What's On
Prayer Bulletin for this month now available here
ONLINE WORSHIP via YouTube click here
Special service Sunday 23rd November - a service with traditional hymns
Exploring Discipleship - what does it mean to follow Jesus? Informal conversations. November 12th, 19th & 26th - Wednesday evening 7pm-9pm, Church upper room. Open to everyone.
REGULAR EVENTS
Sunday - Order of Service will be published here as soon as possible each week.
Elphinstone Drop In: Free tea, coffee and biscuits. Elphinstone Community Centre 2.30pm- 3.30pm, Monday and Wednesday (during term time). All are welcome.
Prayer Group meets at 8am every Saturday in the Church, sharing teas & coffees.
Open House: takes place on Tuesday mornings in the Church Hall between 10am and 12 noon. Free tea, coffee and biscuits are served. All are welcome.
Pool and Table Tennis continue on Wednesday mornings in the Church Hall from 10am to 12 noon. All are welcome.
Fair Trade Stall We have a Fair Trade stall on the last Sunday of every month. With suppies from the Fair Trade shop in Portobello, there is an opportunity to buy various goods - cash only.
Magazine Sharing – bring and borrow - in the Church Gathering Area.
Foodbank Donations: Drop off points are Church Gathgering Area, Church Hall, Co-p Funeral Care or Foodbank itself - 3 Civic Square (10am - 2pm Monday - Friday).
APPEALS
Eco Notice: We are highlighting Fairtrade products beyond our stall. Tea and Coffee are available to be able to be purchased from a variety of different shops, Co-op, ASDA, M&S, if you shop regularly in these places if you can factor these into your shopping as we journey towards being a Fairtrade Church.
Collecting mobile phones for Malawi: Innerleithen, Traquair & Walkerburn Church are collecting any spare or used phones. Consider donating your old phone or tablet to make a difference to people and the planet. Please place in collecting box in the Church Gathering Area and we will pass them on.
Sunflower Scotland: The team are asking for knitted items, anything kids, infants or adult's items. The team are now looking after 67 orphans and fostering families, and many are struggling to buy baby and children clothes. If you are a keen knitter the team are looking for socks, scarves, hats, baby cardigans, blankets to go out in their next van in September just before the cold weather sets in.
EASYFUNDRAISING
The Church has registered with easyfundraising and you can raise donations for Tranent Parish Church at no additional cost to you each time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate, including all the big names like John Lewis, BT, Tesco, Argos, Boots, Marks and Spencer and many more. Please support us by registering on: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/tranent-parish-church.
By December 2023 we had raised over £134 through this.
Talk to Pamela or Linda if you would like to know more
