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Free Bike maintenance session – Thursday 22nd November

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Thursday 22nd November from 4:30-6:30 PM-FREE bike repairing session in the East Hall of the church. If you want to repair your bicycle or just have it checked, turn up on the day. No booking is required, we will have a specialist from Grease Monkey- bike repairing company doing a drop in. It will be a great opportunity for all intending join us for a cycling tour on the 22nd November to have their bike checked prior to the day. FREE SET OF LIGHTS FOR THE FIRST 20 BIKES!  
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December Life and Work – Christmas Day workers

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In December's Life and Work..... • The Christians who will be working on Christmas Day • Chris Wigglesworth reflects on a personal journey to Bethlehem • The Moderator urges us to celebrate Christmas by reaching out to others • The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers urges us to focus on the core message of the Christmas story • The Rev Dr Margaret Forrester considers Christmas from the perspective of the innkeeper’s wife • Ron Ferguson argues the best Christmas gift would be justice for all Shocking Knox The two women at the helm of New College, Edinburgh ‘The Love of God Transcends Ever...
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Christmas at Granton – no gimmicks, no gloss!

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 Every year we choose a theme through which to read the Christmas story.Whilst this roots the story in our culture the links have sometimes been a bit tenuous. Rather than manufacture anything this year, we are going to let the story stand on its own.Over Advent and throughout Christmas we are going to retell the story and let the power of what God did speak clearly to us.No gimmicks, no glitter or gloss, just the power of a story that changed the world. Advent & Christmas Events (scroll down for news) Advent & Christmas News
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This Year’s Advent Studies

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These last few years we have had a thought for the day throughout Advent. This year we are going with a variation in that rather than having a thought for the day we are going to live with the same passage and a series of questions each week. Every day, take a few mins to read the passage and engage with the questions. You will find that as you travel with it you will gain deeper insights than a cursory reading would give. If you like to do these things on your own, find a nice quiet spot, if you like to be around people, why not meet with others over a coffee? There is no right way t...
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CHRISTMAS with Steph Macleod, Allan McKinlay, Ellyn Oliver, David & Yvonne Lyon in association with Tearfund (Edinburgh)

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Celebrate the season with Origin Scotland, Steph Macleod, Allan McKinlay, Ellyn Oliver, David & Yvonne Lyon in association with Tearfund Completely free admission! Pay what you think it's worth in the hall. Limited tickets available. To order, call the office on 0131 541 0117. Join us for this brand new Christmas experience and put the real message of Christmas at the heart - and the start - of the season. More information on the ORIGIN SCOTLAND website 
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Caring Christmas Trees

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No-one should have to sleep rough this winter. With your support, we can do something amazing to get Edinburgh’s rough sleepers off streets. When you buy a Caring Christmas Tree, you make a real difference, right here in Edinburgh. All proceeds from Caring Christmas Trees Edinburgh fund the Winter Care Shelter. This life-saving service allows rough sleepers to escape the freezing weather and dangers of life on the streets. The Care Shelter exists for people with nowhere else to go. When you buy your Caring Christmas Tree, you enable us to give a rough sleeper a hot meal, a safe plac...
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A mince pie or six?

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Our Christmas Tree Lighting event is on Sunday 2nd December and we are planning to serve up mulled wine and mulled juice with traditional Christmas Mince Pies. Want to get involved? We're looking for donations of mince pies to serve up. If you're a dab-hand at baking, that's great. If not, a box or 2 of shop-bought pies would go down well. Leave them in the coffee area at the back of the church (check the use use-by date of course!).  
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Granton BB Remember

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While the Remembrance Service tomorrow will focus on the Granton War Memorial in the Church grounds, did you know that there is another Memorial inside the Church? The 19th Leith BB Company was formed in 1921 and lost 9 former Members in WW2. The Company Colours were dedicated to the memory of these Men and there is a plaque on the Company Colour listing their names: John AndersonWilliam Barnet John Forbes Charles Henderson George Hutchison Peter King Robert Starrett William Welsh John Young We will remember them.  
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There But Not There – The Armed Forces Covenant Fund

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Granton Parish Church and the 19th Leith Boys’ Brigade Company are celebrating the award of 14 silhouettes funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. The silhouettes are being used on Remembrance Sunday as part of our Granton Community Act of Remembrance Service when we are joined by various Army Reserve units and local Youth Organisations. The award was made under the Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme, which makes awards to bring communities together to remember; and to think about the Armed Forces today. The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust makes awards and g...
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