Dear Friends,

 

Once again, I have highlighted a couple of things happening you might want to take a note of. Please let me know if you are planning something or are involved in an activity others would enjoy coming to.

 

Dull and Weem will be having a collection for ‘Home for Good ‘at their Carol Service on Christmas Eve. This wonderful charity’s purpose is - “Together we can find a home for every child who needs one”. Morag Galloway would be delighted to tell you more, please ask her.

 

Dull and Weem will be trialling a new service time starting in January 2024 – please see the details below.

 

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REGULAR SUNDAY WORSHIP

 

10 DECEMBER

 

9.30am – Weem Parish Church

 

Neil Glover - Communion

10.30am – Aberfeldy Parish Church

Neil Glover- Communion

10.30am –Logierait Parish Church

Margaret Tannahill

10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church

Donald Strathairn

5.30pm - Aberfeldy Evening Service

 

No service

 

YOUTUBE SERVICE DETAILS

 

 

As from December 10th, we will be LIVE streaming our morning services from Aberfeldy Parish Church on YouTube. In fact, you can go on to

YouTube now and type in Aberfeldy Parish Church and you will see an advance notice of the service on 10th December!

During these services the cameras (there are two of them) will, from time to time, show members of the congregation. If you are uncomfortable with this and do not want to be filmed there are areas within the Sanctuary where you can be ‘safe from the cameras’. Please talk with Paul Parmenter or Ken Allstaff who will point out these areas.

 

 

Zoom

We know there have been may faithful followers on Zoom who have enjoyed both the services and the post service chat! Neil will enable the post service chat to continue on the current link.

 Rm 920 598 9200, password 316316 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9205989200)

 

FUNERALS

 

AGNES ROBERTSON

Wednesday 6 December 2023 – Aberfeldy Parish Church – 10.00am

 

 

 

CHURCH NEWS

 

 

• CAP HIGHLAND PERTHSHIRE are offering free budgeting advice, benefit checks and support to complete benefit applications as well as their usual support for people struggling with unmanageable debt at a monthly drop-in session at the Advice & Information Hub at Aberfeldy Health Centre on the first Monday of each month from 11.00am – 1.00pm.  Please spread the word about this new, helpful, free service.

Next meetings - and 4 December 2023

 

FORTHCOMING REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES

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17 DECEMBER

 

9.30am – Weem Parish Church

 

Margaret Yearsley

10.30am – Aberfeldy Parish Church

Tom Sibbald with Neil zooming from Logierait

10.30am –Logierait Parish Church

Neil Glover

10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church

Andrew Barbour

5.30pm - Aberfeldy Evening Service

 

No service

 

 

24 DECEMBER

 

9.30am – Weem Parish Church

 

Neil Glover

10.30am – Aberfeldy Parish Church

Neil Glover

10.30am – Logierait Parish Church

Rose Patterson

6.00pm only- Tenandry Parish Church

Carols and Readings

5.30pm - Aberfeldy Evening Service

 

No service

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31 DECEMBER

 

9.30am – Weem Parish Church

 

No Service

10.30am – Aberfeldy Parish Church

No Service

10.30am –Logierait Parish Church – LINKAGE SERVICE

Neil Glover

10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church

TBC

5.30pm - Aberfeldy Evening Service

 

No service

 

 

CHRISTMAS SERVICES 2023 – Church of Scotland

 

3 December – 1st Sunday in Advent – The Candle of Hope

Logierait Parish Church – 10.30am

 

10 December – 2st Sunday of Advent – The Candle of Peace

Dull and Weem Parish Church - 9.30am

Aberfeldy Parish Church – 10.30am

Logierait Parish Church – 10.30am

 

17 December - 3nd Sunday of Advent – The Candle of Joy

Dull and Weem Parish Church - 9.30am

Aberfeldy Parish Church – 10.30am

Logierait Parish Church – 10.30am

 

24 December – 4th Sunday of Advent – The Candle of Love

Dull and Weem Parish Church - 9.30am

Aberfeldy Parish Church – 10.30am

Logierait Parish Church – 10.30am

Tenandry 6.00pm only – Carols and Readings with mince pies and mulled wine/coffee

 

17 December – Carols by Candlelight

Aberfeldy Parish Church - 6.30pm

 

CHRISTMAS EVE

 

Dull and Weem Parish Church

Carols - 8.00pm

 

Aberfeldy Parish Church

Carols followed by Watchnight Service – 11.00pm

 

CHRISTMAS DAY

Aberfeldy Parish Church – 10.30am

 

Tenandry Service – 11.30am at Fincastle Chapel

 

31 December 2023

Logierait Parish Church -10.30am

 

7 January 2024

Dull and Weem Parish Church - 10.30am

 

 

 

 

OUR REGULAR CHURCH BASED AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

 

ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH

 

 

• STAY AND PLAY - Tuesdays 9.30 -11.30am

 

• PRAYER MEETING – Wednesday Evenings 5.00pm. We meet in Farragon and as always everyone is welcome to come along.

 

• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH, KITCHEN

Tuesday evenings 7.30 – 9pm

Contact –- 0800 917 7650

 

• QUILTING GROUP –ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH, FARRAGON HALL

Thursdays - 11.am – 3pm

Contact Jane – 07771641390 or Annette – 07736384035

 

• WARM WELCOME CAFÉ AND STAY AND PLAY

Tuesday mornings

Warm Welcome Café 10.00am -12.00pm

Stay and Play starts at 9.30am

Funding to support both activities has come from the Church of Scotland and Perth and Kinross Council

 

 

• HOUSE GROUPS

Town Group - Katie Allstaff and John Hayward - 1st & 3rd Wednsdays at 7.30pm

 

Strath Group - Lorna Nicol - fortnightly on a Thursday at 7.30pm

 

Additional Group - Franny McGrath and Will Burton - Monday / Thursday                

 

 

• PRAYER AT ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH

Prayer is central to our relationship with our God and underpins everything we do in Aberfeldy Parish Church. How you can join with others to pray

Weekly Prayer Meeting on Wednesdays. Amazing things happen when the Church unites in prayer. Acts 12:5 tells us “Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to

God for him.” Peter was ,of course, miraculously released.
We gather together in Farragon in expectation of coming into the presence of God in worship and prayer, as we lay down our burdens for the world, for our mission and anything that troubles us and leave them at the foot of the cross .
Worship music will be played from 4.45pm to allow quiet meditation and we will move into prayer and further worship at 5pm. You are very welcome to join us but if you would like further information please contact isabellemacdonald222@btinternet.com or Donald Strathairn .

Prayer Points for the work of the Church are sent out weekly before the Wednesday meeting and, if you don’t already but would like to receive these please contact Kit Strathairn or Isabelle Macdonald.

Prayer before the Sunday Morning Service. If you would like to join in prayer for the morning service, please meet in the Prayer Room between 10.10 am and 10.20 am

Prayer Circle ⭕ If you, or someone you know needs prayer, whether it is a health matter or the circumstances of life, the Prayer Circle will be ready and willing to pray. Simply contact Isabelle on isabellemacdonald222@btinternet.com and an email will be sent out to the members of the Prayer Circle who will pray immediately and confidentially for your need.

If you would like to be part of the Prayer Circle please contact Isabelle Macdonald.

Prayer Ministry. The Prayer Ministry Team is available to pray for any need you have. Members of the team can be found at the back of the Sanctuary after the Morning Service and will be wearing a badge with a purple lanyard. Alternatively you can contact isabellemacdonald222@btinternet.com and a private appointment can be arranged.

Prayer for the Persecuted Church is normally on the first Monday of the month at 4 pm. Please contact Katie Allstaff, Kit Strathairn or Christina Bryson if you would like to join. We meet in an individual’s home.

24-7 Prayer. Our next 24-7 week will be in Advent, 3rd - 10th December. Hopefully we will be joined in this by other Highland Perthshire Churches as before.

Prayer Triplet - anyone who would like to be part of a Prayer Triplet please see Ruth Lunan 

The Prayer/Quiet Room is place of peace and tranquility. You are welcome to use at any time. See Kate Scott or Anna Sibbald for further details. Isabelle Macdonald and the Prayer Team

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BREATHE ACTIVITIES

 

• STAY AND PLAY - Tuesday weekly- Lawers- 9.30am-11.30am

 

• ROCK STEADY - 6pm-7.30pm

 

• ROCK STEADY XTREAME- P6-S1- 6pm-7.30pm Rock Steady After Hours - S2+ 7.45pm-9pm

 

• MESSY CHURCH - 4pm-6pm

 

WEEM PARISH CHURCH

 

• CHIT CHAT CAFÉ – 1st Monday of the month in the McDonald Room, Dull and Weem Kirk at 2pm

For further information please contact Liz Bruce

Elizabeth_1_bruce@btinternet.com

 

• GUILD, IN THE MCDONALD ROOM  - Meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 2pm in the McDonald Room.  Elizabeth_1_bruce@btinternet.com

 

• TRIAL OF A NEW SERVICE TIME IN 2024

Neil Glover and the Elders have agreed to trial a new service time of 10.00am, starting in January 2024. The service is likely to be shorter on the Sundays when Neil is preaching, with the duty elders closing the service, this is so he can 'hot foot' it across Wade's Bridge to Aberfeldy for the service there.  All Linkage Services at Weem will remain at 10.30am.

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STRATHTAY PARISH CHURCH

 

• COFFEE BREAK

The group meet every Wednesday in the John Kyd Hall beside Strathtay Church at 10.30am - all are welcome to come along and join in!

 

• QUILTING GROUP – JOHN KYD HALL

7 – 9pm on 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month

Contact Marie MacLeod – stytchandturn@btinternet.com

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS QUIZ NIGHT

 

Aberfeldy Community First Responders Quiz Night, Ailean Chraggan - 30 November starting at 8pm

• As you know many of our Church members are, or have been, Community First Responders. The team are deployed by the Scottish Ambulance Service to attend urgent medical emergencies, in advance of the ambulance crew arriving on scene. The group are required to purchase several essential items for their kit bags, including defibrillators and defibrillator pads.  Are you able to join us for our fundraising quiz night and support our fundraising effort? We would love to see you there. (Teams of 4 - 6).

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DEMENTIA FRIENDLY ABERFELDY: UP AND COMING EVENTS

 

• SINGING FOR FUN 10.30am – 12.00pm – Birks Cinema (2nd and 4th Friday)

If you enjoy singing some of those good old favourites, please drop in!

Friday November 24th

 

 

• CARER’S DROP-IN – Town Hall are currently on hold as a new, exciting, plan is currently in the pipeline!

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HELP WITH THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS

 

Breadalbane Community Larder

 

The Community Larder’s Social Supermarket is open at Offizone on Kenmore Street each Saturday from 11.00am – 12.30pm for customers to purchase dried and tinned goods at a reduced rate – 4 items for £1. 

 

The FoodShare table at the rear of Aberfeldy Parish Church is open 24/7 and often has a variety of goods which would otherwise be sent to the Co-op’s bio-digester.  It’s our Christian responsibility to ‘tend the garden’ ie our planet so we can all do our bit to reduce food waste by ‘shopping’ at the FoodShare table from time to time.

Remember, this part of the Larder project is about reducing food waste as well as supporting those feeling the pinch in these difficult times.

 

If you know of anyone struggling to make ends meet, please let them know about the range of options provided by Breadalbane Community Larder.

The Larder is a joint initiative of several local churches and also involves members of the local community.  If you would like to be involved, please contact the team on 07513 ‍652597 or For emergency support call 0345 30 111 00 (Mon – Fri 9.00am – 5.00pm) or email breadalbanecommunitylarder@btinternet.com

 

If you know of anyone who is struggling to heat their house and / or pay their energy bills, please do pass them on to us at Warm Connections, and we would be delighted to advise on ways of reducing your energy consumption and bills. 

 

There is now a Facebook page for Warm Connections     https://www.facebook.com/WarmConnectionsScotland. We would love it if anyone could share, like or comment 

 

We have free radiator foil to give away, we can even come and fit it. Its a great idea for radiators that are on outside walls. Just use the contact us form on Facebook or our website https://warmconnections.net/#section-553-149

 

www.warmconnections.net or email advice@warmconnections.net.

 

 

 

CHURCH CONTACT DETAILS

 

Minister – Neil Glover

 

Neil’s email -  nglover@churchofscotland.org.uk

Neil’s mobile – 07779 280074

 

PA – Judy Ewer – judy.ewer@adwgls.org.uk

Mobile – 07836 565528

 

  Pastoral Assistants

Judy Ewer -  judy.ewer@adwgls.org.uk

Mobile - 07836 565528

Kate Scott –  kate@adwgls.org.uk

 

Mobile - 07760 320031