Another New Year! Still journeying!

Welcome back!
A quick resume!

Lots of local people managed to walk to KH for the Watchnight Service, and the Snow kept coming, however it was a time of good feeling all round, including heat! We had some old friends and some new we hope.
On Christmas Day!--- Communion and the snow held off and the Sun shone through the windows just as we sang 'Ye Gates' Wow! What a warm fuzzy feeling! Back for Christmas --- Achieved!
A shame that a thaw set in just as we were leaving. Not to worry the H&C lads will be back this week to try and fix the gutters which have come to the absolute end of their usefulness. The normal Sunday Service at 11am.on Sunday 27th. was, not only the last in KH for 2009, but also the last with Iain Galbraith as our Organist. All our Choir members were present; and the music and singing were really quite special.
Iain will be missed as our Master of Music, but at least he is staying as a member of our Church family. We wish him well in his new post.

The first Sunday of the New Year was given over to a Joint Service within the Parish Grouping, however I must admit that I was quite relieved that on this occasion I didn't have to worry about cutting my way through ice to allow people into our Car park, on this occasion, that was someone else's problem.

A bleak mid-winter indeed, but those of us who ventured out to evening service were rewarded with some very beautiful words and some very fine singing. making our particular journey well worthwhile.

"The Journey of the Magi" (1894) by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902), oil on canvas, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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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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