A message from our Interim Moderator Rev Dr Anne Logan:
And so it begins…………………… This week has seen the annual trip to the loft to bring down the Christmas Decorations. Bit by bit, over the next couple of weeks, we will gradually put up trees, lights, baubles and decorations until the house looks ‘Christmassy.’ Our attempts are relatively restrained, there are other properties in the village which are a feast of twinkling trees, reindeer, sleighs and Santas, delighting the local children.
On a trip to Portugal a couple of years ago, we visited the University town of Coimbra. Our guide proudly pointed out to us, the Jesuit Chapel. It is, for a Portuguese Church, very plain on the outside. Our guide explained that the Jesuits believed that their churches, like their lives, should be quite plain and ordinary on the outside, because it is the quality and richness of the Spiritual life inside that is important.
As we make things begin ‘to look a lot like Christmas’ in our homes, it is a reminder that it is not the preparations or the decorations or any of the external things that make Christmas, but love.
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. (1 John 4; 10)
Blessings! Anne
Worship This Sunday
Currie Kirk at 10.30 am—First Sunday in Advent—Joint Advent Service with Balerno Parish Church—Grant Gordon.
Intimations
* Guild - 5th December, 10am Working with stained glass.
* 190 Advent Calendars delivered to Holy Trinity food bank.
* Looking for small Christmas puddings or jam puddings and packets of dry custard.
* Mary and Joseph and a donkey called Hank. Tickets now available from the Kirk Office or through the Currie Kirk Website.
* If you would like to learn more about the Christian faith or are considering membership of the Church, please contact the Interim Moderator at
annetlogan@sky.com
If you want any information or need to speak to someone please call the Kirk office (451 5141) or contact one of the Session Clerks - Louise Lamont (07910 594188)
