A busy Week

Please think of those families affected by the latest casualty to the 'Economic Crunch'. Hunter & Clark, the Contractors who looked after us so well during our, nigh on, 2 year repair project, went into administration late last week. 168 jobs have been lost, and over the course of the contract, we came to know many of those employees.

It's hard to know what to say, many of us have been affected by lack of work in Scotland lately, however it is especially hard when an old established company falls on hard times.

Unfortunately they weren't the first and I doubt they'll be the last.

After such sad news it was wonderful to experience the sublime; to be suffused by a wall of sound which spread over me as I sat in a sun- washed room on Tuesday evening. Cathures were quite magnificent and such a fitting choir to perform in our first concert since returning to our the Sanctuary.

Wonderful; I am calm and then ------

Everyman performed his last on Wednesday (well for the West end Festival at least) and even more people turned up to watch, and a different crowd from last Friday too. Gosh! we are being spoiled this last wee while, and there's a guitar concert coming up on Saturday.

I managed to take quite a few more pics, a little rushed and without flash so as not to disturb the 'Actors' as they prepared themselves in the 'Green Room' .Now that I've checked them I've added them to the Flickr pages but in the meantime here is one of "The Doctor entering the room, with Death in the corner" (well it made me smile!)

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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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