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| Carol Singing | Singing schedule/report | |
| Churches involved | Links to Church websites | |
| Constitution & Report | June 2008 & June 2011 | |
| GROW | Regional Outreach Work | |
| Diary | Church & Other related events | |
| Lent Studies | 2011 Group Details | |
| Links | Links to various websites | |
| Minutes of Meetings | View or download the minutes | |
| News | Latest Information | |
| One World Week | 2011 Theme | |
| Pray for your MSP's | Those in authority | |
| Presentations | Reports & Links | |
| Week of Prayer | For Unity of Chrisitians | |
| World Day of Prayer | Informed Prayer - Prayerful Action | |
| Last update 25/1/12 | ||
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Please check the diary to find out about Church and other events in the area and further afield. The information will help if you wish to attend an event, but also assist you when planning your own event to avoid clashes of dates. You can email me the details of your event (see address above) for inclusion in the diary.
Two Sisters and a FuneralSt Columba's hosted the Scottish Premiere of the Roger Jones musical on Sat 26th Nov. all proceeds to GROW.It is a lively, amusing musical about the life of Lazarus and the songs are very tuneful. There are some moving moments and a powerful message. This was a Parish Grouping event with singers from St Columba’s, St Ninian’s, Leslie Trinity and other churches and, was for one night only. |
Scottish Bible Society
The SBS action group ran a King James Bible 400th anniversary Quiz sheet price £1 drawn on 28th Sept at Churches Together meeting. | St.Ninian`s Charity Shop &
We would like all of the churches in Glenrothes and surrounding areas to be aware that this Charity shop & café exists and for people to go there for their cups of tea/coffee/snacks. It also deals with furniture and electrical goods as well as clothes. Please consider donating to this cause rather than just handing your goods into local charity shops. |
Scottish & other UK Bible Societies toured the country with a scribing booth giving people the opportunity to be part of history and to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
Around 70-80 people enjoyed an excellent evening of entertainment in support of the GROW project. The first half there were some great new songs and the second half was a selection of audience requests. Bruce also donated 10% of all CD sales to the project.
A General Election Hustings was organised by Bob Grant and Ron Page on behalf of Glenrothes Area Futures Group and Churches Together. It was held on Tue 26th at 7:15pm in the C.I.S.W.O. Centre. All the main constituency candidates were invited. Questions were submitted in advance and lively debates took place.
For more information please see the Churches Vote Election Page 2011 http://www.churchesvote.org/
East Lomond 6:30am 24th April 2011
Leslie Pastors leading worship
Worshippers from many of the Church families in Glenrothes & District Churches Together gathered to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter morning.
Fair Trade Fortnight began on 28th Feb, and Churches were encouraged to promote the goods available in the supermarkets. The managers were contacted, reminding them that the Churches would be promoting this and would hopefully be looking for these products in the shops at that time. Asda were very helpful.
NEWS ARCHIVEThese are the Churches and Christian organisations associated with the Glenrothes area Churches Together.
Click on the Church name to view the website
| Glenrothes | Leslie | Markinch | Coaltown |
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-  - Christ's Kirk -  - Church of Christ-  - Collydean Baptist -  - Glenrothes Baptist -  - King's Covenant Fellowship-  - Salvation Army-  - St Columba’s-  - St Luke's-  - St Margaret's-  - St Ninian's-  - St Paul's and St Mary's- - The Reedemed Christian Church of God- - YMCA-YWCA |
-  - Leslie Baptist-  - St Paul's and St Mary's  -  - Trinity, Leslie |
-  - Markinch Parish |
-  - Coaltown URC |
Churches Together BannerFrom 22nd Sept 2011, the banner is now being displayed at St's Paul & Mary Churches. From 10th July 2011, the banner was displayed at Trinity Church, Leslie.
To view the updated constitution of the Glenrothes Area Churches Together and the report from the Chair, please download the file in the format you prefer...
To read about the activities of the Glenrothes Area Churches Together, please download the minutes in the format you prefer...
| Session 11/12 | |||
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| March 2012 | 7:30 pm on 14/3/12 @ St Columba's (to be confirmed) | ||
| January 2012 |  WORD (50K) draft version |
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| November 2011 |  PDF (12K) |
WORD (55K) |
WORD Page 2 only(41K) |
| September 2011 | PDF (12K) |
WORD (52K) |
WORD Page 2 only(38K) |
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| June 2011 AGM | PDF (11K) revised |
WORD (52K) revised |
WORD Page 2 only(38K) revised |
| May 2011 | PDF (8K) |
WORD (31K) |
WORD Page 2 only(26K) |
| March 2011 | PDF (25K) |
WORD (49K) |
WORD Page 2 only(35K) |
| February 2011 | PDF (11K) |
WORD (49K) |
WORD Page 2 only(36K) |
| January 2011 | PDF (11K) |
WORD (51K) |
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| December 2010 | PDF (10K) |
WORD (46K) |
WORD Page 2 only(31K) |
| November 2010 | PDF (12K) |
WORD (51K) |
WORD Page 2 only(35K) |
| October 2010 | Meeting Cancelled (weather) | ||
| September 2010 | PDF (10K) |
WORD (45K) |
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| June '10 AGM | PDF (10K) |
WORD (46K) |
WORD Page 2 only(35K) |
| May '10 | PDF (9K) |
WORD (42K) |
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| April '10 | PDF (9K) |
WORD (43K) |
WORD Page 2 only(31K) |
| February '10 | PDF (13K) |
WORD (51K) |
WORD Page 2 only(38K) |
| January '10 | PDF (12K) |
WORD (44K) |
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Leaflets have been made available at the last few meetings outlining the vision and background to HOPE - Houses of Prayer Everywhere. Lighthouses of Prayer have been starting up independantly in various places throughout the land. Here are some more instances of the pieces coming together.
April 2007 - Lance Canter was praying for the coming of the Pray for Scotland (PfS) team to West Kilbride during the Connecting Scotland 50 days of prayer. The Lord led him to Ezek 12:21-28. When the team came through he shared the passage with Jean Black of PfS. A few months later he discovered that God led Jean to share a message based on this word as she travelled and spoke throughout the nation. The gist of her message was to ask what things the Lord has spoken to us in the past that we have 'put on the shelf' and forgotten.
Sept 2007 - Ola Nordstrom and Lance were speaking about houses of prayer in Scotland. Ola said "I don't think we will have 24/7 houses of prayer in Scotland. Instead, God has given me a picture of HOPE - Houses of Prayer Everywhere".
Nov 2007 - Sylvia Norton emailed Lance from S Uist describing how God hasd given her a vision of HOPE - Houses of Prayer Everywhere. The exact same picture and acronym that God had given to Ola. She was reminded of this during a weekend conference with PfS team when they asked if God had given them any words that they had 'put on the shelf' and forgotten. Like Ola, God had given her this vision in 2000 and He was now bringing it back for both of them! Around this time Ola began travelling to every village and town in Ayrshire and driving wooden stakes in the ground reclaiming these areas for God's Kingdom. At one point he visited an orphanage in Uganda where he was given 6 stakes to bring back to Scotland. One of these stakes he was led to hold on to.
April 2008 - Jean Black was speaking at a YWAM Scotland staff day sharing the PfS vision of establishing HOPE, Houses of Prayer Everywhere in Scotland. Ola and Lance were at this meeting, and Ola felt the Lord telling him to give Jean the last stake.
July 2008 – Still carrying the stake, Jean found herself at CLAN Gathering when Brent Borthwick (from USA) gave an amazing prophetic word concerning revival in Scotland, remarkably similar to a vision Jean Darnell had in the 1970’s (read Ezek 12:21-28). (Brent knew nothing about Jean Darnell or her prophecy.) He ended by saying that he felt they should drive a stake in the ground as a prophetic symbol of embracing this word. Jean had the stake taken to Brent and shared where it came from. Just after the stake was driven in the ground, he commented that he was supposed to have been at an orphanage in Uganda that week, but God told him to cancel the trip and go to Scotland to share this word.
At the November 12th meeting, Gilven Project Manager Trish O’Brien, introduced us to ‘Passing the Baton’ a joint venture with Bethany Christian Trust to assist local young people to overcome isolation when taking up new accommodation after homelessness. There are opportunities to serve on the steering group and as ‘buddies’ and in other ways in this innovative project. Prayer, financial and other support is also welcome.
More information from Laura McNamee, Gavin Lawson or Trish at Gilven House.
Scottish Christian Alliance, Gilven House, 22 Iona Park, Pitcoudie, Glenrothes. KY7 6NU
Tel 01592 744849 Fax 01592 743924
Email
Web www.scottishchristianalliance.org/index.html
| Scottish Bible Society made a presentation to Glenrothes Area Churches Together in November 2007. There are two great resources: Bibleworld Studio in Edinburgh and Bibleworld Mobile now in its 4th edition. SBS mission is to get God's word in a format people can receive. |
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Ideally, Churches work together to bring Bibleworld to young people in their area.
The maximum capacity is 13 classes in one week 2 on Mon, 3 on Tue/Wed/Thu, 2 on Fri.
The modules are suitable for P6-S1 classes of up to 36 children. Sessions are 70 mins long per class.
The studio is normally open to adults or other groups (e.g. uniformed organisations) in the evenings. Open evenings are for short presentations and info on other SBS projects.
Each community is expected to contribute £1,000 towards costs.
Teachers are encouraged when Churches support them, and it is also good to involve local youth workers.
The relationships built help to promote the Gospel, help towards the work in schools and break down barriers between community and Church.
Teachers get a follow-up pack resource.
SBS can provide press release for Church magazines and local publications.
The mobile first visited Glenrothes between the 9th - 13th June 2008.
The next visit was between 9-20 May 2011
Open Evenings were Thurs 12th May & Wed 18th May from 7pm - 8:30pm.
To find out more click here → BibleWorld
 | Glenrothes Regional Outreach Worker | |
| Read the latest report (Winter '11) doc (450K) Remember to save it before printing. |
Our Outreach worker is Gwyneth Duff. She is involved with the Church youth groups and the school Scripture Unions Download the latest prayer letter PDF (550K) |
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| GROW visits Auchmuty January 2012 [this section can be used in your Church magazine) | A new venture for GROW in the new year will be a ‘Personal Search Week’ for first years in Auchmuty High School from 16th -20th January 2012. This is a really exciting opportunity for the local church, in partnership with GROW and SU Scotland, to make an impact on some of the young people of our town. Your church should have received a power point presentation and leaflets giving details of this week. There will be local involvement from Gwyneth and John McLean the school chaplain, and other local Christians, plus a highly talented and creative Christian drama and music team ‘Viz-a Viz’ who have a lot of experience working in schools, and other experts from around Scotland. This is a big project and will only be possible with the support of local Christians. There are a number of ways in which local people can be involved in supporting us in this venture and while we realise that not all churches are in the Auchmuty catchment area, GROW would be very grateful for your participation in praying for this event. Regular prayer updates are available from your church’s prayer co coordinator or from Ella Walls (tel: 757929, ericella79@fsmail.net ) If you are interested in finding out about helping in other ways eg providing accommodation for the team, or helping with catering, or financially, please contact Beth McLean (tel: 752241, beth@mcleanmail.me.uk ) | |
| We would value your prayers for this week. There will be an opportunity to pray each day from Monday 16th to Friday 20th at 10am in Glenrothes Baptist Church. For poster, click here → doc (323K) |
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1 Timothy 2:1-3 ...prayers, intercession and thanksgiving ...for kings and all those in authority
Join in and pray for your MSP's (updated 2011) and Councillors - if you want to live in peace and freedom...
Open or download this page to see who they are.
PDF (71K)
Click on the link to find out how you can go to the Scottish Parliament to pray → http://ppscotland.org/
In a change from previous years, we will hold the prayer and praise events in the run up to Pentecost in 2012.
The Fellowship Meal is being planned for Friday 25th May 12.
Prayer coordinators and praise leaders should contact Constance Robertson (or email the address at the top of the page) to be involved in the planning stages.
To find out more about Week of Prayer click here → http://www.ctbi.org.uk/weekofprayer
This will be held in St Paul's on Friday 2nd March 2012 at 7pm.
The service comes from Malaysia and the theme is: Let Justice Prevail
For more information click here → World Day of Prayer - Scotland
History of local events
 | Year | Date | Venue | Time |
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| 2012 | 2nd Mar | St. Paul's | 7pm | |
| 2011 | 4th Mar | Glenrothes Baptist | 7pm | |
| 2010 | 5th Mar | Salvation Army | 7pm |
Lent in 2011 was between Ash Wednesday (9th March) and Easter Day (24th April).
The study group leaders each chose a study theme to use for the Lent Studies.
There were a number of group studies throughout this period.
Anyone was free join whichever group they wished, and encouraged to join a group in a different Church.
Studies ran for 5 weeks.
The venues and dates were as follows
| Day | Time | Venue | Start | Leader |
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| Monday | 10:30am - 12 | St. Margaret’s Lounge | 14th Mar 2011 | Marjorie Cowie |
| Monday | 10:00am - 11:30 | St. Ninian’s | 14th Mar 2011 | Allistair Roy & team |
| Sunday | 7pm | Christ's Kirk | 13th Mar 2011 | Alexandra Rosener |
| OWW 2011 ran from Sunday 23rd to Sunday 30th October and the theme was "Living For One World" For more information, click here → http://www.oneworldweek.org/ |
Date for 2011 was 10th December.
The schedule has been revised for 2011
The Carol singing was led by King's Covenant Fellowship (KCF) in the Kingdom Centre in front of Rothes Halls.
Singers represented their Churches at the times below, and were also encouraged to join in earlier/later where possible.
Donations were collected on behalf of local charities. These amounted to £117.37
| 2011 Schedule | ||
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| Start | End | Churches |
| 11:00 | 11:20 | St. Columba's, Leslie Baptist, KCF |
| 11:20 | 11:40 | St. Margaret's, Collydean Baptist |
| 11:40 | 12:00 | St. Luke's, Glenrothes Baptist |
| 12:00 | 12:20 | St. Ninian's |
| 12:20 | 12:40 | St. Paul's & St. Mary's, Leslie Trinity |
| 12:40 | 13:00 | Christ's Kirk, Markinch Parish |
Please check this diary for details of events you wish to attend.
Also please use this list when you are planning your own event to avoid a clash of dates.
You can email your event details to the address at the top of this page for inclusion here.
| January 2012 | ||
| M-F 16-20th 10am | Glenrothes Baptist | Prayer for Personal Search Week. |
| Fri 27th 7:30-10pm | Leslie Baptist | Youth Outreach Event. (free entry) with Royal Foundlings. | February 2012 |
| Sat 4th 7:30-10pm | Leslie Baptist | Allan McKinlay Worship Concert.(Offering) All Welcome |
| Mon 6th 9:30-10:30am | St Ninian's | How to Drug proof Your Kids (DPYK) Taster Session For poster, click here → pdf (140K) | March 2012 |
| Fri 2nd 7pm | St Paul's | World Day of Prayer. For resources click here → World Day of Prayer - Scotland |
| Sat 10th 7:30-10pm | Leslie Baptist | Ian White Worship Concert.(Offering) All Welcome For poster, click here →  JPG (765K) | April 2012 |
| Fri 20th 7:30-10pm | Leslie Baptist | Musical Outreach Event. Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) & Fiona Headley. (£4) All Welcome |
| July 2012 | ||
| Sat 28/7/12 | Revolution@CLAN | An amazing day of live music, entertainment and fun for the whole family, followed by evening Celebration. |
| Sat 28/7/12 |
 C.L.A.N. Gathering |
C.L.A.N. Gathering "Today is the day of Salvation" guest speakers - Mike Breen, Nicky Gumbel, Shane Claiborne. Kenny Borthwick, Alan McWilliam, Karl Martin, Andrea Wigglesworth. Strathtyrum Estate, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SF (01771) 637962 
email:clan@new-wine-scotland.org |
| Sun 29/7/12 | ||
| Mon 30/7/12 | ||
| Tue 31/7/12 | ||
| Wed 1/8/12 | ||
| Thu 2/8/12 | ||
| Fri 3/8/12 | ||
Here are some links to other websites that may be of interest.
| Information | Link |
|---|---|
| ACTS Scotland | www.acts-scotland.org |
| Back to Church | www.backtochurch.co.uk |
| Christian Action Research & Education | www.care.org.uk/Group/Group.scotland |
Christian Counselling  | www.charisfoundation.co.uk |
| C.L.A.N. Gathering 28 July - 3 Aug 2012 | www.clangathering.org.uk |
| Gilven Project | www.scottishchristianalliance.org |
Ian White  | www.littlemistymusic.com |
| Lighthouses of Prayer | www.prayforscotland.org.uk/?p=30 |
| One World Week 2011 | www.oneworldweek.org |
| Pray for Schools | www.prayforschools.org |
| Pray For Scotland | www.prayforscotland.org.uk |
| People's Bible | www.thepeoplesbible.org |
| Scottish Bible Society | www.scottishbiblesociety.org |
| Solas Centre | www.solas-cpc.org |
| Week Of Prayer For Christian Unity 2012 | http://www.ctbi.org.uk/weekofprayer |
21 The word of the LORD came to me: 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: 'The days go by and every vision comes to nothing'? 23 Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.' Say to them, 'The days are near when every vision will be fulfilled. 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations among the people of Israel. 25 But I the LORD will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious house, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
26 The word of the LORD came to me: 27 "Son of man, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies about the distant future.'
28 "Therefore say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
Welcome to Rev. Alexandra Rosener. She was inducted at Christ's Kirk on October 13th 2010. The local Baptist Chuches in Glenrothes and Leslie will soon have new pastors. Our prayers go with Rev Diane Hobson as she moves to Aberdeen.
A meeting was held with MSP Claire Baker in Rothes Halls on Wed 27th Oct 2010 for organisation representatives regarding A92.
How to Drug Proof Your Kids® (DPYK for short) is a relaxed and informal six session course. Developed by the national charity Care for the Family, in association with Hope UK, specialists in drugs education.
The course was in St Ninian’s Church on Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30pm from 4th November. To find out more phone Alli on 01592 611963 or email DPYK@stninians.co.uk
| Scottish Bible Society's Bibleworld Mobile will be making a return visit to Glenrothes from 9-20th May 2011. The local Bible Society action group have raised sufficient funds to secure the booking and plans are underway for P6-S1 pupils to experience this excellent resource. There are Open Evenings on Thurs 12th May & Wed 18th May from 7pm - 8:30pm. The Bibleworld mobile last visited Glenrothes between 9-13 June 2008 |
| Supporters of the GROW project were treated to a buffet meal in St Margaret's Church New Halls at 6:30 p.m. prior to the AGM at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday 17th June. |
Following a number of sessions of workshops, discussions and reviews, a Response Form has been drawn up to enable Church members to express their views on Churches Together activities. It is intended that on a Sunday in June, someone in your Church will say a bit about Churches Together and a form will be issued to each member. It would be appreciated if you would complete the form and return it promptly as we aim to get the views of as many members as possible. Thanks in advance for your participation. If you have any questions, please contact your own Church representative(s). Their names can be found in the minutes of the meetings.
Download the reponse form here → PDF (13K)
Although this prayer guide is specifically written for those outside the Church, once you have tried it you can recommend it to your friends and neighbours.
Click here for more info → Try Praying
A General Election Hustings was organised by Bob Grant and Ron Page on behalf of Glenrothes Area Futures Group and Churches Together. It was held on Wed 21st at 7:30pm in the C.I.S.W.O. Centre. Alex Forsyth chaired the meeting. Questions were submitted in advance.
For more information please see the Churches Together Election Page 2010 http://www.ctbi.org.uk/427
CARE (Scotland) election page http://www.care.org.uk
East Lomond 7am 4th April 2010
Dramatic Easter sunrise
Inspirational praise.
Fighting Fit For Christ is a banner to bring Christians together in the Fife area.
Excercise, Fellowship and Evangalising simply by getting together during the week and being recognised as Christians.
Please consider rolling this out to your congregations. Click → here for a flyer you can use. The time, dates and location are when we meet but change this to suit your own schedules.
God bless, Pete Perrie
Many thanks to everyone who made it to Lyon Square for the Churches Together Carols Singing. Sorry if you made the effort to get to Rothes Halls and couldn't find us. This was due to a change made by the centre management, which we were not informed about. There was some inconvenience, but we need to be thankful that as united Christians we were able to lift up praise to God and declare His Good News to the people in the Kingdom Centre. The security staff were helpful and offered us assistance and they were able to provide some seating at the new location. We received some very encouraging comments regarding the quality of the singing and the variety of musical content. Please continue to support this event so that we can have an ongoing Christian witness in the town. Thanks again to everyone who contributed and assisted an any way. Have a blessed and peace-filled Christmas.
The weekend nearest to St Andrew’s Day was promoted by the Church Life Network of Action of Churches Together in Scotland as a suitable time for Quiet Day for Scotland. For more information click here → Quiet Day For downloadable resources click here → Resources
East Lomond 7am 12th April 2009
St Mary's, Leslie, invited everyone to join them on a prayer journey with Jesus on the way to the Cross. This took place on Palm Sunday 28th March at 4pm
The prayer box was available from 2nd April for 14 days over Easter at the information desk in the Kingdom Centre. We are grateful to the management for their cooperation. People were encouraged to use this facility, pray for the requests received, and ask that God would use this opportunity to bless people in this Holy season.
Lighthouses of Prayer : Held a one-day workshop @ St Bryce Kirk Centre, Kirkcaldy on 28th Feb. Find out how small gatherings can lead to our nation being saturated with prayer. Click here for more information
There has been a lot of very positive feedback from the time of Worship we shared on Sunday 18th Jan. The church was almost full; all the speakers were loud and clear; the Korean worship influences were helpful and the message was inspirational. Thanks to everyone who participated and those who took the time to express their appreciation.
2008On Wednesday 26th November at 2pm a prayer stake was driven into the ground at the Good Samaritan statue in the town park, Glenrothes. (North side of the pond) This was a declaration that we welcome God's presence in our lives; in our communities, our town and our nation.
Constitution08 (Open Office 17K)
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