Easter Egg Appeal latest

Now that we have counted, bagged and delivered your Easter Egg donations, we’d just like to say again what an amazing response to our recent Easter Egg Appeal! It may have been our biggest collection of chocolate eggs ever with almost 200 eggs gathered in.

Once again a heartfelt thank- you to all who supported this venture. All the eggs are safely on their way to Bethlehem House of Bread for distribution locally. It‘s truly wonderful and humbling to see such an outpouring of love and concern for others.

Easter Eggs Appeal update

Wow! Just wow!
Thank you so much for your massively generous response to our Easter Eggs appeal. We’ll pass all your chocolate eggs onto the Bethlehem House of Bread food bank over the next few days. (Thanks, Sandra, for the photo.)

And thanks, too, for your response to our Fair Trade service and to everyone who planned it and took part.

Worship on Sunday 26th March

Please join us for worship at Cumbernauld Old on Sunday 26th March when our service will take place in the Parish Church at 11.00am BST and will be led by Rev Fiona Crawford. Everyone welcome!
Remember to put your clocks forward an hour on Saturday night as British Summer Time starts this weekend.

Sunday’s service will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page for those who are unable to be with us in person.

As in previous years we are appealing for donations of chocolate Easter Eggs. If you are able, please bring your eggs to our worship service on Sunday 26th March. All donations will be passed on to our friends at Bethlehem House of Bread food bank to distribute. Your kindness is always greatly appreciated.

Also on Sunday 26th March, members of our Fairtrade Group will be participating in the service and you will have the opportunity to purchase your Fairtrade favourites at the end of the service. Going forward, we hope to have a Fairtrade stall available on the last Sunday of every month and we look forward to seeing you there.

Lent Discussion Group

The fourth of our Lent discussion sessions on prayer will be on Tuesday 28th March from 1.00pm until 2.00pm in the church sanctuary. All welcome!

Based around the Lord’s Prayer, this is part of an eight-week look at The Prayer Course, developed by Pete Greig, founder of 24/7 Prayer and is a safe space where we hear from Pete on video, have time for discussion, and a chance to explore different ways of praying.

The group is for everyone whether prayer is second nature to you, whether you struggle with it, whether it’s simply something you’d like to do more or whether you’d like to broaden your understanding of ways we can pray.

Food Bank Re-Opening Update

Following a recent relaunch meeting which was very well supported, it was decided to reopen the Village food bank in the sanctuary of Cumbernauld Old Parish Church (ie the church itself rather than the session house) on Thursday 27th April from 10.30 – 12.30.

In preparation for this, a planning day is scheduled for Thursday 20th April at 11am in the church. The purpose of this meeting is to sort out the logistics of how the food bank will actually work in the new setting. All interested parties are warmly invited to attend.

If anyone is unable to attend but still wants to be involved please contact Sandra on 07780 452549 or leave us a note below, which we will pass on. Many thanks!

Men’s Group programme

The Men’s Group at Cumbernauld Old Parish Church has just published their programme of activities for March – July.

During the winter months the group meet mostly at the church with a wide range of speakers, but once the lighter nights come in there is the opportunity to go a bit further afield and this is reflected in the programme below.
Everyone is welcome to join us – just get in touch if you would like to know more.

Thursday 23 March	Ten-pin Bowling 7.00 for 7.30pm in Camelon, Falkirk
Wednesday 19 April	Visit to Grangemouth Museum  10am leaving from the car park opposite the manse
Wednesday 24 May	Audio/Visual presentation by Andy Pearson 7.00 for 7.30pm in the Church session house
Wednesday 7 June	Visit: Cowane’s Hospital, Stirling 10am leaving from the car park opposite the manse.
Wednesday 21 June	End of Session Meal. Venue to be decided 7.00 for 7.30pm
Wednesday 12 or 19 July	Bowling at Cumbernauld Bowling Club at 7pm

Worship on Sunday 19th March

Please join us for worship at Cumbernauld Old Parish Church this Sunday, 19th March, when our worship will be led by Rev Fiona Crawford. The service starts at 11.00am and everyone is welcome.

The service will also be live-streamed at 11am on our Facebook page for those who are unable to be with us in person.

Lent Discussion Group

The fourth of our Lent discussion sessions on prayer will be on Tuesday 21st March at 1.00pm until 2.00pm in the church sanctuary. All welcome!
This is part of an eight-week look at The Prayer Course, developed by Pete Greig, founder of 24/7 Prayer and is a safe space where we hear from Pete on video, have time for discussion, and a chance to explore different ways of praying.
The group is for everyone whether prayer is second nature to you, whether you struggle with it, whether it’s simply something you’d like to do more or whether you’d like to broaden your understanding of ways we can pray.

Trustees’ meeting

Trustees, i.e. members of the Kirk Session and Congregational Board, are reminded that a Trustees’ meeting will take place on Thursday 23rd March at 2pm in the Church to approve the 2022 Annual Accounts. All Trustees are requested to attend.

Men’s Group

The Men’s Group are going Ten-pin Bowling on Thursday 23rd March at Camelon, Falkirk. If you wish to join them, please meet at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.

Easter Egg Appeal

As in previous years we are appealing for donations of chocolate Easter Eggs. If you are able, please bring your eggs to our worship service on Sunday 26th March.
Where possible might you consider buying and donating Fairtrade eggs? There are a few brands available including Divine and the Real Easter Egg – look out for the Fairtrade symbol.
All donations will be passed on to our friends at Bethlehem House of Bread food bank to distribute. Your kindness is always greatly appreciated.

Fairtrade update

The Fairtrade Group is reinstating the monthly Fairtrade stall. Members of the Fairtrade Group will be participating in our service on Sunday 26th March and you will have the opportunity to purchase your Fairtrade favourites at the end of the service.
Going forward, the Fairtrade stall will be available on the last Sunday of every month and we look forward to seeing you there.

Fairtrade Update

The Fairtrade Group at Cumbernauld Old is reinstating the monthly Fairtrade stall.

Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 has recently finished and in recognition of this annual celebration of ethical trade, we hope to revitalise our commitment as a Church to support and promote the values of fairer trading practice.

On Sunday 26th March members of the Fairtrade Group will be participating in our worship service and you will have the opportunity to purchase your Fairtrade favourites at the end of the service.

Going forward, we hope to have the Fairtrade stall available on the last Sunday of every month and we look forward to seeing you there.

Easter Egg Appeal

As we have done in previous years Cumbernauld Old Parish Church is making an appeal for donations of chocolate Easter Eggs.

If you are able to do so, please bring a chocolate egg to our worship service on Sunday 26th March or give to any member of our church who will bring it along for you.

Where possible, might you consider buying Fairtrade eggs? There are a few brands out there, including Divine and the Real Easter Egg. Look out for the Fairtrade logo.

All donations will be passed on to our friends at the Bethlehem House of Bread food bank at Cornerstone House and distributed from there. Your continuing kindness and generosity is always greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance.