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Ferryhill Parish Church, Aberdeen

FERRYHILL PARISH NEWS

May 2001

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK begins on Sunday 13th May. This year we get the week off to a great start with a performance in the church of THE FEAST OF LIFE. This musical by Garth Hewitt may not be so famous as "Les Miserables" or "Phantom of the Opera", but since it was written for Christian Aid a few years ago it has been performed thousands of times in churches throughout the UK. Garth Hewitt is one of Britain's most accomplished Christian song-writers, and uses THE FEAST OF LIFE to press home a message we all need to hear. Bring your friends to this unique service at 6.00pm on Sunday 13th May. On Friday 18th May Colin Hunter and his friends return to present another concert of popular classical music. The proceeds will go to Christian Aid.

FROM TUESDAY 1ST MAY "Children 2000" tokens will appear in every issue of the Evening Express. The members of our Sunday Gang hope you will cut these out and save them. Once you have collected an envelope's worth bring them along to the church and in due course the Sunday Gang will be in a position to apply for a donation from the newspaper. Also, don't forget that our Summer Club needs more volunteer helpers. To find out more come to a meeting in the Hall at 7.30pm on Thursday 24th May.

VISITING FRIENDS THIS SUMMER? Take them a copy of "Showers of Blessings", the history of Ferryhill and its churches. It continues to attract favourable comment. "You don't have to be a Ferryhiller to find this story fascinating …", "…. I like the way it links events in Aberdeen, and Ferryhill in particular, with events in the wider world…", "…the text is backed up with a plethora of excellent photographs". The book is on sale at the Church price £9.95.

WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR OUTREACH to residential and nursing homes in the Parish, by introducing a monthly mid-week service at the Cowdray Club. The next one takes place at 11.00am on Wednesday 2nd May. All welcome.

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PARISH REGISTER

Baptism

	On 25th March Maia and Ritchie Giles Albury Place On 15th April (Easter Day) Helen Rosalind Ferguson Polmuir Road Ethan Graeme Smith Concraig Park, Kingswells.
MARRIAGE	Claire E Roberts to Michael Agnew on 9.4.01 at King's College
FUNERALS	Elizabeth Connon Cowdray Club (died 28.3.01) Marian E Morocco Polmuir Road (12.4.01) Derek C Gribble Victoria Road (17.4.01) Duncan McL Pirie Ferryhill Gardens (19. 4.01) THANKSGIVING AND MEMORIAL SERVICE Ian A Catto died 1.4.01 at Gainsboro, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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SERVICES IN MAY

Sunday 6th May
11 a.m. Worship for all ages.
Sunday Gang and Crèche.

Sunday 13th May
11 a.m. Worship for all ages.
Beginning of Christian Aid Week
Sunday Gang and Crèche.
6 p.m. 'Feast of Life' with Christian Aid musicians and singers.

Tuesday 15th May
12.10 p.m. Mid-week service

Sunday 20th May
11 a.m. Worship for all ages.
Sunday Gang and Crèche.
Please note : no evening service

Sunday 27th May
11 a.m. Worship for all ages.
Sacrament of Holy Baptism
Sunday Gang and Crèche.
After church café.

Sunday 3rd June
11 a.m. Worship for all ages.
Sacrament of Holy Communion

Homes Services:
2nd May 11 a.m. Cowdray Club
27th May 2. 30 p.m. Devanha and Maryfield

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A Parable for Christian Aid Season

Once upon a time there was a class
and the students expressed disapproval of their teacher.
Why should they be concerned
with global interdependency, global problems
and what others of the world were thinking, feeling and doing?
And the teacher said she had a dream in which
she saw one of her students fifty years from today.
The student was angry and said,
'Why did I learn so much detail about the past and the administration of my country and so little about the world?'
He was angry because no one told him that as an adult he would be faced almost daily with problems of a global interdependent nature,
be they problems of peace, security, quality of life, food, inflation,
or scarcity of natural resources.
The angry student found he was the victim
as well as the beneficiary.
'Why was I not warned?
Why was I not better educated?
Why did my teachers not tell me
about the problems and help me understand
I was a member of an interdependent human race?'
With even greater anger the student shouted,
'You helped me extend
my hands with incredible machines,
my eyes with telescopes and microscopes,
my ears with telephones, radios, and sonar,
my brain with computers,
but you did not help me extend
my heart, love, concern
to the entire human family.
You, teacher, gave me half a loaf!'

From 'Earthrights' by Jon Rye Kinghorn published by The Word Wildlife Trust
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Support Christian Aid Week 13th - 19th May
Sign up as a collector or contact
Jackie Watson (571308) or Ann Ralph (575520)

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
13TH TO 19TH MAY

Volunteers are needed for door to door collections in our parish. If you can spare half a day or more, contact Jackie Watson (571308). Street collectors are required for Union Street on Saturday 20th May - phone Jean Rutherford (638011) if you can spare an hour or more. Don't forget to sponsor Jackie Watson and Moira Whyte for the Forth Road Bridge Cross on Saturday 5th May. Please support the two musical events being held in our church. "The Feast of Life" is being presented at the 6.00pm service on Sunday 13th May. On Friday 18th May at 7.30pm, eight of Aberdeen's finest professional musicians, led by Colin Hunter and Lesley Wilson, will present an evening of popular classical music. Admission £5 (concessions £4) with all proceeds going to Christian Aid.

EVENTS IN MAY

2nd Line Dancing 7.30pm (and every Wednesday)

7th Monday Fellowship: collect tickets for Drive

10th Coordinating Committee

13th "Feast of Life" 6.00pm

17th Kirk Session 7.15pm

18th Christian Aid Concert

21st Monday Fellowship: Drive to Lumphanan

24th Summer Club Meeting 7.30pm

26th Bowling Club Coffee Morning

Other Events in May:

Friday 4th to Sunday 6th Gospel Music Convention Fraserburgh Leisure Centre. Details from Robert Cardno 01779-472562.

Friday 11th Annual Sankey Singalong 7.30pm Victoria Hall Torry.

Saturday 12th Mission Aviation Fellowship volunteer and support day, 2-4 pm, Gilcomston South Church.

Saturday 12th to 19th Giant Book Sale for Christian Aid, Queen's Cross Church. Donations of books etc welcome: can be left at church office any morning.

Monday 14th to Saturday 19th The Bible Exhibition at Victoria Hall Torry, Aberdeen. Open Monday to Friday 9.00am to 8.00pm, Saturday 9.00am to 12 noon.

Sunday 27th Ian White in Concert, 7 pm, Banchory East Church. Tickets £3.50 from Woodend Barn, tel 01330 825431.

Sunday 27th to Tuesday 29th Midmar Passion Play (Sun 2.30pm, Mon/Tues 7.30pm) in Kirk of St Nicholas, Union Street. Tickets £5 from Betty Riley (630392).

View the whole Events Diary

The Minister will be on holidayfrom 3rd May to 12th May
and will be attending the General Assembly from 19th to 26th May.
Please check the pew leafletor contact the church office (213093)
for details of pastoral cover during these periods.

Published by Ferryhill Parish Church Aberdeen
editor@ferryhillpc.org.uk
www.ferryhillpc.org.uk
Minister: Revd Ian Dick (01224-586933)
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