News in brief from around the local churches

Flemington 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.

They will hold special Christmas services on Christmas Eve, including the crib service at 6.30pm, where children are welcome to attend in their pyjamas, and then a later service featuring mince pies at 10pm, carols at 11pm and the watchnight service at 11.45pm. The final Acoustic Night @The Meeting Place of 2017 will be held at Stonelaw Parish Church on Friday, December 29.

This is a charity night with various artists playing. Suggested donation is £5. Members of Rutherglen Old Parish Church wish everyone a very happy Christmas and invite them to come along to the Christmas Eve Service. Tea/ Coffee will be available from 11pm with the Service beginning at 11.30pm. Burnside Blairbeth Church will host a Christmas carol service on Christmas Eve.

It will start at 8pm and will include traditional carols and lessons. 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.

The church will also hold several special services in the run up to Christmas, including the Christmas Eve service on December 24 at 11.15pm. 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. 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. 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 project will provide a hot meal each week, giving locals the chance to enjoy some warm food and some company each week. It will run from noon until 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 from 11.30am to 1.30pm. Entry is £1.50. 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 United Reformed Church is looking ahead to 2018.

In 2017 over 300 people have attended events at the church, from taking part in activities ranging from yoga, dancing and taekwondo to Guides, Brownies and Rainbows.

Some come every week while others visit less often.

But the church would like it known that all are welcome to come along.

Many members are involved in doing things locally, from food banks, to R:evolve, the LEAP Project or a variety of local charities, while they try to support people, including having an annual toy collection and collecting items for Castlemilk Furniture Ministry.

The church are excited that so many people use their buildings.

They are already planning a special event for early in 2018.