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This Month's Rota
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Door Duties
February 5th
C Simpson, D Wyllie,
Mrs M Air, R Sharp

February 12th
Mrs P Hall, Mrs S Munro,
S Welch, M Wood

February 19th
Mrs C Boyd, JP Helmn,
Mrs C McVey, Mrs J Wilmshurst

February 26th
D Easton, Mrs B Elliott,
Mrs M Wilson, Dr Wood

March 4th
Communion
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Church Flowers
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February 5th – Lady Graham
February 12th – Mrs M Air
February 19th – Mrs M Scott
February 26th – Mrs Wilmshurst
March 4th – Mrs M Stuart
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Crèche
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A crèche is held in Room 4 during the 9.45am service.

February 5th
Ann Mitchell & Morag Air

February 12th & 19th
No crèche (school holidays)

February 26th
Christina Welch & Judith McNeill

March 4th
No crèche (Communion)
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Church Groups
Session Clerk's Column

Is it really two months since I last – metaphorically at least – took up my pen to write my ‘Comments’? Doesn’t time fly when you’re enjoying yourself – the Smillies certainly made the most of their festive season this year having missed out on most of last year’s.

The Church of course, like everyone else, is at its busiest during December – and 2011 was no exception with all the special services throughout the month being well-attended (not that there wasn’t room for more, mind!). The highlight for me was, as ever, the Christmas Eve service which was so well attended that we had to bring in extra chairs and lay out some more in the Gathering Space. The band in particular had worked incredibly hard – ‘for Marion’ as they all said – and they made a great sound. Special thanks for the musical success must go to Robin and Douglas for the way they pulled everything together and even had various contingencies ‘just in case’. Many were the late-night e-mails emanating from Douglas Road!

Mind you ‘Souper Sunday’ takes a bit of beating too! A well-prepared and well-balanced service on 8th January conducted with sincerity, confidence and not a little wit by very professional amateurs followed by an excellent lunch of Spicy Lentil or Potato and Leek soup and crusty bread in packed Halls (note the plural) with good conversation in good company – what more could you ask for (unless ‘seconds’) ? The children present had tomato soup instead, although, judging by Robin’s photos on the Souper Sunday website, I’m not sure how much of their soup actually got past their faces! Talking of Souper Sunday website – five of head chef Blythe Peart’s soup recipes are available there for your delectation and downloading!

As a nation we Scots are not particularly good at expressing our thanks often enough, so let me start the New Year by sincerely thanking everyone who was involved in any way with this very successful series of services – and especially our minister Robin. ‘Someone up there’ must also have really appreciated his efforts – and awarded him an extra day’s holiday on Arran thanks to strong winds when he was due to return !

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Church Diary

You can now access an online copy of the Church Meetings Programme from the Links page. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the document. This software is free to download and a link is provided..
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Crèche

A crèche, run by volunteers, is held in Room 4, during the 9.45am service, for children aged up to three years. When the crèche is not supervised by church members, parents are allowed to use Room 4 but must look after only their own children. Children must be with their own parent at all times and cannot be left with anyone else. Parents using the facilities must be aware of these rules. If you are interested in using the crèche and would like to know more (or if you'd like to volunteer to help!), please contact Ruth Couper (852412) or Beth Elliot (853423). We shall be delighted to give you more information.
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Sunday Club and JTYC

Sunday Club and JTYC are meeting every Sunday. We will be off for one or two weekends round the February break - watch this space for details!

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YCG & Friday Night Club

YCG (formerly known as TYC) is aimed at S1 and beyond. They meet for breakfast on a Sunday morning (about 9.15am). While the bacon rolls and chocolate croissants are being eaten, there's a topical discussion and then everyone goes into church for a short while. Sometimes, there are trips (cinema, bowling etc) and sometimes they tie in with the Friday Night Club.

The Friday Night Club usually meets each fortnight in the Community Centre. Sometimes its a themed night, other times its just a place to hang out. It has had another busy term with games sessions in the community centre and trips to the cinema, swimming and rock climbing. Club will restart after the summer holidays, and any prospective S1 pupils who wish to join Friday Club should email their details to Karen Cameron to be added to the mailing list.
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Prayer Group

Our regular prayer group meets at 9.30am, in the church and will continue each Thursday.

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The Clangers

The Belleplates group in the Church is known as "The Clangers". We meet most Sundays (not usually on Communion Sunday or in school holidays) at 11am to practice the belleplates (otherwise known as handbells for dummies!) and anyone is welcome to join us. We are a very informal group and we 'perform' in church a few times a year, e.g. Christmas, Easter.