Sunday Services – LIVE FEED
Please click here to listen to our LIVE AUDIO FEED from the 10.30am Sunday service in the church hall. A selection of pre-recorded hymns and choral music will play in a loop until around 10.20am on Sunday morning, when we’ll switch over to the live feed from the church hall, which will start with the gathering music from the digital piano.
After the service is finished around 11am, the live feed will finish, and a pre-recorded version of the service including full hymns and intimations, will be published here on the website.
Intimations – 6th December 2020
Dedications or requests for the next Kirkgate By Request programme should be given to Stuart by Sunday 6th December please – email requests@kirkgatechurch.org.uk – the show will be broadcast at 7pm next Sunday 13th December and will have a suitably festive feel to it.
We will be holding our annual Christmas Gift Service on Sunday 13th December in aid of the homeless. Unwrapped gifts are required for all ages this year and again can be handed in at any of our Thursday or Sunday services before or on the 13th December.
Once again this year we will be holding a “Blue Christmas” service offering a time of quiet reflection for those who have been bereaved or missing loved ones. The service will be held on Sunday 20th December at 2pm in the church hall.
As Christmas Eve is on a Thursday this year, there won’t be a midweek morning service on 24th December. Instead we will be holding a Christmas Eve service at 2pm (and 4pm if required for extra numbers). All welcome to attend but please contact Mima as usual to reserve your seat.
Many folk have been asking about the Christmas Fair, and as you’ll appreciate it is not possible to hold it this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The Christmas Fair was an important fundraising event for the church, and given that our income has already dropped considerably due to the restrictions, we are asking people to consider making a donation to the church for the amount that you normally would have spent in connection with the Fair. These donations can be handed in at either the Thursday or Sunday services until the end of the year. Alternatively, contact Vivien Bruce our Session Clerk who can arrange for your donation to be uplifted.
Freewill offering envelopes are now available for uplifting when the hall is open on Sundays and Thursdays. If anyone can uplift and deliver a friend’s or neighbour’s envelopes this would be appreciated. The remainder will be delivered before Christmas and if anyone has any questions please contact Moira Cooper on 468851.
Kirkgate Messenger – December 2020
Please click here to view the December edition of the Kirkgate Messenger. This edition has also been emailed out to members for whom we hold an email address. Life & Work Magazine subscribers should still be receiving their edition by post directly from the publishers – please let Elizabeth know if it hasn’t arrived.
The next edition will be published in February 2021. If any member would like a printed copy of the magazine posted to them from February onwards, then we are happy to do so in return for a small donation towards the p&p – details are inside the magazine and in a letter being sent out shortly with a Christmas Card to the congregation.
Sunday Service – 1st Sunday in Advent – Rev Nigel Chikanya
Please click below to listen to the Sunday Service for 29th November by our new minister, Rev Nigel Chikanya
Reading: Mark 13: 24-37
This week’s hymns are:
273: O come, O come Emmanuel
279: Make way, make way for Christ the King
803: We will walk with God, my brothers
You can download a copy of the Order of Service here.
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the new November edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
A reminder that the church has now reopened for our worship services. On a Sunday at present there will be two short services available both lasting 30 minutes – one at the slightly earlier time of 10.30am and the other at 11.45am. The Thursday services will also take place at 10.30am. To attend you will need to book a seat in advance by contacting Mima McSwan on 01294 602410. Please do not turn up without booking a seat as space may not be available. Full details and restrictions can be found on our website.
Intimations – Sunday 29th November 2020
Articles for the next Kirkgate Messenger should be sent to Elizabeth McMahon by today, 29th November, please. For the past few years we have also included some Christmas Greetings within the December magazine in return for a small donation – if you would like to include a message, then again, please contact Elizabeth – her email and phone number are in all the past editions of the magazine.
Dedications or requests for the next Kirkgate By Request programme should be given to Stuart by next Sunday (6th December) please – email requests@kirkgatechurch.org.uk – the show will be broadcast at 7pm on Sunday 13th December and will have a suitably festive feel to it.
We will also be holding our annual Christmas Gift Service on Sunday 13th December in aid of the homeless. Gifts are required for all ages this year and again can be handed in at any of our Thursday or Sunday services before or on the 13th December.
Many folk have been asking about the Christmas Fair, and as you’ll appreciate it is not possible to hold it this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The Christmas Fair was an important fundraising event for the church, and given that our income has already dropped considerably due to the restrictions, we are asking people to consider making a donation to the church for the amount that you normally would have spent in connection with the Fair. These donations can be handed in at either the Thursday or Sunday services until the end of the year. Alternatively, contact Vivien Bruce our Session Clerk who can arrange for your donation to be uplifted.
Sunday Service – 22nd November 2020
Please click below to listen to the Sunday Service for 22nd November by Rev James McNay, who is ‘preaching in’ our new minister.
Reading: Revelation 19: 5-10
This week’s hymns are:
127: O worship the King
356: Meekness and majesty
449: Rejoice! the Lord is King
You can download a copy of the Order of Service here.
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the new November edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
A reminder that the church has now reopened for our worship services. On a Sunday at present there will be two short services available both lasting 30 minutes – one at the slightly earlier time of 10.30am and the other at 11.45am. The Thursday services will also take place at 10.30am. To attend you will need to book a seat in advance by contacting Mima McSwan on 01294 602410. Please do not turn up without booking a seat as space may not be available. Full details and restrictions can be found on our website.
Intimations – Sunday 22nd November
We have a few intimations for this week.
Firstly, we extend a warm welcome to our new minister Rev Nigel Chikanya and look forward to hearing and working with him over the coming weeks and months. Hopefully many of you were able to watch his induction service on Thursday evening – a recording of it is available to watch again via our website.
Articles for the next Kirkgate Messenger should be sent to Elizabeth McMahon by next Sunday, 29th November please. For the past few years we have also included some Christmas Greetings within the December magazine in return for a small donation – if you would like to include a message, then again, please contact Elizabeth – her email and phone number are in all the past editions of the magazine.
Many folk have been asking about the Christmas Fair, and as you’ll appreciate it is not possible to hold it this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The Christmas Fair was an important fundraising event for the church, and given that our income has already dropped considerably due to the restrictions, we are asking people to consider making a donation to the church for the amount that you normally would have spent in connection with the Fair. These donations can be handed in at either the Thursday or Sunday services until the end of the year. Alternatively, contact Vivien Bruce our Session Clerk who can arrange for your donation to be uplifted.
We will also be holding our annual Christmas Gift Service on Sunday 13th December in aid of the homeless. Gifts are required for all ages this year and again can be handed in at any of our Thursday or Sunday services before or on the 13th December.
Induction Service, 19th November
Click the image below to view the live recording for the Service of Induction for Rev Nigel Chikanya. Click here to download the Order of Service.
Induction Service for Rev Nigel Chikanya
The induction of our new minister, Rev Nigel Chikanya will take place this Thursday, 19th Nov at 7pm in Kirkgate Parish Church hall. As a result of current restrictions numbers allowed in the building are extremely limited, therefore a live stream broadcast over Zoom and our website has been set up – the details for viewing the service are below:
To view via the church website:
If you don’t use Zoom, a Youtube feed has been embedded into a post on the home page of our website – the live feed should be available from about 6pm on Thursday evening, with the service starting at 7pm.
https://kirkgatechurch.org.uk/induction-service-live-feed/
To view on Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/97886191924
Meeting ID: 978 8619 1924
No passcode required
You can also listen in via the phone by dialling 0131 460 1196
Type in the Meeting ID followed by #
We would ask that anyone joining via Zoom makes sure their microphone is muted and that their camera is off during the service as this should help maintain a good connection. Again, this should be available from around 6pm.
The service will be recorded so that in the event of any technical issues on the night, it will be available to view afterwards. We hope that many of you will be able to view and enjoy the broadcast.
Sunday Service – 15th November 2020 – Mr Brian Murray
Please click below to listen to the farewell Sunday Service and intimations for 15th November by our locum, Mr Brian Murray.
Reading: Ephesians 6: 10-20
This week’s hymns are:
336: Christ is our light
515: Soldiers of Christ, arise
517: Fight the good fight
You can download a copy of the Order of Service here.
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the new November edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
A reminder that the church has now reopened for our worship services. On a Sunday at present there will be two short services available both lasting 30 minutes – one at the slightly earlier time of 10.30am and the other at 11.45am. The Thursday services will also take place at 10.30am. To attend you will need to book a seat in advance by contacting Mima McSwan on 01294 602410. Please do not turn up without booking a seat as space may not be available. Full details and restrictions can be found on our website.
Next Sunday, our new minister will be ‘preached in’ by Rev Jim Teasdale, minister of Eastwood Parish Church in Glasgow (and formerly of St Margaret’s, Dalry).
Kirkgate: By Request – November 2020
Click below to listen to the Novemberedition of our Kirkgate: By Request podcast – 60 minutes of favourite hymns and music, with a reflective feel for Remembrance. It is also available on our Twilio phone service – 01294 444201 and selecting Option 2*. We hope you enjoy listening to it.
Requests, dedications or feedback for the next edition should be sent to requests@kirkgatechurch.org.uk by Sunday 6th December please. Other contact details are in the Kirkgate Messenger. The next edition will be broadcast on Sunday 13th December and will feature music for Christmas.
*Please Note: There may be a short pause in the middle of the programme whilst part 2 loads up when listening on the phone service.
