FROM PROPERTY AND WORKS
· Minor repairs have been carried out to the carpet around the church
· A new organ platform has been built to make it easier to shift
· Alan Gilbertson and his team have reinstalled four leadlight windows
· The painting of the manse is due to take place in October, which will include the removal of a disused chimney.

FROM THE FIRST CHURCH HERITAGE BUILDING CHARITABLE TRUST
· The window restoration project should be completed by the end of August
· Brick fences and rails to be restored as funding from Lotteries allows
· A review is needed of the building's electrical system.

Sunday School Presentation
September 2008

Barbara Cocker and the Sunday School children gave the following presentation at a church service on 21 September 2008:

Its been 2 terms since the Sunday School had its last presentation in church. We go right back to Pentecost and onto Genesis with the 7 days of Creation, Adam & Eve, Noah's Ark, Jacob and Esau and the story of Joseph. In Exodus we have read the story of Moses over the last five weeks. We have digressed occasionally to read the story of the Mustard Seed and Feeding of the Five Thousand.

On two occasions this year the children have joined in for Communion which has been an educational experience for them. Never in my day did children participate in Communion and it was always a real mystery to me what it was all about. So thank you to Richard for that opportunity.

The Sunday School regularly corresponds to Morris our sponsored child in Kenya. We send birthday and Christmas cards to him and he regularly responds. Sponsors are entering their second year of sponsorship.

Many thanks to Judy and the weekly helpers that come along each Sunday.

At the end of Barbara's introduction, the children gave their interpretation of Pentecost with the Coming of the Holy Spirit.