Cake and Produce StallMany thanks to all who have supported this stall. After a break over Christmas it's back on Sunday, 5 February. Launch of our Mission Action Plan - Sunday 12 February Bishop David will be with us at the 10.30 service to launch the Plan that we have been working on since October (see the separate article about this). There will be a soup and sandwich lunch afterwards - if you can bring something for this, please let the Rector know. It's an important date, so please be there! Denis Fitzsimons' Licensing - Tuesday 14 February You will remember Denis Fitzsimons who spent time with us before Christmas for his Lay Reader training. He will be licensed at St Mary's Grangemouth at 7.30 pm, and has extended a warm invitation to us. If you would like to go, please contact the Rector. Ceilidh - Saturday 18 February There will be a ceilidh to raise funds for Robbie Newton's Mission Trip to Imkerhof Christian Centre in Namibia from 7 - 10 pm on Saturday 18 February in the Church Hall. Entri is £5 (£15 for a family of 3 or more), which includes refreshments. There will be a quiz and raffle as well as dancing, so come along for a party before Lent - all in a very good cause. If anyone wishes to bring stuff to be raffled, please contact Robbie on robbie . newton @ blueyonder . co . uk (please, take out the spaces, this is to prevent spam). Likewise, if anyone wishes to volunteer at the night, please contact Robbie at the aforementioned e-mail address. First half of the night will be Ceilidh, whilst second half will be an on-request Disco (tunes to be requested, possibly at 50p a song). Lent Look out for special events in Lent. The Fellowship Group meets on Thursday evenings at 8 pm, and will be looking at food and its spiritual significance. We hope to share in a daytime Bible study with the Methodist Church. There will be the first of monthly "Sandwich Sessions" after church on 25 March, when we will look at a topic over a simple lunch. There will be new books in the Library to choose from. Take up something new in 2012! CASTING THE NET at Holy Trinity This is an exciting month, as we launch our Mission Action Plan at a celebration service with Bishop David on 12 February. It's taken a while to get to this point, but the results are definitely worth it! The Plan is a 'living document' which means that we will adjust it. So what is in it? Well, you'll be able to read the whole Plan in Church or on the website or as a booklet, but key points are: undertaking a review of our worship;
starting to share our faith more openly, for example at Vestry meetings and in services; holding outreach events, eg a Christmas Tree Festival; creating a Pastoral Care Group. Where do your gifts lie? Could you help review our worship? Are you interested in developing the Church Library? Have you thought about helping with pastoral visiting? Would the children and young people enjoy your company and input? Could you pray for all of this endeavour? Please do speak to the Rector, or to any of the Mission Action Group (Kate Durie, Sandy Goss, Helen Kemp, Mary Kenyon, Ann Lees, Gen Pont, Alistair Shaw) about what you could do. World Day of Prayer - Friday 2 March 2.30 pm - Holy Trinity (our church) Written by Christian women of Malaysia 'Let Justice Prevail' Will YOU join us? Auction of Promises - Sunday 11 March at 12 noon, Church Hall We held such an auction in 2007 and it proved popular so we thought we'd give it another go. "What is it?" you may be asking, and "How does it involve me?" This is how it works: each of us has a skill or a service that we can offer to others. At the auction you will be invited to bid for the various pledges. The highest bid wins and payment is made on the day. For those who can stay there will be a lunch after the auction, donations welcome. Start Up The demand for donations has risen steeply as more starter packs are being issued to homeless people. The latest requests are for:
The Salvation Army has also asked us to provide, via Start Up, a regular supply of toiletries for the people they help on a daily basis. The items they need are:
Note: The ratio of need for toiletries is roughly double the number for men as for women. For latest Start Up news, please follow this link. For background information on Start Up and on homelessness in Stirling, please follow this link. We're grateful for any donations you can make. Diocesan website Explore the diocesan website at www.standrews.anglican.org . It has lots of up-to-date news and photographs. Imkerhof Website Imkerhof Children's Home and School now has a live website at
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