Eco Church and Community Group
 

The Church and Community group have been very busy in the last 6 months.

The recycling is exceeding our expectations - particularly the blister packs and printer

cartridges. The collections for prescription glasses and used stamps are also being

regularly used.
 

Our Fairtrade stall was well supported in May - look out for the next stall in September,

and again before Christmas.
 

The Woodside Court Knitting Group continue to meet fortnightly, and this will continue

throughout summer.

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The Food Table collection is running very well, There is a monthly reminder to the church,

however, goods can be dropped off in the church at anytime.

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Our book share bookcase is now installed just inside the main part of the church. Add a

book or take a book!

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We have just purchased a recycled-plastic picnic table for the church grounds for

everyone to use.

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We started our Coffee mornings in May, this first event being to raise money for Christian

Aid. Hopefully many more will follow, but more volunteers will be needed to make this a

regular event. Our second coffee morning was a plant sale at the end of June which was

extremely well attended, with lots of gardening talk and plenty of cakes!

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A group of folk help at the community cafe - this is supported by all the churches in

Grantown, so providing a weekly service.

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We plan to fill shoe boxes for Blythswood in autumn as a community event, but at the

moment ask people to collect and keep shoe boxes and also to start collecting items to

be added to the boxes.

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Leaflets advertising Sunday services and the daily open church have been put around the

shops and accommodation providers in Grantown. A4 encouragement posters are now

being put up in the church vestibule, hall, and the outside church notice board.

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We plan to have a presence at the Grantown Show along with the Episcopal church and

the Christian Fellowshipa- what we provide has yet to be decided.

Church and Hall Opening

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The church continues to be be used weekly by both AA and Alanon.

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It is now open everyday except Tuesdays for the summer until the end of September and

is well visited, as are the grounds.

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The provided tracts and Bible Study notes are regularly taken and prayer requests made on the prayer tree.

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The hall has quite a few regular bookings from the Rainbows, Brownies, Ladies

Badminton, Art Classes, Dance Classes and Vaccination Clinics.

 

There are also bookingsfor children’s parties and other miscellaneous bookings. The church use the hall weekly for refreshments and in winter weekly for services.

 

Messy Church have a monthly booking.