Gateway Community Church has several Scripture Union Holiday Club materials that have been well used but are no longer needed. If there is a church linked with PACT that would like them then we would be happy to deliver any or all of them to you. Most, possibly all, are no longer for sale from Scripture Union, but the Scripture Union website does have downloadable resources to go …
Women’s Voices in Climate Action
To mark International Women’s Day we are hosting an event for women of all faiths and beliefs with keynote speakers Zarina Ahmad, Climate Change Communicator and Fiona Buchanan, Campaigns and Advocacy Coordinator at Christian Aid. The event will take place on Zoom on Wednesday 10th March from 10am – 11.15am. To sign up please fill in the Google form at https://tinyurl.com/mrmjn7av Please feel free …
International Café restarts
After almost a year, and no clear idea of when we can resume meeting face to face, the organising group for the International Cafe have decided to experiment with taking the cafe online. We would like to invite you to join us via Zoom on: Monday March 8th, from 7- 8pm. Bring your own refreshments. This will, of course, be a different …
January – news in brief
(a) The recipe book produced by Scone and St Martin’s Church has gone into a reprint, and there are always new recipes appearing on their website – worth a look! (b) The Jambouree Cabaret Singers are hosting a virtual Burns Supper, this coming Sunday 24th at 7p.m. to which all are welcome. The link to tune in is: www.jambouree.co.uk/burnsnight Have your …
Carol Service
We are sorry that the PACT annual Carol service was unable to go ahead this year, but we are happy to share the recent Jambouree Choir concert. The Jambouree Choir is directed by Edna Auld, organist at St Leonard- in-the-Fields, and this year’s concert comes from the grounds of St Mary’s Monastery. Enjoy!
Rev. J. Bruce Thomson
With sadness I have to report the loss of Bruce Thomson, formerly minister at Scone: Old. Bruce died peacefully in Perth on Friday morning, 27th November. A funeral service will take place in Scone on Tuesday 8th December, and then thereafter to Perth Crematorium. Regards, Rev Alex M MillarClerk to the Presbytery of Perth
Donations of toiletries requested to help prisoners
The new chaplain at Perth Prison, Rev Margaret Shuttleworth, tells PACT that she is desperately short of toiletries for prisoners who arrive with nothing. Could church members please consider donating items like shower gel, toothpaste and deoderants? Such donations must be in plastic bottles and sprays are not acceptable. If you can help or wish to donate. Contact details – Wilma …
Starter Packs works through the pandemic to support people trying to set up a new home
Starter Packs is still open and responding to referrals; donations of household goods (excluding furniture) can be handed in to their unit (22) at Friarton on a Wednesday morning from 10 – 12 noon; donations will be quarantined then sorted by the volunteers on a Friday morning. PACT link person, Jean Hendry, specifically asks that donations are not handed in on a …
Perth City Centre Community Hub
Perth City Centre Community Hub has been set up in Perth city centre to help tackle food poverty. It is run as partnership for groups already offering support in the city, including Giraffe, North Church, the Salvation Army, Perth Street Pastors, Perth City Centre Community Hub, Letham4All, TullochNet, and Perth and Kinross Council. The base also direct beneficiaries to other …
Church doors re-open in Perth
St John’s Episcopal Church recently re-opened for services, and are delighted to be back. The service is also live-streamed on the website and Facebook for those not able to attend. They also have a service on Wednesday mornings at 8.30a.m. St Leonard’s in the Fields will open again for worship on 1st November. The Kirk of St John’s has been open for Sunday worship since the …