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June 2017 Magazine

All Saints Scottish Episcopal Church Drymen Road, Bearsden

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Rector RevdKirstinFreeman E-mail revkirstin@freemanhome.co.uk

LayReader MikeGraham 01416332170

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WebSitehttp://bearsden.church.scotWebSiteCo-ordinator: JanetStackjanet.stack@btinternet.com

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Coverpicture–TheItalianChapel,LambHolm,TheOrkneyIsles

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From the Rector

Dear Friends, WhileonholidayonOrkneywevisitedoncemoreoneofmyfavouriteplacesontheislands,theItalianChapel.(Aphotographoftheinteriorofthechapelisonthecoverofthisissueofthemagazine.)Itisatestamenttofaithenvisionedandcreatedby the Italianprisonersofwaron the islandduringWWII. Without achurchof their ownas theybuilt theChurchill Barriers, theydecided to forgooneoftheirNissanhutstoconvertit intoachapel,everythingwascraftedoutof items they had to hand and the art was prayerfully added, includingdeceptive trompe-l'œil and chandeliers made out of corned beef tins. Afterspendingthedayinhardlabourbuildingthebarrierstheythengaveupanyresttoworkonthechapel, forhavingaplacetoworshiptogetherhadbeenvitallyimportanttothem.Hovering above the altar is the dove of the HolySpirit. Captivesas theywere,even if itwason thebeautiful Orkneys, the symbol of freedom in ChristmusthavebroughtconsolationtomanyahomesickItalian.When Jesus ascended into heaven he told thediscipleshewouldnotleavethemcomfortless.TheHolySpirit,hisSpirit,wouldnowbetheirguideashehadbeen.Eversincethefirst Pentecost, which we celebrate on 4th June this year, the Church hasremembered the day that the Holy Spirit first descended on the embryonicChurch. Thoseprisoners can teachus that faith spurredonby theHolySpiritcanachieve remarkable things, even in the faceofoddswhichmight seem tosaynothingorlittleispossible.As I sat in that chapel oncemore, Iwondered if there had been someof theprisoners who had be nay sayers voicing concerns about the futility of it all.Whetherothershad thought that things shouldhavebeendoneadifferently.Building the Church has never been an easy task, the disciples got it wrongcountlesstimes,evenwhenJesushimselfwasstillintheirmidst,andtheywouldget itwrongagainevenwith theHolySpiritas theirguide. TheChurchneedstheguidanceoftheHolySpirit,however,countlessgenerationshavestruggled

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withdiscerningtheHolySpiritfrompersonalwill.TheChurcharguedinfavourofslaveryforgenerations,infavourofwomennotgettingthevote,infavourofawifebeingahusband’sproperty,thelistofthingsthechurchhasgotwrongislong,however,stillwemuststrivetofollowtheHolySpirit’sleading.CorrectingthemistakeswhentheyarerevealedandputtingpersonalfeelingsasidewhentheHolySpiritnudgesinotherdirections.AstheScottishEpiscopalChurchmeetsinGeneralSynodanddiscusseswhetherornot itwillmakechangestothecanonstoallowforequalmarriagestotakeplacewithinourchurchestheguidanceoftheHolySpiritisverymuchneeded.Please, regardless of your own personal views on this subject, pray for thosemeetinginEdinburghfrom8th-10thJune,thatGod’swillwillbedone. Prayforthosewhowillhurtregardlessofwhichwaythevotegoesandforourbishopsastheyleadthechurchonwardfromtheresultofthevote.

Blessings Kirstin

Further on in thismagazine there are details aboutwhere you can findmoreinformationaboutGeneralSynod.

Ayman Jarjour Concert Aworld-renownedclassicalguitarististoplayaspecialconcertinMilngavieonSunday,June11.AymanJarjourwillbeperformingfreeofchargetohelpraisefundsfortheworkofMédecinsSanFrontières[DoctorsWithoutBorders]inhisnativeSyria,andthroughouttheworld.Theinternationally-acclaimedmusicianis a dedicated supporter of the charity which provides medical care forthousands of people caught up in the violence of his war-torn country. Agraduate of the famous Juilliard School in New York, Ayman Jarjour hasperformedsoloandwithorchestrasinmanypartsoftheworldincludingSyria,Belgium, Lebanon, Egypt,Malta, Jordan,Germany, Tunisia, Sudan, Turkey, theUS and the UK. Ayman has been described as a ‘remarkable virtuoso’ whoseplaying can leave listeners ‘utterly charmed and extremely contented’. HisMilngavie concert has been organised by Milngavie Refugee Action Group[MRAG].AspokespersonforMRAGsaid:‘Thisisarareopportunitytohearaliveperformancebyoneoftheworld’sgreatestclassicalguitaristsandweareveryprivileged that he has agreed to play here in Milngavie.’ Médecins Sans

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Frontières operates in more than 60 countries, bringing medical andhumanitarianaidtopeopleaffectedbywar,diseaseanddisasters,regardlessofrace, creed or political beliefs. In their own words,MSF doctors and supportstaffgo‘whereotherscannotorchoosenottogo’.AdmissiontotheconcertatCairnsisfree.Therewillbecollectionboxesfordonationsandthoseattendingare asked to give generously. Light refreshments will be served after theperformancewhentherewillbeanopportunitytomeetAyman.

How I Want to Say Goodbye Your next opportunity to go throughhow tomakepreparations for your ownfuneralandjustwhatyoumaywishtoconsider,willbeheldat2pmonThursday22ndJuneintheChoirVestry.Helpingyourfamilyoutwithyourwishescanbeofgreathelptothematatimewhengriefisrawandeventhesimplestchoicecanendupcausingangst.Mostpeoplefindtheprocessapositiveoneandnotthemorbidaffairthatyourmayimagineittobe.

General Synod TheGeneralSynodoftheScottishEpiscopalChurchtakesplaceinStPaul’sandStGeorge’s,Edinburghfrom8thto10thJune.Synodpapersareavailableon-lineattheScottishEpiscopalChurchwebsite,ifyouareinterested,andyouwillalsobe able to hear the Synod live from the site. Due to the discussion on theMarriageCanontherewillalsobeTVcamerasthisyearandtherewilldoubtlessbecoverageontheScottish,ifnotnationalnewsofthedebateandresult.The bishops have already produced draft guidelines should the changes bepassedatSynodandthoseguidelinesareavailablewithintheSynodPapers.Ifthe proposed changes go through they will be discussed at the Vestry’s Julymeeting.

ABC Pentecost Service The service will oncemore be held in Castlehill Primary School, the home ofCastlehillBaptistChurch,onSunday4thJuneat6.30pm.

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News from the Diocese The Diocesan Development Team for Prayer and Spirituality is organising aPilgrimagetoWhithorn,andStNinian’sCave,onSaturday2ndSeptember2017.Rev.Wilhelmina (Willi) Nesbitt has been appointed as Rector of St. John theEvangelist, Greenock on Saturday 27th May. Wili comes from the ConnorDiocese.Rev.Mary Jepp, Rector from theDiocese of Ely, is to be appointed Rector ofHolyTrinity,KilmarnockandwillbeInstitutedonCorpusChristi,ThursdayJune15th.Holy Trinity&StBarnabasChurch, Paisleywill beholdinga Flower Festival tohelp celebrate their 200th Anniversary as a congregation of the Diocese ofGlasgow andGalloway from Friday June 16th to Sunday June 18th, 2017. TheGrandOpeningwill beby the Lord LieutenantofRenfrewshireon Friday June16th at 10am. Doors will be open on Friday June 16th from 10am to 4pm;SaturdayJune17thfrom10amto4pmandonSundayJune18thfrom12:30pmto3:30pm.Admissionis£5perpersonandincludestheTeaRoom.

All Saints Vestry Notes – May 2017.

• TheVestrymeton8thMay2017.• TheMAPpingTeamhadmetwiththenewfacilitator,IsobelMcNaughton,

andAudreyO’Brien-StewarttodiscussintroducingtheMAPpingprocesstothecongregation.

• Therewasdiscussionaboutthesizeandformatoftheadverttoappearin

theMilngavie&BearsdenHerald.ThesewereapprovedbytheVestryanditwasagreedunanimouslythattheadvertshouldappearweekly.

• TreesoverhangingthefootpathsonDrymenRoadandGlenburnRoadare

tobeloppedinthenearfuture.

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• Money from the Lent Lunch was earmarked to aid the resettlement ofrefugeesinourcommunityandtheproceedsfromtheLentBoxeswillgoto the same cause. East Dunbartonshire Council is expected to resettlefourfamiliesandfourunaccompaniedchildren,thefamiliesfirst,

• Holy Week services, with participation from Roddy Hamilton of New

Kilpatrick, were well received. Some of our All Saints congregationattended daily, others once or twice. ABC (Association of BearsdenChurches) serviceswere poorly attended – thiswas disappointing but inlinewithpreviousyears.PalmSundayandEasterDay serviceswerewellattendedbyourcongregation.

• Plans for the Table Top Sale, to be held on June 3rd, arewell advanced.

Sadly, there has beenno interest in theOpenGardensDay, planned forSeptember 2nd. If no interest is forthcoming this event will have to becancelled.

• All Saints will, by default, be responsible for the maintenance of the

CommunityDefibrillator.• DateofthenextVestryMeeting:Monday,12thJune2017.

JohnBrookerAn Ecumenical Musical First.

OnabusymusicalweekendwhichhadfeaturedthedisparatetalentsdisplayedontheEurovisionSongContest,AllSaintsestablished itsownnewanduniquemusical event. This was the Choral Evensong on Sunday 14th May whichcombinedthevoicesofourownChoirwiththoseof choristers from New Kilpatrick and St. JamesPaisley. The joint forces were rehearsed anddirected by our own Peter Christie and wereaccompanied by Chris Nickol, the organist fromNewKilpatrick.TheServicewasledandconductedby Kirsten, but to add to the Ecumenical themethe Sermon was given by the Rev. RoddyHamilton. He delivered a stimulating address onhow we should obey the command of Jesus ‘toloveourneighbours’throughgivingservicetoothers.

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ThelargemixedcongregationfromthetwoBearsdenchurchesclearlyenjoyedthe wonderful singing, particularly of the Anthems. It also provided ourPresbyterian friends with some insights into the mysteries of the AnglicanPrayerBook. I justhope they realised that thiswasnotournormalpatternofServiceoneverySunday,butmightbetemptedtojoinusagainifandwhenitisrepeatedinthefuture.Thosefortunateenoughtobepresentonthisoccasionwillhopethatwillbethecase.

DavidHamblen

Congregation News Baptism of Annella Louise Bingham

AnnellaLouise,daughterofEleanor(néeStack)andAlexBingham,wasbaptisedonApril 30thonboardHMSDuncan.Theship’supturnedbellwasusedasthe font and Annella’snamewill be inscribed onthebell.

Eleanor is the command-ingofficerofHMSDuncanwhichwillbeoperatingastheFlagshipoftheNATOfleetintheBlackSeaduringthesummer.

The following Sunday, in their local church, Annellawas welcomed into the congregation and presentedwiththebaptismalcandle–saferthanaliveflameonthedestroyer!Funeral of Nessie Grogan TheserviceofthanksgivingforthelifeofNessiewaswellattendedbyfamilyand

friends on 11th May. The format was arranged by Nessieherself: hymns,readings and a request to sing out, andKirstin said at the end that Nessie would have beenpleasedaswehadsungsowell.

Shehadbeenamemberofthechurchchoirformanyyears and music gave her great joy, but sadly herdeafness in latter years spoiled her pleasure andisolatedherinmanyways.

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Nessiewas a great flower arranger and amember of the local club formanyyearsandinfactstartedmanyofusoffindoingthechurchflowers,encouragingustotryourhandatitwithlotsoflittletipsetc.

Herfaithwasthemainstayofherlifeandafterherownfamilycameherchurchfamily and theMothers Union. She worked tirelessly for it locally and in thediocesevisitingthesickandalsokeepingusallgoingwiththeprojectsandaimsoftheMothersUnion.

Wewill allmiss her but her timehad comeand the last 2 years havebeen astruggleforher.Wewillkeepherinourheartsasanexampleofagoodlifelivedthinkinganddoingforothers.

(PSyoucanfindtheeulogyfromthefuneralonthechurchwebsite)JeanStirling

Wednesday Lunch News

AswehavecometotheendofanothersuccessfulLunchGroupyearitisgoodtolookbackonouractivities.Itiswonderfulthatweareabletousethechurchpremises for such a worthwhile cause. To achieve outreach by giving peoplewhoarelonelyaplacetogoforcompanionshipandfellowship.Duringthislastyear we have served over 700 meals, ofwhich approximately one third were tonon All Saints members. Our menu hasbeenexpandedsothatwenowalsohavehomemade cakes and biscuits and a“coffeeshop”forladiesfollowingtheirtaichiclasses.As events we have had Harvest Lunch,cake days, flower days, apple days, FoodBank donation days, a Scottish quiz,speakers on diverse topics such as SpainandtheScottishlanguage,andacraftsalestable.Wehavebakedanddecorated107Christmascakes,hadaChristmasPartyfor70peoplewithmusicfromSusanandJohnHarrington,andadelightfulendoftermlunchwithmusicfromPennyandGeoffHaydock.Wedidnotsetoutwiththeintentionofraisingfunds,butanotherfruitfulyearhasmeantwehaveraised£3413forgoodcauses,£650ofwhichhasbeengiventotheChurchfortheVestry’suse.

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ThereisjustoneeventstilltocomeandthatistheLunchatRossPriory.Thankyoutoeveryonewhohasattendedthelunchesorcontributedinanyway.ThenewseasonwillstartonWednesday20thSeptemberat12noon.

TheWednesdaylunchteam

Table Top Sale

WewillhaveTableTopsrangingfromCrafts,CD’sandDVD’s,Art,Ladies’DesignerItems,KnittingandTombolaBottletonameafew.Wehopethattherewillbeafantasticturnoutforwhatispromising

to be a worthwhile and enjoyable way to spend a couple ofhourssupportinganAllSaints’Fundraisingactivity.Entranceatdoor of £2/£1 for Adult/Child, which includes a choice ofhomebakinganddrink.

HopetoseeyouthereonSaturday,3rdJuneat2.30pm-4.30pm!AnneShirlaw

As part of the Table Top Sale we are having a table for ladies’designer-type wear which already includes a whole range ofexcellent quality clothing, handbags, hats, scarves, costumejewellery, all donated by members of the congregation andfriends.AnyfurtherdonationswillbegratefullyreceivedeitheronSunday28thMayorintheweekfollowing.

BrendaHadcroft

1st Bearsden Boys Brigade – Double UK Champions

Anupdate toourpreviousarticle regarding theBoysBrigadenational Chess and Masterteam competitions. You mayremember that the boys of 1st Bearsden had been crowneddouble Scottish Champions andhad earnedplaces in theUKnationalfinals.First upwas theUK chess final on 28thMarchhostedby theAirdrie Coatbridge andDistrict Battalion. The four finalistswere 1st Bearsdenand7thEdinburghforScotland,1stCheslynHayforEnglandand1stArdstrawforNorthern Ireland. Inthepreliminaryround1stBearsdendrew1stArdstrawandcameoutontopandwerethenupagainst1stCheslynHay(whohadseenoff7thEdinburgh)inthefinal.Afteraverytensesetof9gameshadbeenplayeditwas

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4½ points all which meant the winner was decided on count back. It wasextremely tight but 1st Bearsden (made up of Fergus, John and Alistair) weredeclaredtheUKchampions.Saturday8thApril saw the4man teamofFergus,Ross,JohnandGregheadingofftoBelfastfortheMasterteamNationalfinal.Itwasgoingtobea longdayastheymetupatGlasgowAirportat6.00am.Therewere6 teams in the final 1st Bearsden and 1stPolmont for Scotland, 1stGuildfordand1stCheslyn Hay for England and 4thNewtonabbey and 1st Ardstraw forNorthern Ireland – so two old adversariesfrom the Chess final! The 2 rounds that teams could prepare for in advancewere Bible Knowledge (Mark 13-16) and BB knowledge (BB Gazette Autumn2016) the remaining rounds were General Knowledge, Sport, Blockbusters,Anagrams, Famous Landmarks, History, Logos and Faces. Having won theScottish finalbyamerehalfpoint they triumphed in theNational finalwithascoreof80pointsbeating1stArdstrawintosecondplacewith76pointsand1stCheslynHaywerein3rdplacewith73.5points.InrecognitionoftheirachievementofbeingcrowneddoubleUKchampionsthisyear a motion was filed in the Scottish Parliament by Gil Paterson tocongratulatethem–MotionnumberS5M-05386ifyouwanttolookitup.Thisfollows a previous motion lodged by Fulton McGregor (S5M-05150)congratulatingthemontheirChesswin.

Children’s Corner It's coming to the end of another Sunday School year. Over the past year we have been looking at the story of Moses and the Miracles of Jesus. Have a go at the puzzles below and see how many of the stories you can remember.

Upcoming Dates for the Diary

4thJune AllAgeWorship/Christening11thJune SundaySchool18thJune SundaySchool25thJune GiftDay

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Good luck to all of our older children who are currently in the middle of their exams. We're sure all your hard work and study will pay off when the results are issued on 8th August.

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June Service Rota

Date Sidesmen 10:30 a.m.

Eucharistic Assistants Readings Reader Intercessor

Coffee Name in bold to bring

milk

4 June Pentecost

Pauline Waugh Mary Stott

LHS: Mike RHS: Rob/Christine

Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39

Gillian Kingslake

Christine Smith

Kate Ross Janet Stack

Joyce James

11 June Trinity Sunday

Mairi Ross David Hamblen

LHS: Graham RHS: Richard

Genesis 1:1-2, 4a; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13;

Matthew 28:16-20 Bryan Stack Rob Smith

Fiona Hempel Alex Stirling

Pauline Waugh

18 June Pentecost 3

Janet Stack David Wheatley

LHS: Hanan RHS: Susan

Exodus 19:2-8a; Romans 5:1-8;

Matthew 9:35-10:23

Richard Kingslake

Mike Graham

Elaine Perret John Brooker

Gioia Whitmore

25 June

John Brooker Andrew Long

LHS: Louise RHS: Andrew TBC tbc Louise

Benson

Sheena Macdonald Barbara Thompson

Gillian Kingslake

July/August Magazine

PleasesendallarticlefortheJuly/AugustmagazinetoAndrewLong(andrew.long200@ntlworld.com)bySunday18thJune2017.Pleasealsonotethat,becauseofothercommitmentsoftheEditors,theMagazinewillnotbeavailableinChurchuntilSunday2July2017.

June Services

Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendour.

Psalm 29:2

Date Services4thJunePentecost(Red)

9amSaidEucharist10.30amSungEucharist

PentecostLiturgywithBaptism

Wednesday7th 11.30amSaidEucharist11thJune

TrinitySunday(White)

9amSaidEucharist 1970Liturgy10.30amSungEucharist TrinityLiturgy

Wednesday14th 11.30amSaidEucharist18thJune

Pentecost2(Green)

9amSaidEucharist 1970Liturgy10.30amSungEucharist OrdinaryTimeLiturgy

Wednesday21st 11.30amSaidEucharist25thJune

Pentecost3GiftSunday(Green)

9amSaidEucharist 1970Liturgy

10.30amSungEucharist GiftSundayLiturgy

Thursday29st 2pmCoffee,CakeandCommunion