Welcome to Dalgety Parish Church

 

Sunday Worship: 9.30am & 11am, except July and August and the last Sunday of every month when worship is at 10am

You and your family will be welcome on Sunday – 10am for Worship.

The Church Office 01383 824092 office@dalgety-church.co.uk

Dalgety Parish Church of Scotland is registered as a charity in Scotland, number SC020926

Café Connect

Every Tuesday from 10am to 11.30am
Tea, Coffee, Juice, Homebaking…  good company, good food, good prices

New flag for Malawi

Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika has officially unveiled the new flag of Malawi despite criticism from the country’s civil society organizations.

Speaking during the Unveiling Ceremony at the New State House in the capital Lilongwe, President Mutharika said his government will not regret modifying the country’s flag because it signifies the change in development for Malawi.

“We are not necessarily changing the flag as it has been reported by other quarters but we were modifying it to reflect the modern Malawi,” he said.

The Malawi president added that the colors are still the same, red, green and black but the sun rise which was previously half has become a full rising sun…  read full article: http://www.netnewspublisher.com/malawi-president-officially-reveals-new-flag-of-malawi/

Proposed new coal fired power station at Hunterston, North Ayrshire

The Scottish Government is currently considering a planning application from Ayrshire Energy to build a new coal fired power station at Hunterston in North Ayrshire. The application refers to the installation of ‘carbon capture and storage’ at the plant, but this technology is untried and untested at this scale and is very unlikely to be fitted at the outset.

If it were to go ahead the plant would create carbon dioxide emissions at such a scale as to wipe out any savings we are asking congregations to make, probably many times over. This would make a mockery of the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Act and the challenge we are setting to eco-congregations. Eco-congregations near the development, such as that at Fairlie, are deeply concerned about the proposal.

You can add your voice to the objectors to this proposal by writing to the Scottish Government at Hunterston . The closing date for objections is 20 August 2010.

• You can find out more about the application at the Scottish Government website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Infrastructure/Energy-Consents/Applications-Database/Hunterston-Index

• You can find out more about the local objections at http://www.conchcampaign.org/

• A number of other groups in membership of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland such as Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth Scotland, RSPB and WWF are strongly opposed to the proposal and have details on their websites, including online actions. You can find out more at the links below:

http://act.christianaid.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=48&ea.campaign.id=7255

http://action.foe-scotland.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=133&ea.campaign.id=6801

http://campaigning.rspb.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=13&ea.campaign.id=6038

http://campaigns.wwf.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=14&ea.campaign.id=6877

Thinking Aloud

Thinking Aloud is a monthly opportunity to discuss issues. Second Thursday of most months. 7.30pm. Contact the church office for venue details.

2010/2011 Programme:

• Thursday 9 September  – Free Will
• Thursday 14 October  – Evolution
• Thursday 11 November  – Euthanasia
• Thursday 9 Dec –
• Thursday 13 Jan – Nature v Nurture
• Thursday 10 Feb – Religion as a Crutch
• Thursday 10 Mar – Debt
• Thursday 14 Apr – Revelation
• Thursday 12 May – Tithing

Sunday 15th

Morning worship will be at 10am until the end of August.  From September to May there will be two services 9.30am for a traditional Sunday service, and at 11am for an all age friendly contemporary service.

The Year at DPC

Here is an overview of some of the annual events at Dalgety Church: DPC.

8th August – Ice Cream Sundae

Worship will be at 10am

We Gather Together

Call to Worship

Hymn 345: Halle Halle Halle

Welcome & Notices

Song: Welcome Everybody

Prayer

Talk with Children

Song: I may never march

Children may leave for Junior Church in the Hall

We Listen for God’s Word

Genesis 15: 1-6

Hebrews 11: 1-3,8-16 read by Gudrun Shah

Hymn 530* – One more step

Sermon: The next step of faith…

We Respond to God’s Promises

Hymn 162* – The God of Abram praise

Prayers for Others

"How good and how pleasant", the elastic band

Offering, Dedication & Lord’s Prayer

Hymn 237*: Look forward in faith

Blessing & Amen

Hymn 786* – May the God of peace go with us

After worship there will be tea and coffee as usual in Room 1 then an opportunity for a walk around Dalgety Bay, or (your choice) fun and games in the Hall, followed by bacon rolls and ice cream!

Ice Cream Sundae

On Sunday 8th August worship will be at 10am and will include some of the songs from the Children’s Holiday Club. Children are always welcome at DPC and a warm welcome is extended particularly to all who have been at the Holiday Club.  After a few songs children will be able to move to the halls for some fun and games.  After worship there will an opportunity to share in a walk around Dalgety Bay with others, or to remain at the hall for more fun, games and time together – ending with bacon rolls and ice cream…

What the milkman taught me about change…

Some musings… as I look to the future…  our 2020 Vision for Dalgety Parish Church… and the future of the Church of Scotland.

During Autumn 2009 in the midst of the “financial crisis”, a local milkman announced that to keep milk prices competitive he would be reducing delivery costs by delivering milk on three days each week rather than six. Of course this is not a problem when delivering pasteurised milk to fridge owning households. It makes so much sense and could have been making good business sense for years. The “financial crisis” was not itself the cause for change, but rather the catalyst to see the possibility of change. Eli Goldratt, physicist turned business management guru says that embracing change also requires revisiting the rules that upheld the old system. We hold onto bits of the old ways again and again. Several years ago my Rotary Club introduced a system of coloured disks indicating menu choice of meat, fish or salad. Still disks are picked up… and a tick is placed on the sheet – ‘cos that’s the way it’s aye been. And when there is a discrepancy the ticks will be held in higher regard! Our congregational roll is kept on computer, but a decade or so on we don’t quite trust the new technology and so the handwritten card system is maintained in parallel. “People don’t want to be changed, they want to be blessed”, says Stephen Gilligan and oft quoted by Rob Voyle in his promotion of “Appreciative Inquiry” as a way of building on what is positive and life giving rather than dwelling on the problem and trying to fix it. For too long we have phaffed around, joking about resistance to change! How many Presbyterians does it take to change a light bulb? Now is the time for re-vision. Seeing things afresh in the light of all that has changed around about.

I love the illustration of the Chaluteca Bridge in Honduras. When hurricane Mitch brought destruction in  1998 and damaged 150 bridges along the Chaluteca River – one stood firm – the Chaluteca Bridge. Intact, it had weathered the storm, yet suffered greater indignity. The river had burst its banks, rerouted and now the bridge stands firm on dry land leading from nowhere to nowhere! Now there’s a metaphor for a Church in the business of bridge building between God and creation.  The “financial crisis” has brought into focus the need for change.  It has created the “sense of urgency” that John Kotter says is the first step and only context towards change. I don’t believe that the Church is engaged in managing decline, but I believe that that’s what many within and outwith the Church think is happening.  This is the time for re-envisioning what God is calling us to be and do, time for re-visiting the old rules some of which hold us in the past, time for re-connecting with communities, time for re-vitalising the Church of the one who came that we might have life in all its fullness.

Wee Worship – Last Tuesday of the month at 10am

“Wee Worship” happens on the last Tuesday of each month at Dalgety Parish Church. At 10am there will be a wee 15 minute service with simple songs, a story and short prayers. Wee Worship is for babies, toddlers, all who are not yet at school, along with Mums, Dads, grandparents and other carers.  After the wee service is time for soft play, toys and some craft activities, snack and time for the adults to chat. All finished by 11am.

Dates for your diary – last Tuesday of the month, 10am	Theme
May 25	“the lost sheep” – the story of the shepherd who had 100 sheep
June 29	friends in Africa – stories from the children at our partner church in Engcongolweni, Malawi
July 27 – no Wee Worship.	Summer Time…  sand castles…  story of the foolish man who built his house on the sand.  Sorry cancelled due to Summer Holidays!
August 31	Growing up…
September 28	Giving thanks for good gifts.  Harvest Songs
October 26	All Saints together…
November 30	St Andrews Day Celebration
December 28	After Christmas Celebration…  wise men visit Jesus.