Appreciation

Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed! Thanks are due to all the leaders of worship, preparers of worship materials, setters-up of worship spaces, openers and closers of churches .... for a memorable and though-provoking Holy Week. From the anointing of Jesus by Mary, reflections on Christ, the grain that dies and bears fruit, via the questions posed by Judas, the servant Lord at Last Supper, to the cross and passion...  much to ponder, much to be grateful for. Thanks everyone...

Tonight, 'Stations of the Resurrection' - 7pm in Wellington Church

Wellington International Club

GOOD FRIDAY

Please remember there will be NO INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CLUB MEETING in Wellington Church hall tonight - Friday 22 April.  Instead, anyone who would like to come with us to St John's Renfield Church, 22 Beaconsfield Road, Kelvindale, for the 7pm Good Friday service will be most welcome. This is a sombre service contemplating the death of Jesus on the cross. We look ahead too, to Easter morning when He rose again.

Grace Franklin will  be at Wellington Church hall in Southpark Avenue at 6.30pm on Friday 22 April to give a lift to anyone who is there and wishes to go to the 7pm Good Friday service in St John's Renfield. After that service, Heather has invited us to her house nearby, where she'll provide us with tea and hot cross buns which she bakes herself. They are delicious!

Come if you can.

EASTER SUNDAY

Share in the joy of Jesus' Resurrection on Sunday morning 24 April when Wellington Minister Rev Dr David Sinclair will lead us in worship at 8am at a communion service in Kelvingrove Park near the Lord Roberts statue at the top of the park off Park Terrace.

After that joyful announcement that Christ has risen. Everyone can go to Wellington church crypt cafe for breakfast. There is also an 11am service at Wellington on Easter Sunday 24 April. Anyone connected to the Club is warmly invited - Christian or curious, believer or not. Come and share our celebrations and share God's love as we understand it.

FRIDAY 29 April

Our next INTERNATIONAL CLUB MEETING will be 7.30pm at CAFE SALMA, 523 Sauchiehall Street almost next door to Charing Cross Post Office and just round the corner from North Street at the Black Sparrow. There we will have a Morroccan meal to round off our April is Africa theme nights at the INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CLUB. That meal will cost £10 per person and you can be sure it will be very special. Anyone who's budget won't stretch to £10 should have a discrete word with Heather on the night as the Club wants everyone to enjoy the evening without worry.

MAY PROGRAMME

Tuesday 3 May at 7.30pm in Wellington Church halls, 77 Southpark Avenue, G12 8LE, will be the first of nine Tuesday evenings when we will be able to learn authentic Scottish Country Dancing from respected teacher Walter Proven. If you want to learn to dance Scottish style, email Grace Franklin: grace.franklinATntlworld.com with DANCE in the subject box. This is a golden opportunity. The class are FREE. The teacher is top ranked. And this style of dancing is your passport to socialising around the world.

Friday 6 May at 7.30pm in Wellington Church halls, 77 Southpark avenue, G12 8LE the INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CLUB resumes its Friday night meetings. The theme in May is : Tourist trail travels in Scotland

Friday 6 May : CAPITAL attractions ... what's what and where in Edinburgh

Friday 13 May: LUCKY to be so near LOCH LOMOND

Friday 20 May: ISLANDS Idyll (Saturday 21 start of week on Iona for Wellington folk)

Friday 27 May: LAUNCH OF SUMMER PROGRAMME

Gloria IX

WEST END FESTIVAL - CHORAL CONCERT

Conducted by Ian Anderson (founder and director of the Paisley Philharmonic Choir)

ALL SINGERS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART

REHEARSALS WILL BE IN WELLINGTON CHURCH EVERY THURSDAY AT 7.45 PM

FROM 5TH MAY ONWARDS

CONCERT - 7.30 PM THURSDAY, 23RD JUNE 2011 AT

WELLINGTON CHURCH, UNIVERSITY AVENUE

Additional Concert – 7.30 pm on Thursday, 16th June at Glasgow Cathedral

This year’s theme is “Five Centuries of Choral Music” from Tallis, through Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Elgar to Rutter

Holy Week 2011

That is one service complete...thanks are due to Paul Fraser and the team that put together last night's service at Wellington Church.  Tonight we're at Hyndland Parish Church at 7.00pm....

Elections 2012

Looking beyond Easter:

Prayers and worship on the eve of this year's Scottish elections - 7pm, May 4th  in Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church.

From Wellington International Club - 8th April

If you are free tonight Friday 8 April at 7.30pm - please come along to the Wellington Church INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CLUB. Adah from Kenya will give a presentation on her beautiful country. She is a regular club member. The Club meets in the church hall at 77 Southpark Avenue, G12 8LE. Please ring any bell on the left of the doorway for entry.

Next week - Friday 15 April - we will have a presentation on Namibia from Edinburgh student Frances Barclay who spent a year teaching in that country. Same place, same time come if you can. This is part of our APRIL IS AFRICA series at the INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CLUB.

DANCING

The FREE classes on SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING will start on Tuesday 3 May at 7.30pm in Wellington Church Hall, G12 8LE. We are indebted to renowned teacher Walter Proven for offering to teach us how to enjoy, fully, this form of dance. If you have not yet signed up for these classes, please return this email with DANCE in the subject box and you will be signed in for the series of nine lessons each Tuesday from 3 May till 28 June.

St John's-Renfield Charity Fair

This year's Charity Fair will be on Saturday 7th May from 10 am till 12 noon.
St John's-Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road, Kelvindale.

Many charities including the following are supported:

Bangladesh Rehab Centre; Olive Tree; Chest, Heart and Stroke, Scotland; Peru Craft; Children's Hospice Association; Projects India; Christian Aid; Save The Children; Lodging House Mission; Tear Fund; Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and Project Malawi

Adults £1, Children 50p (Inc coffee, etc)

Parish Grouping Council

The Council will meet on Wednesday April 6th at 7.30pm in St John's-Renfield Parish Church.