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Well, that’s the summer that was!  Like the football season, we hardly seem to have been away!

Our Winter programme has of course already started with the ‘Craig Duncan and Friends’ concert in early August – and what a superb night to get us going.  The Church was full, the music was great and the performers and audience all had a wonderful time.  I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to talk to Craig and company the following day at the informal monthly Communion service – a really friendly down-to-earth group of people who enjoy what they do, and praise God for giving them their talents.  Craig has certainly made many more ‘Friends’ in Longniddry.

But one of the things I enjoyed most about the concert was the number of people in the Church whom I did not recognise!  Is it too much to hope that some of these people – obviously not Longniddry Church members – might find their way back on a Sunday morning?  After all we have an excellent band playing most Sundays then too.  Fingers crossed!
I’m sure everyone who has attended our Church has admired the beautiful floral displays on a Sunday morning.  After the service these displays are dismantled into several bunches which are then distributed by a willing group of ladies to people in the village who are perhaps ill, or just need cheering up, or are celebrating a special occasion etc etc.  Obviously a lot of these names come from Robin or Jamie, but please, if you know of anyone who might appreciate some flowers at any time or for any reason, and to know someone is thinking of them, please get in touch with Margaret Palmer – she’ll be delighted to hear from you.

Once or twice a year we hold a Welcome Evening in the Church where newcomers to the village can come along and meet the minister informally over a cup of tea or coffee, and see round the Church and Halls.  We are planning to hold another soon, and while the Lady Visitors who deliver the Magazines supply me with most of the names to issue invitations to, on occasion some people can be overlooked.  If you are interested, then, just to be on the safe side, why not give me a ring and I’ll make sure you’re on the list.

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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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Sunday Club and JTYC

Children, aged 3 - 8 years old, can come to the Sunday Club during the 9.45 service. They have a story, followed by related crafts and games. Sometimes, we get adventurous and go outside; sometimes we stay in and watch a DVD. But there's usually juice and biscuits at the end! Please come along and visit - we'd love to meet you and have you join us!

Older kids, from about 9 - 11 (P5 - P7) come along to Junior TYC during the service. They usually go into topics in more depth, as well creating crafts, writing and performing dramas, making presentations on the PC etc. At the end of June, in our Youth Service, the Sunday Club performed a song from Messy Church for the whole congregation...

Our God is Big

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TYC

TYC is aimed at S1 and beyond. They meet for breakfast on a Sunday morning, and once the bacon rolls and chocolate croissants have been eaten, there's a topical discussion. They also go out on trips and tie in with the Friday Night Club.

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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. Our youngest player is in P7!   We are a very informal group and we 'perform' in church a few times a year, e.g. Christmas, Easter.

At the Second Saturday Coffee Morning in March the Longniddry Clangers performed together with bellringers from Haddington. A good time was had by all.

Clangers in Action