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May / June 2020 Issue 247 Scottish Charity SC000785

SERMON BY REVD NEIL GARDNER PASTORAL CARE

EMAILS OF ENCOURAGEMENTDON’T PANIC!

VOLUNTEERING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Friends,

It’s hard to believe that it was only lastmonth we shared in a combined Sundaymorning service in Mayfield SalisburyParish Church and afterwards elected theNominating Committee – so much haschanged since then that it already feels awhole world away!

In the overall scheme of things the hiatusto the vacancy process caused by thelockdown is hardly significant, it’s justfrustrating that the very real sense ofmomentum and motivation with whichthe committee members left church onSunday 1st March has been disrupted.Disrupted but not diminished! I’m glad toreport that they were able to meet inperson twice before the lockdown tookeffect and have met twice since, throughthe wonders of modern technology. TheParish Profile has been approved by theKirk Session and uploaded both to theMayfield Salisbury and to the Church ofScotland website, where the vacancy isalso being formally advertised. Thecurrent restrictions mean that we cannotyet set a deadline for applications but thecommittee is working diligently behind thescenes to be ready to take things forwardat the earliest possible opportunity. Pleasekeep them in your prayers.

Meanwhile the staff of Mayfield Salisburyhave been working away behind the scenestoo, proving themselves open to new waysof working and leading worship evenwhen the church building itself must

remain closed. Elsewhere in this editionthey tell their own story of their responseto these challenging circumstances, butI’m grateful to the whole team for all thatthey are doing, and for the enthusiasm andimagination with which they are doing it.

There has been added significance thisyear to the realisation that on the first twooccasions when Jesus appeared to hisdisciples after the resurrection, it wasbehind locked doors. They had barricadedthemselves in for their own safety, for fearof what lay in store for them outside.More than usual in these weeks afterEaster we can surely understandsomething of how they felt. But morethan usual too we can appreciate thesignificance of the peace Jesus brought tothem in their confinement and in theiruncertainty. ‘Peace be with you’ were hisfirst words because first and foremost heknew that’s what they needed, the peace,the shalom that only he could bring. Mayyou and those whom you love know thatsame peace in these same weeks afterEaster, may his peace be with you indeed.

With all good wishes and every blessing

Neil Gardner

INTERIM MODERATOR

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Pastoral Care during the current lockdownis looking a little bit different as we arebeing restricted from seeing each otherface to face. That doesn’t mean that wearen’t in touch with each other or areunable to help each other. Sometimes aproblem shared is a problem halved.

We are very fortunate to already have apastoral care structure in place whichconsists of five Pastoral Care coordinatorsand a team of Pastoral Visitors, who havebeen actively involved in phoning,delivering shopping and helping with anyother necessity which arrives within ourchurch membership and community.

I would like to thank those of you whoare involved in the various phone chainswhich are operating within ourcongregation for your diligence, andremind you that if any problems arise toplease inform me, even if the issue hasbeen resolved without my input so that wecan all learn from it.

In the beginning of the lockdown myemails were awash with people wanting tohelp and wanting to be given work to do.May I thank you for that and I do hopethat I have managed to reply to all of you.

I have probably been unable to offer manyof you work to do as I have been usingpeople who are already known to theperson that is asking for help. Using ourmembers who are having to isolate tocontact people is giving them a sense ofpurpose and something to do. If I doneed help for a particular thing my first

point of call is to those who hold a PVGwith Mayfield Salisbury church, ensuringthat we work within a good safeguardingpractice.

We have 483 people on our roll and we areendeavouring to be in touch with allmaking sure that all is well, while abidingby the GDPR (data protection) guidelinesregarding people's contact details andother private information.

If you have any problems or would likeyourself or someone you know to be heldin prayer by myself and the team, thenplease do not hesitate to contact me.

Contact details for PV co-ordinators:

Dorothy Cloughley667 3565 dorothycloughley@googlemail.com

Wendy Mathison 447 5562 wsmdance3@gmail.com

Anne Mulligan 664 3426 mulliganne@aol.com

Maggie Ross 668 3859 maggiejeanross@btinternet.com

Hilary Watkinsonhilary.watkinson@btinternet.com

If I can be of any help or you have anyquestions relating to any of the above,please contact me at kay@backedge.co.ukor 0790 326 6307

Kay

Kay McIntosh, Pastoral Assistant.

PASTORAL CARE

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Revd Helen Alexander

Changed days! When I was approachedlast September to help Mayfield Salisburyduring your ministerial vacancy, little did I– or anyone else - think that we’d be inlockdownnow.

It’s proving astrange sortof Eastertide whenthe sunshines andnature is ather buddingbest, and yetwe can’tcome together to celebrate in the waywe’re used to. Yet the Church throughoutthe world of which Mayfield Salisbury isan integral part goes on as we exploreways to be creative in keeping in contactwith one another. For me, this has meantbeing inducted into the glories of Zoom,and joining with the Mayfield Salisburyteam in devising a form of online worshipthat we hope will keep us together in theseunusually isolating days. We’ve managed tolaugh together even as we entered theminefield of copyright laws from whichthankfully we’ve emerged triumphant andunscathed in the end. As ever, I want tothank everyone for their thoughtfulness,professionalism and constant goodhumour.

Till we meet again, best wishes.

Kay McIntosh DCS

I was on a week's annual leave to organisemy daughter’s July wedding when thelockdown occurred. The Church ofScotland ordered the church building tobe closedand advisedall clergy towork fromhome. Ihave beenprovidedwith a letterof authoritypermittingme to drivefrom myhome intoEdinburgh to carry out important worksuch as funerals. Cremations and burialsare still going ahead but with severerestrictions on attendance, with servicesstreamed live from the crematoriums.

I have gone from sharing an office withWilliam and Hillary to sharing my workingspace with members of my family in myhome.

I am keeping in touch with everyone bythe mobile telephone which I have alwaysused (the number is 07903 266 307).Pastoral care continues as before with lessface to face contact and more use oftechnology - telephones, email, messagingand video calling. If I can be of any helpto you then please do not hesitate to call.

STAFF UPDATES

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Kate Pearson

Over the past few weeks I have had theopportunity to learn some audio and videoediting skills. The online church service thatwe have been putting together each weekinvolves some behind-the-scenes digitalwizardry you might like to hear about.

I have beenrecording theaccomp-animent tohymns on mykeyboard athome, andthen creatingPowerPointslides with thelyrics, which Ithen puttogether using a free video editingsoftware called Kdenlive. On specialSundays we have even been experimentingwith adding voices to the hymns, whichyou may have noticed. To do that, I firstrecord an accompaniment and send it outto our Chamber Group singers, who thensing along at home, recording themselves.After receiving their individual recordings,I assemble their voices together usinganother free software called Audacity. Iwas even motivated to try a piece with mybrother James, a cellist, and we were ableto remotely put together a piece byBrahms for the Good Friday service.

When I sit down to make a recording, myhope is that your spirits may be lifted alittle during this difficult time, and that wecan still feel, at least a little, that sense ofcommunity we are all surely missing.

Walter Thomson

I have so enjoyed the contact with theMinistry team by video conferencingduring the period of lockdown to help toplan the on-line services of worship.Getting to grips with new arrangementsthrough technology has been aninterestinglearningexperience.Singing thebass part ofhymns withearphoneson to listento theaccomp-animentwhilerecording into my mobile has been a curious andchastening experience.

It took several ‘takes’ to produce a resultadequate to send back to Kate to use herconsiderable skills to put together with theother voices. She has managed to producea result that seems better than theindividual parts, certainly judging from thesound of my own efforts!

Similarly, recording the Scripture lessoninto a mobile in the livingroom seems sodifferent from reading in the Sanctuary,but it gives an intimate connection withthe passage, and it is good to feel thatpeople will listen to it in their own spaceso that we still congregate together but ina different way.

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ROUTINE, ROUTINE, ROUTINE! We all very much enjoy our daily routinesand I am no exception. I like to think (tomyself) that I have my routine down to afine art now, as my 16th year at MayfieldSalisbury Parish Church suddenlyapproaches. Having just asked the childrentheir opinion on this, the overall view isperhaps not so clear.

My usual daily schedule has suddenly beenreversed! The halls are empty, the peopleare not present (in person), on-siteservices are cancelled, our beautifulsanctuary lies empty as does, of course,the manse. Slightly gloomy on the face ofit! I am often comforted by the regularityof the church bell, still striking hourlywith encouragement and it helps toreminds me to look and move forward -which I very much do.

So... what to do now that the long-established routine has been classifiedobsolete or furloughed? …. make a newone, or perhaps better put, a temporaryone. Therefore, during this deferral of ourusual business, and in the name ofprogress, here are some of the taskswhich are still carried out day to day atMayfield Salisbury.

Office Administration. As I type this, Iam in the middle of producing the nextedition of Grapevine which I hope you willall very much enjoy. There have also beenthe usual mailings, email exchanges, phonecalls and a surprising large amount of mailarriving which is then safely distributed asappropriate.

Worship - Online Services. Together,with the other staff, we are puttingtogether the weekly online services. Theseconsist of a downloadable PDF ‘order ofservice’ whichis similar informat to oneproduced forour typicalsummerservices.There is alsothe facility tolisten to theword spoken in familiar voices in videospublished on our YouTube page. Tip: ifyou have a Smart TV, search for MayfieldSalisbury on the YouTube app and ourmaterial will appear – no computer ormobile phone required. My task is tocollate the material produced by theworship and music staff, putting ittogether in an attractive format andmaking it available as described above.

Security. Constant checks to ensure ourbuildings are safe and secure.

Maintenance. There are always plenty ofjobs to be done. The garden benches,fences, shed as well as the manse clothespoles have all been painted anew and I stillhave many brushes to use. The utilitieshave to be checked to ensure they are safeand in good working order – although,with the mild weather, I haven’t had toworry about pipes freezing this year. Thespire was due to be surveyed in July…Any volunteers to help with this? I can be

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EMAILS OF ENCOURAGEMENT Youth Update

When thechurch doorsclosed, I, likeothers, waswonderinghow to adjustto this newreality. I’vebeen verygrateful thatwe live in a

technological era that allows me tocontinue connecting with my youngpeople on virtual platforms. Using theZoom platform, I’m continuing to holdYouth Group on Sunday evenings for theP6 & P7 and S1 – S6 groups, a YouthWorship service on the last Sunday nightof the month, Sunday School groups forour 9-11s and 12-16s and a weekly drop-insession for the S1-S6 group. While we maybe limited with what all we can do overZoom, we’ve been using our collectivecreativity to come up with games and

activities that are possible over the screen.We’ve also had some really greatdiscussions to help us process ourthoughts and feelings in the midst of thepandemic, searching for and wonderingabout the ways in which we areexperiencing God during this time. It’sbeen wonderful to connect in this way, andmy hope is that we can continue toprovide support and encouragement toone another in our faith as we journeywith God through this experience.

I asked some of our young people to puttogether a few short messages or artprojects to share with those in our churchcommunity which I’d like to share withyou here. We have been thinking abouteveryone as we each face differentchallenging circumstances. It’s a reallydifficult time, and an important time forour community to support one another. Ihope that you can find someencouragement and a smile after readingthese messages!

Hillary Leslie

reached on Zoom, Teams, Jisti and JAEE(just about everything else). Perhaps not.

Upkeep of grounds. Our beautiful andextensive grounds require much upkeep.Therefore, along with weeding at thechurch, I am regularly cutting the grassand hedge at both the church and manseto keep them (and me) in shape.

Website. It is important to maintain andrenew the church website to keep it fresh,

up-to-date and secure.

So… my new routine is coming along verywell. There is always a job to be donesomewhere, although I very much lookforward to the return of normal activitiesand welcoming you all back. It won’t beforever. Do let me know if I can be ofhelp to you.

William MearnsChurch Manager 0780 801 1234

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Hello! My name is Catherine and I'm 16. Ihope you are doing well when you read this and Iwant you to know that I am thinking of you inthis tricky time when it is sometimes hard to findhope. Something positive I have valued recently isthe beautiful weather! Even if it is not possible togo outside, I have been enjoying the sunshine bylooking out of my window. It is very calming tosit and watch the blue skies. I also want to sharewith you a bible verse that I love: 'But those whohope in the LORD will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; they will runand not grow weary, they will walk and not befaint.' - Isaiah 40:31

I hope this verse brings you hope in this time soyou can find the good in the situation! I amthinking of you and praying for you.

Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I am 16. I havebeen thinking about those of you who are morevulnerable in these frightening weeks. To fill mydays I have been reading in my garden and I amplanning on doing some painting. I have also beenkeeping in touch with my friends by video call. Itis the school Easter holidays at the moment sofortunately we don’t have any work to do at home

yet. I hope that you can find peace and hope in thenext few weeks and in this bible verse:Deuteronomy 31:8 says, ‘The Lord himself goesbefore you and will be with you; he will never leaveyou nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not bediscouraged.’

Freya - We still believe - Covid-19 changesnothing in belief. ’The church is where ever God’speople are trying to live and to spread out the goodnews of God!’ We are still a community.

Lucy - Hope you are well - thinking of you atthis difficult time. This week the weather has beenlovely, and it has really helped me to be morepositive. It feels like everything will be alrightwhen the sun is in the sky! An unexpected thingthat happened to me this week is that my friendsand I have decided to start a virtual book club.We have selected Oscar Wilde’s The HappyPrince and Other Stories which I am lookingforward to reading. Here is a favourite hopefulbible verse; ‘May the God of hope fill you with alljoy and peace as you trust in him, so that you mayoverflow with hope by the power of the HolySpirit.’ Romans 15:13.

Family Project – a lockdown bunting project oneof our families is working on together at home!

By Emily, aged 9

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A long text this morning but a shortsermon, partly because I want toencourage as many of you as are able tostay on after the service for the importantcongregational meeting, and partly becausethe coincidence of the First Sunday inLent with St David’s Day offers me a greatexcuse to quote Dylan Thomas, to whosewords there’s no need to add many ofmine.

And death shall have no dominion.Dead men naked they shall be oneWith the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go mad they shall be sane,Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.Under the windings of the seaThey lying long shall not die windily; Twisting on racks when sinews give way,Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; Faith in their hands shall snap in two,And the unicorn evils run

them through; Split all ends up they shan't crack; And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.No more may gulls cry at their earsOr waves break loud on the seashores; Where blew a flower may a flower no moreLift its head to the blows of the rain; Though they be mad and dead as nails,Heads of the characters hammer through daisies; Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,And death shall have no dominion.

If, because of one man’s trespass, deathexercised dominion through that one,much more surely will those who receivethe abundance of grace and the free gift ofrighteousness exercise dominion in lifethrough the one man, Jesus Christ.

Dylan Thomas wrote his vivid anddramatic poem when he was challenged bya friend to write about immortality. He wasjust 22 years old but already more thanhalf way through his short, tempestuouslife, a life every bit as vivid and dramatic ashis work. And I can’t help feeling thatthere’s something equally vivid and equally

SERMON Revd Neil Gardner

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Romans 5: 17 If, because of one man’s trespass, death exercised dominion throughthat one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and thefree gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

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dramatic and equally poetic about theGospel account of the temptations ofJesus, about the struggle for dominion, fordomination, between good and evil,between humility and authority, betweenpower and poverty, between life and death.And death shall have no dominion.

The short and tempestuous life of Jesus ofNazareth can be clearly divided into twovery unequal periods. The first thirty yearsor so when he grew up and lived andlearned and worked with the tools of thecarpenter’s trade, and the last three, whenhe exercised the ministry for which he wasalways intended. That period of forty daysand forty nights in the wilderness came asJesus made the transition from one periodto the next, and like Churchill’s famousdescription of the Battle of El Alameinand perhaps even a little bit like the

election of a NominatingCommittee in a vacancy, itdoes not mark the endnor even the beginning ofthe end, but perhaps theend of the beginning. ‘Hefasted for forty days andforty nights’, St Matthewtells us, ‘and afterwards hewas famished’. But thattoo was only the end ofthe beginning.

For it was not until nowthat the tempterapproached him. Notuntil he was at his lowestebb, famished, exhausted,confused, dazed by theglaring heat of the desertsun by day and daunted

by the penetrating cold of the darknessthat fell like a curtain night after night, notuntil now did the tempter approach him.And offer a starving man stones turnedinto bread, angels to support him in theirarms, and all the kingdoms of the world ifonly he would fall down and do himhomage. But at every turn Jesus resiststemptation. One does not live by breadalone, but by every word that comes fromthe mouth of God. Do not put the Lordyour God to the test. Worship the Lordyour God, and serve only him. Quotationsin each case from the Book ofDeuteronomy, first formulated centuriesbefore to steer the people of Israelthrough the many temptations andchallenges they faced in the course of theirtumultuous journey from slavery towardsfreedom, and now strengthening Jesus inhis own private battle with enslavement.

Christ in the Wilderness by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoj, 1872

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Though they go mad they shall be sane,Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;Twisting on racks when sinews give way,Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;

The medieval imagery of torture seemsespecially apt, for there is both a physicaland a psychological dimension to thesuffering of Jesus at this stage, and to thestrength he finds to resist each and everytemptation.

And if Satan, vexing sore,flesh and spirit should assail,Thou his vanquisher before, wilt not suffer us to fail.

The hymn-writer rather than the poetreminds us that all this is not just aboutJesus, it’s about us too. He will not sufferus to fail. That it was for us he hung andsuffered there. The forty days and fortynights of Lent are not just about givingthings up, but about opening ourselves upto what St Paul in his letter to the Romansdescribes as the ‘abundance of grace andthe free gift of righteousness’. These arethe means by which he will not suffer us tofail. These are the resources with which hesustains us through all our own trials andtemptations. If, because of one man’s trespass,death exercised dominion through that one, muchmore surely will those who receive the abundanceof grace and the free gift of righteousness exercisedominion in life through the one man, JesusChrist. And death shall have no dominion. Amen.

Jesus Ministered to by Angels by James Tissot, 1894

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NEWS

SOCIALLYDISTANCEDHOUSEGROUPS

Diana Tudhope07831 835879dtudhope@btinternet.com

In the current COVID-19 crisis, members of ourhousegroups may well be missing the regular get-togethersfor discussion and fellowship. If you have not alreadythought about it, might it be possible to have a ‘virtual’meeting? Our group is managing to hold meetings by Skypeand Zoom and, after a bit of a steep learning curve for someof us, find it works extremely well. If you would like somehelp with this, please do let me know (and I'll get help fromsomeone more technically competent!). Supply your own teaand biscuits!

Meanwhile, may I remind you that our wonderful team at thechurch provides us with a most excellent weekly onlineservice as a focus for our continuing worship, reflection andfellowship? Maybe if there is anyone in your housegroup notable to access it online, it could be printed off and posted?

With best wishes to you all.

MAYFIELDRADIO UNIT

Boyd McAdamChair

With the closure of the Church premises due to Covid-19,broadcasts to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh have had tocease. So, too, has the distribution of tapes of Sundayservices but we hope that the online services can be accessedby those who used to make use of the tapes.

Just before lockdown we started the process of switchingover to transmitting our programmes digitally to the hospital,both to respond to changes there and to reduce operatingcosts. We look forward to the re-opening of the Unit whenthis becomes possible and to resuming our output. We willneed to gear up activity and will always welcome volunteerswishing to help out with technical, presenting, programmepreparation and hospital visiting. Meantime, we wisheveryone all the best.

ONLINE SERVICES

Online worship material (in PDF and a YouTube playlist) ispublished on the church website from 8.00am every Sundaymorning. It will be available to view all week so you canaccess it at a time suitable to you.

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FLOWERS

Jane Main 0131 667 1711

Chrystine Patterson 0131 662 4506

Flowers during February were donated by Rosemary Currie,Deirdre Eustace, Rosemary McKenzie and Betty Findlay.Betty wanted to give the flowers to thank everyone for theirgood wishes, cards and visits during her time in hospital.

The arrangers were Rosemary Currie, Deirdre Eustace andAnne Graham.

Everyone involved with church flowers would like toremember and pay tribute to Jinty Murray who died veryrecently. Jinty was a great member of the team over manyyears, very good at arranging flowers, often with bloomsfrom her lovely garden and was a member of the distributionrota. For many years Jinty, and her late husband Frank,sourced and decorated the Christmas Tree each December.We will miss her and send our sincere sympathy to herdaughters and family.

AFTERNOONSERVICES

The Afternoon Service Team

Greetings to our regular congregation – including the loyalteam of helpers and drivers - who look forward to thefellowship of the bi-monthly mid-week Afternoon Services atMayfield Salisbury from early spring through to autumn.Since they began twelve years ago, this is the first timeServices have had to be cancelled.

We were to be meeting on Tuesday 12 May (during what isusually Christian Aid Week) and, of course, this AfternoonService cannot now take place.

Let us think of each other that day especially, rememberingour afternoons of worship together in past years, ourconversations around the tables over tea in our bright settingin the Bill McDonald Hall looking out to the beautiful gardenfull of seasonal interest with colour and bird song.

‘The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD makeHis face shine on you, And be gracious to you; TheLORD lift up His countenance on you, And give youpeace.’

Numbers 6: 24 - 26

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Eurasian blue titPhoto © Francis C. Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Our study group can’t meet up just now.I and others of my generation hear tell ofnew tech which permits face to faceconversation but we with only primitivephones ‘Skype and Zoom away’ in timidbewilderment. However, when we lastmet, our group was introduced by DrKatharine Robertson to the writings ofDr Rufus Jones, a Quaker, teacher andmystic (1863 - 1948). Some of his insightsrather appealed to me and perhaps to you.It would be interesting to know yourreactions.

Dr Jones has a chapter in his book TheInner Life entitled ‘The Spirit of theBeatitudes’. Let me quote:

‘In putting the emphasis for the moment on theinner way of religion, we must be very careful notto encourage the heresy of treating religion as awithdrawal from the world, or as a retreat fromthe press and strain of the practical issues andproblems of the social order. That is the road tospiritual disaster, not to spiritual power. Christgives no encouragement to the view that thespiritual ideal – the Kingdom of God – can everbe achieved apart from the conquest of the wholeof life or without the victory that overcomes theworld.’

Jones says that the only way to realise theKingdom of God is through the rightinner spirit. The Beatitudes give us a peepinto that inner world. They provide ‘nonew set of rules, no legal system’. But theyproclaim a ‘new spirit, a new way of living, anew type of person’.

Each Beatitude begins ‘Blessed are …’Jones writes:

‘The first thing to notice about the ‘Blessedness’ isthat it is not a prize held out or promised as a

final reward for a certain kind of conduct ….Rather it is ‘to have a new way of living, to be anew type of person. To be this type of person isto be living the happy, blessed life, whatever theoutward conditions may be. And the next thingto note is that this type of life carries in itself aprinciple of advance. It cannot be static. TheBeatitude lies not in attainment, not in the arrivalat a goal, but in the way, in the spirit, in thesearch, in the march.’

Jones contrasts that with the Pharisee whois obviously in the background as a foil tobring out the portrait of the new type.

‘The pity of the Pharisee’s was that the goal couldbe reached – he gets his reward. He has a definitelimit in view – the keeping of a fixed law. …The immediate effect of this achievement is conceitand self-satisfaction. … There is in his mind anequation between goodness and prosperity, betweenrighteousness and success.’

It leads to the calculation ‘How many timesmust I forgive my brother?’ as if a number,fixed in law, was sufficient. Rather, theBeatitude commends hunger and thirst forgoodness. ‘The aspiration and not theattainment is singled out for blessing. … the reachmust always exceed the grasp.’

Blessed are the poor in spirit. Poverty of spiritis bound up with hunger for goodness.The poor in spirit are by no means poor-spirited.

Blessed are they who mourn. The Phariseestended to see human tragedies as signs ofdivine disapproval, of punishment forhuman error. Jesus taught that that is notnecessarily so. Life has hard experiences.But to discover the nearness of God, thesustaining power of his love, thesufficiency of his grace can come to

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people of all ages throughpain and suffering andloss. Christ tells us that ‘itis not the lotus-eater but thesufferer who is in the way ofblessing and is forming thespirit of the Kingdom.’

‘Meekness and mercy andpeace-making are high amongthe qualities that characterisethe inner spirit or the kingdom.Patience, endurance,steadfastness, confidence in theeternal nature of things,determination to win by theslow method that is right ratherthan by the quick andstrenuous method that is wrongare other ways of namingmeekness. Mercy is tendernessof heart, ability to put oneselfin another’s place, confidence inthe power of love andgentleness, the practice offorgiveness and the joyousbestowal of sympathy. Peace-making is the divine businessof drawing men together intounity of spirit and purpose,teaching them to live the love-way, and forming in the verywarp and woof of humansociety the spirit of altruismand loyalty to the higher interests of the group.These traits belong to the inmost nature of God,and of course those who have them are blessed.’

So, to understand Dr Jones’ reasoning, wehave to see why his emphasis on what hecalls the Inner Life is necessary. He pointsout that, for a Christian, there isinsufficient detail of Jesus’ life to give ‘anadequate biography of him. …’It is possible,however, to look through his words that arepreserved and to see, with clairvoyant insight, the

inner kingdom of the soul in that person whoseinterior life was the richest of all those who havewalked this earth.’ His spiritual life must bethat to which we should aspire.

It would be good to hear your reactions tothese views of Dr Jones and his take onMatthew ch 5. How far would you agreewith them?

Ralph Smith

James Tissot, The Beatitudes Sermon, c. 1890

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The following interview with MarjoryCrippin was first published in 2011 andis reprinted here in her memory

Marjory Crippin1921 - 2020

As part of the Celebration of Ageingand Faith(2011), Marjory Crippin hasbeen talking to Kirstine Baxter.

KB – Were you born in Edinburgh,Marjory? MC - I was born in Bathgate in1921. Sadly, in 1927, my father diedleaving my mother with three little girls. Ido remember him though, mother madesure of that. I was six. My sister Jean was ayear older and Maud about a year younger.We came to Edinburgh to live with mymother’s parents at 111 St Albans Road,where Hugh and Christina Somerville nowlive, and just opposite my present flat.

KB – So where did you worship? MC –

Initially, Warrender Park Church, but, aftermother re-married in 1931, we startedcoming to Mayfield, then called MayfieldNorth. The minister was J K Thomson. Iremember him with great affection. I wasfriendly with his three boys, Kenneth,Alastair and Nigel. In those days childrenwent up to the gallery during Communionand sat looking down on the congregation.One of my Sunday school teachers wasMiss Shierlaw of the Shierlaw Fund.

In 1932 my step-father returned to workin India and mother went with him. Wethree girls were left at 111 in the care ofMrs McCallum, a minister’s widow, andAuntie Nellie, Nellie Paton, my mother’ssister, who was also a member at Mayfield.

KB – J K Thomson died suddenly, in1939 I believe? Who succeeded him?MC – Donald Ross, Dr Ross. He and hiswife, Beatrice, were already known to ourfamily; to us he was ‘Uncle Donald’. Thesewere the war years so I was away for muchof his ministry. After university inEdinburgh I had joined the WAAF. It wasthe first time I had lived away from home.What I particularly remember, and I don’tremember exactly where, but it must havebeen in Cardiff because I was stationed atSt. Athan, is going into church for the firsttime as a WAAF, in amongst peopleworshipping. I have such a clearimpression. I can relive the experienceeven now. In fact, all through my life, justbeing in church has meant so much.

KB – Did you meet your husbandduring the war? MC – Yes, Tom and Iwere both stationed at Church Fenton inYorkshire. We were married in 1946 atMayfield by Dr Ross. I still have the letter

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he wrote me. In it he said he would forgiveme for marrying a Sassenach because Ihad not chosen a rugby internationalSaturday for my wedding!

Tom and I and our three children lived forsome years in Perth. We came back toEdinburgh in 1963 and bought 111 StAlbans Road from my mother. She thenstayed with me until her death in 1980.That was really some year because Tomalso died suddenly that year.

My mother was an amazing old lady. Hername was Maud Douglas, Mrs Douglas.At over 90 she did not think of herself asold. Other people were old. She tendednot to want to join in anything that wasfor older people! I do have a sneakingsympathy with that. I think there is quite afine line between bossing and encouraging!

KB – So by the time you returned toEdinburgh Bill McDonald would bethe minister? MC – Yes, and it was BillMcDonald who had the most influence onme. He was of course my minister for thelongest period. I particularly rememberhow he started the candlelit service onChristmas Eve and the Easter morningservice in the garden. Christianity isthought by many people to be a verynegative sort of thing, lots of things youcan’t do. Bill preached that Christianitywas life in all its fullness – joyful.

Scott is also a great preacher. You don’tleave your head at the church door withScott! I used to think of the OldTestament as largely irrelevant with somehorrible stories, but Scott has taught mehow these are not necessarily history butfaith narratives, written according to theculture of the times, which containimportant truths. Far from underminingmy faith, understanding has strengthened

it. I am greatly indebted to Scott for that.Even at my age faith can deepen andchange, and the Church is a changingChurch – why should it not be? If it werestatic what use would it be to anybody?

The mystery of God has always appealedto me and I have never felt the need forHis existence to be proved. The versefrom the Psalms ‘God is our refuge andstrength, a very present help in trouble’has always been true for me. But allthrough my life, in fact increasinglythrough my life, I have wondered aboutthings, perhaps because as we get older wehave a bigger world view.

KB – Over the years you will have donemany things. If you had to pick justone to tell us about, what would it be?MC - The Guild. I first became a Guildmember to accompany my mother. At thattime Betty Findlay’s mother, Mrs Oliver,was treasurer. The Guild was really lifeenhancing. It was such a supportiveorganization. There were about 80 of usthen. As president I had to lead theopening worship, so I had to spend timebeforehand preparing it which I founddeeply rewarding. I really matured in thoseyears.

I also did several other things. I helpedwith craft work at the Thistle Foundationand at the Simpson with the prematurebabies. It would not be allowed nowadays!And I visited the geriatric ward at theInfirmary. Before the war I had thoughtof being an almoner so these thingsnaturally interested me.

Our time must be up. I would just like tosay that I think the Celebration of Ageingand Faith is a wonderful idea. Everybodyshould join in!

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On 7 March, the Bill McDonald Hall wasfilled to capacity for this event, organisedby the church ECO group but attended bymany from beyond our own congregation.

David Bethune, formerly coordinator forECO congregations, Scotland, presentedthe Christian perspective that planetearth belongs to God, and it isour God-given task to care forit responsibly. Theoverheating of the world hasreached the point thatpreviously extreme climateevents now occur regularlyand if future generations are toinherit a habitable planet, thenecessary action must be taken now.The science is clear. We know what needsto be done, and ‘with determined hopeand optimism’ must find the will to do it.

How we live our daily lives, what we buyand how we travel, considered decisionsregarding how to live justly in atransformed world, all have to be thefocus of our worship and prayer life. Notleast of our concerns should be areadiness to press our electedrepresentatives to treat the climate crisisseriously.

This last point was taken up by AdamMcVey, Leader of Edinburgh Council,who said that a rise in sensitivity toenvironmental concerns among policymakers has very much been driven by thegeneral public, and that ongoing pressurefrom an engaged citizen body is vital to

strengthen the determination of decisiontakers when necessary decisions are likelyto be painful.

He described actions being taken by thecity with the target of achieving carbonneutrality by 2030, focusing strongly on

transport and domestic heating, andthe efforts being made to builda broad consensus across thedifferent components of thelocal economy.

Following a period of smallgroup discussion, bothspeakers took part in a Q&A

session to end a most stimulatingand challenging afternoon.

Thanks are due to David Bethune andAdam McVey, as well as to AlastairMcGilchrist and all who assisted inorganising the event and providedrefreshments.

Links:- How big is my carbon footprint?www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspxCarbon offsetting to donate or invest inactivities that will reduce emissions,

treesforlife.org.uk/plant-treeswww.energy4all.co.ukwww.abundanceinvestment.comwww.atmosfair.de/enclimateneutralnow.orgcarbonfootprint.com

Colin MacKenzie

THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL

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DON’T PANIC! ‘Don’t Panic, Mr Mainwaring! Don’tPanic!’..... A familiar cry by LanceCorporal Jones from the Dad’s Army TVsitcom, but a sentiment that is very muchof its time, in that we should definitelyremain calm, even if on occasions we mayfeel somewhat strange in our sociallyisolated bubbles whilst also beingconcerned for our health and that offamily and friends.

These are indeed strange times andthough we have changed the nature, fornow, of how our church life functions, itnonetheless is continuing to function.

Our wonderful Ministry and Staff teams,along with the many volunteers, areworking as hard as ever, but differently, toensure that the online Sunday Service,Youth Zoom meetings and Pastoral Carecontacts, are refocused to deliver, but in adifferent format, commensurate with thecurrent situation.

Our February Appeal has been very wellsupported and in ‘normal times’ we wouldhave been able to report a substantialchange in our financial circumstances tobroadly balance our books in 2020. This isa phenomenal response and we thank allthose of you who were able to answer thecall.

Of course, 2020 is not going to beclassified in history as ‘normal times’ andthe reality is that all of our communitygroups who would normally use ourbuildings for activities and meetings are

unable to do so, which will have abig impact on them all, but also on us,from a financial point of view. However,we are a very fortunate congregation, withtalented and dedicated staff andvolunteers in many diverse roles, who areall pulling together to ensure our worshipand administrative tasks continue tofunction properly.

We believe we have the financial resilienceto weather this storm, so take heed andplease ‘Don’t Panic!’, but let us rememberand focus on the words of Julian ofNorwich, ‘all shall be well, and all mannerof things shall be well’.

Steve Holehouse

Statue of Julian of Norwich, Norwich Cathedral, by David Holgate FSDC

Photo byR0cketjohn - cc-by-sa-2.0

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SUMMARY ACCOUNTSThose with eagle eyes will have noticedthat we took the slightly unusual decisionthis year not to distribute a ‘glossy’ versionof the 2019 Accounts. We usually makethis available alongside the full version,which was printed as usual in March.Instead, the Treasurer’s summaryaccounts, which usually form the backpage of the ‘glossy’ version, are publishedhere. The Kirk Session is very grateful toJohn Graham, our Treasurer, and his teamfor their work.

Why did we make the change? Verybriefly, we’re required to submit ourannual trustees’ Report and Accounts byMarch each year, once approved by eldersand received by the members. This istraditionally done at a Session meeting (of

elders) followed by the Annual BusinessMeeting (of members). This year we wereunusually busy in the run up to March,mainly with the vacancy work, and so tookthe opportunity to use Grapevine todisseminate our summary accountsinstead. Since we took that decision, ofcourse, we were overtaken by thecoronavirus restrictions which meant that,with only a few hours’ notice, we had tocancel our planned Session meeting andABM. Other arrangements have had to bemade for the approval of the Accountsbut the summary below may still, we hope,be of interest.

Charles Garland Session Clerk

£thousands 2019 2019 2019 2020Budget Actual Variance Budget

IncomeOfferings 220.2 218.6 -1.6 205.9Donations 2.0 2.9 0.9 2.0Premises 32.0 31.9 -0.1 31.0Divs &Interest 11.5 15.3 3.8 17.5Other 15.6 14.9 -0.7 14.6Total 281.3 283.6 2.3 271.0

ExpenditureMin & Miss 150.0 147.6 2.4 143.0Salaries 68.0 68.1 -0.1 70.0Maintenance 23.2 14.2 9.0 27.0Utilities 16.5 15.8 0.7 16.5Other 47.8 52.8 -5.0 55.8Total 305.5 298.5 7.0 312.3

Outcome -24.2 -14.9 9.3 -41.3

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1. Our overall financial results for 2019show a mostly positive picture. Ourunrestricted funds (those the Kirk Sessionhas full control over) rose by over£73,000. Our restricted funds (those givento us for defined purposes) fell by around£20,000. Our endowment funds (theHunter Bequest) increased by nearly£3,000. Overall our total funds rose bysome £55,000.

2. The overall result for unrestricted fundsconceals a number of swings on individualfunds. The Legacies Fund rose by around£50,000 thanks to a generous legacy fromMiss Peggy Wilson. Our longer-termreserves rose slightly even after a decisionby the Kirk Session to release £20,000 forother purposes: this was because the valueof our investments grew by over 10%.The decision by the Session increased thesum in the Salisbury Fund and re-established the Mission Fund. Ourrestricted funds fell because ofexpenditure on the Chamber Group andon the youth initiative.

3. Turning to the General Fund (ourcurrent account) the table (page 20)shows the main items in the budget for2019, the actual outturn, the varianceagainst budget and the 2020 budget.

4. Offerings were slightly below budgetand income from our premises in line withbudget, as was expenditure on salaries. Wespent less on maintenance from thegeneral fund, partly because we used some£4,000 from the General and FabricReserve Fund which the Session hadagreed to wind up. Other spending wasgenerally close to budget. In all, thisresulted in a deficit on the General Fundof around £15,000 against a forecastdeficit of over £24,000.

5. The budget for 2020 does not assumeany income from the recently launchedappeal. On that basis we expect a declinein offerings. The budget assumes that weare fully staffed and that there is littlemovement in most other income andcosts. We expect an increase in ourdividend income, as we have moreinvested, and higher spend onmaintenance because of work we aredoing on the manse. That would producea substantial deficit on the General Fund.Obviously we hope that extra incomefrom the appeal will in a full year eliminatethe deficit on the General Fund. Ouroverall position depends particularly onmovements in our investments and on anylegacies.

6. Over the year we contributed fromcongregational funds around £90,000 tothe wider work of the Church throughour Ministries and Mission contribution.We collected over £17,500 for ChristianAid and over £5,500 for the Crossreachperinatal project.

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VOLUNTEERING IN SOUTH AFRICAWe were delighted to receivethe following newsletterfrom Milly Spence-Fraser,who is volunteering inSouth Africa with ProjectTrust. She received supportfrom the Shierlaw Fund,and writes: ‘I would like tosay thank you to ShierlawFund again for your kinddonation of £400.00 as itmade the world ofdifference in terms ofreaching my fundraisingtotal. I can’t thank the organisationenough.’

August 2019 - January 2020: My YearVolunteering So Far

My gap year is organised through the non-profit, UK registered charity Project Trust,who have been supporting me fromoverseas since my arrival in August.

The village where I’m situated is Zithulele,a two-hour drive from Mthatha, thenearest city. It has a very small and tightknit community. I am living in a sharedhouse with other volunteers, and we havefound ourselves really getting to know thecommunity members, who always help usout with lifts to the nearest store. We havestarted attending free community gymclasses a few times every week, and I amvolunteering once a week with a Scoutsgroup, which is for the younger kids in thearea. The welcoming atmosphere is

something I will truly miss.

My placement is with Axium Education,an NGO based in the rural Eastern Capeof South Africa. Axium has variousprogrammes focussing on the educationof children of all ages in and around thevillage. The programme I am currentlyworking for is called Masakhane, whichtargets grades 6-9, (children of roughly 11-16 years old). Masakhane is an after-schoolprogramme that teaches English andMaths to high school students Monday -Friday. I am an English teacher for theprogramme. We see grade 6s and 7s threetimes a week, and grade 8s and 9s twice aweek. Upon visiting us, each grade receivesan hour long English lesson, and an hourlong maths lesson.

During the day I plan for lessons in theafternoon, and do admin jobs in the officefor the organisation. Masakhane followsthe school terms, so each term we coverspecific topics with each grade and test

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them at the end. However there are keydifferences between the lessons taught atMasakhane and the ones the studentsreceive at school. Axium is well fundeddespite being an NGO, and so has accessto resources that the learners mightotherwise never experience, such as aPowerPoint projector and tablets for thestudents to work on. Things like this getthe students excited about lessons.Another key difference is our teachingstyle. We receive weekly teacherdevelopment sessions, are observed duringlessons, and given feedback to work onand improve. The goal is to havemaximum impact during the time we havewith our students.

Working for Axium so far has been a joy. Ihave grown to love my students andcolleagues. In October last yearMasakhane had a ‘leadership camp’ for thegrade 8s, soon to be grade 9s. The campwas a one night residential trip at Hole inthe Wall, a beach 1-2 hours walk awayfrom Zithulele. The trip was focused onbuilding the leadership skills of the

students. Myself andmy Project Trust‘partner’, (a mathsteacher for theprogramme),delivered a sessionon team building,where we leadteamwork activities.In addition to theother leadershipsessions, the campalso consisted of avisit to the beachand lots of games. It

gave us such a good opportunity to get toknow the students and for them to bondwith each other.

Every term Masakhane has a boot campfor all of the grades. Boot camps last oneweek, and take place during schoolholidays. The kids are split into the younggrades and the older grades, and receivetwo hours of maths and two hours ofEnglish each day. Boot camps always havethemes that the lessons will be tailoredaround, and the lessons are more fun thanregular ones. Past boot camp themes forEnglish include The Lion King, FemaleSouth African Leaders, and The AmazonRainforest. Planning boot camps andmaking sure they run smoothly is largelymy responsibility. The students get towatch clips and make posters and have funlearning about the topic. At every bootcamp there is also one day dedicated toeither sports or visiting the beach.Attendance always rises during bootcamps!

Milly Spence-Fraser

28TH BRAID SCOUT TROOP When we started planning our CentenaryYear two years ago, this was not what wehad in mind. Ironically, our last activitybefore lockdown was a Winter SurvivalWeekend although we hope that theskills learned will not need to beput to use any time soon.

20 Scouts and 5 Leadersattended the Survivalweekend at Hawkhirst ScoutAdventure Camp on the shoresof Kielder Reservoir inNorthumberland. After arriving mid-morning on the Saturday, the Scouts spentthe remainder of the daylight hoursbuilding shelters from natural materialsdeep in the forest. Under guidance fromthe Leaders, they made a great job of theshelters. Unfortunately, as they had beenworking in rain for the entire day, theshelters contained as much water inside asthey would have held out overnight. Thenight was therefore spent in a hall but notbefore cooking the evening meal on altarfires in the forest. The main course camein the shape of rabbits, complete in skins.It was soon clear who had been payingattention on Troop night on the eveningbefore.

The next morning, everyone took a tripacross the reservoir, paddling the large bellboats across the broad expanse of water.Once across, fires were lit for the secondbackwoods meal – this time, trout. Afterthe trip back across the reservoir, it wastime to clear up before the Scouts werepresented with Survival Activity Badges

before the journey home.

From Scouting in the wilds, we nowmove to the other extreme of VirtualScouting. For as long as isnecessary, we shall be running aseries of midweek challengesand a virtual Troop nighton a Friday, using Zoom,with a mix of skills

training and games. Scoutswill also be able to continue

working on badges and submittingevidence to Leaders electronically.

As part of our Centenary year, we had aprogramme of bagpacking planned tohelp raise funds for our trip to KanderstegInternational Scout Centre in Switzerlandat the end of the year. We committed todonating 20% of all the funds raised tothe charity, Action for Children whooperate a respite centre in GilmertonRoad. Unfortunately, the lockdownbrought a premature end to thisfundraising and it is not anticipated thatwe shall be able to resume it this year.The total raised to date was £231-41 andthis has been passed to the charity to helpthem cope withmore immediateneeds.

Alan DicksonScout Leader

Headquarters: Mayfield Salisbury Church, EdinburghScottish Charity No SC006141

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Responding to the coronavirus, ChristianAid has launched an emergency appeal,requesting urgent support for its workamong the world’s poorest, mostvulnerable people who are at greatest risk:families living in over-crowded refugeecamps, people with underlying healthconditions like HIV, and many who haveno clean water to wash their hands.Christian Aid and its partners already haveexperience of limiting the spread ofinfection during the Ebola crisis, and willbuild on this experience to continue tostand together with communities living inpoverty during this period.

Christian Aid Week (10 - 16 May) will lookvery different this year, as we are unable togather together in church and donate inthe usual way. However, the need isgreater than ever, and it’s important thatwe continue to keep it in our minds. Thefocus for 2020 is the climate crisis, and itseffect on communities like those in Kenyawhere devastating droughts make itdifficult for millions of people to accesssufficient food and water.

Cash and cheques cannot currently beaccepted, so we would encourageeveryone who can, to support bothappeals by making online donationsanytime between now and 16th May – andbeyond! Please go to the Christian Aidwebsite, www.christianaid.org.uk, chooseAppeals, and follow the links to ChristianAid Week and Coronavirus EmergencyAppeal.

On behalf of members of thecongregation without internet access, we

hope to hold a further collection insupport of CA Week using the familiarred envelopes and buckets, in the Autumn,to coincide with Creation CovenantSunday.

And if you’ve been following CA’sreflections for Lent, Count YourBlessings 2020, the resulting donationscan be paid in online at caid.org.uk/lent

Equally important is Christian Aid’sinvitation to take part in a Prayer Chain, insupport of the campaign for climatejustice. This is an action we can all take,even in lockdown! With the approach ofthe UN climate talks (COP 26), this year iscrucial in the struggle for climate justice.To rise to the challenge, we must underpinit in prayer. Alongside friends at theCatholic Agency For OverseasDevelopment (CAFOD) and Tearfund,and people all over the world, CA aims to‘fill every day with prayer for a world whereeveryone can flourish and creation can breatheeasy again. Prayer that will help us to understandGod’s care for those who are most affected by theclimate crisis, and acknowledge our role in causingit and start anew. Prayer that will act as a deepsource of energy for the struggle ahead.’ Findout more atwww.christianaid.org.uk/pray/prayer-chain

It is particularly important that weremember CA at this time, as it continuesto work alongside its overseas partners intheir humanitarian programmes, inincreasingly challenging circumstances.Thank you for everything you’re doing!

The Christian Aid Team

CHRISTIAN AID The Christian Aid Committee

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‘Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to hisname; bring an offering and come into hiscourts.’ Psalm 96:8

Pray for Christian Aid in this time ofsignificant change as we seek toimplement and live into our new StandingTogether strategy. Pray for the countryprogrammes and staff most impacted bythese changes and pray for an assuranceof God’s guidance and direction.

Pray for a clear vision and renewed resolvefor all who will take forward the work ofChristian Aid into the future.

Pray for strong partnerships and effectivefundraising that will unlock the potential

of communities around the world toexperience life in all its fullness to theglory of God.

Creative GodMay your visionof creation healedmobilise a movementto do your will on earthas in heaven.Amen

DATES FOR YOUR DIARYMaySun 3 Online Worship: Fourth Sunday of EasterSun 10 Online Worship: Fifth Sunday of EasterSun 17 Online Worship: Sixth Sunday of EasterSun 24 Online Worship: Ascension SundaySun 31 Online Worship: Pentecost

JuneSun 7 Online Worship: Trinity SundaySun 14 Online Worship: The First Sunday after TrinitySun 21 Online Worship: The Second Sunday after TrinitySun 28 Online Worship: The Third Sunday after Trinity

JulySun 5 Online Worship: The Fourth Sunday after Trinity

Online worship material (in PDF and a YouTube playlist) is published onthe church website from 8.00am every Sunday morning. It will be availableto view all week so you can access it at a time suitable to you.

CHRISTIAN AID Prayer Thoughts

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May 3 I Samuel 25,26 / Psalm 49May 4 I Samuel 27,28 / I Corinthians 1May 5 I Samuel 29-31 / I Corinthians 2May 6 II Samuel 1,2 / Psalm 50May 7 II Samuel 3-5 / I Corinthians 3May 8 II Samuel 6,7 / I Corinthians 4May 9 II Samuel 8-10 / I Corinthians 5May 10 II Samuel 11,12 / Psalm 51May 11 II Samuel 13,14 / I Corinthians 6May 12 II Samuel 15,16 / I Corinthians 7May 13 II Samuel 17,18 / Psalms 52-54May 14 II Samuel 19,20 / I Corinthians 8May 15 II Samuel 21,22 / I Corinthians 9May 16 II Samuel 23,24 / I Corinthians 10May 17 I Kings 1,2 / Psalm 55May 18 I Kings 3-5 / I Corinthians 11May 19 I Kings 6,7 / I Corinthians 12May 20 I Kings 8,9 / Psalms 56,57May 21 I Kings 10,11 / I Corinthians 13May 22 I Kings 12,13 / I Corinthians 14May 23 I Kings 14,15 / I Corinthians 15May 24 I Kings 16,17 / Psalms 58,59May 25 I Kings 18,19 / I Corinthians 16May 26 I Kings 20,21 / II Corinthians 1May 27 I Kings 22 / Psalms 60,61May 28 II Kings 1-3 / II Corinthians 2May 29 II Kings 4,5 / II Corinthians 3May 30 II Kings 6,7 / II Corinthians 4May 31 II Kings 8,9 / Psalms 62,63June 1 II Kings 10-12 / II Corinthians 5

June 2 II Kings 13,14 / II Corinthians 6June 3 II Kings 15,16 / Psalms 64,65June 4 II Kings 17,18 / II Corinthians 7June 5 II Kings 19,20 / II Corinthians 8June 6 II Kings 21,22 / II Corinthians 9June 7 II Kings 23-25 / Psalms 66,67June 8 I Chronicles 1-3 / II Corinthians 10June 9 I Chronicles 4-6 / II Corinthians 11June 10 I Chronicles 7-10 / Psalm 68June 11 I Chronicles 11-14 / II Corinthians 12June 12 I Chronicles 15,16 / II Corinthians 13June 13 I Chronicles 17,18 / Galatians 1June 14 I Chronicles 19-21 / Psalm 69June 15 I Chronicles 22,23 / Galatians 2June 16 I Chronicles 24-27 / Galatians 3June 17 I Chronicles 28,29 / Psalms 70,71June 18 II Chronicles 1,2 / Galatians 4June 19 II Chronicles 3-5 / Galatians 5June 20 II Chronicles 6,7 / Galatians 6June 21 II Chronicles 8,9 / Psalm 72June 22 II Chronicles 10-12 / Ephesians 1June 23 II Chronicles 13-15 / Ephesians 2June 24 II Chronicles 16,17 / Psalm 73June 25 II Chronicles 18-20 / Ephesians 3June 26 II Chronicles 21-23 / Ephesians 4June 27 II Chronicles 24,25 / Ephesians 5June 28 II Chronicles 26-28 / Psalm 74June 29 II Chronicles 29,30 / Ephesians 6June 30 II Chronicles 31,32 / Luke 1: 1-38July 1 II Chronicles 33,34 / Psalms 75,76

THE BIBLE IN A YEAR

New MembersMorley SewellRobert and Carole HillenbrandPatricia McDonaldDeparturesBrian and Marianne BayneLorna ForsythClare GallowayMarie Green

DeathsMarjory CrippinBetty FindlayKitty LaingJinty MurrayNancy RisleyFrances WaughBetty Whitelaw

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WHO’S WHO IN MAYFIELD SALISBURYMayfield Salisbury Parish (Edinburgh) Church of Scotland

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Interim Moderator Revd Neil N. Gardner ngardner@churchofscotland.org.uk 0131 556 3515

Locum Preacher Revd Helen Alexander HAlexander@churchofscotland.org.uk 0131 346 0685

Pastoral Assistant Kay McIntosh DCS kay@backedge.co.uk 0790 326 6307

Youth WorkerHillary Leslie Hillary.MayfieldYouth@gmail.com 0745 372 2224

Church ManagerWilliam Mearns churchmanager@googlemail.com 0780 801 1234

OrganistKate Pearson kate.q.kate@gmail.com 0744 238 2296

Session ClerkCharles Garland charles.edin@gmail.com 0776 290 8343

TreasurerJohn Graham culkein@btinternet.com 0131 667 6331

Gift Aid Donations & Roll KeeperHugh Somerville hs.somerville2@gmail.com 0131 466 2446

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