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THIS THURSDAY – Time to have your bike checked for spring-time – Thursday 28th Feb

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THURSDAY 28TH FEBRUARY - 4.30pm - 6pm 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 Dr Bike doing a drop in. It will be a great opportunity to have your bike checked out in preparation for the lovely spring days ahead!
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Spring Eco-Fayre – Saturday 9th March in the church

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Come along to our family-oriented Eco Fayre on Saturday 9th March from 10am - 1pm at Granton Parish Church. With the FREE ENTRY you will get: crafters selling up-cycled art and craft, jewellery, bags etc environmental and eco-friendly projects doing different workshops information about energy saving, recycling and up-cycling free refreshments
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Works in the Halls – ‘let there be light’

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Electrical work in the West and East halls is due to be completed by this weekend and, for a while, the halls will be available as normal. The new sockets around the halls will be a great boost to groups using the building - no more trailing extension leads! All the windows in the halls and rooms have had their glass restored to their original look, and light is now flooding into the building. Next up is to install energy efficient secondary glazing over the next few week. Any enquir...
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Thought for the Day during Lent

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Each day throughout Lent there will be a ‘Thought For The Day’ from the ministry team here at Granton. Lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter in our Christian calendar. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, Christians replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. For that reason, we are publishing a ‘Lent Thought for the Day’ right th...
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Granton Goes Greener – February’s update in numbers

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GRANTON GOES GREENER THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS 1000 kG Total weight of clothes donated to the Swap Shop during November and Decemember 1 kG Total weight of clothes that we have reused - including 20 kg taken to orphanage in Uganda, 111 kg to Botswana and 59 kg to Gambia 1 kG Total weight of clothes recycled and dropped at council recycling site. 1 kG Total weight of Rescued Bread that we have redistributed 1 kG Of all the bread that we have rescued, only 4kG has ha...
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Community Meals Workshop – Free – 19th March

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FREE COMMUNITY MEALS WORKSHOP FOR VOLUNTEERS, TRAINERS/FACILITATORS IN NORTH EDINBURGH • Are you running or want to run A COMMUNITY MEAL OR A COMMUNITY FOOD EVENT? • Would you like to increase/learn new skills and techniques on how to plan and organise a community meal event? This 5 hour free workshop that includes: • Tools and techniques on how to plan and organise community meal events. • Scaling recipes, ingredients and catering quantities. • Doing your shopping list and sourc...
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Development Update – Dan brings us up to date with the project to make our church fit for the future

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Update from Dan Docwra, Session Clerk and Chair of the Blue Skies Group Dear Members of the Granton Parish Church Family It was about two years ago that I presented plans for the development of Granton Parish Church to the congregation. The Blue Skies Group of Elders had taken a very serious look at the future of the Church and its facilities and how best to improve and preserve our beautiful Church to meet our needs now and for future generations. Ambitious The ambitious plans that were...
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