 A Message from our minister Rev John Urquhart
To join contact Neil Cape, St. Mungo's Session Clerk to secure your place
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Kirk
In Penicuik is an expression of the shared life of the three Church of
Scotland congregations in Penicuik. St. Mungo's, North & South
& Howgate. A space for wider conversation, mutual support and
resourcing for the Christian journey!
The initial activity for
the group will be on Sunday October 25th at 4.pm. This will be the
first of a series of monthly reflective prayer services held
in the St. Mungo's church hall and will last 30-40 minutes. The
plan is to link the themes of these monthly services to the 'Holy
Habits' theme for the month (see below*) - for November that will be
'Fellowship'.
We will explore the overall idea of 'Holy Habits'
through prayer and reflection. Some prayers may be 'live', others shown
on the screen, and we can use recorded music.
As for the church
service, we will be at 2m spacing, seated on chairs, and will have to
wear masks and not sing. Again, as in church, we will need to record
names and contact details for 'track and trace', and there will be a
limit (around 28) on available places.Please, therefore, would you let
me know if you'd like to come.
This is a first 'trial' service,
and even if you can't come next week your thoughts would be welcome on
the choice of day of the week and timing of the service. When would
suit you best if this is something in which you'd like to participate?
Sunday, weekday, morning, afternoon, evening? We chose 4pm on Sunday
for this first service to avoid people having to come out on a winter
evening, and giving time to enjoy the daylight beforehand.....but time
and day of the week are not set in stone. Indeed, as Covid regulations
change we may want to change these anyway.
Your thoughts would
also be welcome on the content and format of the service - we can use
the screen but not use handouts, and it will be difficult to have
general participation with our masks on, but we can always try and see!
We did wonder about asking for prayer points beforehand, which could be
incorporated on the screen display.The idea would be to focus on the
monthly 'Holy Habit', rather than the more personal intercessions we
make at our weekly prayer meetings.
What do you think might
work? Please let me know in good time before next Sunday if you'd like
to come. Your comments are welcome at any time.
You can join the group on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/257524232276429/
Thank you,
Neil Cape,
Session clerk, St. Mungo's
stmungosessionclerk@gmail.com
Published 20 October 2020
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