News, events, and other happenings wk beg 28th Jan

This morning in worship, Keith Black preached on 'The Ministry of Jesus'.
This evening, we began our 4th Sunday evening services for the year. Our theme for evening worship in the hills this year is: 'Journeying with Paul'


LOOKING AHEAD:
Sun 4 Feb. 10.30: Morning worship – ‘Psalm 23’.
This week we begin a seven-week series on that much-loved portion of scripture, Psalm 23. The series will take us thru the season of Lent. Grateful thanks to Carol Taylor and Dee Yates for the use of work from their collaboration ‘Living on the Land’, which will accompany our worship and reflections.

Prayer Group change: our prayer group has now moved to the 2nd Sunday morning of the month. We meet at 9am on Sun 11 Feb, in the Parish Church. This will avoid clashing with Communion Sundays.

Church magazine – Easter edition:
Easter being early this year, Dee, our Editor, is now beginning to look for pieces for the Easter magazine. Articles should be a maximum of 300 words. If you have an interesting story or piece of news Dee would love to hear about it. All material needs to be with Dee by 11th Feb. Thanks in advance!

The Minister will be unavailable Mon-Wed this week.
For general queries, contact our Session Clerk, Heather Watt on 01899 850211. Urgent queries can be directed to the Rev. George Shand on 01899 309400

Supporting our young people: 
A Burns Supper will be held in Crawford village hall on 9th February, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. This will be to raise funds for Jill Hamilton's year in Guyana, voluntarily teaching maths and science. Tickets should be purchased from Marion Hamilton on 07926966323 by Monday 5th February

Reflection space - 
Food for the journey: bite-sized spiritual nourishment for the week ahead:
Keith Black poses the following for prayer, reflection, and action this week:
Can we find ways in which we can take God at his word this week? 
To believe that the kingdom of God really has come near? 
Can we take hold of this good news?
Can we be looking for any opportunities to share with others the good news that the kingdom of God is near at hand and easy to access?