Inverurie St. Andrew’s Parish Church

1. The Flower Calendar for 2026 is in the vestibule, if you would like to donate flowers, please add your details. If you know anyone who has been ill, bereaved or needs a ‘pick-me-up’ please tell Linsey in the Office or Moira Keith so flowers can be delivered after the service.

2. The next ‘Cuppa and Chat’ will be this Friday 4 September from 10am to 12noon. All welcome.

3. The September edition of The Saltire magazine are in pigeonholes for deliverers to collect.

4. There will be a Quiz Night and Raffle in St. Andrew’s Church Hall on Friday 18 September at 7pm (doors open 6:30pm). Bring your own drinks and glasses, nibbles provided. Tickets £5 pp (maximum of 4 per team) from the Church Office, Yvonne Clark or Rosie Milne.

5. Our Presbytery has organised an online course about modern slavery, ‘True Freedom’, at 7pm on Wednesday evenings, beginning on 16 September and ending on 21 October. This will be complemented with a conference, run by a Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland (SOHTIS), which will take place at Fountainhall Church at the Cross, Aberdeen, and online, from 10am to 12noon on Saturday 24 October. Details are on posters in the vestibule, Old Hall and outside noticeboard. To reserve your place/s, email mcranfield@churchofscotland.org.uk PTO

6. The Bible Study Group will begin again this Thursday, 3rd September, at 7:30pm, in the Chapel of St. Apollinaris, to start studying Genesis. All Welcome.

7. This is the last of our joint summer services. Next Sunday, here in St. Andrew’s, we will celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion. The readings will be Exodus 12:1-14 and Matthew 18:15-20.               

West Church

1. There will be a quiz, in the Acorn Centre on Friday 11 September, at 7pm for teams of 4(max). Tickets at £5 per person available from Joyce Petrie or the Acorn Centre. Nibbles provided, BYOB and raffle.