The Christian Community Movement for Religious Renewal Edinburgh Programme Advent 2017 Passiontide 2018 The Act of Consecration of Man Sundays 10.00am Thursdays 10.30am (except 8 March ) Christmas Day Midnight 8am 10am Twelve Days of Christmas 10am (except Thursdays 10.30am) Epiphany 6 January 10am Holy Week 2531 March 10am (except Thursday 10.30am) Services for Children Advent Sunday 3 December 9am Christmas Day 25 December 9.15am Epiphany Sunday 7 January 9am Sunday 4 February 9am Sunday 4 March 9am Fountain House, 21 Napier Road, Edinburgh EH10 5AZ (0131)229 4514 ReligiousRenewalEdinburgh@gmx.com www.facebook.com/ccedinburgh
REGULAR EVENTS Gospel Study: Thursdays Most weeks St. Matthew s Gospel 11.451pm Remembering the Dead Saturdays 30 Dec, 27 Jan, 4.15pm 24 Feb, 31 March Close of Day at the Altar 5pm Choir Thursdays Please enquire 7.158.30pm for specific dates For further information about any of the above, please contact Paul Newton (or Ann Burfeind annburfeind18@gmail.com) Working with Will Inner Work discussion group Alternate Tuesday 6.30pm 8.00pm Contact Janice Hutchinson (0131) 4432113, janice.h@blueyonder.co.uk Goethean Plant Observation Quarterly, 4week blocks + Goethean Bird Study Group Contact Jane Sheppard, (0131) 2297803 / 07792029608 Lynda Hepburn, (0131) 6573493 / Lynda@summittranslations.co.uk Edinburgh Threshold Care Circle Practical and spiritual work in the sphere of death and dying Contact Anne Byrne, (0131) 6699480 / annebee106@hotmail.com
SPECIAL EVENTS Advent Finding the Way to Bethlehem with our Contemporaries Talks and Conversations through the Four Weeks of Advent with Bill Boyd and Paul Newton Sunday 3 December 11.30am Opening talk by Bill Boyd Sunday 10 December 11.30am Continued engagement Sunday 17 December with the theme Sunday 24 December Sunday 3 December 4pm Advent Garden Children s Festival Friday 15 December 7.30pm Mental Health Core Underlying Themes Talk by Dr James Dyson Christmas Sunday 25 December 9 9.45am Bring & Share Breakfast Saturday 26 December after the A Body for Christ Friday 5 January service Exploration through the Days of Christmas with Paul Newton Sunday 31 December 11.30am The Stars of 2018 & the Constellations of the Zodiac Talk by Christian Maclean
Epiphany Saturday 6 January 11.30am Embodying Christ Conversation with Paul Newton Sunday 7 January 11.30am Baptism and Epiphany Talk by Paul Newton Friday 12 January 9.30am Plant Observation course begins (see p.2) Sunday 21 January 11.30am Members Meeting Friday 26 January 7.30pm Jesus and Mary in the Quran Talk by Carole Hillenbrand Sunday 28 January 11.30am Welcome to Ann Burfeind & Florian ScheepensBurfeind Ann is a priest of the Christian Community working in Chicago, USA. She is exchanging places with Paul Newton for about 3 months. After Epiphany Sunday 11 February 11.30am Congregational Meeting: Annual Review Friday 23 February 7.30pm The Challenges Facing Steiner Waldorf Education Talk by Nick Brett Sunday 25 February 11.30am Reincarnation and Christianity Talk by Ann Burfeind
Passiontide Sunday 4 March 11.30am Passiontide Festive Gathering Organised by Lily Lynch Friday 16 March 7.30pm Man, Woman and the Experience of Being Human Talk by Florian ScheepensBurfeind Sunday 18 March 11.30am Deepening our Relation to The Act of Consecration Talk and Conversation with Ann Burfeind Holy Week Walking the Path with Christ Jesus to Death and New Life An exploration through art and conversation Who are we walking with during the days of Holy Week? We will look together as we walk the path and prepare ourselves for the suffering, death and resurrection. Sunday 25 March 11.30am Walking the Path (Palm Sunday) Talk by Ann Burfeind Monday 26 March following Continuing exploration Saturday 31 March the service of the theme Friday 30 March 2.45pm Contemplation at the Altar (Good Friday) Absences and Future Dates GB and Ireland Synod (Stourbridge): March 5 9 Easter Sunday: April 1, Ascension Day: May 10, Whitsunday: May 20
Gospel Readings Coming of the Son of Man Christmas (12 days) Matthew 1: 125 John 1: 118 The marriage at Cana The temptation in the wilderness Sunday March 25 Matthew 21: 111 Thursday March 29 Luke 23: 1332 Friday March 30 John19: 115 Saturday March 31 John 19: 1642 Please note that gospel readings are subject to change
Revd. Paul Newton (0131) 2294514, paulknewton@msn.com Priest Emeritus: Revd Michael Jones (0131) 2619163, thechristiancommunity@153.clara.co.uk Priest Emeritus: Revd Karin Medbøe (0131) 5572134 kmedboe@gmail.com