News in brief from around the local churches
The charismatic prayer group at St Columbkille’s are meeting every week.
Join them in the hall, room one, on Wednesdays from 7pm-8.30pm. 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 6.30-7.30 pm. The church is also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ stcolumbkillesrutherglen. King’s Park Church will hold a Daffodil Tea on Wednesday, March 30, at 7.30pm in the large hall.
Tickets will be £3.50 each and the entertainment will be the One Way Gospel Singers. Rutherglen Old Parish Church recently held a successful coffee morning, where they heard about fair trade.
They heard about the benefits to others of buying goods grown and produced by overseas workers getting a fair wage.
These items always have the fair trade symbol and can be bought locally. 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 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.
Flemington Hallside Church continues to welcome the public to its community cafe each week from noon-2pm on Thursdays. The next scheduled prayer breakfast at Croftfoot United Free Church will take place in the church’s small hall on Saturday, April 9.
They will meet there at 8.30am for breakfast and a chat then have a time of reflection and prayer.
A warm welcome will be offered to everyone. Stonelaw Parish Church invite the local community into the building with the Cafe @ 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 take place at 7.30pm in the Meeting Place.
Stonelaw will hold their fish supper service on Sunday, April 3, at 5.30pm.
They will have fish suppers, etc, in the hall, followed by a short act of worship.
This service is suitable for all ages but suppers must be booked beforehand. Toryglen Parish Church intend to hold car boot sales on the last Saturday of every month. Tables are available for £10.
More information at www. facebook.com/toryglenparish. church. If you have any church news then get in touch with jonathan. geddes@trinitymirror.com.