Appendix B - Fellowship & Mission Activities

We hold a wide variety of fellowship and missional activities to reach out to members of the congregation and the local community, including the very young, the elderly, lonely, those suffering from poverty, vulnerable adults, as well as social activities to build strength within our church families. Regular activities include:

There are refreshments after worship at both Inverarity and East & Old every Sunday and this is a time for fellowship.
Friends 'R Us is a social group for widowed and single people who meet every week to combat loneliness. They go out and about for walks, afternoon tea, visits and activities.
The Wee Blether coffee and chat weekly for the elderly and anyone in the local community. It’s a good way to find out what’s going on in the church, meet the minister and come in out of the cold.
Heat Hub over the winter months, for anyone struggling to heat their home or just to come in out of the cold and have some company. This has proved a lifeline for some vulnerable members of the community in recent years and we have gained new worshippers from it.
Monthly Folk Night for the music community to come and play together. Funds from ticket sales go back into the church
Monthly Ladies Night Out – a social meal for the ladies of the church to meet for a time of fellowship
Monthly Men’s Night Out – a time of fellowship for the men in the church to meet together in the local pub.
Weekly Art Group with an annual art exhibition in September. This group has evolved over the years and is now a form of therapy for the vulnerable with support from the group leader.
Monthly book club
Active Guild in both churches
Boys Brigade and Girls Association
Monthly Souper Friday Lunch group at Inverarity - as there is no central meeting place in Inverarity, we felt it would be nice to use the hall as a gathering point for socialising, especially post Covid pandemic, for the wellbeing of the locals. It is well attended, and the teams have been working well together and found that it is also bringing us all closer together too. We use the donations made at this to benefit various local charities.
Cosy Corner Soup lunch weekly at East & Old, a chance to engage with the local community
Baby Blether group for new parents and carers to chat and share experiences
Toddler Time group fostering relationships with the very young and their carers
Lego Club – an after school Lego and craft club for primary age children teaching them social skills and motor skills
Inverarity Kids Club – after school childcare and social opportunity for primary age children from the rural area to combat isolation and teach social skills

Our Church Calendar

Maundy Thursday Service
Good Friday Service
Easter Breakfast at Inverarity
Spring service at Inverarity
Christian Aid Coffee morning for Christian Aid Week
Inverarity Strawberry Tea (June)
Summer Family Fun Day at East & Old
MacMillan Cancer Care Coffee morning (September)
Art Exhibition in East & Old (September)
Harvest Thanksgiving services (October)
Leprosy Mission Coffee morning with FACT(October)
Harvest Hooley (October) at Inverarity Hall
Gift Service (1^st Sunday in Advent)
Kids, Carols and Cakes at Inverarity
Christmas Coffee Morning/ Fun event (November/ December)
Christmas Concert at East & Old (December)
Nativity Service (both churches)
Visit from Twinning Partners in Budapest (bi-annual)
Visit from International Partners in Zurich (bi-annual)
Visit to Budapest to see twinning partners (bi-annual)
Pre-Loved is Re-loved recycling fundraiser at Inverarity 4 times a year
Regular Concerts / Music Recitals throughout the year at both Inverarity and East & Old