Notes for your diary: (Week beginning 16th June 2025)
(All activities in THE CORNERSTONE unless stated otherwise)
Mon 16th Jun 1.30pm Playtime @ The Cornerstone
6.30pm BB
Tues 17th Jun 9.30am Walk ‘n Talk Group (Car park)
10.00am Coffee Stop
Wed 18th Jun 10.00am Renfrewshire Carers Support
Thurs 19th Jun 1.00pm Chit-Chat
Sun 22nd Jun 11.00am Morning Service in the Church
Funeral Intimations
Our thoughts and prayers are with all who are mourning at this time.
Sunday Kidz
Enjoying a break for summer – restarting date will be announced in the Newsy-Mail
Children are encouraged to be part of the Morning Worship from 11am in the Church, and they may leave after the second hymn to take part in a creche which will be available for all children in the Extension Hall.
Junior Singers
Enjoying a break for summer – restarting date will be announced in the Newsy-Mail.
Meets on Mondays, from 3.45 until 4.45pm.
New members most welcome! Open to all children of Primary School age.
Boys’ Brigade
Last meeting before enjoying a break for summer – restarting date will be announced in the Newsy-Mail.
Meets on Mondays at 6.30pm
Open to primary school boys.
Girls’ Brigade
Re-starting date after school holidays will be advised in a future Newsy-Mail.
Senior Choir
Enjoying a break for summer – restarting date 7th August.
Quiz Night
The ever-popular Quiz Evening will be held in The Cornerstone on Saturday 28th June at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 per person and teams of a maximum of 6 people or individual places can be booked by phoning The Cornerstone office on 01505 862583
Coffee Stop
The Coffee Stop is open on Tuesday mornings between 10 and 11.30am.
Drop in for tea/coffee and biscuits. Come and go as you please and catch up with friends.
Thursday Chit Chat Group
Meets every Thursday at 1.00pm. This week – Singing for Wellbeing.
Playtime @ The Cornerstone
Last meeting before enjoying a break for summer – restarting date will be announced in the Newsy-Mail.
Normally meets on Mondays from 1.30 until 2.45pm.
Parents/guardians who bring their child /children, will be responsible for the overall care and overseeing their children at play.
The recent Plant Sale and Coffee Morning raised the magnificent sum of £2,474.20. We are very grateful to all those who contributed to this success.
Chocolate Heaven
We are looking for donations of chocolate of any size and any type for our tombola/draw for Chocolate Heaven on the 21st June at Bishopton.
All proceeds will go to our Chisangano Appeal of “Let’s finish the Job” when we are supporting the refurbishment of ten schoolteachers’ homes in Chisangano, Malawi.
Please hand in your donation at the Church, The Cornerstone or to any member of the One World Committee between now and the 17th of June. Thank you, One World Committee.
Renfrewshire Foodbank
The demand for the Foodbank in Renfrewshire continues to increase.
During 2024 emergency food parcels were provided to 10,405 people which breaks down to 7095 adults and 3310 children. A truly heart-breaking number of children not having the security of something as basic as food.
At this time of year, the stock decreases significantly as we are between the generous donations usually received at Easter and Harvest.
We continue to need tinned foods, meat, fish, soup, vegetables, pasta sauce, as well as cereals, biscuits, long life milk, diluting juice. We also welcome donations of toiletries particularly shampoo and shaving items, pet food and chocolate/sweets.
Donations can be dropped of at the Church on Sunday or at the Cornerstone when it is open for Chit Chat, Coffee Stop or Services.
The One World group have a rota to collect the donations and take them to the Renfrewshire Foodbank warehouse.
Sadly, Erskine Bishopton Inchinnan Unites (EBI Unites) based at the Church of the Nazarene has now closed which leaves the Renfrewshire Foodbank as the only local option for people in our community facing food poverty.
Articles for Newsy-Mail
If group leaders or committee convenors have information, they wish to circulate to members or adherents of the church, please contact Ruby at The Cornerstone who will include this in the next edition.
Bishopton Parish Church is the known name of Bishopton Parish Church (Church of Scotland),
Scottish Charity No SC006109
www.bishoptonkirk.org.uk).
