Welcome
from Rev Stella and all at Skene Parish Church
Stewardship Season - 2016
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38 Our Stewardship Season begins on Sunday 11 September. This Year we are focussing on money and sacrificial giving. Our Season continues until Sunday 2 October when we will have a joint service at 10am at Skene Church to celebrate and give thanks to God for his many gifts in our lives.
Our special Stewardship Event will be on Saturday 24 September 2016 at Trinity Church from 10am to 12 noon. Representatives from the Citizens Advice Bureau will be on hand to provide information on how they can help with financial issues. There will also be a Fairtrade Stall. Our Action Group Coffee Morning will be on at the same time as our Stewardship Event in Trinity Church (from 10am to 12noon on 24 September). Tickets priced £3 for Adults and £1 for Children can be bought from the Church Office. |
Vocations ConferenceFollowing the great success of the launch of the Tomorrow's Calling campaign in 2015, the Church of Scotland is holding a Vocations Conference in Perth on 5 November 2016. If you want to find out more then Click Here. Informal enquiries to Malcolm Christie, Session Clerk, Tel 01224 740100.
Sunday Service TimesOur service times have changed on a trial basis. This was agreed by our Kirk Session in June 2016.
Skene Church - Sundays at 10am Trinity Church - Sundays at 11.15am (with tea and coffee served before the service from 10.45am). We will run the trial times through the rest of this year, with the Kirk Session making a final decision at its December meeting. Church Office Opening TimesThe office opening hours are:
Monday 9am - 12noon; Wednesday 9am - 12noon and Friday 1-4pm 2015 - Annual AccountsPlease use this link for the 2015 Accounts
Change of email addressesPlease note that Rev Stella's email address has changed to
SCampbell@churchofscotland.org.uk and the Church Office email address has changed to info.skeneparish@gmail.com Click on JIGSAW to see what the children have been up to! |
Syrian Appeal
The Church of Scotland Presbytery of Gordon, Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre (AMIC) and the North East Scotland Credit Union (NESCU) have joined together to launch a donation appeal for the families who have arrived in Aberdeenshire during the last few weeks from UNCHR refugee camps near Syria.
The appeal is part of the work of the Aberdeenshire Partner Refugee Group’s support to safely resettling vulnerable families in the Shire.
Nine families are settling in well to their new homes in Aberdeenshire, with neighbours providing a friendly welcome often baking for them and giving them gifts to make their houses feel like homes. All of the families lost their personal belongings in the war and are having to rebuild their lives from scratch.
Payments can be made by on-line transfer using: S/c 608301 act 20139906. When using this process you must put your name and 10017 as reference for the payment. Cheques can be made payable to NESCU and sent to 7 Finnan Place, Torry, Aberdeen AB11 8RG. Alternatively contact NESCU on 01224 899688 / 0300 66 63728 or email info@nescu.co.uk
For more details check out this report on BBC Scotland.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35880762
The appeal is part of the work of the Aberdeenshire Partner Refugee Group’s support to safely resettling vulnerable families in the Shire.
Nine families are settling in well to their new homes in Aberdeenshire, with neighbours providing a friendly welcome often baking for them and giving them gifts to make their houses feel like homes. All of the families lost their personal belongings in the war and are having to rebuild their lives from scratch.
Payments can be made by on-line transfer using: S/c 608301 act 20139906. When using this process you must put your name and 10017 as reference for the payment. Cheques can be made payable to NESCU and sent to 7 Finnan Place, Torry, Aberdeen AB11 8RG. Alternatively contact NESCU on 01224 899688 / 0300 66 63728 or email info@nescu.co.uk
For more details check out this report on BBC Scotland.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35880762
