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General Assembly 2016

  By Cameron | 21/05/2016 - 13:26 |
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People of the WayThis year’s General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is underway in Edinburgh.  Even if you are not one of the 730 commissioners attending this year you can keep up to date online:

There are live streaming feeds while the Assembly is in session

http://stream1.churchofscotland.org.uk/about_us/general_assembly/

Each day Rev Douglas Aitken will produce a summary podcast of the morning and the afternoon’s business

http://stream1.churchofscotland.org.uk/about_us/general_assembly/news_updates

On facebook and Twitter

https://www.facebook.com/churchofscotland/

https://twitter.com/churchscotland

both with the hashtag #GA2016

Heart & Soul is on 22nd May this year

http://www.heartandsoul.org.uk/

The Blue Book is available for download

http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/32509/2016_Blue_book.pdf

Riverside Youth Group

  By Riverside Update | 19/05/2016 - 21:06 |
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Youth Group

A new youth group is being launched in our halls

Initial Taster Sessions will take place on Fridays in June

(These will help us plan the main sessions beginning when the schools restart after the summer break)

Age group: Primary 6 & 7
Cost: £2 (incl. a drink & snack)
Dates: 3rd/10th/17th/24th June
Times: 7:30pm – 9:30pm (after the Badminton Group which is run on Fridays for the same age group)

Youth Group Activities:Youth Group

  • Listening to Music
  • Team Games including “The Parachute”
  • Table Tennis
  • Badminton
  • Snooker
  • Air Hockey
  • Table Football
  • Nail Painting
  • Potential for Computer Games as group develops
  • End of Term Disco on 24th June

Riverside Halls are very spacious and flexible and can cater for many other activities if there is demand;
our games hall is marked for a range of sports including basketball, the rear hall also has badminton
court markings, and the main hall has a large stage for putting on shows or for film nights.

Juice/Crisps/Fizzy Water/Fun Size Bars will be provided for the taster sessions during a break in
organised activities – a tuck shop will be set up once the group is established in the Autumn.
On arrival each night, name and contact details of a parent or carer will be taken, with all club members
to be dropped off and picked up by a nominated parent or carer.

Interested?

Contact Marie Clare at:
development@riverside-westkirk.org.uk
Or phone the Riverside Office on
01389 742 551 (Mon-Fri 09:30-12:30)
www.dumbartonriverside.org.uk/organisations/youth-group/
facebook.com/dumbartonriverside

Dumbarton Harbour Planning Application

  By Riverside Update | 11/05/2016 - 18:07 |
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After many years of delays the development of the old distillery site is beginning to move on – a Public Consultation for Dumbarton Harbour Planning Application will be held in our Main Hall on Thursday 9th June from 2pm. All are welcome to come and view the plans as well as provide any comments to the developers about the plans.

There is a Facebook page for more information:
Dumbarton Harbour Planning Application
https://www.facebook.com/DumbartonHarbour/
or search for Dumbarton Harbour Planning Application on Facebook.

The developers, Culross, have some information at:
http://cullross.com/portfolio_item/former-distillery-dumbarton/

Dunbritton Housing Association Ltd. are also involved in the project.
https://www.facebook.com/Dunbritton-Housing-Association-Ltd-119433388231980/

That’s our church & halls complex to the right of the event picture, so it is important that members of Dumbarton Riverside Parish Church take a particular interest in this development!

Dumbarton Harbour

Organisations Timetable 2015-16

  By Riverside Update | 11/09/2015 - 13:33 |
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Sunday

Sunday School

11.30am September – December

10.00am January – April

Contact Margaret Auld

Resumed

Monday

Zumba

10.30am – 11.30am & 1.30pm – 2.30pm

Contact Denise Lovell

Carpet Bowls

1.00pm- 3.30pm/4.00pm

Rear Hall & Crèche

Contact Charlotte Simpson

Resume 05/10/15

Ladies Keep Fit

2.00pm – 3.30pm

Main Hall

Contact Joy Howatt

Resume 6/10/15

Rainbows

6.00pm – 7.00pm

Main Hall

Contact Norma Douglas

Anchor Boys’

6.15pm – 7.15pm

Rear & Games Hall & Choir Room

Contact Fraser/Rebecca Lyall dumbartonbb@hotmail.com

Resumed

BB Junior Section

7.15pm – 8.45pm

Rear, Games, Main Hall & Creche

Contact Elaine King dumbartonbb@hotmail.com

Resumed

BB Coy Section

7.15p m – 9.30pm

All Halls

Contact Alan Prior dumbartonbb@hotmail.co.uk

Resumed

Tuesday

Ladies Badminton

9.30am – 11.30am

Games & Rear Hall

Contact Jacqueline Fortune

Resumed

Tuesday Lunch Club

12.00pm – 1.30pm

Main Hall & Kitchen

Contact Sheila Rennie

Resume 6/10/15

Beavers

6.00pm 7.00pm

Games Hall

Contact Moira McQuade

Resumed

Cubs

6.00pm – 7.30pm

Rear Hall

Contact Jacqueline Farquhar

Resumed

Wednesday

Mothers & Toddlers

9.30am – 11.30am

Contact Ann Maciver

Rear Hall & Games Hall

Resumed

Playgroup

9.30am –2.00pm

Main Hall

Contact Pauline Butchart

Resumed

Zumba

10.30am

Contact Denise Lovell

Taekwondo–Do

5.00pm – 7.00pm

Contact Stephen Rooney or Michelle Haining

Resumed

1st Brownies

6.30pm – 7.45pm

Games Hall

Contact Fiona Ballantyne

Resumed

1st Guides

7.45pm – 9.30pm

Games Hall

Contact Susan Reid

Resume 16 September

Evening Guild

7.30pm – 9.30pm

Main Hall

Contact Celia Massicks

Resume 7/10/15

After Eights

7.45pm – 10.00pm

Rear Hall or Lounge

Contact Catherine Barry

Resume 7/10/15

Thursday

Ladies Badminton

9.30am – 11.30am

Games & Rear Hall

Contact Jacqueline Fortune

Resumed

Afternoon Guild

1.00pm – 4.00pm

Main Hall

Contact Jean Ballantyne

Resume 8/10/15

Funky Wee Monkeys

1.30pm – 2.30pm

Contact Julie Smith

Resumed

2nd Brownies

6.00pm – 7.45pm

Rear Hall

Contact Vicky Farrell

Resumed

2nd Guides

7.30pm – 9.45pm

Main Hall

Contact Anne Monaghan

Resumed

Scouts

7.45pm – 9.45pm

Rear Hall

Games Hall from 9.00pm

Contact Ian McQuade

Resume 3/9/15

Choir

7.15pm – 9.15pm

Choir Room & Church

Anne Mackay or Ian Logan

Resumed

Friday

Playgroup

9.30am – 11.45am

Main Hall

Contact Pauline Butchart

Mothers & Toddlers

9.30am – 11.30am

Contact Ann Maciver

Rear Hall & Games Hall

Resumed

Zumba

10.30am

Contact Denise Lovell

Good Companions

12.30pm – 3.30pm

Main Hall

Sheila Cowan or Eliz. (Betty) Hartley

Resumed

Thinking about Church?

  By Riverside Update | 20/04/2015 - 14:26 |
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A couple of times a year we run a discussion group where people can explore the Christian Faith and consider whether they are interested in becoming members of the Church of Scotland. It is also an opportunity for those who are members to think about what the church believes and what they believe.

Another class is starting soon, and all are welcome to come. There is no compulsion to join at the end of it – though we hope you will.

  • Dates: Sundays 26 April and 10 May Time: 7.00pm (for about 45minutes – 1 hour)
  • Venue: Riverside Church Lounge (enter by the Castle Street door, turn right and it’s the first door on the left)

If you are interested but cannot make the day/time suggested, please contact the church office.

Christian Aid Erskine Bridge Fun Day

  By Cameron | 04/04/2015 - 19:28 | ,
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  • Date: Saturday 25 April 2015
  • Time: Reception from 1pm, walk 2-5pm
  • Location: Erskine Bridge, Old Kilpatrick

Go along and enjoy a walk across the Erskine Bridge for another year at the Erskine Bridge Fun Day event. Take in the stunning views beneath the bridge on the Boden Boo forestry walks organised by Christian Aid.

This year will have the great addition of a 50ft inflatable assault course! Are you ready to compete against your friends and family to tackle the course and come out on top?

This is a great day for all age groups, whether you fancy challenging the assault course or just want to enjoy a leisurely walk across the River Clyde.

For details, visit http://www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/events/walking/scotland.aspx

 

Prayer Diary: Week commencing 5 April 2015: Easter

  By Riverside Update | 04/04/2015 - 10:38 |
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* Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!
* If the women and the disciples who went to the empty tomb and met the Risen Jesus struggled to understand what they had experienced, maybe we have an excuse, Lord, help us to try to get our heads around what happened that day
* Thank you for the new hope that Easter gives us: the hope that cruelty, indifference, abuse and hatred will not have the last word; the hope that it is worth investing time, effort and suffering into seeking healing and wholeness for the world; the hope that life does not end with death
* Encountering the risen Jesus transformed the lives of those who met him. Help us to open our hearts and lives that we may be transformed
* Help your whole church to live out the hope, the message of Easter

Schools against Sectarianism

  By Cameron | 24/03/2015 - 15:06 |
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Pupils at six Dumbarton primary schools all took part in a quiz organised by Dumbarton Churches Together to help them learn more about sectarianism and its effects on people. The ecumenical event was attended by Reverend Ian Johnson, of Dumbarton: Riverside linked with The West Kirk, Reverend Liz O’Ryan from St Augustine’s Scottish Episcopal Church and Canon Gerry Conroy, of St Patrick’s.

Local press covered the story… click to read more: Lennox Herald Article