Notes for your diary: (Week beginning 13th January 2025)
(All activities in THE CORNERSTONE unless stated otherwise)
Sun 12th Jan 12.30pm SOUP LUNCH (after morning service)
Mon 13th Jan 1.30pm Playtime
3.45pm Junior Singers
6.30pm Boys’ Brigade
Tues 14th Jan 10.00am Coffee Stop
7.30pm Social Committee Meeting
Wed 15th Jan 7.30pm Finance Committee Meeting
Thurs 16th Jan 1.00pm Chit-Chat
6.30pm Girls’ Brigade
Sun 19th Jan 11.00am Service
Funeral Intimations
It is with great sadness we intimate the deaths of Mr. Ian Somerville, Mrs Elizabeth Dallas and Mr George Robertson.
Mr Ian Somerville’s funeral will take place at Woodside Crematorium on Monday 13th January at 3pm.
Mrs Elizabeth (Elma) Dallas – funeral is planned for 10 am, Saturday 18th January at The Hurlet Crematorium (Barrhead).
Mr George Robertson – funeral will be on Monday 20th January at 10:15 am Bishopton Church, followed by committal service at Clydebank Crematorium at 11:30am.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Ian, Elma and George and all who are bereaved at this time.
Sunday Kidz
Children are encouraged to be part of the Morning Worship from 11am in the Church, and they may leave after the second hymn to take part in Sunday Kidz activities in the Extension Hall. On the first Sunday of each month (Family Service), when there is no organised Sunday Kidz activity, the creche will be available for all children.
Walk ‘n Talk Group
Restart date to be advised
Junior Singers
Meets on Mondays, from 3.45 until 4.45pm. New members most welcome!
Open to all children of Primary School age.
Boys’ Brigade
Meets on Mondays at 6.30pm. Open to primary school boys.
Girls’ Brigade
Meets on Thursdays P1 – 3 6.30pm
P4 – 7 7.00pm
1st Year – 6th Year 7.45pm
For more information – Email: [email protected]
Senior Choir
Meets on Thursday evenings. Please check “Notes for your diary” above for starting time this week. New members welcome. No practice this week! (Choir Night Out!!)
Coffee Stop
The Coffee Stop is open on Tuesday mornings between 10 and 11.30am.
Drop in for tea/coffee and biscuits. Come and go as you please and catch up with friends.
Thursday Chit Chat Group
Meets every Thursday at 1.00pm. This week – The History of Formakin; Fiona Sinclair
Playtime @ The Cornerstone
Restarts on Monday 13th January and usually meets on Mondays from 1.30 until 2.45pm.
Parents/guardians who bring their child /children, will be responsible for the overall care and overseeing their children at play.
BISHOPTON BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH 24-26 JANUARY – ALL WELCOME!
Last January 15 members of our Chit-Chat Group took part in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch. The Birdwatch is the world’s largest and longest running bird survey and last year over 600,000 people across the UK took part and provided a hugely valuable insight into how our garden birds are faring.
It’s very simple to take part. All you need do is set aside an hour over the weekend 24-26 January and count the birds in your garden from the warmth of your home. Do it on your own or with family and friends. Have a coffee and biscuit while you count, what’s not to like??
Thanks to the data provided by Chit-Chat members last year, we were able to compile a Top 10 of Bishopton Birds and see how our area compared with the rest of Scotland and the UK.
The plan is to do the same this year and it would be great to get even more participants from both Chit-Chat Group and the Church as a whole.
So if you would like to help the birds and have some fun at the same time you can get the survey form at Chit-Chat meetings on 16th and 23rd January or from Gill McHattie or Tony Baker. Alternatively you can get it from the RSPB (google RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch and they’ll email you an information pack you can print off).
After the count it would be much appreciated if you could please return your survey form to either Gill or Tony and we will crunch the data and come up with Bishopton’s Top Ten 2025 – watch this space!
Langbank Church 50:50 Prom
The Higham Quartet plays music by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak this Sunday, 12th January, at 2.30pm in Langbank Church.
Tickets, priced £5, are available at the door on the day.
Articles for Newsy-Mail
If group leaders or committee convenors have information, they wish to circulate to members or adherents of the church, please contact Ruby at The Cornerstone who will include this in the next edition.
