EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK ANNOUNCEMENTS
16 - 22 November 2025
Minister : Reverend Alex Douglas
Organist : Simon Bertram
Hymns & Readings -
Hymn numbers : 160, 465, 189, 540, 154
Readings – Isaiah 40 : 25 - 31 & Matthew 14 : 22 - 32
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WELCOME TO WORSHIP at Cramond Kirk in church and on-line. We are glad you have been able to join us at our 8.45 am or 10 am service.
FURTHER INFORMATION on many of the following announcements is available from Louise in the Cramond Kirk Office or from Alan Fisher at Pennywell Kirk (fishatthewell@hotmail.com). The Cramond Kirk office is open from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, Monday to Friday. Louise can also be contacted on 336 2036 or by e-mail at office@cramondkirk.org.uk.
CONTACTS If you need to contact the Minister, Julia’s phone number is 07706 454148 and her email address is jcato@churchofscotland.org.uk and our Pastoral Assistant, Reverend Jessie Fubara-Manuel can be contacted on 07305 622493 or at JFubara-Manuel@churchofscotland.org.uk
THE KIRK OFFICE is closed until Monday, 24 November but phone and email messages are being checked during this time.
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SESSION will be meeting in Cramond Kirk Hall at 7.15 pm on Monday, 24 November. All are welcome to attend and participate in the meeting although only members of the Kirk Session are permitted to vote on issues.
FAIR TRADE STALL will be open on Sunday, 30 November when Cramond’s guest preacher will be Reverend David Coleman, Eco-Congregation Scotland Chaplain, and it will be the perfect opportunity to stock up on all your Advent and Christmas goodies.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2025 This year Cramond Kirk’s Christmas Tree Festival will take place from 30 November 2025 to 4 January 2026 and Pennywell’s Festival will be open to the public from 14 – 21 December. This year’s theme is “Our Enchanted Christmas”. If you’re a member of a club, group, organisation, choir, band etc and would like to take part, please contact the Kirk Office or email the Christmas Tree Festival team at christmastreefestival@cramondkirk.org.uk. It’s a great way to publicise your group and good fun too.
THE CHRISTMAS QUIZ IS HERE! Copies of this year’s Christmas quiz are now available at the Kirk doors and in the Kirk Hall. Hours of entertainment for you and your families for just £1 and all money raised will go towards the Christmas Fair charities – Fresh Start, the Police Scotland Youth Volunteers and the Kirk.
CHRISTMAS FAIR HAMPER TICKETS are now available at the Kirk doors & in the Kirk Hall. Tickets cost £2 each or 3 for £5. Please write your details on an envelope, pop in £2 & put the envelope in the “filled hamper envelope” box. And if you’d like 3 for £5, put your details on 3 envelopes, place 2 of them inside the third with your £5 and pop the filled envelope in the box.
A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING for the late Willa Stewart is being held in Cramond Kirk on Thursday, 20 November at 11 am followed by a reception in the Kirk Hall.
CRAMOND COFFEE & CHAT is on every Monday from 10.30 am to 12 noon, until Monday, 24 November, in the Gathering Space of Cramond Kirk Hall and all are welcome. On the 24th there will be a special festive lunch from 12 noon to 1.30 pm instead of the morning coffee and thereafter the team will be taking a break until Monday, 12 January 2026.
‘THE PLACE TO BE’ COFFEE MORNING is held in Pennywell Kirk Hall every Monday at 10 am with a monthly outing. Further details are available from Violetta on 07305 848150. All are welcome.
A GAMES & MOVIE AFTERNOON is being held in Pennywell Kirk Hall on Sunday, 23 November. From 1 pm to 3 pm the Uno cards will be out in force followed at 3.30 pm by the classic film “Lassie”. All are welcome to either or both.
A BAKE SALE The Cramond Guides & Rangers are holding a bake sale to raise money for their trip to the 2026 Jamboree in Lincoln. Excellent home baking will be on sale in the Gathering Space of the Kirk Hall between 6.15 pm & 7.45 pm every evening from 17 – 21 November. Please support the girls and enjoy the baking.
MANY THANKS to everyone who bought greetings cards from the stand in the Gathering Space. So far donations have reached £55.36 and the money has gone to support the work of the Kirk’s Visiting Team. Packs of Christmas cards will be replacing the greetings cards for the next month and any money raised during this time will go towards the Christmas Fair charities. And many thanks to Gill Massie who collects the cards and has created the Christmas card packs.
PLANT SHARE Granton Goes Greener are holding a plant share at Granton Parish Church Hall on Thursday, 20 November between 6 pm & 8 pm. Indoor & outdoor plants, plant cuttings and seeds will be available and there’s no need to swap if you don’t have any of your own to share. All are welcome, with or without swaps.
THE CRAMOND WALKERS next walk is on Monday, 17 November with 2 short walks in East Lothian – one around Pressmennan Lake (4.5 km) and then a climb up Traprain Law (3 km). Meet : Barnton Avenue West at 10 am or Smeaton Nursery Gardens off Preston Road near East Linton at 10.50 am. Further information is available HERE.
THE MURRAYFIELD CRAMOND PROBUS CLUB will be holding its next meeting at 10.30 am on Wednesday, 19 November at the Royal Burgess Golf Club with their guest speaker, Tom Wood and his talk on the bombing of Edinburgh & Leith (1939-1942). If you’d like further information on the Club, please contact Gavin Duncan at gavinduncan4915@hotmail.com.
SOUNDS FOR THE SOUL A concert to support the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians is being held in St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place on Friday, 21 November at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £30 (£20 conc). Further details and tickets are available HERE.
FRESH START – FESTIVE GOODIES As well as its Cookers for Christmas Appeal (www.freshstartweb.org.uk), Fresh Start is in need of festive goodies to make up Christmas food parcels. Items such as Christmas biscuits, mince pies, cake, tea, coffee, chocolates etc would be very welcome. Donations can be left in the Fresh Start box in the Kirk Hall at any time or delivered to the Fresh Start warehouse at 22-24 Ferry Road Drive from Mon–Thurs, 9 am – 4 pm.
FLOWERS John Naylor
EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK SERVICES
at Cramond Kirk
Sunday, 23 November
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 30 November – Advent 1
(Minister : Reverend David Coleman)
8.45 am : Morning Prayers
10.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 7 December – Advent 2
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service at Pennywell Kirk
There are no services at Cramond Kirk
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at Pennywell Kirk
Sunday, 23 November
(Minister : Reverend Dr Martin Scott)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 30 November – Advent 1
(Congregation-led service)
11.00 am : Morning Worship
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Sunday, 7 December – Advent 2
(Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato)
10.30 am : Joint Communion Service
LIVE STREAMING Please note that the 10 am service at Cramond Kirk and the 11 am service at Pennywell Kirk are live streamed to the Kirk website every Sunday morning. The cameras will focus on the front of the Kirks – the pulpit, lectern and Communion Table. However some of those sitting at the front may also be in camera shot. For those of you watching from home, the links to the services can be found HERE.
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