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🕊 Services Schedule

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Order of Service
  • First Sunday – All-together Service in Scone, 10:45 am
  • Second Sunday – 9:30 am Balbeggie Community Hall; 10:45 am Scone
  • Third Sunday – All-together Service in Scone, 10:45 am
  • Fourth Sunday – 9:30 am Guildtown Community Hall; 10:45 am Scone
  • Fifth Sunday (when it occurs) – Scone, 10:45 am

*** Scone venues alternate between Scone Old Kirk (Burnside) and Scone New Church (Balformo Rd):
    October, December, February → Old Kirk, Burnside
    November, January, March → New Church, Balformo Road;

📖 This Week's Service

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  • Theme: Remembrance Service
  • Time & Place:

    9.30 am St Martin’s War Memorial – Act of Remembrance
    10.45 am Scone New Church – Service of Remembrance in 80th Anniversary Year (ALL Local Service Personnel, Past and Present, and Uniformed
    Organisations invited to attend their Parish Church)
    3.00 pm Scone War Memorial – Act of Remembrance and Dedication
    With the Parade from the Old Kirk Car (Burnside) Park led by the Bagpipes at 2.30 pm

🌟 Sunday Club

  • Sunday Club: Every Sunday at 10:40 am
  • Children, parents, and leaders always welcome

✍️ Word from the Minister

KIRK SESSION, PLEASE NOTE *** There will be a Special Meeting and a Short Meeting of the Kirk Session following the 10.45am service, this Sunday, 9th November. A good attendance would be appreciated.

FOLLOWING ON from the Cradle Roll Service, which was appreciated, now that we are into November, all are reminded that Creche and Sunday Club meet every week, in Church for a short time, then in the Hall.

THE STORY SHARING CLUB meets in the small hall in Burnside from 2 – 3.30pm on Friday 21st and then fortnightly. The first theme is the Picnic. Bring photos and your stories, Refreshments will be served and we will have a Sing-a-long.

THIS IS YOUR LIFE – SCONE will be commencing in the New Year.  In a “This is your Life” programme, Celebrate and Share the good stories of Life while folk are alive in Church and in Community. Each month, different peoples lives and stories will be celebrated, as we interview them and their families and friends.

NATIVITY PLAY: Time now to recruit if you are interested in taking part on the 14th December. Contact Maudeen on 01738 551942. Young people of various ages welcome Bagpipe Players, Highland Dancers, Those involved in Sports, Uniformed Organisations and Non-Uniformed, Playgroup and Nursery Groups, Singers and Instrumentalists,  – and those who are not a member of any group – All Welcome.

🙏 Prayer Requests

We remember the sadness of Gaza. We also remember the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Communities, without prejudice, and the heartache of each in the land we call “The Holy Land”.

Our thoughts are with all who have known their synagogues and mosques attacked in the UK. Signs calling for the boycott of countries, and flying in cities, surely ought not to be tolerated by our leaders in local and national government.

While a Ceasefire has been obtained and further Peace negotiations take place, let us keep asking about and praying for Ukraine. Blessed are the Peacemakers, has been quoted, but let not lip service be paid. Let us call on all in positions of Leadership to work and pray for Peace on Earth. Let us give thought and prayer to the Humanity our children and children’s children are to know, and all those in the troubled areas of our world.

📞 Prayer Chain

A Telephone Prayer Chain is available to support in prayer any person/s in the church or community, or their family or friends whether living here or elsewhere, particularly if urgent prayer is required for matters such as illness, operations or other problems. 

Contact: Phone requests to Lilian at 01738 553651 or, if she is unavailable, to Frances at 01738 552681.

🙏 Prayer Meeting

Church Prayer Meeting meets on Wednesday nights on Zoom at 7:30pm to 8pm. Contact Frances for details at 01738 552681.

*Note: There is no bible study at present.*

💬 Get Involved

Join Us:

  • New Members: Contact Minister Maudeen on 01738 551942
  • Baptisms, Membership, Weddings: Phone the Manse on 01738 551942

Volunteer Opportunities:

  • Coffee morning organisers needed for Orchard project
  • Visiting ministry ongoing – helpers welcome
  • Stewardship gifts of Time, Talents and Money always appreciated

Fun Ideas:

  • Scooter Club forming – contact the Manse if interested!
  • All transport welcome: cars, motorbikes, cycles, Shanks’ pony, etc.

🌿 Thanks & Notices

  • Thank you for cutting the Boundary Hedge between the Car Park and Manse
  • The Gardens at Burnside and Balformo Road have been tidied up for summer – thank you to all involved
  • Big thanks to our friendly Council Gardeners! The graveyard is looking super
  • The Church Magazine and Destiny are now out

🌿 Community & Grounds

Our Spaces:

  • Church Garden, Burnside: Biblical shrubs and flowers, tribute to Ron Cathro
  • Grounds: Beautiful graveyard maintained by Council gardeners
  • Dog Policy: Welcome on leads, please clean up after them

Accessibility:

  • Guide Dogs welcome at all services
  • We are wheel chair accessible 

🌍 Our Mission & Values

Welcome Statement: We are warm, inclusive congregations serving Scone, St Martins, Stormontfield, Balbeggie, Guildtown and part of Wolfhill. Whether you’re local, visiting, or passing through, you’ll find a welcome here. We welcome the faithful, doubters, sceptics, those of world faiths and those of no faith.

2025 Vision: A Year of Fresh and Energetic Development! We’re embracing fresh projects and actively witnessing what the Water and Wine of Life mean to us.

Ecological Commitment: Blessed with nature’s beauty, we’re committed to protecting birds, bees, and butterflies. More info: https://www.ecocongregationscotland.org/

Stewardship: Learn more: https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/resources/stewardship

📞 Contact & Pastoral Care

Minister: Rev Maudeen MacDougall – 01738 551942

Pastoral Care:

  • Home visiting ongoing throughout the parish
  • If a family member is ill at home or in hospital, please contact the minister directly
  • Leave your name and number if no reply

🛡️ Safeguarding

The Church of Scotland has a deep concern for the wholeness and wellbeing of each individual. Through its Congregations, working together with the Safeguarding Service and statutory agencies, the Church seeks to safeguard the welfare of all people who come into contact with the Church and its services.

Our Safeguarding Co-ordinator is Marian Forgan.  Full details are displayed in all our buildings.

📅 What's On

5 November 2025

  • The Hub Cafe  Balformo Rd Hall

    10:00 - 12:00

  • Knit & Chat  Balformo Rd Hall

    10:30 - 12:00

6 November 2025

  • Fellowship Lunch  Burnside Hall

    12:30 - 14:00

8 November 2025

  • Gaza Brunch 

    09:00 - 13:30

11 November 2025

  • Guild  Burnside Hall

    14:00 - 16:30

12 November 2025

  • The Hub Cafe  Balformo Rd Hall

    10:00 - 12:00

19 November 2025

  • The Hub Cafe  Balformo Rd Hall

    10:00 - 12:00

25 November 2025

  • Guild  Burnside Hall

    19:00 - 21:30

26 November 2025

  • The Hub Cafe  Balformo Rd Hall

    10:00 - 12:00

2 December 2025

  • Kirk Session  Burnside Hall

    19:00 - 21:00