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Free Bike maintenance session – Thursday 22nd November

Posted on by Charles Macintosh
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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Join the cycle ride to Granton Hub and Social Bite Village – after church on 25th October

Posted on by Charles Macintosh
Join the fun with friends from church and the community on the third community cycle ride. Our next Free Cycling Tour to Granton Hub and Social Bite Village is taking place on the SUNDAY 25 TH NOVEMBER. Leaving Granton Parish after Shared Lunch around 12:30. Remember your Bike Helmet on the day. You are welcome to join us for Church Service at 10:30, lunch-11:30 or come at 12:30 for the tour. We will be cycling slowly and stopping at Granton hub to see a photo exhibition, find out more about groups, activities and community garden and stopping again at Social Bite Village. No need to ...
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This Year’s Advent Studies

Posted on by Charles Macintosh
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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Caring Christmas Trees

Posted on by Charles Macintosh
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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Granton BB Remember

Posted on by Charles Macintosh
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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Community Tree Lighting – Sunday 2nd December

Posted on by Charles Macintosh
Granton's Community Tree lighting event is on Sunday 2nd December at 5pm. Once again we will kick off our Christmas season with the Community Tree lighting event. This has become a great night where the community gathers together to celebrate Christmas. There will be singing, there will be mince pies, there will be fun and there will be a great gathering of people! Be part of your community by bringing your voice and your friends. Together we will remind each other why Granton is such a great place to be and this year the tree will be bigger than ever! We are delighted to welco...
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