KH Progress Update

Wow! What a week! The powers that be; are getting all in a twist!

However the HS/HLF Grant application means that KH had a Site Visit today, Thursday. by a Case Worker appointed to write an assessment on the merit of the Building. Although there are already various reports and photos in existence, I don't think it was fully appreciated until the Scaffold was climbed. just how high up you have to go to reach the ceiling. ---A very long waaaaay!----

The Teacher Memorial Window was also removed this week and is now safely in the Studio of The Stained Glass Partnership, once they have had a good look at the panels Susan and Paul will be able to give a better idea as to when the Window will be replaced in all its glory. I did promise the lads from Denholm who were erecting the extra Scaffold that I would put their pictures on the web. Fame at last!! So hopefully they will recognise themselves on Flickr.

Also today, Friday, we took delivery of a new Bentley! An electronic Piano, not the wheeled kind, and wonderful it sounded too. Hopefully Iain Galbraith will be playing it at Sunday Worship. More later.

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A Tidy Mind!

So we hit the deck running this week, First task on Monday Morning was a meeting with the Lead Architect and the Contractors to re-cap where we were when all work was put on hold and also to sort out the tidying up "Our Building Site" The Repair work at KH was originally organised around Church Life, and that will continue, the Congregation and all of the Hall Users will continue to meet in the Hall while the Contractors will carry on working upstairs in the Sanctuary. This is not the normal way of carrying out one of these major projects, I do like to think that perhaps we at KH blazed a trail. I think there is nothing worse than a Community building all wrapped up in scaffold and portacabins while the the Community who use it get lost in the busy-ness of the work. We are all in this together and hopefully we can all compromise as and when neccesary.

Catch-Up!

Abject apologies! Things have been very busy, with all Church Properties-----and the proper job! However, here is the stuff which has been sitting as a draft---- might as well have it---better late than never. 21:49 on 19 September 2009 Well the sun shone (most of the day)- The organ worked! (thank you Iain) and the Violin duets (Wilson & Jane xx) were a joy as well. 207 people came through the doors and all (bar one) were pleased with what they found. A lovely and characterful building with people inside who work very hard to keep it open for all the rest. I do hope our friends in Bellshill tonight have a good music event as well. Malcolm, our architect spoke informatively about the repair work and I know that people will assume that I'll do as well tomorrow. But for tonight--I'm off to bed. Sunday 20th.September ---- Very early before opening, I hoovered up all the leaves; this morning the Church Service was piped through the speaker system and the sun blazed through the ...

Today the sun shone. It most definitely came out from behind its dark cloud. Once more we have been stunned and amazed by the wonderful Community we call KH. At our Daffodil Gift Day they came, and, despite all the recent economic stresses they gave. Again and again. Whenever a need is felt; we give. Wherever? We give. But for a change, today was for us. So today we sat together and reminisced and chatted, Anna played on the Piano, Mamie supervised and sang along to the songs. We ate good, fairly traded Home baking, drank our Fairtrade teas and coffees and then at the end we counted. Yet again, we have shown that Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church is a place where wonderful things can happen; a place for nurturing and giving of our talents and our time. A place, of worship here in our Community. A place, where all are welcome. "And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve bask...

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