When contacting the office please email [email protected] or telephone (Tuesdays and Thursdays) 10am – 12.30pm (01505 862583)
Notes for your diary: (Week beginning 5th October 2026)
(All activities in THE CORNERSTONE unless stated otherwise)
Monday 5th October
· 1.30pm – Playtime
· 3.45pm – Junior Singers
· 6.30pm – Boys’ Brigade
· 7.00pm – Code Club
Tuesday 6th October
· 10.00am – Coffee Stop
· 10.00am – Citizens Advice
· 7.30pm – Kirk Session Meeting
Thursday 8th October
· 1.00pm – Chit Chat
· 6.00pm – Girls’ Brigade
· – Senior Choir Practice
Sunday 11th October
· 11.00am – Harvest Thanksgiving Service in the Church
Funeral intimations
Please remember in your prayers all those who grieve 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 a creche which will be available for all children in the Extension Hall.
Boys’ Brigade
The Boys’ Brigade meets on Mondays at 6.30pm.
Open to primary school boys.
Girls’ Brigade
The Girls’ Brigade meets on Thursdays
● P1 – 3 6.30pm
● P4 – 7 7.00pm
● Sec. Sch 7.45pm
For more information – Email: [email protected]
Playtime at The Cornerstone
Playtime 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.
Junior Singers
The group is open to children of Primary School age and meets during school term time from 3.45 to 4.45pm.
New members will be made very welcome.
Walk and Talk Group
The Walk and Talk Group will meet in The Cornerstone carpark every Tuesday morning at 9.30am.
Walk and Talk Group will restart on Tuesday 6th October
Coffee Stop
This group normally meets on Tuesdays, 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.October programme.
1st October – Accordion Entertainment with Yuan Wong
8th October – The Madgies
15th October – The Urban Historian (Stephen Clancy)
22nd October – Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre
29th October – Service of Worship
Bible Study Group
The next Bible Study will commence on Tuesday 13th October at 7.30pm and will run every two weeks.
THE YOUNG LIVES vs CANCER CHRISTMAS CONCERT.
The Young Lives vs Cancer 46th Christmas Concert will take place in the Royal Concert Hall on Friday 11th December 2026.
Tickets priced £20 for adults and £5 for children are available to Concert Choir members on Sunday 4th October when they have to be ordered and paid for. After this date they will need to be ordered direct when a booking fee etc will be added to the cost.
As in previous years it is planned to run a bus to and from the Concert venue (cost TBC)
If you are interested in attending, please contact Margaret Blair, Carolyn Macdonald or Mary Norton.
” HARVEST THANKSGIVING”
We celebrate the Harvest this year on Sunday the 11th of October with any food donations going to the Renfrewshire Foodbank. We would appreciate any donations of dried foods, tins of all types, juices, long lasting milk as well as pet foods and toiletries. Can you please bring your donations to the Church on the 11th of October or alternatively to the Cornerstone on Saturday the 10th of October from 1-3pm when members of the One World Committee will be very pleased to receive your donations. You can also hand in your foods at the Cornerstone in the week preceding the 11th if that would be convenient.
Many thanks in anticipation.
One World Committee”
Renfrewshire Foodbank
As the demand for the Foodbank in Renfrewshire continues to remain high, our Church is pleased to offer support by welcoming donations at The Cornerstone or at the Church service on Sundays.
There is always a need for tinned foods, meat, fish, soup, vegetables, pasta sauce, as well as cereals, biscuits, long life milk, diluting juice. Donations of toiletries, particularly shampoo, shower and shaving items, pet food and chocolate/sweets/crisps are also very much appreciated.
As usual donations can be dropped off at the Church on Sunday or at The Cornerstone when it is open for Chit Chat, Coffee Stop or Services.
Articles for Newsy-Mail
If group leaders or committee convenors have information, they wish to circulate to members or adherents of the church, please email [email protected] or telephone Tuesday and Thursday 10am – 12.30pm (01505 862583) for inclusion in the next edition.
