Keeping You in the Loop January 2023
All the latest updates on Guild activities
Keeping You in…
The recent church collection for the Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal raised £550 together with a kind donation from Ardoch Guild of £500 making a total of £1050. This has been sent off to the Disasters Emergency Committee who provide disaster relief to Turkey and Syria. Grateful thanks to all.
The Hot Chocolate Club hopes you enjoy this Nativity signed in Makaton and featuring themselves, some younger children who attend Forest Mission and older friends who were delighted to join in. Daniel Thomas filmed many of the clips along with Lyndsey and pasted them together very skillfully into this lovely digital Nativity, a part of which has been shown in Church each Sunday in Advent, and greatly appreciated by everyone.
Sunday 19th March 2023 4th Sunday in Lent
Sunday 12th March 2023 3rd Sunday in Lent
Sunday 5th March 2023 2nd Sunday in Lent
Sunday 26th February 2023 1st Sunday in Lent
Wanted: Reference books and histories of Braco, Greenloaning and surrounding areas
From time to time the Church website receives enquiries from people far and wide regarding perhaps the history of a farming family, an old family dwelling or wondering about a gravestone usually in either of the Kirk cemeteries. Our “go to” reference books are Sketches of Ardoch, written by Alexander N.. Anderson MA., FSA. (Scot.) 1933, formerly Head Master, Braco Public School: Ardoch 2000, written by William Hutchison and published by the Ardoch 2000 Millennium Committee: Dan McIldowie’s book which he personally had printed, The Parish of Ardoch and The Village of Braco, the proceeds of which went to Ardoch Parish Church to help mark its Bicentenary in March 1981: Walter Hanlan’s World War One & Two research papers: Old Tales of Braco & Ardoch Parish before 1915 written by Mr M van Ballegooijen for the bicentenary of Braco Village 1815 – 2015 and published in April 2015 by Ardoch Development Trust. All these books as far as I know are out of print.
If anyone has a spare copy of any of these books, they would be a useful addition to the ones held personally by the webmaster and the Session Clerk and could be held in the Church as reference books. At the moment there is a lady from down south I am corresponding with, who is a direct descendent of the Kinross family mentioned in Old Tales of Braco & Ardoch Parish before 1915 and she would very much appreciate a copy.
I would be delighed to hear from anyone who can help me in anyway with this request. Please contact me at info@ardochparishchurch.org or csouterbraco@aol.com
Hot Chocolate and Forest Mission Clubs
The Youth Team is pleased to announce that the Hot Chocolate Club and Forest Mission are meeting regularly. Hot Chocolate for young people in P7 meets once a month on a Friday between 6.30 – 8.00 p.m. Please check the website for dates of meetings or email ardochyouth@gmail.com for more information. New members are welcome to come along on the evening, but please bring an adult for five minutes to complete a consent form.
Forest Mission is for children in P1 – P6 on and meets once a month on a Saturday from 2 – 3.30 p.m. Again check the website for dates. We do crafts, games, songs and stories. Parents and carers are not required to stay but it would be helpful if you can email us to let us know who to expect.
The Hot Chocolate Chat Room
Leo Chalamanda chats with Joyce Wighton, who began volunteering alongside her father and has graduated to be on one occasion the Chief Track Judge and valued trackside official at many prestigious events including the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
The Hot Chocolate Chat Room
Listen in to Duncan Kydd’s very interesting chat with Liz Paterson about her experiences in different parts of the world
The Hot Chocolate Chat Room
By popular demand here again is Leo Chalamanda’s interview with Mike Boxer
