the accommodation we have; is our property an asset or a liability; how would we raise the monies required to do radical things? Much to be Pastoral Care Scheme at considered and no quick answers. Juniper Green Parish Church Comments from members would be welcomed. the king will say to them in reply, “And Charles R Godon, I say to you, whatever you did ‘Amen, for one of these least brothers of Session Clerk mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25: 40 HALLS CLEANING The members of Juniper Green Parish Church Pastoral Care Scheme Cleaning has continued throughout can be rightly proud of the excellent the summer, with six teams, but work they have done over the years. we do require at least two new As some members have retired volunteers to join, otherwise we recently it has been a time of may have to reorganise and reduce reflection and some re-organisation to five teams. I am grateful to all who for the scheme. This followed the have helped over a long period, and completion of questionnaires by some special thanks are due to those who 85% of our church members where have given up recently. everyone was encouraged to tell us what kind of visit they wanted: 3 Elaine Wilson annual visits, one visit per year or preference for contact at church or via email. All wishes have been noted and we are trying to honour those requests. With all this information it seemed sensible to reform our district groups and we now have 5 teams as follows: CHURCH MUSIC LIBRARY Team 1 led by Ross MacKay The Music Library continues to be covering Currie and Balerno; available with a variety of over 50 CDs. It contains a selection of Team 2 led by Ann Brown covering Christian CDs from artists and bands the West end of the older part of the from all over the world - ranging from village; Hillsong United from Australia to Vineyard from South Africa - offering Team 3 led by Nancy Tonner a great combination of traditional and covering the east end of the old part contemporary praise and worship of the village; songs.
the accommodation we have; is our property an asset or a liability; how would we raise the monies required to do radical things? Much to be considered and no quick answers. Comments from members would be welcomed. Charles R Godon, Session Clerk HALLS CLEANING Cleaning has continued throughout the summer, with six teams, but we do require at least two new volunteers to join, otherwise we may have to reorganise and reduce to five teams. I am grateful to all who have helped over a long period, and special thanks are due to those who have given up recently. Elaine Wilson CHURCH MUSIC LIBRARY The Music Library continues to be available with a variety of over 50 CDs. It contains a selection of Christian CDs from artists and bands from all over the world - ranging from Hillsong United from Australia to Vineyard from South Africa - offering a great combination of traditional and contemporary praise and worship songs. Pastoral Care Scheme at Juniper Green Parish Church “And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25: 40 The members of Juniper Green Parish Church Pastoral Care Scheme can be rightly proud of the excellent work they have done over the years. As some members have retired recently it has been a time of reflection and some re-organisation for the scheme. This followed the completion of questionnaires by some 85% of our church members where everyone was encouraged to tell us what kind of visit they wanted: 3 annual visits, one visit per year or preference for contact at church or via email. All wishes have been noted and we are trying to honour those requests. With all this information it seemed sensible to reform our district groups and we now have 5 teams as follows: Team 1 led by Ross MacKay covering Currie and Balerno; Team 2 led by Ann Brown covering the West end of the older part of the village; Team 3 led by Nancy Tonner covering the east end of the old part of the village;
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