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Local churches in East Kilbride across different denominations will embrace this week of prayer from 18th to 25th January to draw a little closer to each other in worship and fellowship.

The Week of Prayer is open to all who wish to participate even if you are not a church goer but simply believe that community and togetherness are important.

We’ve included below the brochure which will give you a guide to prayers for each day of the Week of Prayer. You can view and read it online or download it to your computer or device.

This has been through the hard work of One Voice and all who supported One Voice(so many of you all).

The Hall will be available for hire to any group so please get in touch with your needs and tell anyone you feel would be interested.

The Hall will always remain an affordable community hall for group and private use.

Once again thank you for all your support and look forward to hearing from you.

Warmest regards

Mari Roden
Sec
Westwood Community Centre Charity

The Presbytery has an opportunity to engage in conversation about the legacies of Slavery. This morning event will allow people to share in this meaningful conversation and help shape the forthcoming general assembly report.

The event is open to all church attenders of the Presbytery.

When – 25th November 2024, 11.00-12.30 am

Where – online via teams

Register – edi@churchofscotland.org.uk(closing date Friday 22nd November 2024)

Conversations around assisted dying and the Bill before Parliament.

The Presbytery has an opportunity to engage in a facilitated conversation about the topic of assisted dying and the legislation which has been proposed about this. This evening event will allow people to share this meaningful conversation and help shape the forthcoming general assembly report.

This event is open to all members of the Presbytery and those from the Church of Scotland outwith the Presbytery who want to participate. You will need to register by using the online form. You’ll find th link below

When – 27th November 2024, 7.00 pm

Where – online

Register – https://forms.office.com/e/CHG3fJJRCH

The lads are holding an open day on Saturday 3rd August ’24 for anyone who wishes to satisfy their curiosity as to what goes on at Men’s Shed and how they might become a part of it.

If you are looking for them on FaceBook you’ll find them here

And yes… men do do the washing up though it appears it may be some time back!

Now we all know times are challenging. We hear about it on the news; how people everywhere are struggling to make ends meet even if they are in employment.

Westwood Church has always been a big supporter of East Kilbride charity Loaves and Fishes. We do what we can to help but after a visit from Lesley Davidson Chair person at Loaves and Fishes we were left in no doubt that we could do more and should do more. The level of need in East Kilbride is frightening.

Just One Thing is our way of helping. To put it simply we are asking every member of the congregation to bring in just one item for Loaves and Fishes each week. One packet of biscuits OR one tin OR one item of toiletries OR one pack of disposable nappies OR … well you’ve got the gist. One item each week from the congregation would put 90 items on the Loaves and Fishes table. AND one item wont stretch our individual budgets so much as to be unmanageable. Like the old Scottish saying “mony a meikle makes a muckle.”

Westwood Parish Church is open Sunday mornings 9.30am to 12noon and Wednesday 10am to 2pm so if you feel you would like to help others in this very simple way you too can pass on Just One Thing each week. Drop into the church during those opening times and leave your gift – Just One Thing. Or if you know someone who attends Westwood Church you would be welcome to pass that One Thing on through them.

And if you want to know why Loaves and Fishes are finding it so hard to keep up these days then it’s like this… demand for their service has gone from 30 food parcels per week to 160+ per week; more than quadrupled. The need is there and the need is real.

Pick Just One Thing from the items below: 

The picture below tells another part of the story… the part where folks at Westwood Church are happy to donate whatever funds they can to help others.

Sorry if it’s a little hard to make out. The cheque is for £2,400.00 In fact we are well beyond that now. Westwood Church has donated £3,000 to Loaves and Fishes. We hate blowing our own trumpet but on this occasion we thought it was worth doing just that !!!

Keep Up the Good Work !!