Notices (7 Nov)

Smithton Church

• We give a warm welcome to our pulpit this evening to Brigadier Ian Dobbie from SASRA.

• We will be having our first Singing Group practice for the new term tonight at 5:45pm sharp. It would be great to see new people coming along. We will be practising some carols and psalm tunes this evening.

• The Kirk Session will meet for normal business this Tuesday at 7:30pm in Rosebank Hall.

• The Pop In is on this Tuesday at Smithton Hall from 10am to 2pm.

• We will be hosting a special meeting of Release International at Culduthel Christian Centre this Wed 10 November. We were hoping to hear from Helen Barhane and her work in Eritrea. Unfortunately she has been unable to obtain a visa so she will not be able to attend. However, there will be a taped interview with Helen shown at the meeting.

• Food Hygiene Course – To all potential new church kitchen users – there may be places available on a Food Hygiene Course to take place in Inverness on Thursday 9 December. If you would like to attend please speak to Ali.

• Anyone wishing to contribute to the Building Fund have now the opportunity to do this online via our website at www.smithtonchurch.com/resources/building. Click “Donate Now”.

Community

• Join Inshes Church this Friday 12 November at 7:30pm for an evening of worship led by the well-known Scottish worship leader and singer songwriter Ian White. Tickets £5 available at CLC or Living Oasis Bookshops or online at www.aliveministry.co.uk

• The Women Across the Highland Conference will take place for all women on Saturday 13 November at Culduthel Christian Centre. The speaker will be Elaine Duncan.

• Help required. The Dunbar Centre will reopen early in 2011 as a Pop-in and will be run on similar lines to the one which has been operating successfully at the Church since 2008. Volunteers are required to assist with making soup, baking, serving, etc. and caring for folk. Any person interested in helping should contact Alan Michael on 790410 or speak to Charlie Anderson 793191.

• Inverness and North Free Church Mission Support Group will be having a Coffee Morning on Saturday 20th November from 10.30am to 12 noon in the Free North Church Hall, Inverness. (Entry is from the Church Street entrance).

• The next meeting of Ignite will be on Saturday27 November at 7:30pm in the Ironworks. The speaker will be Jim Turrant, former minister of Culloden Baptist Church. Tickets are £2 and are available at the Ironworks Box Office.

Rotas

• Wednesday 10 Nov Tea  —

• Sunday 14 Nov. Door  —  Mairi MacLeod, Donald MacRitchie & Charlie Anderson

• Sunday 14 Nov. Crèche  —  Donna MacLeod and Susan Anderson

• Sunday 14 Nov. Welcoming Team  —  Neil and Catriona Cameron