Mearns Kirk

Our Season so far has been greatly enjoyed by all our members. We thought Yvonne's talk entitled 'One lump or two' would be about afternoon tea. How wrong we were when it was actually about her visit to a coal mine, and her descent to the lowest depth! A very brave lady indeed.

Then Geraldine took us on her long, long walk from Glasgow to Rome where she had a surprise meeting with the Pope. What an inspiration she was, doing this journey with a sense of humour and an ever present smile. She will definitely be paying us a return visit!

Our meeting with Ken from the Food Bank was so informative. It was good to hear how it all began but a bit heart rending to learn just how vital this service is. So we shall all be doing what we can in the lead up to Christmas.

Our first November meeting was with the Fire Service, keeping us up to date on safety. At our Craft afternoon we shall be making Christmas wreaths, so will be awash with glitter and tinsel.

Christmas Lunch this year will be in the Busby Hotel and our Christmas Party will be on 17th December in the hall.

Our visit to Andre Rieu's filmed concert was so successful that everyone wanted to return for his Christmas Concert film on 8 December. A lovely start to Christmas for us.

We have thoroughly enjoyed this Session with such interesting Speakers and look forward with anticipation to next year.

Special thanks are due to Liz and Elizabeth for manning the tea trolley, to Helen for her work at the Sales table, and to Janne our Secretary / Treasurer.
On behalf of the Guild may I wish everyone a blessed, peaceful and happy Christmas.