News in brief from around the local churches
St Columbkille’s Church is seeking more young people to help with their liturgy. The St Columbkille’s parish calender is now on sale in the Church porch, priced £5. All proceeds go towards reducing the church renovation debt. Stonelaw Parish Church will host Andrew McTaggart and Caledonia Voices for their Christmas concert on Monday, December 18 at 7.30pm. With beautiful music by Rutter and well known carols it promises to be another wonderful evening. Definitely an opportunity to invite music-loving friends along. Tickets at the door.
The final Acoustic Night @The Meeting Place of 2017 will be held on Friday, December 29.
This is a charity night with various artists playing. Suggested donation is £5. St Oswald’s Parish Church will hold a nativity festival on Saturday, December 16. People are encouraged to bring their nativity sets for display. It will last from 10am until 3pm and all are welcome to come in and enjoy. Refreshments will be for sale and at 3pm the sets will be blessed, ready to be put in pride of place at home for Christmas. Burnside Blairbeth Church will host a Christmas carol service on Christmas Eve. It will start at 8pm and will include traditional carols and lessons. Fernhill and Cathkin Church is continuing to create new organisations for the congregation, including the knitting and nattering club and the fortnightly crafts and coffee club led Archie Paterson. The Fitness Follies keep fit class meets every Wednesday at 10.30am. St Bride’s Church is continuing their new Eat Up initiative each Wednesday. The new idea will provide a hot meal each week, giving locals the chance to enjoy some warm Fleminton Hallside Church hosts a community cafe each Thursday from noon until 2pm. The women’s guild meets on Wednesdays at 7pm and friendly hour for the elderly takes place on Thursday afternoons at 2pm. Cambuslang Parish Church’s cafe is open every Wednesday from 10am until noon. Croftfoot United Free Church host T in The Croft every Friday from 10am until noon. It also hosts Lunch at the Croft on the first Friday of the month Rutherglen United Reformed Church’s Go Ahead Club has started up again. The non-denominational seniors club gets together for tea and coffee every Wednesday at 2pm. Refresh is a new venture at Croftfoot Parish Church that runs every Friday from 2-4pm. It has a number of activities from a hand massage to playing pool, as well as spiritual guidance. The church will also hold several special services in the run up to Christmas. There will be a nine lessons and carols service on December 17 and then the Christmas Eve service on December 24 at 11.15pm. Castlemilk Parish Church hold community meals on the first and third Fridays of the month. The church also has various other activities ongoing. See http://castlemilkparishch. wixsite.com for details. Rutherglen West and Wardlawhill Church’s friendship cafe runs every Tuesday from 10am until noon. The Tuesday Club has resumed meeting every Tuesday in the Hamilton Road Hall.
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