PSP Magazine 201109

PILRIG St PAUL’S CHURCH SEPTEMBER 2011

WHAT’S ON IN PILRIG St PAUL’S in SEPTEMBER

Saturday 17th September at 7.30pm

Ben Kearsley, guitarist see page 11

Saturday 24th September. Stewardship see page 2

Thursday 29th September at 7.30pm.

Rev George & Margaret Shand work in the Holy Land see page 5

ALL OUR ORGANISATIONS WILL START UP IN SEPTEM-

BER OR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. FOR DETAILS

PLEASE PHONE OR E-MAIL THE CONTACTS ON THE OP-

POSITE PAGE, OR SEE THE WEB SITE.

Prayer

Holy Spirit of God, guide us, for we would follow Jesus.

Open our mind and heart to his truth;

enliven our imagination to his presence;

excite our emotion to his offered love;

increase our gratitude for his living, dying and rising;

and strengthen us in our commitment

that we may walk in step with him, our Lord and Saviour

Flower Diary 28th August Moira Loman & Frances McPherson

4th September Evelyn Torrance

11th September Flower Fund

18th September Flower Fund

25th September Flower Fund

See page 14 for a tribute to Elsie Lister

SUNDAY SERVICES AT 11AM

Holy Communion is celebrated on the last Sunday of January, April, June and October at the 11am Service, and informally as announced. To contact the minister, please ring 554 1842. The “OPEN DOORWAY” is open each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am - 1.00pm. Pop in or arrange to meet a friend there over a cup of coffee. Enter by the main door. Wheelchair users - Our street level entrances are in Pilrig Street.

ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE CHURCH BUILDINGS:

Sundays - Sunday Club, 10:45 am for ages P1-S4 all welcome (Mark Wexelstein 665 6881) Mondays - Rainbows 5.45pm (Christine Buchanan 554 2941) Brownies 6.45pm (Christine Buchanan) Tuesdays - The Guild 2.00pm (Jeanette Sime 552 9652) Wednesdays - Lunch club 12 noon (Marjory McArthur 553 2323) vocal vibes 1 (p3-4) 3.45-4.45pm vocal vibes 2 (p5 upwards) 5-6pm Choir Rehearsal 7.30pm (All choir enquiries Martin Ritchie 07984 466 855)

Thursdays - all Sections Boys’ Brigade (Mark Wexelstein 665 6881) In Pilrig Park School: Thursdays Rainbows (Ann Urquhart 554 8387) 6.15-7.15 Brownies (Ann Urquhart ) 6.15-7.30 Guides (Dorothy Walker 556 9493) 7.30 - 9.00 In Broughton Primary School: Tuesdays The 5th Leith Scouts Beavers 53/4 to 8 years (6.00 to 7.00 p.m.) Cubs 8 to 10 1/2 years (6.30 to 8.00 p.m.) Scouts 10 1/2 to 14 years (7.30 to 9.00 )

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PILRIG St PAUL’S CHURCH SEPTEMBER 2011 Dear Fellow-members

Writing now in late August, the Pilrig Parlour is still in full swing and

we are looking back on a wonderful time shared in hosting the Ameri-

can High School Theatre Festival, providing one of their venues and

enabling them to present a wide range of shows in the week they were

with us.

It was great to have the whole of our buildings in lively use and filled

with the joyful enthusiasm of these talented and friendly young peo-

ple!

In addition to the Parlour we put on a “Foyer Café” in the Open Door-

way area. This proved to be a much welcomed facility.

We have also enjoyed two wonderful Organ Recitals by our own Or-

ganist & Choirmaster, Martin Ritchie. His wonderful skill combined

with the much vaunted capabilities of the Pilrig St Paul’s organ made

for truly enrapturing musical experiences!

Summer worship, presented over a 4 week period, tied in with 2011

being “Year of the Bible”. We looked at 4 Bible characters, who each

had strong experiences of God. There were lessons for us today from

each of their experiences. Exploration and presentation included

‘hearing’ from the characters themselves while also allowing people in

the congregation to be involved in drama and also offering some

theme related pictures for those favouring a visual approach.

Currently we are nearing the start of our Stewardship Programme

“Count Me In”.

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Please make every effort to attend the special event on Saturday 24th

September. As a lead up you will be receiving a visit and I will also be

preaching on the theme of Stewardship on the three Sundays, 11th ,

18th and 25th September. As we all pull together – with God’s help -

we can achieve great things in the life of Pilrig St Paul’s and in the

work of Leith Churches Forum and Leith Churches Together.

May God bless you all!

John

‘Foyer Café’ – during Week 1 of the Festival Fringe I had the privilege of helping to staff the ‘Foyer Café’ in the Open

Doorway area during the week of the American High School Theatre

shows in the large hall.

The ‘Foyer Café’ proved to be a great experience which was greatly

appreciated by everyone who enjoyed our hospitality. The young peo-

ple and their chaperones were very interested in our church.

A comment made by lots of them was that the church and the Café

made them feel ‘at home’.

Many of them wrote in our Visitors’ Book. Please take a moment

when you are in the vestibule to read what they said.

The main reason for running the ‘Foyer Café’ was to make everyone

feel welcome but we did also sell teas, coffee, soft drinks, sweets etc.

which will have boosted the Parlour funds by a few hundred pounds.

All in all a very worthwhile exercise!

Marlyn Tait.

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Leith Churches Forum

Leith Churches Forum as you know is made up of the 4 Church of

Scotland congregations in Leith- ourselves in Pilrig St Paul’s along

with Leith St Andrew’s Church, South Leith Church and North Leith

Church.

The Grouping has been seeking to work more closely together over a

good number of years now.

Each church is represented on each of the working teams- Coordinat-

ing Team Outreach Team and Ministry Team .

The Coordinating Team as you would expect seeks to pull together all

that is being done across the Forum and is the main clearing house for

new ideas and suggestions which then are referred back to Kirk Ses-

sions for approval before being adopted across the 4 churches.

I have now this month taken up my turn to Chair the Coordinating

Team.

It is important for all 4 congregations to develop further a strong sense

of ‘owning’ the Forum and not simply to see it as an optional extra

‘out there’ somewhere.

We are the Forum and if it is to be truly an effective tool in mission to

Leith then we all need to play our part!

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Throughout each year Forum events are held and it would be great to

see you all coming along and supporting them.

The next one is a St Andrew’s Night on Sunday 27th November or-

ganised as an outreach event by our Outreach Committee. Look out for

more details and bring along a friend who does not presently come to

Church.

We are pleased in the Forum Ministry Team to have arranged for Rev

George & Margaret Shand to come and speak to folks from across the

Forum Congregations about their work in the Holy Land and in partic-

ular about the Garden of Compassion development.

This meeting will be in the Session Room of Pilrig St Paul’s Church

on Thursday 29th September at 7.30pm.

The Magazine Welcome back! I hope everyone finds the details they want about our

events in the magazine. When I started out to do the “what’s on” bit I

didn’t seem to have much material, but working my way through all

the articles I found that there is plenty to do at Pilrig St Paul’s in Sep-

tember!

I would like as least as much information for October - by September

18th please.

Catriona Blackwood

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More about our Summer Worship services:

The Church was transformed into a ‘boat’ for our first three Summer

Services and the side pews downstairs were made to represent the sea.

All the congregation were encouraged to sit in the downstairs centre

area where there was a large ‘sail’ overhead. Peter, Jonah and Paul all

had close experience of a ship and water and here we were all on a

‘voyage of exploration and discovery’ into the experiences of God

each of our characters had.

Back ‘on land’ on our fourth service we were hearing and thinking

about David - the Shepherd boy who became King.

Peter had the courage to try and walk on water as Jesus encouraged

and enabled him. He failed but at least he tried – an example to us all.

Jonah tried to restrict God’s love and mercy by running away from

God. But God bizarrely brought him back and reluctantly Jonah did

what God wanted. How reluctant are we and how often do we run

away from God?

David had courage and skill but above all he trusted in God. He knew

he couldn’t succeed in his own strength. We need to learn that lesson

more today!

Paul used every opportunity to speak out about Jesus as the Son of

God. We need to be using more opportunities too!

Here is the short talk I gave about Paul.

“Paul is perhaps best remembered for his missionary journeys. He was

constantly finding himself in new situations – coping with issues sur-

rounding the staring up and developing of new churches!

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Coping with issues in relation to fellow Jews who had not made the

‘jump of faith’ Paul had made, and who continued to oppose Jesus of

Nazareth and his revealing of God’s love and God’s Way.

Coping also with fellow Christians who were reluctant to spread the

Good News to other races and cultures living close by.

Paul was very much a pioneer missionary Christian - not the only one

of course! One of a good number – yet the one who is closest to our

hearts and in an ongoing way continues to be formative in the ways of

the Church today through his letters to the fledgling churches which

are included in the New Testament.

Often Paul comes across as a man who was strict and not much fun.

Yet truly he often writes of his joy in the love of God revealed in Je-

sus. Surely in the ways God opens doors for him and allows him to

escape danger he must have smiled sometimes and maybe even

laughed! (Being lowered down from a window in a basket to escape

his opponents in Damascus might be viewed as quite humorous –

don’t you think?)

Anyhow Paul was certainly focussed! For him time was shor t- the

Kingdom of God was imminent- just round the corner!

And he had lots more people to tell about Jesus before the Kingdom of

God came!

He took every opportunity to tell people about Jesus!

He went to towns and cities around the Greek areas of the Mediterra-

nean. He experienced stoning – being imprisoned- being castigated by

other Christians being ship wrecked! But always he persevered!

He always found that God gave him opportunities- often in the midst

of the dark times- even in prison and in a shipwreck!

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Today we live in times when it is often hard for the Church.

Traditional ways are less effective and in many places we see and hear

of people looking to be church in new ways – often called ‘emerging

church’ .

As we think about Paul – he is a good example of moving on and pick-

ing up on new opportunities to spread the Good News of Jesus!

He was at the cutting edge as the Early Church was emerging and

growing.

We are called to be at the cutting edge of the ways God is leading and

helping people hear about the Gospel today!

Paul is our inspiration! With God’s help we too can achieve great

things! It needs us all to listen and respond to God’s leading!

John Tait

Ed Lucas was a blind sports writer. As a boy in a school for the visual-

ly impaired he would sometimes complain about not being able to do

things.

“We’re all in the same boat here, Ed.” His teacher would remind him.

“So pick up your oar and start rowing.”

We might not have Ed’s difficulties with eyesight to overcome, but

each step we take along life’s road will inevitably have its own pitfalls.

Just think about it for a moment.

What might be an insurmountable problem to someone might be just

the thing you can help with and vice versa. In a very real sense we are

all in the same boat, travelling on the same journey, So let’s pick up

our oars and let’s all start rowing – together.

Thanks to Fiona Rankine

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Leith Gala – Tea Tent

It seems a long time now since the Gala Day on Leith Links on Satur-

day 11th June.

You may remember it was a very wet day and lots of tea and coffee

and homebaking were sold.

I would like to thank everyone who helped on the day and in the prep-

arations beforehand.

Marlyn Tait

THANKS

Georgina Bell has written saying “ Thank you for the flowers I re-

ceived. They are beautiful.”

Norma and Ralph Hannay & Evelyn and Matthew Oldham wrote to

send a “ thank you for the lovely flowers sent to us on the sad loss of

our mother ( Tibby Deuchar).”

I would like to express my grateful thanks and appreciation to every-

one for their valued support and encouragement over the past

weeks. The medics have now got to the root of the problem and are

working towards a solution! I have appreciated the many phone calls

and Church Flowers which are much appreciated. Thank you all for

your kindness. Stuart Sime

Many thanks to all who have prayed and passed on best wishes for my

brother-in-law Matthew. He’s making good progress after receiving

his artificial heart and it’s lovely to see him at home with his family

Shelagh Green (Ramage)

I would like to thank the minister and congregation for the lovely

flowers I received after my operation. Thanks to Catriona for deliver-

ing them. Joyce and Charlie Forman

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AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2011

– the venue manager’s view!

We had a great time with the American High School Theatre Festival

this year during the first week of the Fringe. It was an intense sched-

ule for us, with a concentrated rehearsal period then 40 performances

from ten schools over six days plus an additional benefit performance

of Nunsense, laid on by the students from Nipomo High School in Cal-

ifornia. Marlyn Tait will be writing elsewhere about her experiences of

running the Foyer Cafe in the Open Doorway area, but I think it’s fair

to say that the week was a great experience for everyone involved. Not

only were interesting cross-cultural encounters experienced by us, but

the Sanctuary, “theatre”, Pilrig Parlour and church community were

much appreciated by the visiting students, staff, chaperones and mem-

bers of the public. Experiencing a genuine local community seems to

strike a chord amidst the frenzy of the International Festival and

Fringe. We were all delighted to welcome the vibrant and talented

group from Pius XI High School in Milwaukee, who accepted our in-

vitation to sing at the morning service on 14th August. They blew us

away with their fabulous singing – and were willing participants in our

scratch drama that day!

Many people were involved in various ways in making all of this hap-

pen: Mark Wexelstein’s contractual arrangements, Marlyn and John

Tait’s stalwart efforts in what felt like a 24/7 tea bar in the Open Door-

way, Michael Head on box office and of course the many Parlour vol-

unteers who coped with large and unpredictable influxes of hungry

students and staff! We even drafted in Linda Head and Soo Ritchie for

emergency cover at busy times!

Roll on Festival 2012!!

Martin Ritchie, Fringe Venue Manager for Pilrig Studio – Venue 103!

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MUSIC NEWS

BEN KEARSLEY GUITAR CONCERT

17TH SEPTEMBER AT 7.30PM

The popular and highly talented young classical guitarist, Ben Kears-

ley, will be returning to give a concert at Pilrig St Paul’s on Saturday

17th September at 7.30pm in the Sanctuary. Please spread the word

and invite friends, neighbours and colleagues along. Last time he

played here, there was a very small audience, but those who did attend

raved about the performance. Why not come try it out this time?

Further details of ticket pricing will be included in the weekly intima-

tions and on our website very soon.

COME AND SING CHORAL CLASSICS SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2-6 PM

Pilrig Chorus in collaboration with charity Waverley Care will be

hosting this event in Pilrig St Paul’s as a joint fundraiser and season

launch for the Chorus.

We’ll be tackling choruses from Handel’s ever popular oratorio, Mes-

siah, along with Haydn’s “The Heavens are telling” from Creation and

Parry’s magnificent coronation setting of Psalm 122, “I was glad.”

Anyone with a bit of experience of singing in a choir is welcome to

register to take part – tickets are £10 including refreshments at the

break. Music is provided. To register either phone Martin Ritchie on

07984 466 885 or email him on: [email protected]

If anyone could help with providing home baking and/or serving re-

freshments at the break, that would be a fantastic gesture - let me

know if you could help. We’ll repay you with a private “performance”

at the end of the afternoon!

Martin Ritchie

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VOCAL VIBES, SINGCHRONICITY and PILRIG CHORIS-

TERS Some of you may know that at the end of last term we had a review of

our current music activity amongst young people in our local commu-

nity and the result of this is a renewed focus and a new initiative. We

have produced a leaflet – “Singing at Pilrig St Paul’s” which gives all

the details, and I hope that you will have received a copy with your

magazine this month.

In summary:

VOCAL VIBES is now for Primary 3 to Primary 5 children

SINGCHRONICITY is now for Primary 6 to Secondary 3 children

Both Vocal Vibes and Singchronicity meet in parallel from 4-5.30pm

on Wednesdays in the halls. These groups will be working towards

performances and concerts.

Taster audition sessions are to be held on Wednesday 31st August

from 4pm.

PILRIG CHORISTERS is a brand new venture. This scheme will see

us auditioning for 12 junior choristers to sing alongside the adult

church choir on Sunday mornings at the 11am service, and is a major

opportunity for talented youngsters to receive free music coaching and

be part of developing a choir which aims for high standards.

Auditions for this group will begin on Tuesday 30th August at 4pm.

As ever, if you know of anyone who might be interested, please pass

on a leaflet or contact me. Anyone interested in auditioning for any of

the above groups should also contact me so that we can timetable the

audition sessions.

Thanks in anticipation of your help, support and prayers in this chal-

lenging but potentially rewarding venture!

Martin Ritchie, Director of Music

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PILRIG CHORUS SEASON 2011-12

Pilrig Chorus, a new music outreach initiative amongst adults,

launched in March and our first concert of Mozart Coronation Mass

and Vivaldi Gloria was very well received in May. For our autumn

season we are working towards a fun Christmas concert on Sunday

11th December at Pilrig St Paul’s, when the choir will sing an enter-

taining selection of lively, powerful and moving Christmas music with

lots of carols for the audience to join in too!

Our rehearsals begin in earnest on Tuesday 4th October at 7.30pm in

the Sanctuary. New members are welcomed at this stage – anyone

willing to work from a music score can take part.

Prospective new singers should drop me a line on HYPERLINK

"mailto:[email protected]"[email protected], phone

me on 07984 466 855 or collar me at church on a Sunday! Feel free to

spread the word to singing friends, colleagues, relatives and neigh-

bours.

Martin Ritchie

BACKCARE ASSOCIATION

A date for your diary :

Backcare coffee morning, Saturday 22nd October form 10.30am -12-

30pm.

Home Baking, books and Tombola.

Fiona Rankine

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TRIBUTE TO ELSIE PRINGLE LISTER At the request of various folks the following is an extract of the tribute

given at Kinclaven Parish Church.

We are gathered here today in this ancient Scottish Kirk to give thanks

to Almighty God for the life of Elsie Pringle Lister who was born at 73

Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh on 10th January 1914, the second daughter

of Isabella and Peter Lister. The family moved two years later to

Montgomery Street and then, in 1928, they moved to 7 Rosslyn Ter-

race where they stayed for over 60 years. Elsie attended Leith Walk

Primary School which she hated. Apparently the teacher was elderly

and not in the best of health with the result that she was somewhat

short tempered!

One good thing about Leith Walk Primary, however, was that there

she met her best friend Helen Liddell. On her first day at school Helen

had approached her and asked if she had anyone to play with. When

Elsie replied that she did not, Helen had announced that she would be

her friend, and the best of friends they remained until Helen’s death in

2006. She did however love Broughton where her favourite subjects

were English and History. On leaving school, she followed her sister

Ella to Skerries Secretarial College, then she joined the family plumb-

ing firm, Patrick Knox & Co. Ltd. where she dealt with accounts and

correspondence and attended the public counter. Many a story she had

to tell about burst pipes and other plumbing crises!

During World War 2 Elsie was called up to the ATS and was stationed

at Bicester where she undertook secretarial duties. During the 3 years

she was there, she made many friends, notably Vera and Rene with

whom she was still in contact after 70 years.

The Church always played an important part in Elsie’s life. All holi-

days were spent at Park House, Stanley, her mother’s family home,

and on a Sunday the family attended the service at the Kirk of the

Muir some three or four miles from Stanley.

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The Minister’s sister always accompanied them on the walk to church,

and when she heard a car in the distance, she always insisted that they

stand on the grass verge until the car had passed. Now the Minister’s

sister had very good hearing which meant that the car she heard was

often several miles away and cars did not travel very fast in those

days.

The result was that they stood on the grass verge for about 20 minutes

per car and they were invariably late for the church service. The ser-

vice could not begin until they arrived, however, as Elsie’s Aunt Annie

was the Organist! The Minister was in no position to complain as it

was his own sister who had been responsible for their late arrival at

the church.....

Arriving in Edinburgh the family had joined Pilrig United Free Church

as it was then called. Her father, ordained an Elder in 1914, had been

appointed Superintendent of the Mission Sunday School which the

congregation had established to cater for those boys and girls whose

parents were not members of the church, and she recalled to me how

she was “persuaded” to follow her sister and become a Sunday School

Teacher!” and subsequently she was appointed Junior Department

Leader a position she held until 1986 when she “retired” from this

work.

For over 50 years she gave devoted and faithful service to the work of

the Sunday School and during these long teaching years, she experi-

enced great changes in Sunday School methods and ideas. Gone were

the days of learning “parrot fashion” the Principles of the Faith, the

weekly text and a greater part of the traditional formality. Some of the

changes for the better, and some, perhaps not quite so beneficial .

Elsie was always in her elder sister’s shadow. Indeed, she said recently

that she and Ella got along very well all those years as long as she re-

membered that Ella was the boss. Elsie was very lazy – a fact she ad-

mitted to quite happily.

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She often said that when she was young, the words she hated most

were “prompt obedience” which her mother frequently told her was

expected of her.

One day when she was looking down from the window of the flat in

Montgomery Street, she saw a drayman whipping his horse and she

called to her mother, “Look mother, there is a horse that won’t do

prompt obedience.”

In the last 6 years of her life spent at Lammermuir House, Dunbar, El-

sie achieved her ambition, i.e. being lazy. When visited every day, Pat

would ask her what she had been doing and was always amused by the

glee which Elsie displayed, when she replied “Nothing, absolutely

Nothing”.

In recent years, Elsie’s short term memory has been poor. Indeed she

could never remember what she had had for lunch even although she

had only finished her meal one hour earlier. She always insisted, how-

ever, that she would have remembered had she not enjoyed it. Until

the last, her long-term memory was phenomenal. She said that her ear-

liest memory was being held in her Mother’s arms watching big boxes

being carried into Dalmeny Street Drill Hall It later transpired that the

“big boxes” were in fact the coffins of the soldiers killed in the Gretna

Green train crash on 22 May 1915 when Elsie was less than 18

months old!

One of the highlights of her long association with Pilrig St. Paul’s as it

is now known, occurred in June 2003 when the then Moderator of the

General Assembly, Professor Torrance, came to Pilrig for a Special

Service marking the centenary of the Pipe Organ. The Kirk Session

had agreed to present both Ella and Elsie with long service certificates

to mark their dedicated service to the church during the service, but

sadly, for health reasons, they were unable to attend. Immediately

however, after the end of the service the Moderator (complete with

lace and gaiters) insisted on visiting Ella and Elsie at home presenting

them personally with their special awards, and thanking them on be-

half of the whole Church of Scotland.

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The Lister Sisters and Pilrig are words that meant one and the same

thing!

Ella and Elsie were also members of the church choir for over 60

years, and Elsie’s voice could still be heard above all the others at the

monthly service at Lammermuir House. Ella was musical and was a

proficient pianist. Elsie also had the benefit of piano lessons but could

not be bothered to practise!. She was also a life-long member of the

Guild.

For many years Ella and Elsie together with a few others used to visit

one of the wards in Queensberry House Hospital and hold a short ser-

vice every two weeks. This was a vital part of their ministry. Caring

for people and sharing with people were among Ella and Elsie’s great-

est gifts. I am told that their home at No 7 Rosslyn Terrace was

known as “E and E for B & B”. They constantly entertained relatives

and friends there from many parts of the world and also hosted an An-

nual Garden Party for the children of their many friends. Even after

they moved to their flat in Pilrig House in 1990, when Elsie was aged

76 and Ella was 80, they insisted on having a spare room so that they

could continue to accommodate friends and family.

Throughout her long life Elsie has been surrounded by a multitude of

friends and had an amazing array of cousins! However, there is one

person who has played a special role and that is, Ella’s God-daughter,

Patricia Smith, who has been such a stalwart to both sisters over many

many years and whom I know will miss them greatly. Elsie had a love-

ly calm, placid nature, who preferred – or perhaps had little option but

to adopt a backstage role. When Ella died in 2005, several people sus-

pected that Elsie would not last long without her sister.

She proved the sceptics wrong and she has lived happily at Lammer-

muir House for the past 6 years. Elsie was always an avid reader but

has read very few books over the last 4 or 5 years as she felt she might

miss something if her nose was in a book.

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Even her favourite author Agatha Christie “Aggie always wrote a

good book” she would say – could not divert her from watching the

activities in Lammermuir House. Elsie never complained or asked for

anything. “All my needs are catered for”, she always used to say. She

was grateful for anything that was done for her.

Even the day before she died, she said, as she did every day, “Thank

you for your visit”. Well, Elsie, from all your friends thank you for

your visit amongst us.

We have all lost a good friend and a wonderful person.

We give thanks for her life and for everything which she achieved and

the standards for which she stood.

The world is but a poorer place for her passing. Amen

Stuart W Sime

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PRAYER CORNER

Matthew Green

Mary and Jimmy Rennie

Jeanette and Stuart Sime

Peter Sinclair

Murdo and Joy McLeod

Linda Connolly

Jack McArthur

Mairi and Robin Leach

Jean Stark

Cathie Galbraith

Iain H. Scott

Frances Chambers

Bernhard Scroggie

Andy and Marjory McMahon

The Pace Family

June Welsh

Charlie and Joyce Forman

Think especially of Matthew Green, the first person in Britain to re-

ceive an artificial heart while he awaits a transplant. Brother-in-law of

Shelagh Green (Ramage)

Please contact Roy Eprile with any names you would like included in

this section.

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Funerals

16/6/11 Mrs Christina McHardie 1/3 Loganlea Road

23/6/11 Mrs Georgina Farquhar Whitburn

(Relative resides in Pilrig Glebe)

24/6/11 Miss Margaret Swanston Trinity Lodge NH

(Taken for Rev A McAspurren)

27/7/11 Mrs Isabella Deuchar Guthrie House

District 21

4/8/11 Mrs Mary Whitehead Victoria Manor NH

District 21

12/8/11 Mrs Georgina Turner Victoria Manor NH

Parish

15/8/11 Mr Tom Pressland 155 Restalrig Avenue

(Father in Law of Rev George Shand)

17/8/11 Miss Edith Peters Flat 27 20 Halmyre Street

Parish

18/8/11 Mrs Irene Clark 53 Dickson Street

District 14

19/8/11 Miss Janet Anderson

52 Gordon Court, Gordon Street District 13

MINISTER Rev John Tait B.Sc. B.D. - 78 Pilrig Street (554 1842)

[email protected] SESSION CLERK John Innes - 33 Monktonhall Place, Musselburgh (665 9125) [email protected] CLERK TO CONGREGATIONAL BOARD Dr Stuart W. Sime -1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) [email protected] TREASURER Mark Wexelstein (665 6881) [email protected] ROLL KEEPER Mrs Jeanette E. Sime - 1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens (554 6183) [email protected] PROPERTY CONVENER Dr Stuart W. Sime -1 South Trinity Road (552 9652) [email protected] HALL LET GROUP [email protected] 07842047093 (Answer phone) ORGANIST and CHOIRMASTER Martin Ritchie - 18, Catherine’s Wynd, Woodhead, Culross, Fife KY12 8EU (07984 466 855) [email protected] SUNDAY CLUB LEADER Mark Wexelstein (665 6881) [email protected] CHRISTIAN GIVINGS CONVENERS Mrs Ella Gilfillan - 8 Paisley Terrace (661 2281) Mrs Irene Wexelstein - 15 Upper Hermitage (476 1385) MAGAZINE Editor - Mrs Catriona E.W. Blackwood - 4 Cambridge Gardens (554 6183) [email protected] Distribution - Mrs Margaret Cameron - 35 Lorne Street (554 2139) OUR CHURCH WEB SITE www.pilrigstpauls.org.uk LEITH CHURCHES FORUM WEB SITE www.leithchurchesforum.org.uk