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Caldwell and Dunlop Parish Church
Welcome to Dunlop Kirk
Sunday Morning Worship 8 December 2024
Second Sunday in Advent
Caldwell Church 10.00 am
Dunlop Kirk 11.30am
All welcome.
Our Services of Worship are recorded and can be viewed here
Services are live on our YouTube channel
and Services are live on Facebook.
Services can be listened to by calling 01505 805500 (local call rate)
You can access the service by clicking on this link to Dunlop Kirk's YouTube Service.
Dunlop Church of Scotland - YouTube Channel
Watch previous Caldwell recorded services here
If you would like to be part of our Zoom Caldwell and Dunlop Church congregation
the Zoom service on Sunday normally starts at 11.15am.
We'll start with about 15 minutes of welcome and chat, before watching the online Service then more time for chat afterwards.
Let me know if you'd like to join us, and I'll email you the link. It is also possible to Zoom by telephone,
so if you know anyone who'd like to join that way, then let them, and me, know.
Intimations.
The Christingle Service
Was a great success - thank you all for coming along!
Many thanks to the Dunlop Primary School Choir - fabulous!!
Christmas Appeal East Ayrshire Churches Homelessness Action:
This year there will again be a collection of gifts for children affected by homelessness at Christmas.
Please mark the gifts with an age range.
There will also be a collection of tinned goods for the residents in temporary accommodation,
that is in the hostels and temporary flats throughout East Ayrshire
so that they can have a festive meal on Christmas day. Donations of cash to help with the purchase of these goods
will also be welcome if you are unable to arrange a children’s gift.
Could the gifts please be brought to church by Sunday, 8th December so that they can be delivered to Kilmarnock
for distribution before Christmas.
If you are unable to bring them to church, or would prefer to donate money,
please contact: Margo McMurdo 01560 484824 or Lesley Beaton 01560 484989.
We appreciate the support this appeal always receives from the congregation and the wider community.
Carol Concert – Dunlop Kirk 8th December 4pm
Cathures Chamber Choir
Come along and enjoy some beautiful arrangements of Christmas music.
All welcome! A retiring collection will be made.
A programme of carols, many of which you’ll know, a few you won’t,
and a chance to join in with some Christmas hymns.
Please come and support us and enjoy an hour or so of the real Christmas spirit!
Everyone welcome.
Musical Memories are having a festive afternoon in Dunlop Church Hall on Wednesday, 11th December.
You are encouraged to come a wee bit earlier than usual to be seated by 1.45pm all ready for 2pm when
Dunlop Primary School Choir will be singing some Christmas songs.
This promises to be a festive afternoon with carols, prize-winning games and a Christmas tea.
All will be made very welcome!
Messy Church Christmas Cinema event is on Saturday, 14th December in Dunlop Village Hall.
Doors open at 3.30pm with the film, Arthur Christmas, starting at 3.45pm.
All welcome. Please remember children must bring a grown-up with them.
Food Bank donation bags are now available in both our church sanctuaries and church halls.
As organisations return from the summer break they'll be encouraged to make use of these donation collection points.
If you'd like to help out by collecting the donations from time to time and delivering them to the Food Banks in Barrhead and Stewarton,
please contact Alison and hopefully we can make up a rota of deliverers!
Below a link to the Trussell Trust website so you can have a look at their campaigns and activities
to bring about structural change for the benefit of those who find themselves unable to feed themselves and their families.
https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-involved/campaigns/guarantee-our-essentials/
Tuesday Coffee, Tea and a Chat
Tuesday, 10th December 2024.
Open 10 - 11.30am.
Dunlop rear Church Hall.
All welcome.
Exploring the Bible are on Zoom on Tuesday mornings at 10.30am
Contact Rev. Alison McBrier for zoom details.
Recordings are also available.
Charity Tuesdays
when information about a particular charity is shared on our Facebook Pages every week.
If there’s a particular charity you’d like to publicise or promote -
could be a local, national or international organisation -
please contact our Minister, Rev Alison McBrier.
The Church Hall
Booking for the church hall can be arranged now by contacting Brian McGaw
or 07359 063355.
Dunlop Diary - articles to be included in the Diary should be submitted to dunlopdiary@gmail.com
Deadline for February Diary is Monday evening, 20 January 2025.Please contact Rev Alison McBrier or Session Clerk, Margo McMurdo (contact page), if you have any questions.
If you want any information on the above or would like to join our email information list,
please email Alison or Margo on contact@dunlopkirk.org.uk
Donations and givings
If you would like to make a donation to Dunlop Kirk,
you can do so by clicking on this link
Donate to Church of Scotland - Dunlop.
We are most appreciative of all the support we receive from members and friends of our congregation and parish,
especially at this very difficult time.
Dunlop is a small, friendly village in rural Ayrshire.
We are United with Caldwell, in Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire as Caldwell and Dunlop Parish Church of Scotland.
We in Dunlop Kirk feel that our church is at the heart of the community.
We have a long and proud history of loving and serving the people of our parish, which also includes the communities of Burnhouse, Lugton, Newmill and the Halket.
Continue to pray - for our communities - people of all ages.
For all those whose lives and occupations are disrupted, and who are struggling with financial uncertainty.
For those who are working to maintain supply chains, and essential services. For our civic and religious leaders.
For all those who work in healthcare - in whatever capacity.
For researchers and scientists who are continuing to create treatments and vaccines.
Keep caring for each other, as I know you are.
Please pass on my words here to anyone you know is not on-line.
Peace, and hope, and love be with you all,
Alison
Rev Alison McBrier,
Minister.
Caldwell and Dunlop Parish Churches