News in brief from around the local churches
St Bride’s Church’s new Eat Up initiative, offering warm food and company, takes place every Wednesday from noon to 2pm.
The church is also holding a movie night at the parish a week on Friday (June 29), starting at 7pm.
Cost for adults is £3 and children is £1.
You can book using Facebook, a sheet at the back of the church or by paying at the door.
The church’s recent Fun Day for the SPACE charity earned £650 for the good cause. Burnside Blairbeth Church continue to hold Messy Church on the first Saturday of every month. This is a family service that also includes a meal. Cambuslang Parish Church’s Lunch Club takes place on Tuesday and Friday of each week at 12.30pm. The café is open every Wednesday from 10am till noon. Flemington Hallside Church’s women’s guild meets every Wednesday at 7pm. Castlemilk Parish Church holds community meals on the first and third Fridays of the month. See http://castlemilkparishch. wixsite.com for details. Rutherglen’s Salvation Army has a host of events going on, including toddler groups, the JAM club and singing groups. More information can be found at www.salvationarmy.org.uk/ rutherglen. The Fitness Follies Keep Fit group at Fernhill and Cathkin Church meets every Wednesday at 10.30am, and new members are always welcome. On Thursday at 10am, the Knitting & Nattering group meets in the Session Room, again new members are always welcome. And their Messy Church services are held on the first Saturday of each month. St Oswald’s Episcopal Church in King’s Park has announced details of ongoing events taking place. Monday is for Kaleidoscope, offering a play space for children living with autism and their families from 6.30pm until 8pm. On Tuesday there is community yoga, with entry costing £3 and lasting from 7pm until 8pm. All abilities are welcome. Wednesday sees prayer space at 10am, giving a chance for reflection. On Thursday there is soup and space to be still from 6.30pm until 8pm. Stonelaw Church’s Cafe @ The Meeting Place is open Monday to Saturday from 10.30am until 12.30pm. Tea and coffee is available, along with home baking and a second-hand book stall. Stonelaw is also having monthly 30 minute services for those who struggle to attend on Sunday. The next of those services takes place on July 4 at 2pm, followed by one on August 1. The church’s Tuesday Chat group meet every fortnight, on Tuesday’s, at 7.30pm. The group is a great place for people to chat and study God’s word together. St Columbkille’s are also looking at establishing a bereavement group in the church. Anyone interested in helping should put comments in the green box at the back of the church. They are also holding a meeting to discuss setting up a group that would look at the history of the parish. They meet on Mondays at 6pm in the Hall Conference Room. The Small Faith Sharing group have begun meeting again on Tuesday nights.
And they are looking for people to help clearing weeds from the church grounds on June 22 and June 23. The popular Messy Church event at Rutherglen Baptist Community Church is held on the third Saturday of each month (excluding July and August). Rutherglen Old Parish Church is open every Thursday between noon and 2pm for a period of reflection known as Thoughtful Thursday. There is also the opportunity to enjoy fellowship over tea/coffee and biscuits. Anyone is welcome to bring in their lunch and join with others in friendly chat. Rutherglen West and Wardlawhill Church’s friendship cafe runs every Tuesday from 10am until noon. The Tuesday Club meets in the Hamilton Road hall. St Mark’s have a cuppa club which meets on Tuesday mornings. All are welcome. Croftfoot United Free Church hosts 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 till 1.30pm. Entry is £1.50. Contact jonathan.geddes@ reachplc.com if you have any church news or events. Material must be received by Friday each week for publication in the following week’s edition.