A Message from our Intermin Moderator:
A couple of years ago, I had to have Physiotherapy for a problem with my back. I was very diligent, did my exercises faithfully and the back problem resolved. At my last physio appointment the therapist said to me, ‘Now keep doing your exercises.’ But of course, when the problem went, so did my commitment to the exercises. Every so often, the issue flares up again….and then I remember to do my exercises. How often is that the case, that as soon as a problem seems to disappear, we forget about it and return to old ways – and in my case, bad postural habits!
That’s frequently the case with prayer too. In a time of stress or anxiety our prayer life is diligent and faithful, only to take a back seat again when the immediate problem seems better.
During Lent, when we focus on deepening and strengthening our relationship with God, prayer is one of the key disciplines and our Lent Study group has focussed on prayer. We know that Jesus spent much time in prayer as he made his journey towards Jerusalem. This Lent, we are not short of things to pray about. Our minds are full of the horrors in the Middle East and in Ukraine; the strange weather this winter reminds us that Climate change has not gone away; and we have had a time of bereavement and illness within the congregation.
In these troubled times, the lovely words from Philippians speak to us ‘Do not worry about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.’ Amidst all the things we pray for this Lent, it is good to be reminded also to give thanks.
I give thanks this week for time spent away on holiday and share with you a photo from our time away.
Blessings
Anne
Worship
17 Currie Kirk at 10.30 am. Worship led by Rev Anne T Logan—Baptism
Easter Services
24 Currie Kirk at 10.30 am. Worship led by Rev Anne T Logan—Palm Sunday
28 Currie Kirk at 7 pm—Maundy Thursday
29 Balerno Parish Church at 7 pm—Good Friday Service
29 Good Friday Walk of Witness—
31 Easter Sunday—roll your egg followed by Coffee and Croissants—Currie Kirk at 9 am.
31 Currie Kirk at 10.30 am. Worship led by Rev Anne T Logan—Easter Sunday—Formal Communion
APRIL 2024
7 Currie Kirk at 10.30am. Worship led by Rev Anne T Logan.
14 Currie Kirk at 10.30 am. Worship led by Grant Gordon followed by a Prayer Tree Service
21 Currie Kirk at 10.30 am. Worship led by Neill Crawford
28 Currie Kirk at 10.30 am. Worship led by Rev Fiona Tweedie followed by informal communion
Intimations
Choir for Easter
Choir practice is on today after the service.
Guild Daffodil Tea
Guild Daffodil Tea—Saturday 23rd March, 2—4pm. Tickets cost £4, available from the Guild committee. Donations for tombola and books for sale will be most welcome.
Shoebox Appeal
March—we’re collecting hats, scarves, gloves and snoods. If you’d like to donate please leave in the box in the coffee area or hand in to the Kirk office. Thank you.
Heriot Watt Chamber Choir, Currie Kirk, 23rd March, 7.30pm.
The Chamber Choir of the Heriot Watt University will be performing in Currie Kirk on 23rd March. The concert starts at 7.30 pm and ends at 8.30pm.
Kirk Session Meeting
Reminder to the Kirk Session there is an additional extraordinary meeting on Friday 2nd March 2024.
Guild Meeting
On Tuesday 19th March 2024. at 2pm GCH.
