Dear Friends,It was a very wise person who said that a joy that is shared is a joy doubled, whilst a sorrow that is shared is a sorrow halved. This
Read More16 March 2025: Letter from Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I do almost every morning except Sunday, I sat down at my desk this morning and opened my emails. There was the usual crop of adverts, a couple
Read More9 March 025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear Friends,The story goes that when the famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren was directing the building of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, some of the workers were interviewed by
Read More2 March 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As most of you know we are privileged to own what we think is a first edition of the King James Bible. Some years ago, we had a visit
Read MoreSunday 16 February 2025: Letter from the locum minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,It is Thursday morning, and the race is on to have everything ready for Helen to print in time for Sunday. We, in this parish, are incredibly fortunate to
Read MoreSunday 10 November: weekly letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today is a special occasion in the life of our church and of our country as we gather to give thanks to God for those who, down the years
Read MoreSunday 3 November 2024: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today, as we celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion we are delighted to welcome all who have gathered this morning, regular members of our congregation, former members of our
Read More20 October 2024: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, What a wonderful day of celebration and thanksgiving we enjoyed last Sunday as we welcomed new members by profession of faith and new elders to our Kirk Session
Read More13 October 2024: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, Today we extend a very warm welcome to Rev Fiona Smith who has come to share with us on this very special day in the life of our
Read More6 October 2024: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, Today we welcome members and friends to our services of Harvest Thanksgiving. It is always difficult to predict when the harvest will be gathered in, and I was
Read More12 July 2020: Letter from Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, As we slowly and tentatively begin to ease out of lockdown, I began to think about some of things that we may have learned during this enforced period
Read More5 July 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, An unknown writer once said ‘I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I do know who holds tomorrow’. What an interesting thought that is, especially at this time
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