District News

Dalziel St Andrew’s Parish Church Reverend Derek Hughes took the opportunity last week to thank all who had contributed generously with chocolate Easter Eggs at the Palm Sunday service. These were all donated to Glasgow City Mission, where they were very much appreciated and will help bring much needed cheer. On Good Friday from 12 noon until 3pm the sanctuary and prayer room at the church will be open to all who wish to drop in for a quiet time of reflection and prayer. On Easter Day, April 1 there will be two services of worship at the church. Firstly, at 9.30am when the service will include the celebration of the Sacrament of Communion. Tea, coffee and toast will be available in the hall after this service and before the all age worship time which starts at 11am. This is an extra special occasion as the service will include the admission of new communicants. All are invited to come along and welcome these new members into the church family. The service will be available live online at the church website (dalzielstandrews. org.uk) and also for catch up on YouTube. British Sign Language signing and electronic note taking will be included as usual to assist those who are deaf or hard of hearing. On Saturday morning a community breakfast will be served in the large hall of the church from 10am to 12 noon. This is organised by the Young Adults Group and is open to all with no charge made for food and refreshments being served. Joint Holy week services continue each evening with St Mary’s Parish Church welcoming all tonight; Dalziel St Andrew’s on Thursday at a service which includes the Sacrament of Communion; and Motherwell South church concluding the services on Friday. Each evening worship commences at 7pm. Next Tuesday the guild will conclude their current session with their AGM and bring and buy sale. Befriend Motherwell has started a Friday afternoon walk around Dalziel Estate, starting at 2pm and lasting no more than an hour. Residents from local sheltered housing complexes will be taking part with any other seniors who wish to join in made most welcome. Call Colin at 07715655831 for further details. Befriend Motherwell is also organising an open day on Wednesday, April 18 from 10am to 2pm. This event is open to all and will provide details of all of the organisation’s activities with stalls from other support organisations also on show that day. No charge is made for entrance with refreshments available. On Thursday, April 26 a new Musical Memories group will begin and is open to all. Further details are available from 01698 440180. The newly refurbished Dementia Resource Centre in Dalziel Street are holding an open day on Saturday, April 21 from 11am until 3pm and on Monday, April 2 at 3pm to 7pm. Light refreshments will be served with all welcome each day. Further details are available from 01698 275300. Motherwell Photographic Society Douglas Harris, from Bearsden and Milngavie Camera Club, presented the Scottish Circle’s print portfolio at the society’s meeting last week. To make it easier to transport, this year it was displayed as a digital image format. Douglas gave a descriptive commentary on each image as it was displayed. At the end of the presentation the members discussed the quality of the images with some people of the opinion that the standard was not as high as that of previous years. Douglas was warmly thanked for his attendance and his informative presentation. At this next week’s meeting on Thursday, Elspeth Fear from Strathaven Camera Club, will be judging the final print competition. It is also the hand-in night for the Hugh Shaw Memorial print competition for which Bob Copland will be the judge. This is an open contest for all experienced levels and members are asked to submit up to five prints. The competition will be held on April 12, with the trophy being awarded at the society’s end of season social evening. Entries for the Scottish International Photographic Salon are now being accepted with the closing date being April 18. The competition has six sections; three for print and three for projected digital images. Individual entries are however, welcomed, if entered through the club when the entry fee will be reduced. The MPS meets on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in Holytown Community Centre, Stevenston Street, Holytown. Anyone with an interest in photography, no matter what their level, is welcome to attend. For more information, visit their website at www. motherwellphotographicsociety.co.uk or Facebook page. The web page also has a members’ gallery, where you can view further examples of their work. Rotary Club The guest speaker at last week’s meeting should have been Sammy Stein, the co founder of Glasgow Friends of Israel, who was due to speak on the Balfour Declaration. Unfortunately, he was unable to attend due to a prior engagement at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The winner of the weekly bonus ball was Des Donnelly. Senior vice president Andrew Steven had organised a general knowledge quiz and, after a very closely fought contest, the table of Rotarians John McDonald, Jim Robertson, Paul Begley, Bill McCallum and Willie Talbot ran out winners. Beltane Bowling Club The next prize bingo event is being held in the club on Thursday, at 7pm for 7.15pm. All members will be welcome to come along. Houldsworth Bowling Club’s function room will be closed on Saturday, but the lounge will be open as normal. South Wishaw Parish Church Midweek service is being held in the church today at 12 noon till 12.30pm and the service that evening will be led by the Life Groups from 7.30pm to 8pm. Easter events begin this week with a Passover meal and communion service with guest speaker Maurice Fieldman, a Messianic Jew and evangelist being held in the church on Thursday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and Good Friday service at 11am to 12pm. An Easter sunrise service will be held at Belhaven Park’s Glenpark Street entrance from 6.30am to 7am on Sunday. The Easter communion service in the church on Sunday at 11am will include a baptism, with three individuals also becoming new members of the church family as well as four longservice certificates being handed out to elders during the service. This will be followed by a congregational soup and sandwich lunch being served in the church hall afterwards. The Now Church! contemporary service begins that afternoon at 2pm till 3.30pm (come early for the free lunch). Please note the Saturday cafeteria will not be operating this week due to the Easter