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A message from our Interim Moderator Rev Dr Anne Logan:
After many weeks when it has seemed to rain in Lenzie on a Wednesday, we managed this week to take our young grand-daughter out with her scooter to visit one of her favourite haunts, the Helix park in Falkirk. Home to the wonderful Kelpies and a café with the necessary ‘cake,’ the Helix is a popular destination. We usually stop to say ‘Hello’ to the Unicorn - unicorns being important in the mind of our grand-daughter. However, this time we found other creatures too. An owl, and a centaur also made of wood and willow, are to be found near the Unicorn.
I admire the creativity and talent that produces Kelpies, unicorns and centaurs. There are so many aspects of human creativity around us to enjoy though, not just large public works of sculpture. We have our favourite authors, poets, musicians and artists, but all around us at local level we can find creative wonders. We find beautifully designed or tended gardens, unexpected architectural details in buildings we pass, well written letters or reports. We know people who are talented painters, musicians, bakers, sewers, knitters or wood workers. Some of the most unexpected people have hidden talents.
Exodus 35 reminds us that creative talents are God given and that in human creativity we can catch sight of God’s loving creativity. In the words of the much loved hymn ‘Almighty Father of all things that be’
‘Thou dost the strength to workman's arm impart;
from thee the skilled musician's mystic art,
the grace of poet's pen or painter's hand,
to teach the loveliness of sea and land.’
As we continue to travel through this Easter season, let us rejoice in the new life God brings to us through those he has blessed with creative skills.
Blessings! Anne
Worship This Sunday
Sunday 5th May 2024 - Rev Alistair Keil - 10.30am Currie Kirk.
Intimations
Guild
Guild Outing on the 16th May to Galashiels then Melrose. £35. Details from Louise.
COFFEE STOP!
Opens Saturday 4th May from 2-4pm in Currie Kirk.
Summer POP-UP Cafe
Opens Tuesday 7th May from 10.30am-12.00pm in the Gibson Craig Halls (GCH).
Christian Aid Week
12th - 18th May. Envelopes will be at Church this Sunday.
Blythswood Shoe Box
MAY we are collecting stationery.
If you want any information or need to speak to someone please call the Kirk office (451 5141) or contact one of the Session Clerks - Louise Lamont (07910 594188) or Isobel Webber (07702784186).
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