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Mayf ie ld Sa l i sbur y Par ish (Edinburgh) Church of Scot land
SERMON: THE MIRACLE OF BREADPOPPY PROJECT
September 2018 Issue 236 Scottish Charity SC000785
THE BILL MCDONALD HALL
Dear Friends,
The office of Edinburgh InterfaithAssociation is now located in MayfieldSalisbury. We are delighted to have IainStewart, the Executive Director, andShaina Gabi, Administrator.
EIFA was officially formed in 1989 topromote and facilitate positiveengagement between the faithcommunities of our religiously andculturally diverse city. EIFA is nowScotland’s longest running interfaithcharity and has a good history of workingwith faith communities. Through dialogueand education, EIFA is striving to makeEdinburgh a more respectful and peacefulcity.
EIFA has played a lead - or supporting &co-ordinating role - in the visits toScotland by eminent religious and spiritualleaders such as the Venerable Thich NhatHanh, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, BhaiSahib Mohinder Singh, Chief Rabbi DavidRosen, and others such as Arun Gandhi,Professor Tariq Ramadan, KarenArmstrong, and Nobel Prize winner
Mairead CorriganMaguire.
The next event forEIFA is theAnnual InterfaithPeace Servicewhich will be heldthis year in StMary’s EpiscopalCathedral,Palmerston Place,on Thursday 20 September (7.00pm to8.00pm). It will be good to see you there.
It seems to me that the future for thereligions of the world is to explicitlyjourney together, to share with and learnfrom each other. Of course, there arereal doctrinal differences but doctrines arenot ultimate truth. Each religion is alanguage, a single spiritual path in amultilingual world. As best we can, weare to become multilingual.
Every blessing,Scott
THE MANSE Revd Dr Scott S. McKenna
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THE BILL MCDONALD LECTURE The inaugurallecture of the Bill McDonald Lectureship will be delivered byAllan Little, former researcher, reporter and specialcorrespondent with the BBC, on Sunday 7 October, 2018 inMayfield Salisbury Parish Church at 7.00pm. During hiscareer, Allan reported from Baghdad on the 1991 Gulf War;on the break-up of Yugoslavia; became the BBCcorrespondent in South Africa and reported on the aftermathof the Rwandan genocide. He also served as the BBC's Moscow correspondent.Since 2015, Allan has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the EdinburghInternational Book Festival. All welcome.
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Can you believe it’s a full 2 years since welast bothered you about supporting thework of EMMS International? And no -our challenge is not in the Warm Heart ofAfrica - this time it’s on the Banks andBraes o’ Bonnie Scotland! Instead ofcycling through Malawi we’re cycling 50miles round Bute, Kintyre and Arran. No,we’re not kayaking on Lake Malawi; we’retaking 5 Ferries around the Firth of Clyde!We’re swapping mosquitoes for midges,blue skies and sunshine for grey skies andrain, but we’re expecting just as manypotholes to negotiate. That’s onSeptember 1. On 2 September, instead ofclimbing Mount Mulanje, we’re taking onGoatfell! Will there be glorious views atthe top stretching as far as the eye can see
or will we be shrouded in mist? Whoknows?
What we do know is that this is all in aidof a worthwhile cause.
We’re trying to raise money for the EMMSInternational Every Girl Matters appeal.Your support will help improve the healthand healthcare of women and girls insome of the poorest communities inMalawi.
If you would like to support this appeal,or find out more, check out the link belowto our online giving page. Or speak to Jeanand Alastair MacGilchrist, or CatrionaSpratt.
EVERY GIRL MATTERS APPEAL
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/alastairjeanmacgilchristhttps://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/catrionastewart1
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I am writing this on 22 August when thepoppy tally comes to an amazing 1779. Ahuge thank you to all the knitters who haveachieved this magnificent totalduring the summer! Weare also veryappreciative of thedonations ofwool.
However, wecan’t rest on ourneedles. Weneed tokeepgoing.Thetargetis3333,and wecanmake it!
Here’s the patternbelow for everyone who is not yet involved oryou can pick up a pattern, some wool andneedles on Sunday mornings in the halls
entrance where there is also bin for completedpoppies. The deadline is 4 November.
Using 4.00mm (old size 8), 3.75mm ( 9), 3.25mm (10) needles and double knittingwool -
Cast on 120 stitches
Knit 4 rowsSlip one, knit 2 together, passslip stitch over to end ofrow (40 stitches)Knit 4 rows
Knit 2 together to endof row (20 stitches)Knit 4 rows in red* orknit 2 rows in red thenchange to black woolfor the last two rows.
Knit 2 together to end ofrow (10 stitches)
Draw wool through stitches and sew up.
* If using red wool throughout, sew on a black buttonor embroider the centre in black.
POPPY PROJECT UPDATE Sandra Carter
CRAFT MOMENTS
Craft Moments resumes on 20 September and meets every other Thursdayuntil 13 December. We meet in the Fountainhall Room in Church House from10.00am to 1200 noon. This is a group where knitting with a purpose, forexample hats for Bethany or for premature babies, or lap rugs for care homes,goes on while chatting over coffee. There are no prizes for guessing our mainfocus this autumn - poppies! Anyone who cares to join us will be verywelcome.
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Our Pastoral Assistant, Kay McIntoshDCS may be contacted on 07903 266 307or [email protected]
Morning Prayers take place in theSanctuary each Tuesday morningbetween 9.30am and 9.45am. Thisprovides an opportunity to pray in silencefor those known to us who are ill or whoare passing through difficult times. If you,or someone known to you, would like tobe remembered this way in prayer, pleaseinform Kay.
We continue, as always, to be mindful ofeach other’s situations and needs. If you,or someone known to you, wouldappreciate a pastoral visit, please informScott or one of the Pastoral Visitor(PV)group co-ordinators.
Contact details for PV group co-ordinators:
Dorothy Cloughley0131 667 [email protected]
Wendy Mathison 0131 447 [email protected]
Anne Mulligan 0131 664 [email protected]
Maggie Ross 0131 668 [email protected]
Hilary [email protected]
Changes of address etc. should continueto be passed to the roll keeper, HughSomerville.
Kay
PASTORAL CARE
All four Gospels, Mark, Matthew, Luke andJohn, record the miracle of the feeding ofthe 5000. In the account of John, we aretold that, having crossed the Sea ofGalilee, Jesus journeyed up a mountain andsat down with His disciples. It was nearthe time of Passover. A large crowd hadfollowed them. Jesus asked Philip, ‘Whereare we to buy bread for these people?’Philip replied, ‘Six months’ wages wouldnot buy enough food for each of them toget a little’. It is Andrew, through the giftof a little boy, who provides five barleyloaves and two fish. Jesus asked thepeople to sit down. We are told thatwhere they sat there was a great deal ofgrass. He took the loaves, gave thanks anddistributed them to the vast crowd; eachate as much as they wanted. At the end,twelve filled baskets were left over. We aretold. “When the people saw the sign thathe had done, they began to say. ‘This isindeed the prophet who is come into theworld’.” There is a miracle here no doubt,but what is the miracle? This story hasbeen included by all four evangelists, so itis important but what is the miracle?
After the apostle Paul, perhaps the mostsignificant writer in the Christian traditionis the fourth/fifth century African bishop,theologian and mystic, Augustine ofHippo. Ordained a priest in 391AD inwhat is modern-day Algeria, Augustine’swork continues to influence and shape the
worldwide church today. Writing in thelate fourth century, Augustine commentedthat hearers of the Gospel frequently gotstuck on the ‘wonder’ aspect of miraclesand in debates as to whether such thingscould ever have happened. A Doctor ofthe Church, Augustine wrote:
Let us ask the miracles themselves what theytell us about Christ, for they have a tongue oftheir own, if it can only be understood.Because Christ is the Word of God, all theacts of the Word become words to us. Themiracle which we admire on the outside alsohas something inside which must beunderstood. If we see a piece of beautifulhandwriting, we are not satisfied simply tonote that the letters are formed evenly, equallyand elegantly; we also want to know themeaning the letters convey. In the same waya miracle is not like a picture, somethingmerely to look at and admire, and to be left atthat. It is much more like a piece of writingwhich we must learn to read and understand.
Augustine compared miracles to beautifulhandwriting: we want to understand itsdepth, and not be content with its elegantform. What is the inner meaning of themiracle of the feeding of the 5000?
Many of the stories in the Gospels havebeen inspired and shaped by stories of theTanakh, our Old Testament. Midrash is aJewish genre of reimaging and re-writing
SERMON Revd Dr Scott S. McKenna
THE MIRACLE OF BREAD
MIRACLES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM
Sunday, 29 July, 2018
John 6:1-21 2 Kings 4:42-44
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stories in the Tanakh. Theevangelists, the early Church, used thisway of writing to tell the story ofJesus to a largely Jewish audience. If,as a first century Jew, you heard thestory of the feeding of the 5000, whatwould you hear? Details in this genreare almost never incidental. Whatwould you hear? You would hearresounding echoes of the Exodus.
The first detail we are given is thatJesus crossed the Sea of Galilee.Moses crossed the Red Sea or Sea ofReeds. In the account of Mark andMatthew, having crossed the sea, Jesusentered a desert place. In the Exodusstory, in the desert place the peopleare fed by bread, by manna, fromheaven and, in both stories, there arebasketfuls of leftovers. Theevangelists want us to see Jesus as thenew Moses, the Lawgiver.
Did you notice that that John tells us thatthere was grass where the people satdown? Think about that: we are lookingat a miracle of feeding 5000 people andthe evangelist told us there was grass onthe mountain. The evangelist Mark tellsus that the grass was green. This is notincidental. The green grass suggests it wasthe Jewish month of Abib, which is thetime of Passover. John explicitly tells usthat it is near Passover time in anotherallusion to the Exodus.
As a first century Jew, you would also hearclear echoes from Second Kings in whichthe prophet Elisha fed the people withtwenty loaves of barley. Like Philip toJesus, a servant of Elisha said that theloaves would not be nearly enough food.Elisha replied, ‘Give it to the people andlet them eat…..They shall eat and have
some left’. The evangelists want us to seeJesus as a prophet, a prophet like Elisha.In the Gospels, it is not long after theaccount of the feeding of the 5000 that weare told the story of the Transfiguration, astory in which, in a mystical vision, Jesusstood alongside Moses and the prophetElijah.
In the Gospels of Mark and Matthew,there is a near identical story told of thefeeding of the 4000. The first story is setin Jewish region near Galilee while thesecond is set in the Gentile region of theDecapolis. Taken together, these storiesportray the feeding of Jew and Gentile; touse St Paul’s phrase, ‘Jew first, and thenGreek’.
The fourth evangelist declares Jesus to be aprophet, the one who is to come into theworld, but when does the evangelist saythat? It is not after the 5000 are fed.There is a sign but it is not the feeding of
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Augustine of Hippo by Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510)
the 5000. Thesign is that afterall had eaten,there were 12baskets leftover.In the feeding ofthe 4000, thereare 7 basketsleftover.
These numbersare notincidental. 12represents the 12tribes of Israel,while 7 is theperfect numbermeaning fullness,completion.The five loavessuggest the Pentateuch, the first five booksof the Torah. The number 4 suggests the4 beasts in the Book of Daniel: in theirhistory the Hebrew people had beenoverrun by 4 Gentile empires.
As we piece together this beautifulhandwriting, to use Augustine’s metaphor,we are ready to understand the depths inthe story, the miracle on the mountainside.In penetrating Scripture written in theJewish mindset, it is important to hearwhat a first century Jew would hear. Inthe past, many in the Church have eitherfocused too narrowly on the wonder ofthe miracle, the supernatural event; or, inorder to avoid the ‘embarrassment’ of thesupernatural, the liberal wing of theChurch has preferred an interpretation ofjustice or sharing or personal generosity.There is far more to it than that.
In the rabbinic tradition, manna is asymbol of God’s word. In Deuteronomy,Moses told the people that they were fedmanna so that they would understand that
they did not live by bread alone. In theGospel of John, Jesus, Jeshua, is the Breadof Life. The eloquent handwriting ofJohn, narrating the feeding of the 5000, isa story about illuminating faith, aboutfeeding on Christ. For the early Church,as for us, Jesus is the Word of God, theWisdom of God, the essence of God and,spiritually, we are to feed on Him. Wecannot live by bread alone. This worldwill never satisfy the hunger of the soul.
The story in John also has Eucharisticovertones: Jesus took the loaves, gavethanks and distributed them among thepeople. The Eucharist is union with God,a window opened into that which liesbeyond space and time; it is intimacy withthe Highest. In the Eucharist, throughprayers and sacred songs, heaven and earthare bound together. The miracle on themountainside happens every time wereceive Bread from the hand of Jesus andevery time we feed on the words of Jesus,the Word of Life. The miracle is nothistory; it is today. Amen.
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The miracle of the five loaves and two fish by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)
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As we make our final preparations for ourHarvest Festival on Saturday 6 October,we are reminded why we support ChristianAid. You will have seen the news of theKerala Floods. The worst monsoonfloods in over 100 years have killedhundreds of people, homes andlivelihoods have been destroyed, andthousands of people need food, shelterand clean water. The money we raise atour Harvest Festival will go some way tohelp there.
So we all look forward to seeing you at ourHarvest Festival and Crafternoon onSaturday 6 October between 2pm and5pm.
There will be craft and design stalls,activities, displays, floral craft classes,intergenerational crafts, produce for sale,marmalades and jams, baking and sweetsale, craft competitions and much, muchmore. The whole of the Church will befilled, from the garden to the Sanctuary.We hope that every generation will comeand enjoy learning from each other. Inaddition, there will be delicious afternoontea! A full flier will follow, but in themeantime, if you are able and have time, itwould be good if you could start makingjams, chutneys and pickles for us to sell onthe day. Lets make it the biggest jam andjelly and chutney stall ever! Nearer thetime we would welcome baking and crafts– the more we sell, the more we can help!So lets have fun fundraising. Please savethe date, tell all your friends to do thesame and we hope to see you all there!Thanks from The Christian Aid Team
Christian Aid Prayer ThoughtsPray for the UN Assembly beginning on18 September, where they will be workingon two new agreements on refugees andmigration. Pray for an outcome thatincludes support for the 40 million peopledisplaced within their own borders.
Merciful God. For the times the cries of theabandoned, the silent fears of the displaced, andthe secret trauma of those abused, have goneunheard and unnoticed, forgive us. Amen
“Our God is merciful.” Read Psalm116:1-9
CHRISTIAN AID
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BILL MCDONALD HALL DEDICATION
The cake
Cutting the cake
Sunday, August 26, 2018, was a special dayat Mayfield Salisbury: the day on which wededicated and re-named the refurbished‘Upper Hall’ to become the ‘Bill McDonaldHall’. To our delight a large number ofBill’s family were able to be present both atthe morning service which preceded thededication and at the dedication itself. Inthe service, our minister, Revd Dr ScottMcKenna, used prayers written by Bill,quoted him in his sermon and Bill’s widow,Patricia McDonald, read two Biblepassages. Following the service, a largecrowd of worshippers joined Scott, Patriciaand the family in the hall.
In his address, Scott explained that Bill hadbeen minister of Mayfield Church from1959 to 1992 and that his ministry wasmarked by its fruitfulness, intelligence andpastoral concern. In 1989, Bill was alsoModerator of the Church of Scotland. Soearlier this year, the Kirk Session at
Mayfield Salisbury agreed that it was rightin some way to mark Bill’s successful andfaithful ministry. The ‘Upper Hall’ wasoriginally built as an extension to the mainbuildings in 1967, being opened in 1968during Bill’s ministry, so it seemedappropriate, exactly 50 years on, torefurbish and re-name it in his memory.More than that, it was agreed that, as Billwas a man of ideas who enjoyedintellectual stimulation, a lectureshipshould be instituted in his name. The firstlecture will therefore take place on Sunday7 October 2018 and will be given,appropriately, by Bill’s son-in-law, AllanLittle, a former special correspondent withthe BBC.
In her reply, Patricia McDonald spoke verywarmly about Bill describing how much histime at Mayfield and his ministry hadmeant to him. She thanked everyone forre-naming the hall and setting up the
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The McDonald family
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lectureship in his memory, saying howsurprised he would have been but also howpleased and grateful. Her words weregreeted by warm applause. Many membersof the congregation remember Bill’sministry and remain indebted to him forwho he was and the work he did here.Scott then offered the prayer anddedication.
Patricia McDonald cut the celebratorycake, coffee and tea were served, and therewas time for chat and fellowship withfriends old and new. Children played in thehall and the garden, and the Youth Groupbarbecue swung into action, despite therain, so that hot dogs were handed roundto old and young alike!
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PRAYER AND DEDICATION
It is indeed right, it is our duty and our joy,at all times and in all places,to give You thanks and praise,Holy God, Eternal Mystery.
Heaven itself, the highest heaven,cannot contain You,how much less this church and hallthat we have built!
Yet, we seek Your blessing for this space,for the presence of Your Spirit in this place.We give thanks for the work and witness that has gone on here since these doorswere first opened.
Through all the work and witness,through the joy, laughter, business,relaxation, tears and achievements
to come,through the love, care and kindness of old and young, we pray Your Spirit, ever-present, will flourish.
In the name of Jesus Christ,our Saviour, teacher and companion,I re-dedicate this hall to the service of Godand re-name it, the Bill McDonald Hall,that we may be inspired by his winsome Christianity,his leadership, humility and wisdom.
We ask a blessing upon Bill’s family,mindful of their pride, rich memories and love.
We offer these prayers in the name of Jesus.Amen.
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NEWS
The flowers during July and August were donated by thefamily of the late Peggy Wilson, Norma McClure and NoraMacFarlane and arranged by Jinty Murray, Diana Tudhope,Nicola Crosbie, Hilary Watkinson and Jane Main.
APPEAL FOR HELP IN ARRANGING ANDDELIVERING SUNDAY FLOWERS
Each Sunday we can all take pleasure in the floralarrangements we see in Church. These are done by a smallnumber of volunteers. Do you think that is something youcould do? If so please contact Jane Main on 667 1711 orspeak to her on a Sunday morning for information on what isrequired.
At the end of the service, the flowers are dismantled andbundled up to be delivered to members of the congregationsuggested by the ministry team. At the present time we have asmall band of distributors but would appreciate someadditional volunteers. Anyone who thinks they could help, orwould like further information, should contact Chrystine.
FLOWERS
Jane Main 0131 667 1711 Chrystine Patterson 0131 662 4506
SILVER SHUTTLE SERVICE
Diana Tudhope0131 669 [email protected]
What's this, I hear you say? Please read on!
S Several ‘silver’ members of our congregation need transport to Church in order to join us in Worship
I If you can spare just one Sunday a month, or less, to drive someone to Church, we can continue the much valued Car Pool service.
L Let me know that you would like to join the Shuttle Service.
V Vehicles, such as yours, are required to provide this transport.
E Everyone benefits - enjoy the fellowship.R Result! Our silver members can be with us on a Sunday.
At present we are very short of drivers so please offer if youcan. There is a real possibility that, without offers to help, wewill no longer be able to provide this much appreciatedservice.
FOOD HYGIENE
TRAINING
Anne Aithie
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The next Afternoon Service will take place on Tuesday 11September from 2.30pm to 3.45pm in the Bill McDonald Hall(formerly known as the Upper Hall) via West Mayfield levelaccess, followed by tea and fellowship.
Please join us. Everyone is made most welcome. Ourmid-week services are especially appreciated by the lessmobile in our congregation and parish community.
Assistance is given on arriving and leaving and we all remainseated at our tea tables throughout the afternoon. If youwould appreciate further information or extra assistanceplease ask your Pastoral Visitor or Anne Sturrock. Offersfrom available drivers very much appreciated, too.
For your diary - Celebrating the 50th Afternoon Service over10 years - and the last one for this year (Remembrance - 1918-2018) on Tuesday 13 November, 2018 at 2.30pm.
AFTERNOONSERVICE OF
HOLYCOMMUNION
Officiating: Rev Dr Scott McKennaand Kay McIntosh, DCS
Anne Sturrock
Country Dancing
Ladies Badminton
Any queries contact AnneAithie 667 7701 or email
Mayfield Salisbury is currently considering options for all usergroups of the church kitchen. There is a requirement toensure at least one person is fully trained in Food Hygieneand Safety (Level 2, Cooking) Accordingly, we are in theprocess of compiling a list of those interested.
Once we have a clear picture of numbers of potentialparticipants, we will decide on which of the various optionsbest meets our needs. Please contact Anne Aithie [email protected] or 0131 667 7701 to register yourinterest.
Country Dancing starts for the season on Tuesday 18thSeptember and the next one is October 2nd. We meetfortnightly in the Bill Macdonald Hall from 7.45-9.30pm.Dances are walked through first -new and old favourites. Allstandards welcome. A full list of dates will be issued
Ladies Badminton will resume on Monday 3 September at2.30pm. We meet in the lower hall. All newcomers arewelcome
FAIR TRADEThe FAIR TRADE STALL is back after a short break. Welook forward to seeing all our customers again on the lastSunday of every month until the end of November.
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Youth Fundraisers
Quiz Night: OnSaturday 24 June,Mayfield Youthhosted an All-AgeQuiz Night – one of three youthfundraisers to aid thecost of repurposingthe Quiet Room asthe Youth Room,and to aidprogramme costs inthe 2018-19 schoolyear. The night wasa booming success,with around 80people of all agesgathering for a night of good food andfun trivia. At the quiz, we also had a bakesale table which was quickly cleared ofcakes and cookies by the end of the night;leftover baked goods were sold afterchurch the following Sunday.
BBQ: On Sunday 26 August, MayfieldYouth hosted an All-Church BBQ afterthe morning service. The BBQ followedthe dedication ceremony for the BillMcDonald Hall. Despite the rainy weather,many people stayed after the halldedication, and the hot dogs and fruit
salad quickly disappearedamongst the crowd. Thekids enjoyed playinggames in the Lower Hall,while the adults mingledunder the gazebo and inthe new Bill McDonaldHall. It was great to seeso many people enjoyingfood and fellowshiptogether!
A huge thank-you goesout to all the youth andfamilies who helped
YOUTH UPDATE Hillary Leslie
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organise both the Quiz Night and the All-Church BBQ – they couldn’t have beendone without you! Thank you to everyonewho came along and supported our youth!
Youth Update: This year, Youth Club willtake place on Sundays from 6-8 PM andwe will be meeting in the new YouthRoom (the Quiet Room in ChurchHouse). This year we will have 3 themednights that rotate weekly: fellowship, sportand discussion.
Youth Worship night will continue as
follows on the last Sunday evening of eachmonth. Everyone is welcome to attendthese services!
A few other things to look forward to thisyear for the youth at Mayfield Salisburyare Saturday Film Nights, a youth dayretreat, social events and variousopportunities to get involved with charityorganisations! Hillary will continue tocreate relationships with EdinburghUniversity Campus Ministry, attendingtheir Wednesday evening ‘Holy Cross’services.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH FUND The congregation has a fundadministered by the Kirk Session the purpose of which is to resourcespiritual growth. One use of the fund is to support individuals whowish to undertake courses designed to help with personal spiritualgrowth, such as silent prayer, Spiritual Direction or Ignatian Spirituality.To be eligible, applicants need to explain how undertaking such acourse would be beneficial to them and Mayfield Salisbury or the widerChurch. You can apply for a grant from this fund by contacting theMinister (in confidence).
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BLYTHSWOOD CARE 2018 We havebeen informed that there will be differentarrangements for the collection andsorting of filled shoe boxes from theEdinburgh area this year. This is becauseCraigmillar Park Church will no longer behosting and organising the mainEdinburgh/Lothian Box Sort HQ.
Anyone who wishes to fill shoe boxes wellahead of Christmas this year can still doso but please deliver direct to theBlythswood Van at Costco, Straiton,between 11.00 and 11.30 a.m. onWednesday 31 October. [Enquiries to0141 882 0585 or see any further up-dates
during August – October onwww.blythswood.org/shoebox It hasbeen a productive association withCraigmillar Park Church over recent yearsand everyone involved at MayfieldSalisbury is thanked for their co-operation,especially collecting and covering boxes,for filling boxes with gifts and formonetary donations and practical help atthe Big Sort. It has been good to helpBlythswood Care in this way. Last yearalone, throughout Scotland, 115,932shoeboxes were gathered, checked anddistributed in Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary,Kosovo, Moldova, Pakistan, Romania,Serbia and Ukraine.
MAYFIELD MILERS UPCOMING WALKSSEPTEMBER
Wed 5 Duddingston Nature Reserve 2.5mls Isabel Smith 667 633610am meet at Church. Led by Wild Life Volunteer
Wed 19 Planning meeting – Church House Ideas to Jenny McCallum 667 2888 or to Bob McNie 667 9391
Thur 20 From Tranent to the Coast 4mls Molly Woolgar 667 26889.50am Waterloo Pl for 10.04 bus no 104 to Tranent, destination Haddington
Sat 29 Dunbar to Barnes Ness 6mls Jenny McCallum 667 28889.30am Waterloo Pl for 9.40 Express bus X7 to Dunbar
SHOE BOXES Anne Sturrock / Marjory Grant
Sept. 2 Song of Songs 7,8 / Psalms 99-101Sept. 3 Isaiah 1,2 / I Timothy 6Sept. 4 Isaiah 3-5 / II Timothy 1Sept. 5 Isaiah 6,7 / II Timothy 2Sept. 6 Isaiah 8,9 / Psalm 102Sept. 7 Isaiah 10-12 / II Timothy 3Sept. 8 Isaiah 13,14 / II Timothy 4Sept. 9 Isaiah 15,16 / Psalm 103Sept. 10 Isaiah 17-20 / Titus 1Sept. 11 Isaiah 21,22 / Titus 2Sept. 12 Isaiah 23,24 / Titus 3
Sept. 13 Isaiah 25,26 / Psalm 104Sept. 14 Isaiah 27,28 / PhilemonSept. 15 Isaiah 29,30 / Hebrews 1Sept. 16 Isaiah 31,32 / Psalm 105Sept. 17 Isaiah 33,34 / Hebrews 2Sept. 18 Isaiah 35,36 / Hebrews 3Sept. 19 Isaiah 37,38 / Hebrews 4Sept. 20 Isaiah 39,40 / Psalm 106Sept. 21 Isaiah 41,42 / Hebrews 5Sept. 22 Isaiah 43,44 / Hebrews 6Sept. 23 Isaiah 45,46 / Psalm 107
THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
DATES FOR YOUR DIARYSEPTEMBER
Sun 2 9.30am All-Age Worship (SSM)10.45am Traditional Morning Worship (SSM)7.00pm Evening Service (Anne Mulligan DCS)
Tues 4 9.30am Prayers in the sanctuary
Sun 9 9.30am All-Age Worship & Communion (SSM)10.45am Traditional Worship & Communion (SSM)7.00pm Evening Service (Kay McIntosh DCS)
Tues 11 9.30am Prayers in the sanctuary2.30pm Afternoon Service & Communion (SSM/KM)7.30pm Kirk Session
Sun 16 9.30am All-Age Worship (SSM)10.45am Traditional Worship (SSM)7.00pm Communion round the Table (SSM)
Tues 18 9.30am Prayers in the sanctuary
Thur 20 7.00pm Interfaith Peace Service in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
Sat 22 1.00pm Baptism (Private)
Sun 23 9.30am All-Age Worship (SSM)10.45am Traditional Worship (SSM)7.00pm Communion round the Table (SSM)
Tues 25 9.30am Prayers in the sanctuary
Sun 30 9.30am All-Age Worship (SSM)10.45am Traditional Worship & Baptism (SSM)7.00pm Youth Night Worship (Hillary Leslie)
OCTOBER
Tues 2 9.30am Prayers in the sanctuary
Sat 6 1.00pm Christian Aid: Harvest Festival
Sun 7 9.30am All-Age Worship (SSM)10.45am Traditional Worship (SSM)7.00pm Bill McDonald Lecture by Allan Little
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Grapevine DistributionKirstine Baxter 0754 991 [email protected]
Staff Days OffMinister: Monday (generally)Pastoral Assistant : VariesYouth Worker: Friday and SaturdayManager: Monday PM & Friday
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WHO’S WHO IN MAYFIELD SALISBURYMayfield Salisbury Parish (Edinburgh) Church of
Scotland Scottish Charity Number SC000785
Minister Revd Dr Scott S McKenna [email protected] 0131 667 1286
Pastoral Assistant Kay McIntosh DCS [email protected] 0790 326 6307
Church ManagerWilliam Mearns [email protected] 0131 667 1522
Youth WorkerHillary Leslie [email protected] 0745 372 2224
OrganistKate Pearson [email protected] 0744 238 2296
Session ClerkCharles Garland [email protected] 0131 668 4296
TreasurerJohn Graham [email protected] 0131 667 6331
Gift Aid Donations & Roll KeeperHugh Somerville [email protected] 0131 667 9797
Church Office18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh, EH9 1TQ0131 667 1522 [email protected]
Pastoral CareFor Home or Hospital visits,please contact the Minister, RevdDr Scott McKenna, on 0131 6671286 or [email protected]
Mayfield [email protected] 667 7742
Grapevine Submissions William Mearns 0131 667 1522 [email protected]
Print Run 2: 80 Total so far: 160
Front Cover: The Very Reverend William J G McDonald
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1989
Minister of Mayfield Parish Church 1959 to 1992
