REFUEL at Westerton Campus

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Christian Aid : Updates

October #2 : Christian Aid, Oxfam, Cafod, Debt Justice, Greenpeace, Amnesty International UK and others are urging the new government to increase funding to tackle the climate crisis and introduce legislation to facilitate debt relief for lower income countries in crisis.  The following link provides more detail:

https://mediacentre.christianaid.org.uk/embargo-immediae/

October #1 : Onions cost more than a week’s wages in northern Gaza. One kilogram of onions costs more than £80 in northern Gaza - 400 times its pre-war price.  

The following link provides more detail: 

https://mediacentre.christianaid.org.uk/onions-cost-more-than-a-weeks-wages-in-northern-gaza-christian-aid-says-as-families-experience-catastrophic-food-insecurity/

Alan Stevens

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Church News : Boclair  and Beyond!

Boclair Community Church

• Worship at Westerton – Call to Worship - an update :  Please think seriously whether you might be able to take part in worship here in Westerton on an occasional basis.  Two things which initially come to mind are joining the rota of readers and alternatively offering a simple welcome at the start of each service.  The more who join in, the less each needs to do!  There will be a sign-up sheet in the vestibule over the next few weeks – please add your name and contact details – phone number or email address – you will be contacted to arrange a short meeting, probably before or after church one Sunday, to talk over what is involved.  Marlene Anderson

• The Guild : On 9^th December 2024 the Guild are holding their Annual Christmas Lunch at Caulders, Mugdock.
• Life and Work : The December issue is now available for collection from the vestibule. There is also an envelope enclosed with it for those continuing to subscribe in 2025 with instructions of how to pay the subscription fee of £42.
  
  

• Prayer Requests : If you would like a prayer for yourself or others, please continue to write it out and put it in the box in the vestibule as before.  Also, as before, it is not necessary to give your own or anyone else’s name although you may do so if you would like to.  Although the Westerton group is not meeting at the moment, members are attending the Prayer Group which meets at Killermont weekly and will also undertake to pray daily for what is needed. Please speak to Marlene for more information.

• Killermont Cafe : The Killermont Café is open Monday and Friday from 9:30am to 11:30am and on the first Saturday of each month from 9:00am to 11:30am, when hot-filled rolls are available. All Welcome. 

• Church News extra : until our new united "Boclair" website is up and running, you can find news about our sister "campus" at Killermont here  https://boclair.church/
  Information about our Westerton "campus" will still appear as usual on these pages

• Members and Adherents' Communication : Please ensure that BCC has your current contact details and in particular a valid email address, if you have one, so that you don't miss out on communications from Boclair. Contact the Church Office, if necessary.

Elsewhere

• Bearsden Academy Christmas Concert : EDC have set aside a limited number of tickets with an invitation to attend the Bearsden Academy Christmas Concert on Wednesday 18^th December 2024 at 2:30pm.  There will be no access into the school prior to 2pm due to the school working day. If you are interested please let the school know by Friday 6^th December 2024, as this will assist them in organising seating and refreshments. You can contact the Finance office by phone on 0141 955 2344 or email at .

• Religious Decline in the Scottish Census 2022: Four Causes and Five Blessings
  Read the article by Rev Dr Liam Jerrold Fraser here   www.missioninscotland.wordpress.com

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Drumchapel Foodbank

Foodbanks continue to struggle, any donations at all are greatly appreciated. – tinned vegetables, porridge, boxes of cereal. Teabags, coffee, sugar, instant noodles, long-life milk, tinned fruit and rice pudding/custard, tinned meatballs/hotdogs, pasta sauce, soup, tinned beans, tinned spaghetti, macaroni cheese, toilet rolls, shampoo/shower gel, and wet dog food.Leave in the box in the vestibule. Cash donations are preferred  - see details on how to give on the weekly intimation sheet.  Many thanks for your help!

Niall and Marjorie McCumesty (Bearsden West Communty Council)

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