Notice Board
What's happening at St John’s
Sunday 15th November
Family Eucharist-10:30am
with Rev Stuart F Gray
Tuesday 17th November
Said Eucharist 6pm
followed by Bible group at 6.30
Thursday 19th November
Service to remember Loved Ones 7pm
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
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ST JOHN'S ALLOA NEWSLETTER
15TH NOVEMBER 2026
Growing in God's love and sharing it
READINGS FOR 15TH NOVEMBER
Join us this Sunday, 15th November, as we explore the teachings of the scriptures and grow together in God's love.
THEME
Using our talents
Psalm 123
SERVICE TIMES
Sunday 10.30am Family Sung Eucharist finishing around 11.30am then all are welcome to stay for tea and coffee and cake.
Tuesday 6pm Said Eucharist (Quieter Service) until 6.30pm. This Tuesday the service (17th Nov) will be followed by Word Alive Bible Study when we will continue our reflections on meals and food in the Gospel of Luke and what that means for each of us today. All are welcome.
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ST JOHN'S NEWS
Music Group This group meets every two weeks after the 6pm Tuesday evening service (the service is usually finished by 6.30pm) and the next meeting will be 24th November. Come along and explore some new songs and harmonies. All are welcome.
Bible Study 'Word Alive' This group led by Alison meets every two weeks after the 6pm Tuesday evening service alternating with the Music Group . Next meeting 17th November. See details above.
The Fellowship Group will have its annual Christmas lunch on 15th December at 1pm in The Royal Oak Hotel. This is a very popular event and more details will be available soon. The next group meeting will be on 9th February.
St John's Service to Remember Loved Ones will take place on Thursday 19th November at 7pm.
If you weren't able to be at our Service of Remembrance in St John's of 8th November, here are two photos from the morning.
In our Episcopal Vacancy, the Rt Revd Nicholas Bundock, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway is our Acting Bishop, and the Rt Revd Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin, will convene the Electoral Process. You can find out more about the newly revised process of the calling and election of bishops to Vacant Sees in CANON FOUR – Updated following GS 09.25 Authenticated Copy. The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church has also produced Guidelines for the Election of a Bishop, a Commentary on Canon 4.
The Diocese has offered a Bishop Search Prayer on its
website.
Gracious God,
send your Holy Spirit upon our search for a new Bishop.
Grant us wisdom to discern, humility to listen, and faithfulness
in choosing the person you are calling to serve your Church
in this place through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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NEWS FROM AROUND AND ABOUT
Forth Valley College is doing a winter coat appeal. If you have any good quality coats (adult and children sizes), jackets, hats, scarves or gloves, they can be handed in at any Campus. They should be clean and in good condition.
Stirling Street Pastors is holding an information evening on Wed 18th November 2026, 7:30pm In Park Church Stirling at which you can speak to current street pastors, find out what the organisation does and how you can join in. For more information see stirling.streetpastors.org.uk; facebook.com/StirlingStreetPastors or email:stirling@streetpastors.org.uk; Phone 07545 527511
Safe Families, Home for Good November Newsletter is attached to this email as it's too long to include in the body of our newsletter. You may remember the interesting talk that Caitlin Frew, their Church and Community Relationships Coordinator gave at St John's in the autumn. Their newsletter has information about the resources and training that they offer, the Vision Night they held in October and how they are going forward under the name "Home for Good".
Anglican Communion gathering held on science and faith
Bishops, scientists, and theologians from across the Anglican Communion met at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, in the United States, last week, “to develop local science and faith initiatives and support a new generation of young leaders”, The Church Times reports. The meeting was facilitated by the Anglican Communion Science Commission, launched at the 2022 Lambeth Conference. The meeting examined topics including AI, disaster response, and the relationship between scientific discovery and Christian faith.
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BEFORE YOU GO....
The Church in the town of Honningsvåg is a simple wooden building. It is in the municipality of Nordkapp, Finnmark county, Norway, deep in the Arctic, on the eastern end of the island of Magerøya where fishing continues to play a big part in local life. Laurene and Steve walked there during their recent trip to Norway. The church dates from 1885 and although Honningsvåg town is much older, it is the oldest surviving building in the town. This is because during the Nazi retreat towards the end of WW II, the occupying troops undertook a scorched earth policy and destroyed all buildings and equipment that could be useful to the population and incoming allies. They left only the church standing. The local people hid in the mountains and when it was safe to return to their ruined town, they lived together in the church for many months until they could rebuild their houses. Today this Church of Norway parish church continues to stand as a beacon of resilience, hope and peace.
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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