The Guild has a Guild Link with Wardie Parish Church Guild, Edinburgh and supports projects chosen by the Guild at national level. All are welcome to join us. For enquiries regarding Northesk Guild please contact Dorothy McCann 07752 646600.
Northesk Guild finished its programme for 2023/24 in April, and will re-start in September. All are welcome to join us at our meetings which will be publicised on the website and on the weekly screen announcements.
The programme of talks/events/entertainments was disrupted somewhat by illness but thankfully members stepped up, there were no cancellations and everyone enjoyed a revamped programme. A gap was filled by Alex and Jane with their ‘’Memories” video which was much appreciated.
We had a visit in April from our Guild partner, Wardie Guild, who were very keen to hear Simon Fairnie again - this time on the treasures of Northesk Church. We continue to have links with St Andrews High Guild, and join each other’s meetings.
Nationally, the Guild continues to plan for regional reorganisation of Guilds and it is very likely that we will join a big group comprising Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. We also wait to hear about the projects which will be chosen for support by Guilds - in the next three-year period this will be four projects only, instead of six.
We will continue to raise funds for Unida (Brazil) and Chocolate Heaven (SE Asia) until December 2024, then start again with the new ones. We hope to have a fund-raising event in the second week in September which is Guild week
The programme of talks/events/entertainments was disrupted somewhat by illness but thankfully members stepped up, there were no cancellations and everyone enjoyed a revamped programme. A gap was filled by Alex and Jane with their ‘’Memories” video which was much appreciated.
We had a visit in April from our Guild partner, Wardie Guild, who were very keen to hear Simon Fairnie again - this time on the treasures of Northesk Church. We continue to have links with St Andrews High Guild, and join each other’s meetings.
Nationally, the Guild continues to plan for regional reorganisation of Guilds and it is very likely that we will join a big group comprising Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. We also wait to hear about the projects which will be chosen for support by Guilds - in the next three-year period this will be four projects only, instead of six.
We will continue to raise funds for Unida (Brazil) and Chocolate Heaven (SE Asia) until December 2024, then start again with the new ones. We hope to have a fund-raising event in the second week in September which is Guild week
Projects
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"Hear our Voice: empowering young women for ministry and service" is a project at UNIDA designed to empower young women through theological education. The partnership with The Guild has three core elements:
Chocolate Heaven is a small chocolate kitchen on a beautiful island in South East Asia, where Paul and Sarah, their children and their wider team, demonstrate the love of God to an unreached people group.
Chocolate Heaven is providing employment for chocolate makers, fair prices for local growers, producing and selling delicious chocolate in all the flavours we love— and also some wonderfully exotic ones! – and sharing God's good news with their employees and wider community whenever they have the opportunity to do so.
- Providing access to accredited theological education for young women through special scholarships
- Equipping young women for leadership in churches, faith-based organisations and wider civil society through practical education
- Mentoring young women through accompaniment and work placements.
Chocolate Heaven is a small chocolate kitchen on a beautiful island in South East Asia, where Paul and Sarah, their children and their wider team, demonstrate the love of God to an unreached people group.
Chocolate Heaven is providing employment for chocolate makers, fair prices for local growers, producing and selling delicious chocolate in all the flavours we love— and also some wonderfully exotic ones! – and sharing God's good news with their employees and wider community whenever they have the opportunity to do so.