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NEWS                    

Winter Newsletter

29/11/2022

 
Our winter newsletter is out now and you can read it here. Enjoy!
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Advent and christmas

23/11/2022

 



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J​oin us for any of our services and events during Advent and Christmas, and follow the Advent journey along with us in 
our Advent Calendar.
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Autumn newsletter

31/8/2022

 
Our autumn newsletter is out now. You can read it here. Enjoy!

forest church last sunday

30/8/2022

 
On Sunday afternoon, we had our first Forest Church. With it, we wanted to connect to nature in a different way, and celebrate creation and remember our own responsibility of stewardship and looking after our beautiful world. 

We had hoped to have a Forest Church for a while, and it was great to be invited to have our first one as part of the celebrations for the fifth anniversary of the Gifford community woodland, alongside other activities like Forest School, volunteering opportunities, and charcoal drawing sessions.

We had a great turnout, from ages 2 to 80+. We started with a walk to our reflection site, using our senses on the way, to see what we could see, feel, smell and hear. We shared prayers and reflected on the beauty and fragility of the world, and what we can do to protect it.

We also were creative in appreciating the beauty of creation, in drawing or writing down reflections, in building mobiles from twigs, leaves, pinecones and ferns, and by creating cyano-print pictures.

​Here are some pictures from the event.

friday club

11/8/2022

 



​Join us at our new Friday Club!

It's for all children
 of primary age and younger, and their parents, grandparents and carers. It will give us space to explore Bible stories and our big questions through play, crafts, storytelling and songs. 

We're meeting fortnightly on Friday afternoons from 2pm to 3.30pm in the Session Rooms in East Saltoun, starting from 26th August. Find our more here.
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forest church, 28 august 2022

25/7/2022

 
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Living in such a beautiful area, we’d like to engage a bit more with our environment in a different way, and are planning a Forest Church event on Sunday, 28th August, at 4.30pm in the Gifford Community Woodland (Fawn Wood), for all the family.

There'll be opportunities to join in with the other activities offered that afternoon in the Woodland, too, and we hope to all share some food and drink after the service.
Please make sure you have good footwear, and weather appropriate clothing. If you have mobility difficulties and would like to use the access bus, please contact us by 10th August.

​If you would like to help with the event by leading an activity or helping to steward, please contact Anikó asap. We hope to see you there!
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Many of the images on our webpages are courtesy of Jim Hunter, jimhunterimages.co.uk, to whom we are very grateful. 
  • Welcome
  • About
    • History
    • Privacy Policy
  • Worship
  • News
  • Activities
    • Bible Study + Faith Discussion group
    • Choir
    • Drop in coffee morning
    • East Lothian Foodbank
    • Knitting groups
    • Friday Club
    • Messy Church
    • Prayer group
    • Social Planning Group
    • Forest Church
    • Sunday Club
    • Holiday Club
  • Donate
  • FAQ
  • Contact