WEEKLY NEWS

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  • OPEN TO ALL Coffee and tea will be served in the Bill McDonald Hall at the close of the Sunday service. Everyone is very welcome.
  • MORNING PRAYERS ON TUESDAYS We meet for prayers every Tuesday at 10.00am in the Newington Room opposite the Office.
  • CAFÉ TIME On Saturday 8 March there will be a Café Time for Mary’s Meals at Newington Trinity: Priestfield, from 10.00 am – 12.00 noon. Please come along and bring your friends for coffee, chat and home baking, to help raise funds for this amazing charity! Donations of home baking would be much appreciated.  Please bring them along on the day. marysmeals.org.uk
  • PRAISE AND PRAYER This small group meets every two weeks at Newington Trinity - Priestfield. Anyone is welcome to join others for this time of prayer from 7.30pm until about 9.00pm. We next meet on 6 March. We pray together for a variety of topics. The starting point can be the prayer sheet which is produced fortnightly. There are also some specific requests, church activities, community, local, national and world issues. We have been particularly praying for the Union for months now. Also more particularly we have been praying for the Pioneer ministry and new minister. Whether you are new to praying or have prayed for years, this is an opportunity to grow in confidence, faith and also to encourage us all to keep on praying.
  • THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER this year has been prepared by the WDP Committee of the Cook Islands. Service will be held on Friday 7th March at 2.30pm in St. Columba’s Catholic Church, 9 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh. The offerings given are used to support charities directly on the Cook Islands and charities in Scotland that work in the Cook Islands. Refreshments will be served after the service. All welcome. Carole & Julia.

 

  • AFTERNOON SERVICE The first Newington Trinity Afternoon Service (with Holy Communion) will take place on Tuesday 11 March at 2.30pm. The service will be led by Rev Dr Sandy Forsyth in the Bill McDonald Hall at Newington Trinity Mayfield. There is level access via West Mayfield. Everyone always made most welcome – please join us! Tea and refreshments follow  (until 3.45pm approx.).  Details in the NT Newsletters (Feb and March/April issues).  

 

  • BOOK CLUB There will be an opportunity to explore and find out more about the   new book group, if you’ve decided / thinking about joining, on Sunday 16 after the morning service. Bring your coffee and jars of marmalade!
  • The meetings will held on the last Thursday of the month at 7.30pm to 9.00pm. This is a small group with a maximum number of 12-14. However if you are interested please come along and find out more., it would be great to see you. We still have places. You can also contact me at: 0793 311 3633 or jaukpark@gmail.com Any one who intends to join must email me so I can contact them! The book choices, dates will be all communicated via email. Joan Adam
  • ANNUAL LEAVE William Mearns will be on annual leave from 5 to 19 March inclusive. Hall access is being provided by Norman Weibye during this time. Norman’s contact details are technical@newingtontrinity.org and 07766 888644.
  • Pauline Robertson will be on leave from 27 March to 5 April inclusive.
  • THE GUILD Next meeting of Southside Guild is on Tuesday 4 March at 2.00pm in the Bill McDonald Hall. Our speaker is our own John Knox who is giving us a talk on Bridgend Farmhouse .Everyone is most welcome to join us.
  • PASTORAL SUPPORT If you have any pastoral issues, including any suggestions for the prayer chain or if you wish to receive the prayer chain email, please contact Pauline Robertson DCS pastoralassistantms@gmail.com / 0758 704 3191 or Rev Dr Sandy Forsyth.
  • THE BIG BETHANY SLEEP OUT Whether you're totally new to the event, or have slept out with Bethany nine times before, this is an event that challenges you. Leave your comfort zone and join us in raising awareness of the various difficulties and realities facing people experiencing homelessness in Scotland. We'll be sleeping out in various locations across Scotland on Friday 21 March from 9.00pm. There are two options for signing up: Bethany Hero and Super Supporter. For further details call 0131 561 8930 or via the Bethany website at this link:
  • https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/TheBigBethanySleepOut2025
  • THURSDAY CLUB The next meeting is on Thursday 6 March 2025 at 2.00pm in the Bill McDonald Hall at Newington Trinity:- Mayfield with entertainment from Bobby Hogg An afternoon of fiddle music.

 

  • CHURCH GIVING Our Quick Response code is a handy way of using your smart ‘phone or tablet’s QR app to link you to our Giving Page. Once you have joined the Giving Page safeguards are still operative.  Those who would have wished to use it may make use of the offering plates situated in the vestibule and halls entrance, at the close of the service.  Regular and one-off donations are possible online at give.net/20311853   (scan the QR code) or please contact our Freewill Offerings Treasurer, Hugh Somerville on 0131 466 2446 or hs.somerville2@gmail.com
  • DONATIONS/COLLECTIONS Collections continue to be required of tinned and dried food (not fresh food) – and basic toiletries. If you would like to donate, there are marked buckets in the Halls entrance at Newington Trinity - Mayfield under the bench for bags of food to be placed in. Also located there or nearby are containers for Bethany and used stamps. There is a container for the collection of medical blister packs to the right of the big table near the vestry door. The collection for milk container tops is under the bench in the halls entrance, as before.
  • MARMALADE Christian Aid’s marmalade sale will be held after both services on Sunday, 16 March. Please don’t forget to bring cash, as well as bags to carry away your purchases. Every jar you buy will help Christian Aid pursue its aim: to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. If you have marmalade to contribute, we’d be very grateful! You can hand it in to the Newington Room between 10.00am and 11.00am, on Saturday 15 March, but if you’re unable to do so, please bring it directly to the stall on the day of the sale. Alternatively, contact Kate O’Brien on 0131 667 4362 / 07593 768 087 or obrien@hotmail.co.uk to make another arrangement. Please label your jars on the lid. THANK YOU!   The Christian Aid Team
  • BOOK LAUNCH – MONICA SPOONER – TUES 18 MARCH AT 7.00PM – our member Monica has written a highly engaging and poignant memoir of the foundation and purposes of the Balfour Project, which she and her husband Roger began from experiences in the Middle East in 2008. The Project seeks ‘peace with justice, security and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis, acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities’ in the Holy Land, from the Balfour Declaration to the present day. The importance of the work of the Balfour Project is heightened in the tragedy of the present day. Do come along on Tuesday 18 March at 7pm for the launch of Monica’s book, ‘Why Didn’t I Know? Britain’s Legacy in Palestine’, hosted by Words & Action for Peace, 58 Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 1ST. The event will include other knowledgeable speakers and will be moderated by our minister.
  • DR MAIRI COLLIE – A PRESENTATION AFTER MORNING WORSHIP ON SUN 30 MARCH – Mairi will bring us an introduction to her inspirational medical work in Africa, her medical charity and her new book, all highlighted recently in an article in The Scotsman.
  • INDUCTION OF REV DR JUNSOO PARK AS MINISTER OF NEWTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, JOHN ROSS MEMORIAL – JunSoo is a former member of our church, having worshipped here when he was a PhD student at New College. He will be inducted as the minister of a church plant by the Presbyterian Church of Korea in the former Church of Scotland building in Danderhall on Wednesday 2 April at 7pm, with many guests travelling from Korea for the occasion. You would be very welcome to be part of the service – see https://edinburghnewton.com for details.
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  • ECO TIP: TEA it's helpful to use loose tea in a teapot or failing that to seek out plastic free/Biodegradable tea bags. Many popular brands offer this option including Clipper and Café Direct - both Fair Trade. All can be disposed of in Food Waste or the garden.