Sunday 24 August: Pentecost 15

11.00am Morning Service

Today’s services conducted by the Rev. Dr. Alan Falconer

 

6pm Evening Service:

 

• Creche Facilities are available for use by visiting small children with their parents in the Session House behind the organ. Visiting children over the age of five are welcome to join the Sunday School.
• Coffee, tea and other refreshments will be served in the West End after the morning service. All are warmly invited to remain behind.
• A Short Tour of the Cathedral will be given immediately after the service. Anyone interested should meet a guide at the west end of the Cathedral.

 

Please Note: Next update will be on Friday 29th August 2008

Dates for your diary

 

• Bell Ringing: Monday ringing practice from 7.30 - 9.30 and Sunday ringing from 10.15am. Visitors or learners always welcome. Contact Ian Talboys (01467 623682) or Ruth Perrett (01224 701301).
• Junior Choir practice resumes on Friday 22 August from 6.15 to 7.30pm in the Cathedral. Any young person aged between 7 and 16 is welcome to join. Enquiries to Margaret Downie on 703563.
•  Mums & Tots group: The next gathering will be on Friday 29 August from 1:00 to 3:00 in the Manse. Children under five and a parent/ carer are welcome. Juice and a snack and coffee/tea will be provided.  Suggested donation: £1 per family. Contact Christina Kincaid on 583272, with queries.
• Cathedral Choir practice is normally on Fridays at 7.30pm, and resumes after their summer break on Friday 29 August. If you are interested in joining please speak to the Director of Music, Michael Thomson, or to any choir member.
• Friends of St Machar’s Cathedral Annual Outing: Saturday 6th September going to Glenbuchat Kirk and Castle. Jointly with Old Aberdeen Heritage Society, the bus will be leaving the Cathedral at 1pm and returning by 6pm after tea at the Mossat Shop.  For more details contact Jean Higgins on 826495

Women’s Group Summer diary

 

• Coffee in Bruce Millars, on Tuesday 2nd September at 10.30am
• Lunch on  Wednesday 10th September at 12.30pm, at the Sand Dollar on the Esplanade.
• Women’s Book Group next meets on Thursday 4 September at 7.30pm at Sheila McDonald’s, tel. 639731, discussing Buddha Da by Anne Donovan

 

Reminders for Elders

 

• Kirk Session: September at 7.30pm.

 

Meetings (in the Gatehouses):

Old Aberdeen Walks

 

Neil Alien is conducting walks around Old Aberdeen from Kings College, via the Cruickshank Gardens and St Machar's Cathedral to the Brig o' Balgownie every Sunday from 1st June to 31st August starting at 13.45. Details can be found on oldaberdeenwalks.com and contact neiallan@qmail.com