Notice Board
What's happening at St John’s
Sunday 9th August
Sung family Eucharist-10:30am
with Rev Dr Alison Peden
Tuesday 11th August
Said Eucharist 6pm
All are Welcome to our Services
Revd Stuart F Gray BD PGDE
Broad Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire FK10 1AN
Tel No 01259 724550
Email office@sjea.org.uk
Website - www.stjohnschurchalloa.org.uk
Facebook- https://en-gb.facebook.com/stjohnsalloa
Twitter - St John’s Alloa @StJohnAlloa
Instagram – stjohnsalloa
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St John's Alloa
Newsletter 9th August 2026
READINGS FOR 9th AUGUST 2026
Theme - God with us weathering
the storm. We'll look at the story of Peter walking on the water, and how God
in Christ reaches out to us in difficult times.
Psalm
116:12, 14, 17-19
SERVICE
TIMES
Sunday
10.30am Family Sung Eucharist until around
11.30am then all are welcome to stay for refreshments and time to chat.
Tuesday
6pm Quiet Service of Eucharist from the Reserved Sacrament
until 6.30pm.
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Theme - God with us weathering the storm. We'll look at the story of Peter walking on the water, and how God in Christ reaches out to us in difficult times. |
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Psalm 116:12, 14, 17-19 |
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SERVICE TIMES |
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Sunday 10.30am Family Sung Eucharist until around 11.30am then all are welcome to stay for refreshments and time to chat. |
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Tuesday 6pm Quiet Service of Eucharist from the Reserved Sacrament until 6.30pm. |
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ST JOHN'S NEWS
Stuart, Jane and
Alexander are away for the next 2 Sundays. We wish them very happy
holidays. Alison will be taking the services on the 9th and 16th August.
Congratulations
to St James Dollar and to the Revd Carl Melville.
Carl was licensed at St James on Thursday by Bishop Ian with St John's
represented by Joyce MacKechnie, Chair of St John's Vestry. We send a very
warm welcome to Carl.
Park
Primary School Uniform - As in previous year we
are hoping to provide uniform for some pupils in Park Primary. The
Tea and Coffee money will go towards this for the next 4 weeks.
Pilgrimage to Iona - We
have provisionally booked Bishops House in Iona from the 9th till 14th
October 2027 for 5 nights. Our plan is to do fundraising to enable the price to
be as low as possible for everyone. If you haven’t already
expressed your interest, please let Stuart know.
Collection Counting - We really need more money counters for the Sunday
collections. Could you volunteer to go on the list? Please speak to Tom, if
you want to know what is required,
The Fellowship Group and Tai Chi
Cafe are taking a break in
August. The Fellowship Group meets again on 8th Sept at 1.30pm and Tai Chi
Cafe starts up on 3rd Sept at 2pm.
Safeguarding - Please remember
that if you have any concerns about children or vulnerable adults at St
John’s, please speak to Stuart or our own safeguarding co-ordinators, Ailsa
and Pam.
Your news - If you have some interesting things that
you think the folks at St John’s might enjoy—maybe you're involved in a great
concert coming up, you know of an exciting project in the area, an inspiring
poem or quote, or just anything that you feel people would love to read
about—please send it to News@sjea.org.uk,
or speak to Laurene and we'll do our best to include it in the Newsletter.
NEWS
FROM FURTHER AFIELD
The Church Times
writes about the growth in interest in
pilgrimage and how to make your church a
pilgrim place.
Also, Anglican
Franciscans have embarked on a three-month, 800-mile pilgrimage across
the UK to mark the 800th anniversary of
the death of St Francis of Assisi.
The 80-day journey began on 18th July in Alnmouth, in Northumberland,
The Church times
writes that opponents
of assisted-dying legislation have welcomed the new PM's hesitation on
the bill.
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Stuart, Jane and Alexander are away for the next 2 Sundays. We wish them very happy holidays. Alison will be taking the services on the 9th and 16th August. Congratulations to St James Dollar and to the Revd Carl Melville. Carl was licensed at St James on Thursday by Bishop Ian with St John's represented by Joyce MacKechnie, Chair of St John's Vestry. We send a very warm welcome to Carl. Park Primary School Uniform - As in previous year we are hoping to provide uniform for some pupils in Park Primary. The Tea and Coffee money will go towards this for the next 4 weeks. |
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Pilgrimage to Iona - We have provisionally booked Bishops House in Iona from the 9th till 14th October 2027 for 5 nights. Our plan is to do fundraising to enable the price to be as low as possible for everyone. If you haven’t already expressed your interest, please let Stuart know. |
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Collection Counting - We really need more money counters for the Sunday collections. Could you volunteer to go on the list? Please speak to Tom, if you want to know what is required, |
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The Fellowship Group and Tai Chi Cafe are taking a break in August. The Fellowship Group meets again on 8th Sept at 1.30pm and Tai Chi Cafe starts up on 3rd Sept at 2pm. |
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Safeguarding - Please remember that if you have any concerns about children or vulnerable adults at St John’s, please speak to Stuart or our own safeguarding co-ordinators, Ailsa and Pam.
Your news - If you have some interesting things that you think the folks at St John’s might enjoy—maybe you're involved in a great concert coming up, you know of an exciting project in the area, an inspiring poem or quote, or just anything that you feel people would love to read about—please send it to News@sjea.org.uk, or speak to Laurene and we'll do our best to include it in the Newsletter. |
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NEWS FROM FURTHER AFIELD |
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The Church Times writes about the growth in interest in pilgrimage and how to make your church a pilgrim place. Also, Anglican
Franciscans have embarked on a three-month, 800-mile pilgrimage across
the UK to mark the 800th anniversary of
the death of St Francis of Assisi. |
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The Church times writes that opponents of assisted-dying legislation have welcomed the new PM's hesitation on the bill. |
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AND BEFORE YOU GO...
A quote from the
American 19th century essayist and abolitionist Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the
common."
Contacts For general or
non-urgent matters please use the email office@sjea.org.uk . If you wish to
contact Stuart urgently or in confidence, please email him at priest@sjea.org.uk
Have you looked
at our Facebook page yet for more photos from St John's?
Revd Stuart F Gray BD PGDE
St John's Alloa
18 Broad Street Alloa
FK10 1AN
office@sjea.org.uk
01259 724550
www.stjohnschurchalloa.org.uk
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Contacts For general or non-urgent matters please use the email office@sjea.org.uk . If you wish to contact Stuart urgently or in confidence, please email him at priest@sjea.org.uk |
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