The services at Buchanan Lodge and House will take place on the 28th February.
Fair Trade Kilombero Long Grained Rice will be on sale after the service (Sunday 21st)
1kg for £2.75
Baljaffray Parish Church Fair Trade Group has taken up the challenge from Just trading Scotland, the wholesale side of Balmore Coach House, to sell 90Kg of rice during Fair Trade Fortnight, which begins on Monday 22nd February. The proceeds will enable a farmer in Malawi to send one of their children to secondary school for a year.
The rice is good for risotto, paella , pilaf and other rice dishes, and is also nice just boiled.
Kilombero Long Grained Aromatic Rice from Malawi - 1kg for £2.75
The Just Trading Scotland website says:“It is not always easy to quantify the difference which fair trade makes to producers.” When John Riches was out in Malawi he was talking to Daudi Phiri, an amazingly hard-working rice farmer with 4 sons, all coming up to secondary school age. Daudi grows enough food to feed his family on half his four acres; the other half is rice, which he sells to buy clothes, building materials, farm inputs and implements, and education. We worked out that he would have to sell 90 kg of rice to send one son to the local high school for a year. If he is good enough to go away to the more advanced school it would cost more like 400kg.”
Monday 22nd February 7.30p.m. Guild Meeting.
May Nicholson, founder of The Preshal Trust will speak about how Preshal seeks to tackle the problem of social exclusion in various areas of Glasgow. May comes highly recommended.
Wednesday 24th February
6.30p.m. Choir Practice
7.30p.m. Kirk Session
Thursday 25th February 7.30p.m. Planning Committee
Saturday 27th February Girls Brigade Jumble Sale at 10.00a.m.
In Bearsden Cross Church,North Building, Thorn Road.
If you don’t like Jumble Sales please still come along as we will also be running a coffee and pancake morning and home baking stall. All donations of jumble and home baking can be dropped off on Friday evening between 7p.m. and and 8p.m.
Sunday 28th February 9.30a.m. Morning Service
Sunday Schools and Crèche for under 3’s will be held during the service.
Wednesday 3rd March 7.45p.m. Bible Discovery Group
Please note the new time.
Friday 5th March World Day of Prayer
Service will be held at the Cross Church. at 10.30 a.m.
Thursday Friday and Saturday 4, 5 and 6 March The Boys’ Brigade Annual Show will take place in the BB Hall at 7.45 pm. This year “It’s A Wonderful Life!” (very) loosely based on the 1946 film starring James Stewart, will feature X Factor auditions, problems at work and Scotland not qualifying for the World Cup, not to mention Darth Vader, Buzz Lightyear and Clarence the Angel. Tickets £6 adults £4 children from Boys, Robertson Jeen or download an order form from www.1stBearsdenBB.org. Please support the Boys and have a wonderful evening at the same time!
Saturday 6th March ALL AGE FAMILY CEILIDH
7.30p.m in the church. with Tom Harold's Ceilidh Band Tickets are on sale Adults £10 Children free - to include supper. We hope that you will come and join the fun.
Monday 8th March Guild Fund Raiser
Fashion Show by M & Co Milngavie. The clothes modelled will range from youngsters through to mature adults! Tickets (followed by a light supper) are on sale at £6.
Guild outing to Dumfries House
This is on Monday 12 April at a cost of £28 which includes coach, admission + guided tour of Dumfries House, time to spend in the grounds, high tea at The Fenwick Hotel on the way home. Coach leaves at 10 am and will return approximately 6 pm. Please book your place as soon as possible in order that we can make final arrangements. Non Guild members are most welcome to join us - please let Rae Galbraith know (942 5044).
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