WEEKLY NEWS
1. Services of Worship Next Sunday 9.30am All-Age & 10.45am Traditional Worship.
2. Livestreaming The 10.30am and 10.45am morning services are streamed live on YouTube and can be viewed on either our website or YouTube page.
3. OPEN TO ALL Coffee and tea will be served in Bill McDonald Hall at the close of the Sunday service. Everyone is most welcome.
4. FUNERALS The funeral of Mary McKendrick will be held on Tuesday 25th August at 11:30 at Mortonhall Crematorium. The thanksgiving service for Stewart Robertson will be on 2 September.
5. PASTORAL CARE If you or someone you know would like a pastoral visit or phone call please contact, Pauline Robertson DCS. Her email address is
6. OFFERING Regular and one-off donations are possible online at: www.give.net/20311853 or scan one of the QR codes throughout the building. Alternatively, please contact our Freewill Offerings Treasurer, Sean McKenna at
7. Young Church NEWS
Sunday 30th August directly after the 9.30am service: Young Church Team additional needs training workshop with Revd Reuben Addis
Youth Group dates: Sundays 6th and 20th September 5.30pm to 7.00pm. Venue tbc. For High schoolers up to aged 16.
8. MESSY CHURCH The next meeting will be on Sat 26 Sept from 4.00pm to 6.00pm.
9. MORNING PRAYERS ON TUESDAYS We meet for prayers every Tuesday at 10.00am in the Salisbury Room opposite the Office.
10. PRAISE AND PRAYER This small group meets every two weeks at Newington Trinity - Priestfield. Anyone is welcome to join others for this time of prayer from 7.30pm until about 9.00pm. We next meet on Thursday 3rd September- Check the Newington Trinity website calendar for any changes.
11. The next Afternoon Service will be held on Tuesday, 1st SEPTEMBER at 2.30pm in the Bill McDonald Hall [via West Mayfield level access] and led by Pauline Robertson, DCS., Parish Deacon. (Unfortunately this time the date clashes with the Guild Meeting). As usual everyone always made most welcome - please do come! This is a short informal service seated around tables, followed by light refreshments until around 3.45 pm. If you haven’t attended in the past and would like to join us we will be really glad to welcome you. If you need further information please get in touch with Pauline Robertson on 0758 704 3191/
12. Southside Guild The next session of our Guild begins on Tuesday 1st September at 2.00pm. Our speaker at our first meeting is the Rev Karen Campbell from Blackford and Grange Church, she is going to talk on this years theme “beyond the walls”. We are meeting in the Salisbury Room in September as the Afternoon Service is taking place in the Bill McDonald Hall. Everyone is welcome to join us and our meetings.
13. KNITTING. Helen Hibbert is knitting daily in August to raise money for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland. If you wish to support Helen in this task her Just Giving page is: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/helen1785501612968 Many thanks.
14. September Cards As regular distributors have been informed, cards for delivery around the parish will be ready for delivery during the week beginning 7 September. New distributors are always welcome. If you would like to volunteer to serve the church in this way and can spare an hour that week, please see Fiona Ferguson or contact
15. CAFE TIME The next Cafe Time will be held, again at the Priestfield centre, on Saturday 5 September from 10.00am to 12.00 noon, when donations will be received for Macmillan Cancer Support. Do come along for coffee and a chat, and why not bring a friend?
16. NEWINGTON TRINITY MEMBERS AT THE FRINGE 'Such Fragile Futures: An artist and a poet reflect in a garden' At the Edinburgh International Book Festival. What does it mean to bring tender attention to our encounters with nature? Join Christine De Luca and artist Brigid Collins as they unfold the results of their year-long creative collaboration in Dr Neil's Garden beside Duddingston Loch. Monday 24th August, 3.45pm to 4.45pm EIBF, Edinburgh Futures Institute, off Middle Meadow Walk, Tickets on sale from EIBF Box Office
17. 'Coffee and Blethers A big THANK YOU to all who came to chat and those who supported the group over the summer months. It was lovely to see everyone. Best wishes from the team.'
Forthcoming Deadlines
Order of Service: Thursday at 10.00am
Parish Magazine: Friday 9th October at 6.00pm
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