31/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

Up until now, visitors have not been able to add their own comments to any of the posts. We have decided to open this feature up to our visitors so we can hear what they have to say about the blog.

All comments will be moderated by the Administrator so there may be a delay in them actually appearing on the site. You will have to supply a name and an email address to post a comment and there is also a simple “math test” to prevent automated postings.

We will try this for a short time to see if there is any interest in this feature.

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28/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

Photographs of the children lighting the Advent Candles and of the Nativity Plays can be downloaded by right-clicking on each thumbnail and saving the Target File to your computer. They are sized as 7″ x 5″ prints - if you would like larger prints please contact Ken Wilkie.

         
Advent 1  -  John Hamilton                                                                Advent 2  -  Victoria Ritchie

         
Advent 3  -  Rachel and Andrew Milne                                            Advent 4  -  Bailey Alexander

         
Sunday School Nativity                                                                       Youth Club Nativity

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27/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

The Youth Club led the service with their Nativity Play  “The Not So Wise Man”

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24/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

The children of the Sunday School led the service on Sunday with their Nativity Play then posed for photographs afterwards.

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24/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

Bailey Alexander lights the fourth candle on our Advent Crown, helped by Mum, Anthea and watched by the rest of the children who took part in the nativity play.

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17/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

 Rachel and Andrew Milne light the third candle on the Advent Crown.

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08/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

Victoria Ritchie lighting the second candle on the Advent Crown.

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01/12/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

It’s time to light the candles on the Advent Crown in our church.
John Hamilton lights the first candle as his baby brother Jack watches him along with mum and dad, Susie and Paul.

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27/11/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

Christmas is a time when we think of others – the members of Markinch Parish Church and Glenrothes Rotary Club have been doing just that. They are delighted with the response to this year’s Rotary Shoe Box Appeal.  Seven Hundred and Twenty-Eight boxes full of goodies have been donated by church members, Rotary members, local schools, individuals, Markinch Youth Club and Members of the Glenrothes Inner Wheel.
Tracy Thomson, lead Rotarian for this year’s appeal and Lars Christiansen, Rotary President, are pictured with some of the Rotary Shoe Boxes ahead of their uplifting for transport to Eastern Europe to be distributed to needy children in time for Christmas.

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09/11/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

Remembrance Service held at the War Memorial today

Session Clerk, Ian Watt and his son Matthew lay the church wreath at the memorial

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10/09/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

The August 2008 copy of the Church Magazine “News From The Pews” can be downloaded from here. The printed version was recently distributed to all households in our parish.

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17/05/2008 by Ken Wilkie.

The Kirk Session have taken the decision to assist with the building of a new Church in Malawi. The opportunity arose through Levi Nyondo the minister of St Andrews Mzuzu (a town centre church with various outlying rural prayer houses). He was the host for the St Kenneth’s team from Kennoway that went to Malawi.
He advised about the work of his local parish evangelism team in an area about 15 miles from the main town. “More than 66 people accepted Jesus Christ. We have now planted a new church to be called Kaning’ina Church. They do not have any shelter but they are freely worshipping their God.”
This new group of Christians need a place to worship. The cost of providing that is relatively small by Scottish standards but fairly prohibitive in a subsistence farming area with little cash.
As a result there was an opportunity here for our congregation to undertake a one-off project of providing a basic building for a new church in Malawi. (Often such buildings double up as school rooms at the same time.) From past experience the cost of corrugated iron roofing and timbers is usually about £1200, and the bricks are made and the construction done by the local congregation.
St Kenneth’s will help by making the local connections, providing a route for the transfer of funds with no bank charges, and getting our local contacts in the area to give details when the work is complete.
Funds will be raised by holding specific fund raising events during the year. Please watch out for these. Our target is £1200!  We may explore a partnership arrangement with the church at a later stage but no decision has been reached in this regard.
We are still committed to Zerihun, the child sponsored through the Sunday School. Please see the Session Clerk if you would like to assist with any fund raising or donations for this exciting project.

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14/10/2007 by Ken Wilkie.

Our church is represented on the Kirkcaldy Presbytery Prayer Group by Dr. Morven Duncan. Click on the link below to open a copy of the current “Prayer Call” booklet

http://www.markinchchurch.org.uk/download/PrayerCallOctNov07.pdf

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31/01/2007 by Ken Wilkie.

During his sermons, Rev. Alex Forsyth often mentions books and DVD’s that he thinks are definitely worth reading or watching. Many of you have acted on these recommendations and bought the books.
If you were to use the special links to the Amazon store from our own church website or from the sidebar menu on this page, you will find Alex’s recommendations all listed together in our “aStore”. If you purchase any of these (or any other Amazon product) using this method, the church will receive a commission on each sale which will go directly to church funds.

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07/01/2007 by Ken Wilkie.

This is the place to come for the latest church news. It will be updated by a number of people with interests in the various groups within our own church and the wider church.

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