News in brief from around the local churches
King’s Park Church Guild welcomes Mrs Marion Dickie as the speaker today, Wednesday, March 2 at 2pm, speaking on‘A South African Adventure ’.
This Saturday, March 5, the annual guild coffee morning and sale takes place from 10am-noon in the large hall.
Entry is by donation with proceeds going towards guild funds.
Also on Saturday from 4-6pm, games, art and crafts and yummy food are on offer at this month’s messy church for families and friends.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Next Tuesday, March 9, King’s Park’s Tuesday coffee morning will be organised by the men’s group. All welcome – from 10am-noon in the St Mungo Hall.
Also on Tuesday, children aged between five and nine years can come along to the youth club at 3.30-4.45pm in the lesser hall, run in partnership with Glasgow Life.
St Columbkille’s music group (Colum) are having their annual concert in aid of Mary’s Meals on Saturday, March 5 at 7.30 pm in St Columbkille’s Hall.
This year the theme is “Singing Through the Decades” 1930s—2000s.
Tickets are £5 adult, £3 children 12 and under, children 5 and under go free.
There will be tea, coffee, a bar and raffle.
Tickets available from group members and at the door.
The fund raising Committee at St Columbkille’s are organising an exciting St Patrick’s Night Ceilidh on Friday, March 18 at 7.30pm in the Hall, in aid of the Church Restoration Fund with the dance music provided byThe Reel Fun Ceilidh Band.
There will be a bar and raffle, with tea at the interval when special guests, St Francis Pipe Band will play.
The charismatic prayer group at St Columbkille’s are meeting every week.
Join them in the hall, room one, on Wednesdays from 7pm until 8.30pm and everyone is welcome.
The craft group meets in the hall every Tuesday from 11am to 1pm.
The Divine Mercy Prayer Group meets in the White Fathers, 9 Milrig Road, Rutherglen, every Thursday from 6.30 to 7.30 pm.
The Church is also on Facebook at www.facebook. com/stcolumbkillesrutherglen
Rutherglen West and Wardlawhill Church’s weekly friendship cafe offers a warm welcome.
The cafe runs every Tuesday from 10am-noon in West and Wardlawhill Parish Church in Western Avenue.
Cambuslang Parish Church’s Community Cafe is open every Wednesday.
The organisers invite the local community to go along and enjoy a drink and a tasty snack in warm, comfortable surroundings each week.
The church will also be hosting Messy Easter on Saturday, March 12.
It will run from 4pm to 6pm. in the Kirkhill Halls and promises fun and games with an Easter theme.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
King’s Park Church and other local churches are continuing their Lent bible studies in the lead up to Easter.
This takes place in King’s Park Church on March 7 and in
Flemington Hallside Church continues to welcome the public to its community cafe each week.
The cafe runs twicea week and is open from noon-2pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Stonelaw Parish Church invite the local community into the building with the Café @ the Meeting Place being open from Monday to Saturday from 10.30am to 12.30pm.
A selection of teas and coffees are available along with home baking and there is a secondhand book stall.
The church has also started to hold‘Discipleship Explored’on Thursdays.
The sessions are intended to help Christians work out what it means to follow Christ and they
Toryglen Parish Church now intend to hold car boot sales on the very last Saturday of every month. Grab your table now at £10.
More information at www. facebook.com/toryglenparish. church
Glasgow the Caring City have recently been overwhelmed with donations and desperately need people to help out Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 2pm.
Anyone who wishes to help should contact them on 0141 634 8560 or email info@ glasgowthecaringcity.com
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