Dear Friends,How many different congregations are there in St. Andrews? There are three kirks – and if you include Dunino, Cameron and Strathkinness which belong to the St. Andrews’ Cluster,
Read More15th August 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As many of you will know, last week I travelled to the South of England to conduct the funeral of a very close friend. I had known Hazel for
Read More1st August 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear FriendsAddressing a letter to friends is always a privilege, and every week as I write to you, it is very special to be able to call everyone who will
Read More25th July 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,‘Father, we thank thee for these thy gifts. Bless them to our use and ourselves to thy service for Christ’s sake. Amen’. So began every meal in my childhood
Read More18th June 2021: letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,I have just finished writing this week’s service and, as usual, my last job was to insert the hymns into the script to go out by email. In order
Read More11th June 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Talking to a friend the other evening, I remarked on the fact that it was quite difficult to write a letter every week to go out with the emailed
Read More4th June 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,One evening, just before the great Music Hall star Mary Martin was about to go on stage in ‘South Pacific’, a note was handed to her. It was from
Read More27th June 2021: letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,When I lived in Dundee, my study window gave me a wonderful panoramic view over the city to the River Tay. I could see the boats going up and
Read More20th June 2021: letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,This Sunday in Holy Trinity we shall welcome two more little children into our Christian family by Baptism. It is always a joy to celebrate and to welcome new
Read More6th June 2021: letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Whatever happened to a pen and paper and face to face meetings? We are now living in a digital age which is supposed to make everything easier. And of
Read More30th May 2021: letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As we are gradually and carefully being released from the restrictions that Covid has placed upon us, it has been interesting to talk to people who have found this
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