Next book for Bookmark

The next book we will be reading is:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
by Mark Haddon

This is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he find's a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

Meeting on Monday 24 September at 7.30pm

Diary dates for week beginning 26 August 2007

Monday 27 Aug 7.30pm Bookmark - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Tuesday 28 Aug 7pm Craft Group
7pm Meeting of Social Committee and friends

Wednesday 29 August 7.30pm Institution of Rev'd Susan McDonald at Christ Church Morningside

Thursday 30 August 10am Eucharist followed by coffee and a chat

Saturday 1 September 10.30am 3S Cafe

Diary dates for week beginning 5 August 2007

Mon 6 August 4-10pm Philomusica will be using the church

Thu 9 August 10am Eucharist - +Alan Smithson
7.30pm Cursillo Stations of the Cross at St Michael & All Saints

Fri 10 August 6.30-10pm Philomusica will be using the church

Sun 12 August 8.30am and 10.30am services - +Alan Smithson
2-5pm Philomusica will be using the church

Mon 13 August 7-10pm Philomusica will be using the church

Wed 15 August 7-10pm Philomusica will be using the church

Thu 16 August 10am Eucharist +Alan Smithson

Sat 18 August 10am Church cleaning
7.30pm Cursillo Welcome Home party at Penicuik

Sun 19 August 8.30am and 10.30am services - the Rev'd Bob Gould

Anglican Covenant Proposal

There will be a meeting to discuss the Anglican Covenant proposal on Thursday 30th August at 8pm at St Columba's Rectory, 28 Castle Terrace. All are welcome. Please reply to 0131 228 6470.

Festival of Spirituality and Peace

You are invited to the launch event of the 2007 Festival of Spirituality & Peace on Sunday 5 August at 6pm at St John's, Princes Street, Edinburgh (see attached invitation).

Over the following three weeks we will be welcoming speakers such as Rabbi Lionel Blue, Mairead Corrigan, Charles Handy, Tony Benn, Abbot Christopher Jamison, Gillian Slovo, Julain Baggini, and the Hon Judge Baltasar Garzon (who indicted General Pinochet). In all there will be over 100 events including conversation, prayer and meditation, art, film, drama, dance and music - and 50p of every ticket sold will go to the charity Mary's Meals. The full programme can be viewed at www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk .

We also have a parallel youth peace programme of young people from 6 countries; and invitation only round table events on peace issues, with some speakers, which may interest UNA members.