Intimations Sunday 6th May

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Tea and coffee will be served in Hamilton Hall after the service and you are invited to join us for a short time of fellowship together. There will be a service today in Rorison at 2.30pm.

Bible Study will meet in Hamilton Hall tomorrow at 11am.
House Group will meet on Monday at 1.30pm.

Our Boys Brigade will meet on Thursday in Rorison when they will have their Award Ceremony at 7pm. If you are able please come along and lend your support.

Our Open Day took place yesterday and raised the sum of £1400.00 Grateful thanks goes to everyone who worked hard to raise this money.

Our Saturday Teas begin this Saturday 12th May from12 noon – 4pm. The rota is on the notice board in Hamilton Hall. Please have look at this and as usual if you feel you can help in any way please speak to Kay.

Any items for the June newsletter must be in the hands of the Editor by next Sunday 13th May.

Crossreach are having a Charity Pancake Day in Kirkfieldbank Church Hall on Monday 14th May from 2.00pm -4.00pm All the pancakes you can eat with tea etc £2.50 (children £1.00)

APPEAL…

On Sunday 13th May we are looking for help with the tea after the morning Service. The team for that day are unable to undertake the teas.
Eats will be supplied for anyone who can help serve the tea and clear up at the end. Please speak to Kay

FOODBANK

Thank you all for your continued support through your donations via your church (especially at harvest thanksgiving) and local supermarket baskets. These donations have kept the foodbank very well stocked over the last year. However, we are now running low on toilet rolls, tinned fruit and longlife breakfast juice. If you are considering making a donation to the foodbank at this time, we would very much appreciate if you would consider giving one of these items.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Our Guild Outing will take place on 19th May to Glasgow Cathedral and The People’s Palace with High Tea at Chatelherault Inn. Anyone wishing to join us should contact Kay Blair

Intimations Sunday 29th April

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Tea and coffee will be served in Hamilton Hall after the service and you are invited to join us for a short time of fellowship together.

Bible Study will meet in Hamilton Hall tomorrow at 11am.

Our Boys ‘Brigade on Thursday 3rd May, in Rorison Church Ashgill and again on 10th May. This will be their Annual Awards evening.

Sunday Worship on Sunday 6th May in Dalserf at 11.30am and again at Rorison Church Ashgill at 2.30pm. Both Services will be conducted by the Rev. John Stevenson
The choir will meet at 10.30am

Our Open Day will take place on Saturday from 11am – 3pm. There will be the usual stalls. Delicious teas will be served and the Vintage Cars and Bikes will be on display. This event brings in money to help finance our very beautiful Church, so please come along and lend your support. Donations to the stalls – Kay or Joan Baking for the teas – Liz Lawson or Dorothy Noble.

VACANCIES Our Church has need of someone to take on the task of Roll Keeper. The task of Roll Keeper entails keeping the Roll up to date and distributing the Communion Cards for each Communion March, June and November, a computer and printer will be necessary for this task. Here in Dalserf we pride ourselves in working hard to support our Church. Sometimes it is felt that these things should be left to others, but I am sure there are people within our congregation who have a great deal to offer in the way of help. If you feel able to help with the above please speak to the Session Clerk.

FOODBANK Thank you all for your continued support through your donations via your church (especially at harvest thanksgiving) and local supermarket baskets. These donations have kept the foodbank very well stocked over the last year. However, we are now running low on toilet rolls, tinned fruit and longlife breakfast juice. If you are considering making a donation to the foodbank at this time, we would very much appreciate if you would consider giving one of these items.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Rorison Service Sunday 6th May 2.30pm
Saturday Teas begin Saturday 12th May 12noon – 4pm.
Guild Outing Saturday 19th May

Intimations Sunday 22nd April

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Tea and coffee will be served in Hamilton Hall after the service and you are invited to join us for a short time of fellowship together.

Bible Study will meet in Hamilton Hall tomorrow at 11am

The Kirk Session will meet in Rorison on Wednesday at 7.30pm.

Our Boys Brigade will meet on Thursday in Rorison.

The local Nursing Homes will be visited on Friday. Clinton House at 1.45pm, Ballantine Court at 2,15pm and 2.45pm. Please come along to some of the visits or all three if you can

Congratulations to William and Sarah Forrest on the birth of their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth born on Sunday 15th April.

OPEN DAY — 5TH MAY 2018

Please note the Open Day is only a couple of weeks away. If you are able to help on the day or with donations to the stalls etc please speak to Joan or Kay.
If you can help with baking for the teas please speak to Liz Lawson or Dorothy Noble. These Open Days are vital to the work of our Church both Financially and in Ministry and Outreach.
Also note the change of time for the event. It is 11.00am till 3.00pm

FOODBANK Thank you all for your continued support through your donations via your church (especially at harvest thanksgiving) and local supermarket baskets. These donations have kept the foodbank very well stocked over the last year. However, we are now running low on toilet rolls, tinned fruit and long life breakfast juice. If you are considering making a donation to the foodbank at this time, we would very much appreciate if you would consider giving one of these items.
A blue box is available in Dalserf and Rorison for donations brought along on a Sunday.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday Teas begin Saturday 12th May
There is a rota of Saturday Duties and Baking on the notice board in Hamilton Hall.
Please let Kay know of any changes you are able to make to these to allow a final list to be prepared.

Intimations Sunday 15th April

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Tea and coffee will be served in Hamilton Hall after the service and you are invited to join us for a short time of fellowship together.

There will be a Praise Evening here in Dalserf tonight at 7.00pm. This will feature the New Life Singers with their Conductor Philip Fox. Guest Organist – Peter Shepherd Organist/Director of Music Bothwell Parish Church. The evening will be led by Rev John Stevenson and will include refreshments in Hamilton Hall.

Bible Study will meet in Hamilton Hall tomorrow at 11am

The Fabric Committee will meet in Hamilton Hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm

Our Boys’ Brigade return on Thursday evening in Rorison Church, Ashgill.

It is with sadness we have to intimate the death of Mamie Scott. Mamie passed away in Rose Park Nursing Home on Friday morning. The funeral will take place on Saturday 21st of April. 10.45am at Cooperative Funeral Parlour, Larkhall and 11.45am at South Lanarkshire Crematorium. Thereafter at the Radstone Hotel.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mamie’s family.

A meeting to organise the Saturday Teas took place in Rorison on Wednesday. This was fairly well attended and teams have been formed to cover the baking and serving of teas on the Saturday. However help is still needed in the following areas – Taking of the money on the Saturdays and donations of ingredients i.e. flour, sugar, fruit, butter, icing sugar, caster sugar. If you feel you can help with any of these please speak to Kay Blair.

An email has been received from the Presbytery regarding a general introduction as to how to recognise a mental health issue in someone. There is a poster concerning this on the notice board.

Congratulations to Linda Marshall, voted this week’s Hamilton Advertiser Reader of The Week. Well done Linda. Enjoy the Chocolates.

FOODBANK Thank you all for your continued support through your donations via your church (especially at harvest thanksgiving) and local supermarket baskets. These donations have kept the foodbank very well stocked over the last year. However, we are now running low on toilet rolls, tinned fruit and long life breakfast juice. If you are considering making a donation to the foodbank at this time, we would very much appreciate if you would consider giving one of these items. A blue box is available in Dalserf and Rorison for donations brought along on a Sunday.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Dalserf Open Day Saturday 5th May
Saturday Teas begin Saturday 12th May
Guild Outing Saturday 19th May

Intimations Sunday 8th April

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Following the service our Congregational Lunch and AGM will take place in Hamilton Hall.

Bible study will meet tomorrow in Hamilton Hall at 11am.

There will be a meeting to discuss the Saturday Teas on Wednesday in Rorison at 7.30pm. If you feel that you would be able to help in anyway please come along.

Any items for the May newsletter must be in the hands of the Editor by next Sunday 15th April.

It is time again to draw up the new rota for tea after the Sunday Service. This is a valuable time of fellowship for those who stay. However there are only 5 couples on the rota and more help is desperately needed. If you feel you could help please speak to Kay Blair.

There will be a Praise Evening here in Dalserf next Sunday, 15th April at 7.15pm. This will feature the New Life singers with their Conductor Philip Fox
Guest Organist- PETER SHEPHERD (Organist/Director of Music, Bothwell Parish Church)
The evening will be led by Rev John Stevenson and will conclude with refreshments in Hamilton Hall.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Dalserf Open Day Saturday 5th May
Saturday Teas begin Saturday 12th May
Guild Outing Saturday 19th May

NEW VENTURE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE

Last year Christians in Larkhall from several churches in the town and calling themselves Larkhall Christians Together approached South Lanarkshire Council to ask to be allowed to use premises owned by them in King Street Larkhall which had been closed.
The Council agreed and the premises were re-opened on 23 September last year with the title The Lighthouse. The premises comprise two interview rooms a third larger room used previously by The Credit Union, a spacious reception area in two parts with reception desk, a kitchenette and very well appointed ladies and gents toilets re-opened for public use. The building is used for a number of church-based and charitable activities.
A new use for the Lighthouse beginning this week is to facilitate the opportunity for anyone who wishes to speak in confidence to a Christian minister. Several local ministers have agreed to be involved in this.
There will be two opportunities in the week; Tuesdays 10.30 – 11.30 and Thursdays 1.30 – 2.30. No appointment is needed you can just drop in.