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From the 16th March, the new Church web site address will be:

bennochyparishchurch.org.uk

It's nearly time for the Get-Together annual Tea Afternoon. This year our chosen charity is the National Deaf Children's Society. Come and join us on Thursday 25th March at 2pm. Usual terms with £1 minimum please!

Jenny Featherstone sends belated greetings for a good year ahead. She is returning to the UK on furlough on the 27th March for two months and will be in Fife during that time. Her main work is now in the UCZ Theological College, teaching in a Social Work Diploma Course. However, she is to keep contacts with the village project groups:

• In Ipusukilo - Now with a shelter for their meetings, especially in the rainy season.
• In Kamatipa - Working on a "play for all" project.

The Women's Group are having a Table Top Sale on Tuesday 23rd March at 6.30pm. Goods for sale can be handed into the Methven Hall on 17th March from 2-4pm. The sale is open to any group, £6 to rent a table. Please speak to Irene Wood (267995) or any member of the Women's Group. Now is the time to have a good clear out.

Services for World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday 5th March at the following venues:

• West End Congregational Church at 2pm.
• Torbain Church and E.U. Congregational Church at 7pm.

The Kirk Session has decided that the opportunity to contribute to the Helping Haiti Appeal will be made available at the close of worship on Sundays 7th and 14th March.

Excellent support for the recent fundraising events raised the following totals:

• Souper Sunday Lunch - £447.60 for Church of Scotland HIV/AIDS Projects.
• RNLI SOS - £765 from the tea afternoon.

The next Walking Group event will take place on Sunday March 7th. Cars will leave the church at 12.45pm heading for the Retail Park where we will leave the cars and take the bus (13.16pm) to Cardenden. The walk will go from Dundonald Den to the Begg Farm, ending up at Home Farm View for coffee. Remember to bring along your suggestions for the new name for our walking group.

There is to be a Safeguarding Training course organised by Kirkcaldy Presbytery for those currently on the register of Children's Workers on Saturday 27th March at St Columba's Church, Glenrothes from 08.45 - 11.45. Anyone wishing to book a place please speak to Bob Docherty or Dianne Waddell before 20th March

Fairtrade Fortnight will be held from Monday 22nd February to Sunday 7th March this year.

Millions of farmers across the world struggle to feed their families and yet they supply us with everyday items which we enjoy. Fairtrade has given which one worker calls "sustainability of life" - security for the future, funds to invest in education, health and economic development and has "opened the vista for a sense of belonging and self-development". But for their dreams to become a reality we need to ensure that more people buy Fairtrade products more often. So start swapping your usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, your usual cuppa for a Fairtrade cuppa and look for the Fairtrade sign while shopping. Each any every swap proves that people of the UK want producers in the developing world to get a fairer deal.

There will be a Fairtrade Stall in the Church vestibule on 7th March where you will have the opportunity to purchase Fairtrade goods.

You can read more about Fairtrade by clicking here.

The Prayer Group will meet for an hour on Wednesday morning, 17th February, at 10am in the home of Mrs Janet Ferguson, 16 Montgomery St, Kirkcaldy. All are invited to join them.

The Service of Union, joining the congregations of St. John's and St. Andrews as Bennochy Parish Church of Scotland will be held on Tuesday 16th March at 7pm. In attendance will be Rev. Ken Froude and the service will be led by Rev. Wilma Cairns.

From this date, the interim moderator for Bennochy Parish Church of Scotland will be Rev. Catriona Morrison from Linktown Parish Church. Our thanks to Rev. Alex Forsyth for his time as interim moderator of St. Johns.

A special Tea Afternoon serving Sponges or Scones will be held in the Methven Hall from 2pm to 4pm on 26th February in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution SOS Day. There will also be a Cake and Candy stall. Tickets are on sale now priced at £2.50 from Senga or pay at the door.

The total collected in the gift boxes for the year 2009 was £593.37. Please make your coppers turn into pounds by filling a yellow gift box. The boxes are available in the Church vestibule.

Girlguiding UK is celebrating its centenary during 2010 and to celebrate there is a special exhibition at Kirkcaldy Museum called "Girls in the Lead" which will run from 24th April to 30th May and focus on the organisation in Fife. Royal Mail have also produced special stamps and there is a Girlguiding UK Centenary web site you can visit.

The panel of arbiters appointed by The Church of Scotland have selected the buildings of St. John's Parish Church as the sole place of worship for the new Bennochy Parish Church of Scotland. The decision was announced at a special meeting held at St. Bryce Kirk on the evening of 27th January 2010.

Further details on special services to be held on completion of the Union between St. Andrew's and St. John's will be provided at a later date.

For many of you who read The Courier newspaper, you perhaps saw an article from the Fife organisers of Operation Christmas Child saying "the response to the appeal was outstanding".

As well as being posted on the Church notice board you can read the article here ...

The Arbitration process will be completed on Wednesday, 27th January when the Church building to be retained as the sole place of worship for Bennochy Parish Church of Scotland is likely to be named. A copy of the schedule for the day is on the Church notice boards. At 7pm there will be a meeting of Arbiters and Congregations in St. Bryce Kirk Centre.

Sunday 31st January will be Homelessness Sunday. The Worship Committee will lead the service.

Due to adverse weather conditions and the dangerous state of the pavements around the town, the following changes have been made:

• Guild meeting for 11th Jan is cancelled.
• Get-Together is cancelled for the 14th.
• The Souper Sunday has been moved to 21st February.

The next Walking Group walk will take place on 17th January leaving from the church on foot at 12.30pm. As the weather is unreliable, it's safer to stay near to home this month so we'll walk to the Beveridge Park and around it as far as Southerton Cres, through the woods, past Raith Lake and back to the church. Just over 4 miles.

All are welcome. Bring a piece of local knowledge for all to share please.

As part of the process to complete the Union between St. John's and St. Andrews Church's, submissions can be made in writing to the arbitrators from any member of the congregation or associated organisation. If you wish to make a submission please contact Bill Stenhouse who will provide the address and any further information. Submissions must be made by the 15th January.

To raise funds for Kirkcaldy Presbytery's contribution to the Church of Scotland's HIV/AIDS project we will be holding a Soup and Sweet Lunch on Sunday 10th January. Tickets are priced £4.

The flower list for 2010 is now in the vestibule of the church. If you wish to provide flowers for the Sanctuary, please add your name to the appropriate Sunday.