Eaglesham Parish Church

COVID 19 update, June 2022

Resulting from recent decisions by the Kirk Session, we can advise as follows:

Please continue to use hand sanitisers on entry to and exit from our buildings
There are areas in the church reserved for those who wish to socially distance and wear face coverings - the Duty Team will assist with this
People are very welcome to wear face coverings in all our buildings, but this is not mandatory
Please do not attend our buildings if you have COVID symptoms
Consider getting a vaccine if you are offered this
Take a LFD Test before visiting someone in a hospital or care home
You are encouraged to wear a face covering on public transport and in indoor public spaces
Maintain good hand hygiene

Wendy Armstrong

Health and Safety Admin

June 2022

We have had the recent good fortune to have Murdo McTear join with us at Eaglesham Parish Church as our Youth Worker. Murdo can be contacted by email using the address in our contacts section.

Contacts

Children’s activities are back!

We are delighted that our children’s organisations and activities are up and running: The BB, Guildes and Brownies, Messy Church, EPYC and Church Builders. We also have our new children’s corner in church so that young families and children feel comfortable and welcome

Prayer for Sunday

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”

Ephesians 3:14,15

Thank you, Lord that you are our good Father, and that you care for us and answer our prayers. Please continue to bless the families in our church and community, giving them wisdom and patience in their care for others, whether young or old. Thank you that you also give the lonely a place in your family; may they feel the warmth and welcome of your love. We pray in thanks to Jesus, amen.

If you feel that you or a loved one would benefit from prayer support feel free to complete the form on our Prayer Request page

'We are looking to recruit a Treasurer for our church as soon as possible. If you, or anyone else you know might be interested then please contact Rev Jade on jade.ableitner@churchofscotland.org.uk'

Click the link for our Current intimations

Our Covid19 Guidance

Children's Corner during Service

Church Builders

EPYC for all young people P6 to S6

Messy Church Friday 17th June

Fundraising

CrossReach Donation

Church Carers

Christian Aid envelopes

Organ Recitals at Kelvingrove Art Gallery

Children’s Clothing Swap

Concert

We are delighted that we are again allowed to open the church for worship. Numbers are no longer restricted and there is no requirement to book in advance. We will, however, still require your contact details for Test and Protect and that you wear a face mask.

Whatsmore, we can, once again, offer tea/coffee after the service at the Carswell Centre...a great chance to catch up with one another. We hope to see you there sometime soon.

We have installed new Audio Visual equipment to allow the Live Streaming of our church services. You can see our current and previous livestreams and videos on our YouTube channel. Unfortunately, the livestream is susceptible to outages, due to signal strength through the thick walls of the church. On the rare occasions where the service is lost on a Sunday morning, please wait whilst we try and re-connect. If all else fails please try again in the evening, by which time we will have uploaded a copy of the service.

For those of you who use Facebook please visit the church page regularly for additional information.

Community

Foodbank Update - January 2022

A Foodbank has been established at the Carswell Hall in Montgomery Street since 2014. It continues to collect food donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11.00 to 12.00 am. The donations are used to support the following local charities:-

• East Renfrewshire Foodbank (located Barrhead)
• Castlemilk Community Church (Baptist Church, supports refugees and those seeking asylum)
• Castlemilk Pantry (based at local community centre)
• Eaglesham Larder (run by Freya Young and providing local assistance on a smaller scale)

The list of ‘Most Wanted’ items at present are as listed below;
Breakfast cereals
Tinned goods:
   Soup
   Beans
   Meat
   Fish
   Spaghetti
   Vegetables
   Fruit
   Custard/creamed rice
Pasta/rice/noodles
Pasta sauce
Juice (diluting or cartons)
Tea/coffee/sugar
Jam/marmalade/honey
UHT Milk
Biscuits
Baby items (except clothing please)
Toiletries (shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste)

Any other non-perishable items welcome

The Carswell Centre is available for hire for functions and events contact

hall-lets@eagleshamparishchurch.co.uk

Sundays 7-8.30 pm for anyone in P6-S6! Join us in the Carswell Center for our usual games, chat, and snacks. if you have any questions send them to epcyouthworker@gmail.com