March 2001
Index
Foyer Coffee Shop
Maxi Parish News
Christian Aid Concert
Ferryhill Towards 2000
Memory Research
Stated Annual Meeting
Enquirers Group
Message for the Month
Parish Register
Services
Events in February
Aberdeen Christian Calendar
Previous Editions
THE FOYER COFFEE SHOP
is proving to be a very popular venue, offering quality refreshments at reasonable prices.
A few more volunteers are required to serve the customers. Can you spare one morning per
fortnight to help? Contact Mary Notman
to get more details.
NEXT MONTH "Parish
News" will come out in "maxi" format and will be delivered to every
household in the parish. This happens three times a year and we need a few more
distributors to ensure complete coverage. Please tell
Rae
Leslie if you are willing to deliver in any of the following (not necessarily the
whole street): Crown St, Marywell St, Willowbank Road, Rosebank Terrace, Portland Street,
Riverside View, Prince's Gate.
SPREAD THE WORD and
bring your friends to a marvellous evening of music in the church on Friday 23rd March.
Five of Aberdeen's finest professional musicians are giving their services free to raise
funds for Christian Aid. Anne Dunbar, Colin
Hunter, Lesley Wilson, Robert Howie and Moira Hunter will present a programme of popular
classical music by Mozart, Schubert, Glinka, Poulenc, and Francaix. There will also be a
performance of a new work by Fraser Kelman, a pupil at Oldmachar Academy. Tickets, price
£5 (concessions £4) on sale at the door.
YES THIS IS 2001, but
the work of Ferryhill Towards 2000 continues as we strive to pay off our £90k loan from
the General Trustees. Watch this space for a possible change of name and details of future
events, but in the meantime if you have any FT2000 collection boxes ready to be emptied,
please bring them to the church or ask your elder to collect.
ARE YOU OVER 60 or
can't you remember? The Psychology Department at Aberdeen University requires senior
citizens to help with research into the affect of ageing on memory. If you can spare an
hour and a half to do some tests in early March, the Church will receive £4. Mary Notman
has details.
Message for
the Month
The Minister Writes:
Dear Friends,
I recently came across these 'beatitudes' which I think say many meaningful things
from the perspective of those often incorrectly thought of as 'handicapped.' The truth is,
of course, that we are all 'handicapped' in some way or another; it's only that some of us
are better at hiding our handicaps than others. The authorship of these 'beatitudes' is
not known but I feel they must have been written out of experience.
They are entitled 'Beatitudes… for friends of handicapped people.'
Blessed are you who take time to listen to difficult speech,
for you help us to know that if we persevere we can be understood.
Blessed are you who walk with us in public placesand
ignore the stares of strangers
for in your companionship we find havens of relaxation.
Blessed are you who never bid us to 'hurry up'
and more blessed you who do not snatch our tasks from us,
for often we need time rather than help.
Blessed are you who stand beside us when we enter new and untried adventures,
for our failures will be outweighed by the times when we surprise ourselves and you.
Blessed are you who ask for our help,
for our greatest need is to be needed.
Blessed are you who help us with the graciousness of Christ
who did not bruise the reed nor quench the flax,
for often we need the help we cannot ask for.
Blessed are you when, by all these things,
you assure us that the thing that makes us individuals
is not in our peculiar muscles, nor in our wounded nervous system,
but in the God-given self that no infirmity can confine.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and know that you give us reassurance
that could never be spoken in words,
for you deal with us as God has dealt with all his children.
Insights there for all of us to take on board about how to treat each person as an
individual in his/her own right.
Yours
Ian Dick
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PARISH REGISTER
| New members |
Jane Darling
Bright Street (PO3)Mrs E Cooper
Cairnvale Terrace (K15)
Sheila Law
Bloomfield Place (GA3)
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| Funerals 
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Mary Duncan,
Maryfield East on 6.02.01
Jeannie B M Robson
Byron Avenue on 11.02.01
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SERVICES IN MARCH
Sunday 4th March (First Sunday in Lent)
11 a.m. Worship for all ages. Sacrament of Holy Communion Sunday Gang and crèche.
This service will be designed with all ages in mind. Children are welcome to
participate fully under the guidance of their parents or guardians in the Sacrament of
Holy Communion. All Sunday Gang groups will however meet during this service for those
children who do not wish to participate in the Sacrament.
Sunday 11th March
11 a.m. Worship for all ages. Sunday Gang and crèche.
Sunday 18th March
11 a.m. Worship for all ages. Sunday Gang and crèche.
6 p.m. Informal worship in the Memorial Chapel. Holy Communion.
Tuesday 20th March
12.10 p.m. Mid week service in Small Hall.( approx 15 minutes)
Sunday 25th March (Mothering Sunday) (Please note BST begins)
11 a.m. Worship for all ages. Sunday Gang and crèche. After church café.
2.30pm Services at Devanha Gardens and Maryfield. All welcome.
Friday 30th March
10.45 a.m. Ferryhill School end of term service. Parents and friends welcome.
Sunday 1st April
11 a.m. Worship for all ages. Sunday Gang and crèche.
The Congregational Board will meet on Sunday 11th March at
10.15 a.m. in the Small Hall to receive the accounts for 2000.
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EVENTS IN MARCH
1st Sunday Gang Leaders
2nd World Day of Prayer Service 7.30 St Mary's Church, Cove
5th Monday Fellowship: The Minister
7th Guild: Jamaica (Kitty MacDonald)
8th Coordinating Committee
12th Monday Fellowship: AGM/Games
15th Kirk Session
19th Monday Fellowship: Jan Hall (ASDA)
21st Guild: Just a Dream
23rd Christian Aid Concert
26th Monday Fellowship: Closing Party
28th Line Dancing
31st Christian Aid Coffee Morning North Church of St Andrew
The Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation
will be held after the morning service on Sunday 18th March.
One of the objects of the meeting is to elect communicant members aged 18 and over to the
Congregational Board. Susan Armatage, Ann Ralph, Mary Stronach and Jacqueline Watson
retire but are eligible for re-election if they indicate their willingness.
The Enquirers' Group will meet
each Sunday after morning worship except 28th (Stated Annual Meeting). This is for anyone
interested in knowing more about the Christian faith and the Church. Please come even if
you haven't attended previous meetings.
EVENTS IN ABERDEEN
CHRISTIAN CALENDAR
Friday 2 March World. Day of Prayer
Theme: 'Informed prayer; prayerful action'. Ecumenical services, prepared by the women of
Samoa, are held by groups of local churches in Aberdeen, throughout Scotland and the
world. Local service at St Mary's Cove, 7.30pm
Saturday 10 March 'Lost for words' personal
faith-sharing course trainers' day, 10am - 4pm, in Woodside Parish. Led by
Richard Higginbottom of the Church Pastoral Aid Society.
Saturday 10 March Christian Aid Conference,
10.30am - 3.15pm, in Holburn West Church Hall. Theme: 'You've made a difference'. Update
on on debt campaign. launch of trade campaign; keynote speaker from Bangladesh. Tea/coffee
available, bring lunch.
Wednesday 14 March Christian Action Network
12.15-1.45pm, in Rubislaw Church Centre. Olive Drane will share CAN's vision. All welcome
to this lunch meeting of Grampian Evangelical Fellowship.
Sunday 18 March 'Jesus in our City?'
consultation, 3-7pm, Rubislaw Church Centre. Topics include: Changing churches and
communities. Can partnerships work? Sticking it out! What is a UPA? Working with others.
Concluding with shared meal and worship. All welcome.
Friday-Saturday 23/24 March Enquirers'
Conference at Kelvin Conference Centre, Glasgow. "Exploration"
event for people interested in working for the Church of Scotland. Details from
0131-225-5722.
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