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Services continue each Sunday at 11am, conducted by Rev.
Stephen Smith with coffee and tea are served in the hall after
the service. All welcome. On Sunday 13th the annual service of
Remembrance will take place, the church service is at 9.45am,
thereafter there will be a parade to the Cenotaph for 11am.
Each service is available to watch by Live Stream by logging on
to the church website: www.kilbarchankirk.org All are welcome
in the church or online. Junior Church meets each week.
The Midweek Fellowship is on Wednesday mornings at
10.30am in the small hall, with coffee/tea and chat, followed by
a short act of worship.
The Badminton Club continues on Thursdays from 8pm -
10pm in the large hall. Players of all ages and abilities are most
welcome.
The Drama Group is pleased to announce the showing of
the Christmas film “Elf” in the church hall at 3pm on Saturday
26th November. There is no charge for the film, but donations
towards popcorn and other goodies will be gratefully received.
Tickets will be available in Bobbins and as numbers are limited,
please pick up your tickets as soon as possible.
Kilbarchan Parish Church Guild has 2 meetings in November:
on Tuesday 8th at 2.30pm in the large hall there is a speaker
from the Star project in Uganda, aiming to provide access to
education, vocational training and food for vulnerable children
and women in Uganda; On Tuesday 22nd, also at 2.30pm, the
speakers are Anna Magnussen and Joyce Deans. All welcome.
Kilbarchan Parish Church Tots’ Club is on every Monday
morning from 9.15am-11.30am in Kilbarchan Parish Church
hall, off Steeple Square. The club is for tots of 3 years and under
along with their accompanying adult. The cost is still £1 per
adult, including refreshments. We hope to welcome lots of new
babies and tots to enjoy the many toys and bouncy castle and
for the adults to make new friends.
Renfrewshire Food Bank, supported weekly by Parish church
members, has benefitted by over £500 and a large amount of
extra food donations as a result of a coffee morning held in the
church hall in mid-August.
All details of our different organisations along with contact
details can be found on the website: www.kilbarchankirk.org
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cllr david wilson
On the 11th November at 11am in the Cargill there will be a short
observance of the 2 minute silence of Remembrance. On the 13th
St Columba’s pipe band will lead at 10.15am a parade of youth
organisations from Birkmyre Park to St Fillans Episcopal Church. On the same day
at 12.30pm the band will lead a large parade in Port Glasgow.
At the recent Scottish Transport Awards McGills Buses won the prestigious Public
Transport Operator of the Year. They are a well run company and continue to
expand throughout Scotland. We are fortunate to have three bus services in the
village with a little subsidy from SPT.
The Scottish Government have overturned the refusal of development on the Gryffe
Valley Railway Line in Bridge of Weir. This puts the ‘nail in the coffin’ of any line to
Kilmacolm. It is generally considered that a park and ride and 6 trains an hour at
peak times at Port Glasgow is adequate for eastern Inverclyde.
Colourful Kilmacolm, Birkmyre Rugby Club, Parklea Branching Out, the Dramatic
Society and Kilmacolm Eco Space have all received grants. The latter is a bit of a
funny one as they do not own any land and the grant will only be paid if they do.
The Institute development at the Cross has been sold. Our saviour is Puneet Gupta,
a local businessman and resident. This has become an eyesore and will be of some
relief to local residents. I have turned my attention to the rest of Smithy Brae and the
completion of the flood relief scheme at the Moss should help matters.
I cut the ribbon at the opening of the new Indian restaurant, Nawaab, in the village.
The owners have the successful Curry House in Port Glasgow and we wish them well
with their Kilmacolm venture.
We are involved in the Clyde Green Freeport bid in conjunction with Glasgow
Airport and Mossend transport hub. We have competition and I have been
lobbying Ministers.
In my role as Older People’s Champion I have attended the Scottish Older People’s
Assembly as part of Age Scotland. I am lobbying to make sure that our State
Pensions retain the triple lock.
As I write, brown bins will stop on the 7th November.
Surgery: 26th November in the Cargill 10am - 11am.
Contact info: 07766 992 294 or 01475 741 969 / 722 975
david.wilson@inverclyde.gov.uk
Kill Comy Cer
3 ways to recycle and help save the planet
You can now recycle more of your household waste at Kilmacolm
Community Centre – these are items that cannot be recycled in
our blue kerbside bins. The 3 recycling bins are in the foyer of the
Community Centre at the reception desk.
Empty Medicine Blister Packets – This product contains tinfoil and
plastic which needs to be recycled in a certain way. We have all SEPA
permits to allow us to collect and transport this material.
Writing Equipment – Pens, Felt Tip Pens, Highlighters, Mechanical
Pencils and Correction Fluid can all be recycled.
Foil Balloons and Foil Banners – Please remove any plastic sticks and
ribbon.
Please feel free to make good use of the recycling bins and help
prevent these materials from entering landfill. Many thanks.
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