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Church Events - Dates for your diary!
december at st. columba’s church & john knox church
when...
where...
Sat 7th
St. Columba’s Church Hall Family Christmas Party
2-4pm
what...
Sun 15th 11.15am John Knox Church
All-age Nativity Service with
another opportunity to see
‘Rock around the Christmas Tree’
Fri 20th
St. Columba’s Church
Lainshaw School Christmas Service
St. Columba’s Church
All-Age Nativity Service,
with mince pies to follow
9.30am
Sun 22nd 11am
Sun 22nd 11.15am John Knox Church
Christmas Service
Tues 24th 6.30pm
Christmas Eve All-Age Celebration
St. Columba’s Church
Tue 24th 11.15pm John Knox Church
Stewarton’s Watchnight Service with
Stewarton Academy Senior Wind Band
Wed 25th 11am
St. Columba’s Church
Stewarton Churches
Joint Christmas Day Service
Sun 29th 11am
St. Columba’s Church
Annual Service of Lessons & Carols
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‘Awesome’
comes to Stewarton
Did you see the huge high-tech
multimedia trailer that rolled
into the town in October? The
45ft, 14 ton mobile Bibleworld
was brought in by Stewarton
churches to help bring the Bible
to life for the local community.
School children and other groups
came along to experience what
is a highly acclaimed education
resource that delights, entertains
and educates its visitors.
There are a range of interactive
computer activities and hands-on
experiences. Since its launch in
2005, more than 50,000 children
and adults have enjoyed checking
out Bibleworld.
“It was amazing seeing the faces of local school
children light up when they came into the
mobile unit. One child commented, ‘This is
awesome!’ at the sight of all the interactive
screens and practical hands-on displays. This
great resource from the Scottish Bible Society
gave us the opportunity to experience the richness
of the Bible’s story and its place in our culture.
It certainly achieved what the Bible Society
said it would: entertain as well as educate!”
Rev. Gavin Niven, minister of John Knox Church
“It was a joy to be part of this experience and to
de-bunk a few misconceptions. On e of the 250(!)
local schoolchildren entered the Mobile Unit saying
‘this is going to be about God and boring!’ He
left wide-eyed, commenting: ‘It was about God
and it wasn’t boring!’ The effort, imagination
and variety which the Scottish Bible Society has
poured into this amazing “Time Machine” make
it a pleasure to work in partnership with them”.
Rev. George Lind, minister of St. Columba’s Church