St Margaret's Parish Church, Glenrothes April 2021
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St Margaret’s Parish Church, Glenrothes
April 2021
For an Easter display, I asked folk
Dear Friends, Sunday Services
to draw round their hand and to
pop it through the church letterbox All services start at 10am
Easter has come and gone for a or email it to me. The display on
second time since the lockdown To book your place, please phone
Easter Sunday symbolised that
began on 23rd March 2020. The and leave a message for Sheila
even although we are separated,
difference this year was that the Filsell : 775138, or email her:
we all belong to one church family.
church was open for Sunday
There were extra handprints which
worship from Palm Sunday filsellsheila@hotmail.com
symbolised those who did not
onwards, including Easter Sunday. know or who were not able to do it You may prefer to join the service
Having received Presbytery on time. on Zoom:
permission to reopen for Sunday
worship, we are able to have Meeting ID 871 7204 3700
restricted numbers back in church.
Passcode 090012
A maximum of 34 people sitting in Telephone 01314601196
pairs socially distanced, not
including duty volunteers, myself, If you miss any of our services you
and the organist/pianist. The can find recordings on Youtube.
maximum number is 50 for Sunday Just search for St Margaret’s
worship but our sanctuary is just Glenrothes.
not big enough to hold that
number.The reality is that the
majority of folk join the service via We are excited to announce that
Zoom. Sandra Davie will be joining the
ministry team from the beginning
of May. Sandra Davie has been
appointed as our new part-time
MDS worker (children, families and
young people). She brings to the
role her creativity and artistic
abilities, her experience along with
her passion for work with children,
young people and families.
We have missed your handprints Sandra covered part of the role on
and footprints over the past maternity leave cover for 12
months! We are looking forward to months to August 2019. Sandra is
the time when we hear that other married to Joe and they have four
parts of the church can reopen, grown up children and Seth.
Sandra and Joe are members of St
and groups will begin to return (no
Margaret’s church.
doubt with risk assessments in
We are keen to invite anyone who place!). We are looking forward to Sandra
has not been able to access
Please don’t hesitate to get in joining the team……watch this
church services online back to space in future newsletters to hear
church. If you want to come, you touch with me (752241) and let us
from Sandra!
do need to book a seat by leaving know your news and if there is
a message for Sheila Filsell on anything we can do to support you.
775138 or email
Until we meet again, may God hold
filsellsheila@hotmail.comTo
you safely in the palm of his hands
manage the restricted seating,
and keep you in his tender care.
we simply ask that a booking
needs to be made each week.
Easter Activities Covenanted Partnership Our Car Park Extension
We’ve had no Monday Club meetings The Covenanted Partnership of six
for over a year now, but 64 children churches (four in Glenrothes,
received activity bags which were Markinch/Thornton and Leslie
delivered to their houses. Trinity) has been working together
during the pandemic with monthly
Here are some of the contents:
meetings of the Steering Group
and weekly meetings of Ministers
and Interim Moderators. Since the
first Lockdown began, the following
shared events have taken place: The long awaited car park was
completed the day before Easter
2020 Sunday. We now have parking for
32 cars, including three disabled
• Shared Holy Week spaces. A widened access to the
reflections car park, together with disabled
access from the car park to the
• Thy Kingdom Come -
Praying through the Halls, were an important part of the
Psalms work. We now have a facility that
will allow users of our Church
• Summer services buildings to park safely and to
during July access the buildings easily. Many
The children were invited to do things
they enjoy doing – • Advent cafe church thanks to all those who raised the
worship and necessary funds and to those who
• Reading about the Easter story discussion were part of the team over the
• Making an Easter card to send 2021
years that was instrumental in
to someone. making this happen.
• Using a prayer stone on which • Lent Bible Studies
they could write their worries.
• Good Friday service
• Colouring the egg.
• Planting some seeds.
• And, of course, eating the It has been a positive experience
Easter egg. to come together and share in
these worship and study
opportunities. We may not all
The Good Companions and the
agree on everything but we can
Guild were also remembered at
listen to each other, grow in our
Easter time. Each of them received
faith and deepen our
an Easter egg and an Easter card. And finally……during Lent, our
relationships. The Covenanted
The cards were handmade for Moderator, Martin Fair, asked for
Partnership is primarily mission,
them by Liz Rollo and May photos of crosses “hidden in plain
and the Steering Group is working
Duncan. sight”. This one was submitted by
with Diane McWilliam of Cinnamon
Wednesday@1pm. Network to undertake a community Irene Ure. Recognise it?
audit as part of the research
Each Wednesday at 1pm you are invited to make required for future missional
space in your busy lives to sit in the presence of projects.
God who loves us. Just stop, pause and pray.
A prayer is shared on our Facebook page
The Kirk Session
There is also a communal gathering to pray on unanimously agreed at the
Wednesday@1pm on Zoom. You are welcome Kirk Session meeting in April
to join. –
Meeting ID 84133876890, to enter into a formal
passcode 865176, agreement with the other five
or phone 01314601196 churches in the
Covenanted Partnership.
St Margaret’s Parish Church, Glenrothes – Scottish Charity SC009845
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