About Penicuik North Kirk
PENICUIK NORTH KIRK
Penicuik North Kirk is a local parish church in the Presbytery of Lothian, and one of 3 Church of Scotland congregations serving the town of Penicuik. The congregation, which was founded in 1782, is made up of around 400 members. We are a local congregation of the Church of Scotland. We are open and inclusive and welcome people of all ages to worship. At the local level of Penicuik North the court is a Kirk Session. Kirk sessions oversee the local congregation and its parish, and consist of elders presided over by a minister. Meetings of the Kirk Session and its Committees are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The Kirk Session meets 6 times a year and the Committees meet 2 times a year. The Stated Annual Meeting of the congregation is held after worship on the last Sunday in March. YOUNG KIRK Over the past six months Young Kirk have been reading God’s Word related to caring for our planet, the environment and everything living within it as part of working towards the Eco-Congregation Award. We have created bird feeders and ladybird homes for the Church garden, planted up new tubs with brightly coloured flowers for the front of the Church building and cleared and planted the area at the front of the North Hall with summer bedding plants. Within the Church buildings we have encouraged everyone to save electricity and water by placing stickers at light switches and taps reminding everyone to turn them off if they are not need. Godly Play has also been an important part of Young Kirk as Leaders have attended training which enables us to include Godly Play as part of our morning worship on Sundays. We have also included the stories of Creation and Noah’s Ark as part of our Eco-Congregation Award looking at the importance of the environment through God’s Word. In June we had our annual celebration of Young Kirk during morning worship where the children shared with the congregation our work towards the Award and our visit to Deep Sea World in June. Each child received an Eco Award certificate for all their hard work looking after God’s creation and a gift of a book to read during the summer holidays. It was a wonderful celebration of the Young Kirk! OPEN DOOR CAFE The Open Door café, operated by volunteers, offers real coffee, tea, home baking and friendship. It is open from 10am to 12 noon Monday - Friday and from 2pm to 4pm Monday and Friday throughout the year offering a welcoming venue for friendship and companionship. |
The Kirk Buildings
OPEN DOOR CAFE
|
The following are the things which we are in need of this week. Toilet paper, kitchen roll, detergent, cleaning products, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving products, breakfast cereal, tinned fruit, vegetables, custard, tinned rice and small monetary donations.-- FOODSTORE AT PNK /NO KID GOES HUNGRY
Penicuik North Kirk in association with other churches in the area operate the Foodstore.There is no public distribution of food----it is is only distributed following a referral from the Children and Families Unit of Midlothian Social Work Department who are working with partners to alleviate child poverty in the county.
Thank you for your continued support of the Foodstore@PNK .The cupboards are needing to be stocked before the Easter holidays as we are planning to feed lunches to some of the children who would normally get a free school lunch. If you can help, we would be very grateful to receive as much as possible so that we can continue our work. The following are the things which we are in need of this week. Toilet paper, kitchen roll, detergent, cleaning products, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving products, breakfast cereal, tinned fruit, vegetables, custard, tinned rice and small monetary donations.
Items can be handed in to the cafe between 10- 12 Monday- Friday and 2-4 Monday and Friday.
Further details contact Jan Naylor at lowriesedge@sky.com
MIDAID
We are a collection centre for donation of goods to support refugees and we receive these whenever our doors are open. Our cafe is open weekday mornings from 10am - noon and Monday and Friday afternoons 2-4pm.. Donations of money can also be received. At this time of year many of the camps are snowbound so warm clothing and godd shoes are really neded. We carry out this work in association with Midlothian Council, Edinburgh Direct Aid and others.The recent work through Midaid has shown what a supportive community we have. A huge thanks to all who support the efforts to provide refugees with clothing and food when the benefits are late. We also continue to send collections to Edinburgh Direct Aid, who forward clothing to the camps abroad..
WORLD CHURCH
As a congregation we continue to support Christian Aid throughout the year. We contribute to world church by supporting the Church of Scotland stamp appeal to support the Hungarian Reformed Church in the Ukraine. the The congregation is given the opportunity to support Blythwood Care shoebox appeal for people in Eastern Europe. In January we shared in Souper Sunday a worship service led by a group of elders to highlight, and raise money for, the Church of Scotland HIV programme.
A team of knitters from all of the churches in Penicuik have been knitting woolly hats, scarves blankets and baby clothes. The woollen goods this year have been distributed as follows:
Two large boxes of hats scarves and blankets have been sent to the Bethany Trust and distributed to homeless people on the streets of Edinburgh;
Several large boxes of small baby blankets, jumpers and hats have been delivered to the premature baby unit at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion. The blankets are used to drape over the incubators to shade the bright lights of the room and generally travel home with the new babies;
A number of hats scarves and blankets have been forwarded to the MidAid refugee appeal in Lebanon.
Also last year we delivered about twenty boxes of goods to The Raven Trust. The supplies sent are wide ranging and include clothing, medical supplies, toiletries, books and toys and in the main are directed to hospitals, colleges and orphan care establishments in Livingstonia, Maloe, Eckwendini and Embangweni.
Unfortunately, Raven Trust are no longer operating due to the high costs of transporting goods to Malawi and we are no longer able to provide this help to Malawi.
This year we are again collecting Christmas shoeboxes for Blythswood care to be distributed throughout Eastern Europe.
WHATS COOKING?
What’s Cooking, for the parents or carers of the children we help with food parcels, started in January 2017. This is an exciting project which we hope will help as many families as possible to prepare simple meals. Foodstore@PNK would not operate without the constant support of the kirk and the wider community as well as the volunteers who attend regularly and give their time and effort to assist those in our community in need.
PENICUIK CHURCHES SHOPPING SERVICE
The shopping service exists to assist those people in the community who are unable to do their shopping or are unable to carry heavy items from the shops.
About twelve friends from all churches in Penicuik help with this service. We are at present visiting six of our neighbours in the community to help them with their shopping.
The service aims to provide the help which would normally be available from a family member or a neighbour. We normally will telephone in the early part of the week and when required, pick up a list of shopping requirements and arrange to collect this and deliver as required. Our helpers work on a rota basis, some weekly, some intermittent and some monthly.
Our helpers have established a close relationship with their clients and we leave the help and service they provide to the discretion of each helper.
Penicuik North Kirk in association with other churches in the area operate the Foodstore.There is no public distribution of food----it is is only distributed following a referral from the Children and Families Unit of Midlothian Social Work Department who are working with partners to alleviate child poverty in the county.
Thank you for your continued support of the Foodstore@PNK .The cupboards are needing to be stocked before the Easter holidays as we are planning to feed lunches to some of the children who would normally get a free school lunch. If you can help, we would be very grateful to receive as much as possible so that we can continue our work. The following are the things which we are in need of this week. Toilet paper, kitchen roll, detergent, cleaning products, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving products, breakfast cereal, tinned fruit, vegetables, custard, tinned rice and small monetary donations.
Items can be handed in to the cafe between 10- 12 Monday- Friday and 2-4 Monday and Friday.
Further details contact Jan Naylor at lowriesedge@sky.com
MIDAID
We are a collection centre for donation of goods to support refugees and we receive these whenever our doors are open. Our cafe is open weekday mornings from 10am - noon and Monday and Friday afternoons 2-4pm.. Donations of money can also be received. At this time of year many of the camps are snowbound so warm clothing and godd shoes are really neded. We carry out this work in association with Midlothian Council, Edinburgh Direct Aid and others.The recent work through Midaid has shown what a supportive community we have. A huge thanks to all who support the efforts to provide refugees with clothing and food when the benefits are late. We also continue to send collections to Edinburgh Direct Aid, who forward clothing to the camps abroad..
WORLD CHURCH
As a congregation we continue to support Christian Aid throughout the year. We contribute to world church by supporting the Church of Scotland stamp appeal to support the Hungarian Reformed Church in the Ukraine. the The congregation is given the opportunity to support Blythwood Care shoebox appeal for people in Eastern Europe. In January we shared in Souper Sunday a worship service led by a group of elders to highlight, and raise money for, the Church of Scotland HIV programme.
A team of knitters from all of the churches in Penicuik have been knitting woolly hats, scarves blankets and baby clothes. The woollen goods this year have been distributed as follows:
Two large boxes of hats scarves and blankets have been sent to the Bethany Trust and distributed to homeless people on the streets of Edinburgh;
Several large boxes of small baby blankets, jumpers and hats have been delivered to the premature baby unit at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion. The blankets are used to drape over the incubators to shade the bright lights of the room and generally travel home with the new babies;
A number of hats scarves and blankets have been forwarded to the MidAid refugee appeal in Lebanon.
Also last year we delivered about twenty boxes of goods to The Raven Trust. The supplies sent are wide ranging and include clothing, medical supplies, toiletries, books and toys and in the main are directed to hospitals, colleges and orphan care establishments in Livingstonia, Maloe, Eckwendini and Embangweni.
Unfortunately, Raven Trust are no longer operating due to the high costs of transporting goods to Malawi and we are no longer able to provide this help to Malawi.
This year we are again collecting Christmas shoeboxes for Blythswood care to be distributed throughout Eastern Europe.
WHATS COOKING?
What’s Cooking, for the parents or carers of the children we help with food parcels, started in January 2017. This is an exciting project which we hope will help as many families as possible to prepare simple meals. Foodstore@PNK would not operate without the constant support of the kirk and the wider community as well as the volunteers who attend regularly and give their time and effort to assist those in our community in need.
PENICUIK CHURCHES SHOPPING SERVICE
The shopping service exists to assist those people in the community who are unable to do their shopping or are unable to carry heavy items from the shops.
About twelve friends from all churches in Penicuik help with this service. We are at present visiting six of our neighbours in the community to help them with their shopping.
The service aims to provide the help which would normally be available from a family member or a neighbour. We normally will telephone in the early part of the week and when required, pick up a list of shopping requirements and arrange to collect this and deliver as required. Our helpers work on a rota basis, some weekly, some intermittent and some monthly.
Our helpers have established a close relationship with their clients and we leave the help and service they provide to the discretion of each helper.