CANONGATE KIRK - DOC 5

							             CANONGATE KIRK
       THE KIRK OF HOLYROODHOUSE
                 July 2008




Minister               Revd Neil Gardner                   Tel: 556 3515
Session Clerk          Mr David Croft                      Tel: 620 0063
Treasurer              Mrs Jenifer Davidson                Tel: 667 4221
Organist               Mr Richard Neville-Towle            Tel: 467 0066
Care Co-ordinator      Mrs Fiona Grant                     Tel: 478 0100
Flower Convenor        Mrs Anne Baker                      Tel: 660 1852
Caretaker              Mr Jimmy Robertson                  Tel: 556 9668
Events Administrator   Mrs Marion Brown                    Tel: 666 2000
Open Kirk              Mr Alastair Bowe               Tel: 01573 410284
Manse Office                                               Tel: 556 3515
e-mail                                    canongatekirk@btinternet.com
Web Site                                      www.canongatekirk.org.uk
CHURCH SERVICES               The usual times for Services are:
                              10.00 am Family Service
                              11.15 am Parish Worship

Normally, the Sacrament of Holy Baptism is conducted on the first Sunday of the
month, the Sacrament of Holy Communion on the last Sunday of the month.



 MINISTER'S LETTER                            Causes of the Wealth of Nations,
                                              frequently described as "one of the
 When I first heard that the new, long-       most influential books ever written".
 anticipated statue of Adam Smith,            To this day his grave is a mecca to
 "the Father of modern economics",            visitors from all over the world,
 was to be situated outside St Giles'         especially from America and Japan.
 Cathedral and not Canongate Kirk,
 where he is buried, I don't mind             Despite Smith's worldwide fame, the
 admitting that I was a bit                   sculptor of his statue had very few
 disappointed. But having been                contemporary, reliable images to
 present at the unveiling on Friday 4th       work from. Who can tell how
 July, I have to admit now that it is a       accurate is the likeness he has
 first class location for an absolutely       created? The same is true, inevitably,
 splendid and suitably imposing statue.       of the subject of THE most
 Not only is he standing again near the       influential book ever written, Jesus of
 office he once occupied as                   Nazareth. We may not know for sure
 Commissioner of Customs, now the             what he looked like, despite the best
 City Chambers, he is also looking            efforts of artists and sculptors over
 right down the Royal Mile in the             the centuries. But what matters most
 direction of the Canongate, where he         is that we do our best to represent
 lived in Panmure House for the last          him in the world today, not least here
 twelve years of his life and where he        in the historic heart of Edinburgh, in
 was buried, in our Kirkyard, in July         the way we lead our lives, and in all
 1790.                                        that we think and say and do.

 Born in Kirkcaldy in 1723, Adam              May I take this opportunity to thank
 Smith was to become a renowned               everyone who sent cards, letters and e
 philosopher and economist living,            mails, or made calls and comments
 working and thinking at the very             following the announcement, on 14th
 heart of the Scottish Enlightenment.         June, of my appointment as a
 He was best known, of course, as the         Domestic Chaplain to HM The
 author of An Inquiry into the Nature and     Queen in Scotland.
PARISH REGISTER                          SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP

Daniel Alexander Fraser and              Some vacancies exist in the teams of
Matthew Scott Teacher McShane            ladies who provide coffee, tea and
were baptised and welcomed into the      good things to eat after the main
wider family of the church on            Sunday service. Anyone interested
Sundays 1st June and 6th July            in volunteering to be involved in a
respectively.                            team on one Sunday out of four
                                         should give their name to either
Many congratulations to James            Dinah Croy, Coordinator of the
Anderson and Claire Rowe whose           Teams, or to David Croft, Session
marriage took place on 14th June.        Clerk.
Also to Steinar Braathen and Solvar
Helseth, from Norway, who were           OPEN KIRK
married on 1st July, and to Mark
Hagen and Susan Handy, who were          There are still spaces on the board for
married on 5th July.                     Open Kirk volunteers, so if you do
                                         have some spare time please sign up
We send condolences to the families      to welcome visitors. As summer
of Mrs Peggy Howie and Lord              continues and the Festival approaches
Johnston, whose funerals were            there are more and more visitors on
conducted last month.                    the Royal Mile. Amongst other
                                         things, Open Kirk is a vital fund
CONCERTS                                 raising tool for Canongate.
On Friday 1st August at 8pm the          CANONGATE            THEN       AND
Rose Street Ensemble will give a         NOW
charity concert in aid of the National
Society for Epilepsy.                    The Canongate Chronicle for March
                                         1948 gave details of Income and
And on Thursday 7th August at 7-         Expenditure for 1947. It makes
30pm, Ludus Baroque Chamber              interesting reading when compared to
Orchestra and Chorus, under the          today, exactly sixty years on:
direction of Richard Neville-Towle,      1947 – Annual Income
will give the annual performance of      FWO          £328 2s 5d
Bach's B minor Mass, which for many      Plate        £226 1s 6d
now marks the opening of the             2007 – Weekly Income (average)
Edinburgh International Festival.        FWO          £402.00
Tickets £12 (£9) from the Queen's        Plate        £203.35
Hall Box Office on 668 2019.
LIFE AND WORK, the monthly                 OTHER EVENTS
magazine of the Church of                  Wednesday 23rd July 8.00pm at
Scotland                                   Whitefoord House.             Immortal
Body and Soul?           As the NHS        Memory        –    an     evening    in
                  th
celebrates its 60 anniversary, hospital    remembrance of the Bard in verse
chaplains explain how spiritual care       and song with Cameron D Goodall.
plays its part in the NHS. A ministry      Cammy is a member of the Band of
in community Profile of the Rev            the Royal Regiment of Scotland and
Kathy Galloway, Leader of the Iona         lead vocalist in the folk band. Tickets
Community. Assembly 2008 Five              £6.00.    For further details       see
pages of reports, pictures and             www.ImmortalBurns.com
comment         from    the    General
Assembly. The ‘people’s assembly’          On Saturday 2nd August from
Jackie Macadam reports from the            10am-12 noon Anne Millar is holding
National Gathering.        Hope and        a coffee morning at her top flat 5/6
achievement Meg Lindsay reports            Canongate, to raise funds for her
on the findings of a survey on church      niece who is heading out to work for
activity in Glasgow. Country Life          Habitat for Humanity, building basic
Rev Bryan Kerr begins a new series         houses in a township in South Africa.
focussing on the rural church. The         Members of the congregation are
organist and the terrorist Douglas         cordially invited to come along and
Galbraith asks ‘what is the                lend their support. Further details on
difference’? Judgement day Ron             557 0739.
Ferguson looks at a range of
apocalyptic predictions.      Mission      Christian Aid Forth Bridge Cross
HQ        John R Hume visits the           The postponed fund raising bridge
Cathedral of St Moluag, Lismore,           cross will now take place on
once a centre of Celtic mission.           Saturday 20 September from 2-
Plus – travel feature on the Faroe         6pm. If you would like to take part
Islands, Our Presbyteries looks at the     and require a sponsor form or more
Presbytery of England, all the regular     information please contact either
columnists, news, letters, book eviews     shbrown@christian-aid.org       or
and crosswords – all for just £1.60.       edinburgh@christian-aid.org.
Available at the back of the Church.

ELDERS IN JULY
Keith McIntosh               Mike Gow                     Stuart McFarlane
Robert Watson                Rob Moodie                   Diana Marshall
Mairead Anderson             Ella Wright                  Fiona Grant
Jackie McFarlane                                          Douglas Armstrong