

worked on this while fishing from his John-boat. Another friend studied it while<br />

playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it, she<br />

mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column.<br />

Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving that she brews a<br />

cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to<br />

spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam,<br />

especially since the books are not necessarily capitalised. Truthfully from answers<br />

we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some of<br />

them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible<br />

for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in these paragraphs. During a recent<br />

fundraising event, which features this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phil-Lemonade booth<br />

set a new sales record.<br />

The local paper, the Chronicle, surveyed over 50 patrons who reported that this<br />

puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly<br />

puts it, "the books are all right here in plain view, hidden from sight". Those able to<br />

find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One<br />

revelation that may help is that books Timothy and Samuel appear without their<br />

numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are<br />

normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who<br />

claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mass exodus, there<br />

really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in these paragraphs waiting to<br />

be found.


Mary’s Meals<br />

A simple Solution to World Hunger<br />

The Backpack Project<br />

We in the Old Parish are focusing on upcycling to fill backpacks for Mary’s Meals.<br />

This is the Backpack Project.<br />

Now you may think that backpacking is what you do in Nepal and upcycling is a<br />

version of mountain biking, but in fact it’s the new word for ‘jumble’ (as in Jumble<br />

Sale).<br />

We’re checking out all the charity shops for used backpacks, filling them with<br />

clothes for children between the ages of 4 - 12 years, adding soap and toothbrush,<br />

towel and a spoon, pencils and crayons and a notebook - and a ball - and in the<br />

process, having a lot of fun. One backpack per child, and often the first ‘gift’ this<br />

child will ever have received. And when a backpack is filled, it joins hundreds of<br />

others in Glasgow and is then shipped off in a container to Malawi.<br />

I’m upcycling<br />

with my<br />

backpack!<br />

The story of Mary’s Meals<br />

At a recent Breakfast Church we heard about the charity begun from a shed in<br />

Glasgow, by the inspirational Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow. In 2002 he visited<br />

Malawi during a famine and met a mother dying from AIDS. When he asked her<br />

eldest son Edward what his dreams were in life, Edward replied simply:<br />

“…I want to have enough food to eat and to go to school one day”<br />

That moment was key to the founding of Mary’s Meals, which reaches out to<br />

children who, instead of sitting in a classroom, are working in fields, begging on<br />

street corners, or scavenging among the garbage just to survive.<br />

From modest beginnings this charity has grown until it is now feeding 1.2 million<br />

children world-wide every day. Mary’s Meals provides daily meals in school for


hungry children in some of the world’s poorest communities across four continents.<br />

Each meal costs only 7p because the charity uses local volunteer workers, cooking<br />

nutritious local food for children in schools - children who can learn because they’re<br />

not hungry, who get to school and know there will be a meal for them.<br />

And the Backpack Project helps the children get the most out of their learning.<br />

Find out more about Mary’s Meals and the Backpack Project:<br />

www.marysmeals.org.uk It costs just £13.90 to feed a child with Mary’s<br />

Meals for an entire school year.<br />

Upcycle for the Backpack Project<br />

It’s always good to have an excuse to rummage in the charity shop - who doesn’t<br />

enjoy that? So if you enjoy finding suitable light clothing for hungry children in<br />

Africa: a skirt or t-shirt, dress or shorts - start upcycling now. We have a box in<br />

the vestibule of the Old Parish Church and are sorting out contributions every<br />

week.<br />

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. We have already filled<br />

more than a dozen backpacks to be sent to Glasgow and on to Malawi. But the<br />

work is ongoing, so keep scouring the charity shops or check for grandchildren’s<br />

cast off backpacks. Over £200 was raised after the Breakfast Church on 22 April<br />

when visiting speaker, Deirdre O’Reilly, told us about this vital work -and inspired<br />

us to take on the Backpack Project.


Thank you, thank you. Keep up the contributions and we’ll keep filling those<br />

backpacks!<br />

Backpacks are filled with:<br />

Notepads, pencils, pens, crayons, eraser, sharpener, ruler, pencil case, towel,<br />

shorts or skirt, t-shirt or dress, flip-flops or sandals small ball (eg tennis ball) soap,<br />

toothbrush, toothpaste, spoon.<br />

Please, no books or toys or sweets as this can cause problems during delivery.<br />

ANY QUERIES: Janette Cameron (01721 722528)<br />

Pamela Strachan (0<strong>18</strong>99 830 423)<br />

__________________________________________________________________<br />

REWARDING, UPCYCLING, FULFILLING, ONGOING, BACKPACKING, LIFE-<br />

CHANGING, RE-THINKING, RECYCLING, INSPIRING, TRANSFORMING,<br />

EXPANDING, DELIGHTING RUMMAGING, TRANSPORTING, SORTING & STORING,<br />

SIFTING & CHOOSING…..<br />

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Words of Wisdom<br />

A Small Change can make a Big Difference<br />

‘Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings?’ Zechariah 4:10 MSG<br />

Imagine the temple lying in ruins, and having to be rebuilt from<br />

the ground up. That’s what things were like when Zechariah<br />

shared his vision with the people of Israel. Some thought it<br />

couldn’t be done, and others thought that their particular<br />

contribution would make no difference. So Zechariah challenged<br />

them in these words: ‘Does anyone dare despise this day of small<br />

beginnings?’ They’ll change their tune when they see Zerubbabel<br />

setting the last stone in place!<br />

In 1963, MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz<br />

presented they hypothesis that became<br />

known as the butterfly effect. He theorised<br />

that a minor event, like the flapping of a<br />

butterfly’s wings in Brazil, could conceivably<br />

alter wind currents sufficiently to cause a<br />

tornado in Texas. Lorenz came to the simple<br />

yet profound conclusion: ‘Miniscule changes<br />

in input can make macroscopic differences in<br />

output’. That simple discovery has the power<br />

to change your life. It can radically alter your<br />

spiritual, emotional, relational, or financial forecast. It can change<br />

the atmosphere of your organisation or your marriage.<br />

One decision. One change. One risk. One idea. That’s all it takes.<br />

You don’t have to make one hundred changes. All that does is<br />

divide your energy by one hundred, and results in a 1 per cent<br />

chance of success. You have to be 100 per cent committed to one<br />

change. It will take an all-out effort. It will probably be the<br />

hardest thing you’ve ever done. But that one change has the<br />

potential to make a 100 per cent difference in your life.<br />

This is reproduced with kind permission from United Christian Broadcasters (UCB)<br />

Word for Today. Copies can be obtained from them at<br />

UCB Operations Centre, Westport Road, Stoke on<br />

Trent, ST6 4JF They can be reached on 0845 6040401<br />

or at www.ucb.co.uk


Bell-tower Craik<br />

More tea Vicar?<br />

A golfer, now into his<br />

golden years, had a<br />

lifelong ambition to play<br />

the 17th hole at TPC<br />

Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra,<br />

Florida, exactly the way<br />

the pros do it.<br />

The pros drive the ball out<br />

over the water onto the<br />

small green that is on a<br />

small spit of land. It was<br />

something the golfer had tried hundreds of times without success. His ball had<br />

always fallen short, into the water.<br />

Because of this, he never used a new ball on this particular hole. He always picked<br />

out one that had a cut or a nick, as did many other "average" golfers when<br />

negotiating very challenging holes. Recently he went to Sawgrass to try again.<br />

When he came to the fateful hole, he teed up an old, cut ball as usual, and said a<br />

silent prayer. However, before he could hit the ball, a powerful voice from above<br />

seemed to be booming out from the clouds, saying, "Wait! Replace that old ball<br />

with a brand new one, a Titleist ProV1 if you have it."<br />

The golfer complied, with some slight misgivings, despite the fact that this same<br />

force seemed to be implying that he was going to finally achieve his lifelong<br />

ambition.<br />

As he stepped up to the tee once more, the voice came down again, "Wait. Step<br />

back. Take a practice swing." So he stepped back and took a practice swing,<br />

certain now that this heavenly force was going to make his dream come true.<br />

The voice boomed out again, "Take another practice<br />

swing." Dutifully, he did. He stopped expectantly and<br />

waited; a long silence followed.<br />

Then, the voice again, "Use the old ball."<br />

Apples. Up at the head table in the cafeteria, one of<br />

the nuns had placed a big bowl of bright red, fresh,<br />

juicy apples. Beside the bowl, she placed a note<br />

which read, ‘Take only one. Remember, God is<br />

watching.’<br />

At the other end of the table was a bowl full of freshly<br />

baked chocolate chip cookies,<br />

still warm from the oven. Beside the bowl lay a little<br />

note scrawled in a child’s handwriting which read,<br />

‘Take all you want. God is watching the apples.’


World Cup Fever<br />

Paul Hardingham<br />

The former Liverpool Manager Bill Shankly famously said, ‘Some people believe<br />

football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I<br />

can assure you it is much, much more important than that!’<br />

This month sees the start of the World Cup in Russia; a truly global event watched<br />

by billions on television. Yet this competition illustrates some key points about the<br />

Christian life. As Paul writes: ‘But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and<br />

straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for<br />

which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.’ (Philippians 3:13b,14).<br />

A prize to be won: The dream of every player in the competition is to be able to<br />

hold up the World Cup themselves. For us the prize is the eternal life, God’s gift of<br />

relationship with him for now and eternity through Jesus. But there’s an important<br />

difference between football and the Christian faith. To win the World Cup you have<br />

to be good enough, while Christ’s love for us is underserved and is not dependent<br />

on how well we’ve done.<br />

Training to be undertaken: If a team is going to win the World Cup, they have to<br />

train hard beforehand. Our training, as Christians, starts the moment we accept<br />

the gift of God’s life. On a daily basis, we train ourselves to say no to the wrong<br />

things in our lives. As we build up our godly muscles we are better able to choose<br />

to do what is right in God’s eyes. To enable us to do all this we need to engage in<br />

the spiritual disciplines of prayer, studying the Bible and being part of a church and<br />

small group. How is your training going?


How<br />

Can you be part of<br />

this Magazine?<br />

This is your magazine!<br />

We’re looking out for travel stories, life stories, recipes, jokes and articles that<br />

would brighten up our magazine pages. Don’t just leave it to the small band who<br />

contribute regularly…get involved yourself.<br />

Just think you could see your own thoughts and<br />

words in print and be able to share the things that<br />

inspire you about life, worship, travel, cooking, or<br />

even The Old Parish Church itself.<br />

We can even help you with the scanning of<br />

photographs if you don’t have them electronically<br />

and if you ask nicely we can arrange for articles to<br />

be typed up from your own notes or ideas.<br />

So why not get in touch with either of us as<br />

detailed below or simply e-mail<br />

magazine@topcop.org.uk<br />

To:<br />

Would you like your own copy each month?<br />

Well help is at hand… just fill in and post this form!<br />

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CHURCH ORDERS (PEEBLES)<br />

READERS<br />

<strong>June</strong> 3 Marjorie Renton 1 Samuel 3:1-10<br />

St Mark 2:23-3:6<br />

13 John Fairless 1 Samuel 8:4-11 and 16-20<br />

St Mark 3:20-35<br />

20 Monica Aikman 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13<br />

St Mark 4:26-34<br />

27 Tom Fairbairn 1 Samuel 17:32-49<br />

St Mark 4:35-41<br />

July 1 Janette Cameron 2 Samuel 1:1 and 17-27<br />

St Mark 5:21-43<br />

DUTIES<br />

8 Elizabeth Parker 2 Samuel 5:1-5 and 9-10<br />

St Mark 6:1-13<br />

15 Ronald Ireland 2 Samuel 6 :1-5 and 12b-19<br />

St Mark 6:14-29<br />

22 Margaret Ireland 2 Samuel 7:1-14a<br />

St Mark 6:30-34 and 53–56<br />

29 Frances Carrol 2 Samuel 11:1-15<br />

St John 6:1-21<br />

<strong>June</strong> Fiona Fleming Marjorie Renton<br />

July Pauline Copeland Douglas Cunningham<br />

Please note: Elders unable to undertake any of the above duties are asked to<br />

arrange for a substitute and let the Session Clerk or Ruth Kerr know. Duty<br />

elders should be in place by 9.30am. On the first Sunday of the month, when<br />

there is an evening service, one of the duty elders should be in place for<br />

5.30pm.<br />

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION<br />

<strong>June</strong> 27 Iain McLeod Janette Cameron<br />

THE BELL RINGERS<br />

<strong>June</strong> 3 Mary Hudson (am)<br />

Malc olm Lumsden (pm)<br />

10 Jeanette Mackison<br />

17 Fiona Taylor<br />

24 Anne Derrick


FORTHCOMING SERVICES EDDLESTON<br />

<strong>June</strong><br />

Sunday 3rd 11.45am Worship4All – Second after Pentecost<br />

Sunday 10th 11.45am Morning Service – Third after Pentecost<br />

Sunday 17th 11.45am Morning Service – Fourth after Pentecost<br />

Sunday 24th 11.45am UNITED MORNING SERVICE with Eddleston Parish<br />

Church in Peebles Old.<br />

Service conducted by The Rev Bruce B Lawrie –<br />

Local Church Review. Service followed by Short<br />

Order of Holy Communion<br />

July<br />

Sunday 1st 11.45am Worship4All – Sixth after Pentecost<br />

<strong>June</strong><br />

Sunday 3rd<br />

FORTHCOMING SERVICES PEEBLES<br />

10am<br />

Morning Service – Second after Pentecost<br />

with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism<br />

Monthly Evening Service<br />

Morning Service – Third after Pentecost<br />

SHARE in the MacFarlane Hall<br />

6pm<br />

Sunday 10th 10am<br />

2pm<br />

Sunday 17th 10am Morning Service – Fourth after Pentecost<br />

Sunday 24th 10am UNITED MORNING SERVICE with Eddleston Parish<br />

Church in Peebles Old.<br />

Service conducted by The Rev Bruce B Lawrie –<br />

Local Church Review. Service followed by Short<br />

Order of Holy Communion<br />

July<br />

Sunday 1st 10am Morning Service – Sixth after Pentecost<br />

No Monthly Evening Services in July and August<br />

OFFERINGS<br />

Eddleston<br />

Total Offerings for May 20<strong>18</strong> £1,021.40<br />

Total Offerings for May 2017 £1,024.02<br />

Total offerings for the first 5 months of 20<strong>18</strong> £3,316.40<br />

Total offerings for the first 5 months of 2017 £3,247.93<br />

Increase in giving over 2017 £69.47


CONGREGATIONAL REGISTERS<br />

PEEBLES<br />

DEATH<br />

Saturday 26 th May<br />

Mrs Anita Confrey, 38 Glensax Road, Peebles<br />

Flower Calendar<br />

Convenor: Janet Macdougall 720568<br />

<strong>June</strong><br />

3 Donor<br />

Arranger<br />

10 Donors<br />

Arranger<br />

17 Donor<br />

Arranger<br />

24 Donor<br />

Arranger<br />

Miss N Rait<br />

Caroline Lazenby<br />

Mrs K Davidson<br />

Dr & Mrs A Russel<br />

Ruth Forsyth<br />

Mrs M McFarlane<br />

Janet Macdougall<br />

Capt. And Mrs J Edgar<br />

Stephanie Porter<br />

Distributors required<br />

If you can help distribute flowers, please let one of the flower<br />

committee know or phone Janet Macdougall on 720568<br />

July<br />

1 Donors<br />

Arranger<br />

8 Donors<br />

Arranger<br />

15 Donors<br />

Arranger<br />

22 Donors<br />

Arranger<br />

29 Donors<br />

Arranger<br />

Mrs M Coltman<br />

Mrs E van Dijk<br />

Elizabeth Douglas<br />

Mrs & Mrs Mackison<br />

Rachel Forsyth<br />

Mr & Mrs McGrath<br />

Gill Arnott<br />

Mrs Baird<br />

Ruth Forsyth<br />

Donor required<br />

Stephanie Porter


A very warm welcome to<br />

Our Organisations<br />

You’ll receive a warm welcome at any of our groups, whose details are given<br />

below. For further information about each organisation, please see our website<br />

www.topcop.org.uk<br />

Group Where and when we meet Contact<br />

All children welcome.<br />

Monica Aikman<br />

MacFarlane Hall Sundays in term time 01721 729041<br />

at 10.00am<br />

The Ten o’<br />

Clock Club<br />

Choir<br />

SHARE<br />

Girls’<br />

Brigade<br />

Flower<br />

Committee<br />

Bellringers’<br />

Group<br />

Guild of<br />

Friendship<br />

Traidcraft<br />

Song School<br />

Thursdays 7.30-9.00pm (not July and<br />

August)<br />

We meet in the MacFarlane Hall, once a<br />

month at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon.<br />

Dates will be announced.<br />

MacFarlane Hall<br />

Wednesdays in school terms<br />

Explorers (P1 – P3) 6.00-7.00pm<br />

Juniors and Brigaders 7.00-8.15pm<br />

Meets once a year as a whole group,<br />

Members take their turn at arranging the<br />

flowers in church each week and at major<br />

religious festivals.<br />

Members take their turn on the Sunday<br />

Bell ringing rota and ring on other<br />

community occasions if they wish.<br />

Members meet together twice a year. The<br />

Guild visits housebound members of the<br />

congregation. The number of homes and<br />

frequency of visits is flexible and can<br />

easily be arranged to suit the availability<br />

of the Visitor<br />

Members take turns at the purpose-built<br />

cupboard selling Fairtrade goods after<br />

morning worship each Sunday<br />

‘Green Team’ Help to provide ideas for each of us to<br />

better care for God’s creation.<br />

Toddlers’ MacFarlane Hall<br />

Group Tuesdays in school terms. 9.30-11.00am<br />

Bacon Rolls<br />

TEA LADIES REQUIRED<br />

Friday mornings. Join a team taking your<br />

turn preparing and serving Bacon Rolls.<br />

Each team is ‘on’ once every 6 weeks.<br />

Great fun!<br />

Sarah Brown<br />

(Director of Music)<br />

07597 394059<br />

Cathy Davidson<br />

0<strong>18</strong>96 830419<br />

Catriona Steven<br />

01721 723669<br />

Janet Macdougall<br />

01721 720568<br />

Anne Derrick<br />

01721 721075<br />

Elizabeth Fairless<br />

01721 720344<br />

Dorothy Russel<br />

01721 720583<br />

Please speak to the<br />

Minister or Session<br />

Clerk<br />

Janette Cameron<br />

01721 722528


Who’s Who at Peebles & Eddleston<br />

Minister:<br />

Rev. Calum Macdougall<br />

The Manse, 7 Clement Gunn Square<br />

Peebles EH45 8LW<br />

01721 720568<br />

calum@topcop.org.uk<br />

Ordained Local Minister:<br />

Rev. Pamela Strachan<br />

Glenhighton, Broughton<br />

ML12 6JF<br />

0<strong>18</strong>99 830423<br />

pamelastrachan@btinternet.com<br />

Session Clerk:<br />

Vivien Aitchison<br />

sessionclerk@topcop.org.uk<br />

Organist & Choir<br />

Leader:<br />

Sarah Brown<br />

16a Cross Street, Peebles<br />

07597 394059<br />

music@topcop.org.uk<br />

Church Administrator:<br />

Ruth Kerr<br />

07845 122356<br />

Office: 01721 723986<br />

admin@topcop.org.uk<br />

Roll Keeper Data Officer:<br />

Alison Duncan<br />

House: 721033<br />

Mobile: 07707 001795<br />

Beadle:<br />

Edward Knowles<br />

56 Eliot’s Park, Peebles.<br />

01721 722860<br />

Eco Church Co-ordinator<br />

Peebles:<br />

Could this be you?<br />

Eddleston Treasurer:<br />

Archie Smellie<br />

Hattonknowe, Eddleston.<br />

01721 730282<br />

Bellringers’ Team<br />

Leader:<br />

Anne Derrick<br />

Edderston Road, Peebles<br />

01721 721075<br />

Eddleston Session Clerk,<br />

Organist & Choir<br />

Director: Lorraine<br />

Mulholland<br />

Millbank, Eddleston.<br />

01721 730332<br />

Lorajazz@aol.com<br />

Registered charities (Peebles) SC013316 (Eddleston) SC010081

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