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July/August 2018 Issue 105
The magazine for the linked congregations and
communities of the
West Kirk of Calder and Polbeth Harwood.
www.west-kirk-polbeth-harwood.co.uk
Minister
Rev Dr Jonanda Groenewald
3 Johnsburn Road Balerno EH14 7DN
Phone: 0131 261 7977 Mobile: 07846 539841
Email: [email protected]
Ordained Local Minister
Rev Alison Quilter Mobile: 07741 985597
Email: [email protected]
West Kirk
Session Clerk
Stewart MacRae
23 Westmuir Road
West Calder
EH55 8EX
01506 872486
Treasurer
Karen Elliot
01506 418049
Safeguarding Co-ordinator
Kathy Black
01506 871802
West Kirk of Calder(Church of Scotland)
Charity SC004703 Congregation 020161
Polbeth Harwood
Session Clerk
Marian Kinsman
12 Langside Crescent
Polbeth
EH55 8UW
01506 871125
Treasurer
Sandra McCabe
01506 872593
Safeguarding Co-ordinator
Eleanor Davidson
01506 873590
Polbeth Parish Church of Scotland
Charity SC17373
Congregation 020156
Newsletter Editor
3 Johnsburn Road
Balerno
EH14 7DN
July2018
Dear Congregations,
At last! Summer is here! And the better weather is making everybody smile. At the church our summer started with our trip to Silver Sands Beach. We had a lovely picnic, and the day was filled with fun, games, laughter, and even a paddle in the sea! My own family holiday starts on the 4th of July, when my three boys and I will be going to South Africa. We will return on the 3rd of August, and we are looking forward to spending time with family and friends. It might be winter in South Africa in July – but I won’t be surprised if it’s going to be warmer there than here! We’ll be back just in time for the Holiday Club, which is yet another highlight to look forward too.
Whether you are going away on an exciting adventure, or staying at home to enjoy the lovely long summer’s days, please remember one thing: God never goes on holiday. He takes care of us wherever we are, and he never stops doing that. So let’s praise him, not only for giving us this special summer time to take a break from our normal routine, but also for loving us every minute of every day…
I hope that all of you will have a lovely summer and that the sun will shine brightly on you every day.
May God bless you all, Nanda
Bible Blether
These informal informative
sessions begin for the new season
on Thursday 20th September
at 7.30pm
in the Quiet Room at Polbeth Harwood
Come along and learn more about the meaning of life
and customs in biblical times and what they mean today
Anybody and everybody welcome!
United Summer Worship
Yes! Summer holidays are approaching
again when our congregations meet together to hold
single united services for morning worship
during the months of July and August.
Starting at 10.00am
July services will be held in West Kirk
August services in Polbeth Harwood Church
The minister will be on holiday from 4th July
so pulpit cover for the months is as follows:
1st July Rev Dr Jonanda Groenewald
8th July Rev Suzanne Dunleavy
15th July Rev Suzanne Dunleavy
22nd July Rev Suzanne Dunleavy
29th July Rev Alison Quilter
5th August Rev Dr Jonanda Groenewald
Rev Alison Quilter (details on inside cover)
will provide pastoral cover during Nanda’s holiday
‘Beyond the Kirk Walls’
Service
The series of services start
again for the new session
on
Sunday 9th September
at 2pm in Stewart Court
followed by the usual cuppa and chat,
when we can all catch up with each other
after the summer break
Rosebery Reflections
The short reflective sessions of
hymn, prayer and reading
will resume on
Tuesday 11th September at 12 noon
in café area, Polbeth Harwood
It will be good to meet up again
Comings & Goings
& Thank Yous As the session comes to an end and the summer break is ahead
of us, The West Kirk is saying a big ‘Thank You’ to several
members for long years of service in different aspects of the
Church’s work. Their active contributions to the life of the
congregation will all be greatly missed.
At the end of June, Maurice Drummond gave up his duties as
regular organist though hopefully he will continue to be seen
amongst us and maybe be available occasionally to help us out.
Victor Ferguson is retiring from the role of active eldership in
the congregation which he has carried out faithfully and
diligently over the years and George Stott has decided to
relinquish his duties as Presbytery Elder, which has involved
not only representing the congregation for 19 years but also
serving on committees contributing to the work that
presbytery does and oversees.
All three were publicly thanked at morning worship on 24th
June which was followed by a special celebratory tea.
Also on 24th June, we formally welcomed Douglas Horn who
was admitted as an elder in the West Kirk. Douglas has served
as an elder for many years in his previous congregation and
we’re delighted he is continuing his service to the Church in
our midst.
On 10th June JAM Club had another visitor along as part of celebrating The Year of Young People.
Like today’s youngsters, Brian Kinsman as a wee boy attended Sunday School.
He spoke with the children about how he had always been interested in science, started working in dentistry, then moved and started a new career and after 8 years he became a master blender in the whisky business, where his sense of smell is possibly his greatest asset.
Appropriately, on his visit, he brought with him lots of different household fragrances for the kids to smell and guess and you can imagine the fun they all had!
The West Kirk of Calder and
Polbeth Harwood Church
would like to continue with
activities as part of our
commitment to Year of the Young People, and after the
summer break we are planning a wide range of games for the
young people to get involved with and there will be
opportunities for adult helpers to try their hand at the games
too!
We have written to Stewart Court and Dickson Court and it is
hoped that at least one Friday per month we’ll go along there
and interact with the residents and staff and play some of the
games which we’ll be enjoying at our Friday Afternoon Games.
Sunday Club and JAM Club are now on holiday
for the summer break, but during the month of
July we will have activities in the West Kirk hall
for any children coming along to church. They
will meet first in the church then head out after
the children’s hymn.
Sunday Club and JAM Club resume on
Sunday September 2nd
9:45am in the West Kirk
11.15am in Polbeth Harwood Church
July
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ACROSS
1 Proverbs describes her as being ‘of noble charac-ter’ (Proverbs 31:10) (4) 3 ‘Shall we go up again — — against the Benjamites, our brothers?’ (Judges 20:23) (2,6) 8 A descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:28) (4) 9 ‘Anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my — ’ (Luke 14:27) (8) 11 Resentment (Ephesians 4:31)(10) 14 In Cain (anag.)(6) 15 ‘Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to—’ (Psalm 139:6) (6) 17 Intense (1 Thessalonians 4:5)(10) 20 Third Order of the Roman Catholic Church(8) 21 ‘At midnight the cry rang out, “Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to — him”’ (Matthew 25:6) (4)
22 ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in — ’ (2 Corinthians 12:9) (8) 23 ‘As the — pants for streams of water,so my soul pants for you, O God’ (Psalm 42:1) (4) DOWN
1 Nickname of popular First World War chaplain, the Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy, — Willie (8) 2 Occasion of religious joy (Lamentations 2:22) (5,3) 4 ‘We three kings of — are’ (6) 5 Allegation or charge (Jude 9) (10) 6 Kind (1 Chronicles 12:33) (4) 7 ‘Open your — and look at the fields!’ (John 4:35) (4) 10 Also known as the Feast of Lights (John10:22)(10) 12 Area that saw the healing of two demon - possessed men and a herd of pigs stampeding to their deaths (Matthew 8:28) (8) 13 Forebear(James2:21)(8) 16 Name given to the first two books of the Apocrypha(6) 18 Esau sold his birthright for this (Genesis25:34)(4) 19 Rear(anag.)(4)
Minister’s Office Hours
During the summer months, there will be no Office Hours.
Alison will be on holiday towards the end of June but will be
available whilst Nanda and family are on holiday in July.
Between them they can be contacted by phone or email.
Office Hours resume on Wednesday 5th September at West
Kirk then Tuesday 11th at Polbeth Harwood, both at 10.30am
Our holiday club is fully
subscribed for this summer and
it runs from August 6th-10th in
Polbeth Harwood Church.
This is a great action packed week, and on Friday evening 10th
we invite the families of the children who joined us during the
week to come along and see what we have been getting up to
and share our best bits with them.
The evening always ends with a cuppa and some cakes.
Would you be able to support us by doing some baking for this
event? Baking can be handed into the church from 6pm on
Friday evening. Thanks in advance. Lorna
West Kirk Fundraising Group
We would like to thank everyone who, in any way, helped at the buffet lunch in June. As ever, Morag's beautifully decorated salmon was much admired and enjoyed along with the other meats and salads on the table. We were pleased to see so many at lunch who helped to raise over £500 towards the upkeep of the West Kirk. Thanks also to all who came for morning coffee with a chance to browse at all the stalls.
We wish everyone an enjoyable and relaxing time over the summer months.
Time flies and all too soon it will be September when the Candy Bar will be on Saturday 1st.
Please come along then to meet friends old and new.
Jill Murray (Convener)
Church Family
Fun Day On Sunday the 9th of September, at 2pm,
the West Kirk gardens will turn into an:
All the boys and girls from Sunday Club, JAM Club, Bible Class, the creche and their families are invited to come and spend a great afternoon in the church grounds, where
a giant inflatable slide, bouncy castle,
obstacle course and NERF battle zone
will keep the young ones busy,
while the mums and dads enjoy a well-deserved
coffee/tea and cake!
Data Protection Laws
If you go online and have an email address, you can hardly have
missed all the messaging around 25th May this year when new
European –wide legislation was brought in—The General Data
Protection Regulations (GDPR). These regulations cover ALL
aspects of work where companies and all types of organisations
hold information on individuals. And the church is no different.
We now display the statutory notices on our website and in hard
copy within the premises of both churches.
Also, over the next three issues of The Link, we will include the
relevant notices for your information.
We start this month with the Privacy Notice of the congregations.
The linked parishes of
Polbeth Harwood Church, Charity Number SC17373 Congregation
number 020156
with West Kirk of Calder, Charity Number SC004703 Congregation
Number 020161
Purpose of this Notice
This Privacy Notice outlines the way in which the Congregations will
use personal information provided to us. Personal information
includes any information that identifies you personally, such as your
name, address, email address or telephone number.
The Congregations recognise the importance of your privacy and
personal information and we have therefore outlined below how we
use, disclose and protect this information. The Congregations, jointly
with the Presbytery of West Lothian are the data controllers, because
we decide how your data are processed and for what purpose.
Contact details for us are provided below.
How we use information We use the information you give to us:
to administer membership records, including a Communion Roll and Supplementary Roll;
for pastoral care purposes;
in relation to participation in Congregational activities ;
to provide you with information about news, events, and activities within the Congregation or the wider Church of Scotland;
to provide the services of a parish church to the local community;
to fulfill contractual or other legal obligations;
to manage our employees;
to further our charitable aims, for example through fundraising activities;
to maintain our accounts and records (including the processing of Gift Aid applications);
if CCTV is in place we have this for the prevention and detection of
crime.
Disclosure of information
The Congregations will only share your personal information where
this is necessary for the purposes set out above. Information will not
be shared with any third party outwith the Church of Scotland without
your consent unless we are obliged or permitted to do so by law.
Basis for processing personal information
The Congregations process your information in the course of its
legitimate activities, with appropriate safeguards in place, as a not-for-
profit body with a religious aim and on the basis that our processing
relates solely to members, former members or people who have
regular contact with us, and that this information is not disclosed to
any third party without your consent.
We also process information where this is necessary for compliance
with our legal obligations; where processing is necessary for the
purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests are not
overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms;
and where you have given consent to the processing of your
information for a particular purpose.
Storage and security of personal information
The Congregations will strive to ensure that personal information is
accurate and held in a secure and confidential environment. We will
keep your personal information for as long as you are a member or
adherent or have regular contact with us or so long as we are obliged
to keep it by law or may need it in order to respond to any questions
or complaints or to show that we treated you fairly. We may also
keep it for statistical purposes but if so we will only use it for that
purpose. When the information is no longer needed it will be securely
destroyed or permanently rendered anonymous.
[Information about our data retention policy is available under our
Data Retention Policy on the website for the linked charge –
www.west-kirk-polbeth-harwood.co.uk
Getting a copy of your personal information
You can request details of the personal information which the
Congregations hold about you by contacting us using the contact
details given below.
Inaccuracies and Objections
If you believe that any information the Congregation holds about you
is incorrect or incomplete or if you do not wish your personal
information to be held or used by us please let us know. Any
information found to be incorrect will be corrected as quickly as
possible.
You have the right to object to our use of your personal information,
or to ask us to remove or stop using your personal information if there
is no need for us to keep it. There may be legal or other reasons why
we need to keep or use your data, but please tell us if you think that
we should not be using it.
If we are processing your data on the basis of your explicit consent,
you can withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us if you
want to do so.
Contact us
You can contact us by getting in touch with
For West Kirk of Calder -
Alison McNaught at [email protected]
For Polbeth Harwood Church – Sandra Dixon at sandra.dixon@gmail.
How to complain
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s
Office about anything relating to the processing of your personal
information by the Congregation.
You can contact the ICO via its website at www.ico.org.uk or at
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
CAN YOU HELP?
Garden Angels began in 2013 through the
Voluntary Sector Gateway to help the many
elderly West Lothian residents who can no
longer maintain their gardens. Volunteers
clear away built-up debris, weeds and
overgrowth in neglected gardens, and then maintain them
regularly so they don't become untidy or overgrown again.
Neglected gardens have an effect on community relationships
as well.
The volunteers also make the gardens more accessible to their
elderly clients, so they can have contact with nature and
benefit from fresh air and outdoor exercise, sometimes
encouraging their client to do a little gardening of their own.
Tasks that involve heavy lifting, bending or kneeling are those
most likely to be beyond the clients' abilities. For example,
some clients like to grow their own fresh vegetables, but need
someone's help to dig over their patch each year.
Being able to spend more time out in the garden helps the
clients to have regular contact with their neighbours,
maintaining more connection to their community so they are
less likely to become forgotten and isolated.
Now, Garden Angels are writing to ministers seeking volunteers
in the church communities to work in their local parish areas to
continue this work .
If you feel you can offer some time and muscle to this project,
please let Nanda know.
Parish Record
Deaths
Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life.”
26th May—Robert Huston, Burngrange Cottages, West Calder
5th June—Charles Smirrell, Burngrange Care Home, West Calder
16th June—Jean Greig, Burngrange Care Home, West Calder
To all who have lost a loved one we extend our sincere
sympathies and prayers.
Working together for good
Joseph the boy with the multi-coloured coat Sold by his brothers and made a slave
But he rose and became Pharaoh’s right-hand man And he rescued his family when famine came.
Moses saved from death in the Nile Raised up as a leader in Egypt’s land
Empowered by God to deliver his people As the Lord brings them out with a mighty hand.
Daniel led captive to Babylon
Became promoted by interpreting dreams And through visions revealed prophetically
Future events, some as yet unseen.
And can it be whatever befalls Above it all God has a plan?
What’s seen as evil is turned around And works for good to benefit man.
By Megan Carter
Events: July 2018
Sundays United Summer Worship West Kirk 10.00am
Contribution deadline for the next issue... All contributions for the September 2018 edition of the magazine should be submitted to the editor, preferably by email, before Sunday 26th August 2018
Sundays United Summer Worship Polbeth Harwood 10.00am
Monday—Friday 6th-
10th Holiday Club Polbeth Harwood 10.00am
Friday 10th Holiday Club Finale Polbeth Harwood 7.00pm
Wednesday 22nd Calder Kids restarts West Kirk 9.30am
Events: August 2018
Events: September 2018
Saturday 1st Candy Bar West Kirk 10.00am
Sunday 2nd Holy Communion West Kirk
Polbeth Harwood
9.45am
11.15am
Wednesday 5th Minister’s Office Hours West Kirk 10.30am
Thursday 6th Board & Session meetings West Kirk 7.00pm
Friday 7th Night of Music & Entertainment West Kirk 7.00pm
Sunday 9th ‘Beyond the Kirk Walls’ Stewart Court 2.00pm
Sunday 9th Family Fun Day West Kirk grounds 2.00pm
Tuesday 11th Minister’s Office Hours Polbeth Harwood 10.30am
Tuesday 11th ‘Rosebery Reflections’ Polbeth Harwood 12 noon
Wednesday 12th Board & Session meetings Polbeth Harwood 7.00pm
Church Calendar
Sunday Morning Worship West Kirk
Polbeth Harwood
9.45am
11.15am
Sunday Club
JAM Club
West Kirk Hall
Polbeth Harwood
9.45am
11.15am
2nd Sunday
of month
Bible Class West Kirk 9.45am
Monday Beavers West Kirk Hall 6.15pm
Tuesday Craft Club West Kirk Hall 10.00am
Minister’s Office
2nd & 4th weeks
Polbeth Harwood 10.30am
Star Harmonies Polbeth Harwood 5.30pm
Bridge Club West Kirk Hall 7.00pm
WRI Handcrafts Polbeth Harwood 7.00pm
Wednesday Calder Kids West Kirk Hall 9.30am
Minister’s Office
1st & 3rd weeks
West Kirk 10.30am
Dance Class Polbeth Harwood 5.00pm
Cubs West Kirk Hall 6.15pm
Strategy Games West Kirk Hall 8.00pm
Thursday Scouts West Kirk Hall 6.30pm
Slimming World Polbeth Harwood 7.30pm
Weekly Events